Wildlife protection Unit 4

We call them _______.wildlife Animals or plants live or grow in natural conditions.

Name as many wild animals as you can according to the pictures given below. Which animals are in danger? Game

lion

Tibetan antelope

blue whale

snow leopard

golden monkey

zebra

red-crowned crane

elephant

K o a l a K o a l a koala

milu deer

Panda Problem not enough food: loss of bamboo growing areas One habitat in China Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province Number before concern nearly all disappeared Number after concern about 1,600 after more than 50 reserves set up to protect bamboo areas A report on some endangered wildlife in China

Milu deer Problem disappeared from China One habitat in China Nanhaizi Milu Park, Beijing Number before concern none Number after concern more than 2,500 after being brought back from UK

South China tiger Problem too much hunting in the 1950s One habitat in China Baishanzu National Natural Protection Zone, Zhejiang Province Number before concern very few Number after concern about remain after being left in peace with no hunting

Why are they in danger of disappearing? Discussion

They cannot find enough food.

The forest has been destroyed. Their habitat is being threatened.

They are killed by the environmental pollution.

Human beings hunt them too much.

What do people kill them for? fur & skin

tusk meat

Discussion What can we do to help endangered animals?

▪ reduce hunting, treat them as our friends ▪ protect our environment ▪ to set up nature reserves/protection zones ▪ make laws to prevent them from being caught and killed ▪ the governments should educate people to love nature and protect it ▪ raise money to help them Measures to protect the endangered animals:

Wildlife is our friends. They can keep the balance of nature and make the whole world colorful. To protect wildlife is to protect ourselves.

Reading HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE

Skimming to get general ideas

Animal she met Places she went First visit Second visit Third visit Fill in the table. Test your reading speed. antelopeTibet elephantZimbabwe Rainforest monkey Reading Comprehension I Skimming

antelope in Tibet

elephant in Africa

monkey in the rainforest

Read the passage to find the main idea of each paragraph and its supporting details.

ParagraphMain ideaSupporting details 1 Why we need wildlife protection 1 Animal: Tibetan antelope 2 Situation: being hunted for the fur under its stomach 3 Result: numbers are decreasing rapidly Write down the main idea and the supporting details in the correct boxes. The first one is done for you.

ParagraphMain ideaSupporting details 2 A good example of wildlife protection 1 Animal: elephants in Zimbabwe 2 Situation: hunted with numbers decreasing rapidly 3 Result: protected by the government and the numbers increased

ParagraphMain ideaSupporting details 3 and 4 What we can get from wildlife protection 1 Animal: a millipede from a thick rainforest 2 Situation: It contains a powerful drug which can protect us from mosquitoes 3 Result: Daisy plans to tell WWF about the drug

1.Why has the antelope in Tibet become an endangered species? 2. Why are elephant numbers increasing in Zimbabwe? 3. How does the government of Zimbabwe help protect wild animals? 4. Why is it important to protect the rainforest? Reading Comprehension IV Answer these questions below. Scanning

1.Why has the antelope in Tibet become an endangered species? 2. Why are elephant numbers increasing in Zimbabwe? Its fur is being used to make sweaters. As the sweaters become popular, more and more animals are killed. So very few antelopes are left. The farmers stopped killing the elephants, so the numbers increased.

3. How does the government of Zimbabwe help protect wild animals? The government helps the farmers. It makes sure that the tour companies pay the farmers when tourists come to visit and hunt a few animals.

4. Why is it important to protect the rainforest? Looking after the rainforest helps protect plants and animals we know nothing about. They may make it possible for us to produce medicines and drugs that we don’t yet know about.

Live in harmony with the wildlife!

Quiz I: Retell the text by filling the following blanks. One day a ______ ______ took Daisy to see the animals. It flew away to _____ in China first, where she saw an ________. The antelope told her that they were being killed for the ____ beneath their ________. Then the flying carpet flew away to __________, where Daisy saw an ________. The elephant said _______ used to hunt them without ______. But with the help Tibet antelope woolstomachs Zimbabwe elephant farmers mercy flying carpet

of the ___________, now the farmers are happy and their numbers are __________. Then the flying carpet took her to a thick _________. A _______ was rubbing a millipede _____ which contains a powerful ____ over his body. So Daisy decided to produce this new drug with the help of ______. The carpet rose and flew home. Although finally everything had _____, she had ______ so much. monkey insect drug WWF gone learned rainforest increasing government

Think about what we’ve just learnt today. Study without reflection is a waste of time. After the class It’s time to stop the class for you to look back in silence.

Homework Collect more information about wildlife protection.