Unit 5 Birdwatchers Reading

A: Which bird do you like best? B: I like … best. A: Why … ? B: Because ….

Let ’ s have a competition and see who can name the birds first. 1. brownish feathers broad wings hooked beak ___________________ Golden eagle

2. can talk like a person ___________ Parrot

3. white feathers and long thin neck __________ Swan

4. tall, long legs, long beak and long neck __________ Crane

5.long pointed wings, forked tail and flies to northern countries in summer ____________ Swallow

6. small brown and grey feathers __________ Sparrow

7.long –winged, web-footed, white and grey or black feathers ________ Seagull

Wolong Zhalong

Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false. 1. Zhalong is a nature reserve in China. 2. Birds can find food easily in Zhalong. 3. Some birds go to Zhalong for a short stay. 4. The birds in Zhalong live in large cages. 5. There are a lot of red-crowned cranes in other parts of the world. 6. Many endangered birds live in Zhalong now. 7. Z halong needs more people to feed birds. 8. Studying Z halong helps us learn about protecting wildlife. T F T T T T F F

Answer the following questions: 1.Where is Zhalong? 2.Where is Heilongjiang? 3.Is Zhalong Nature Reserve a good place for wildlife? 4.Are there many red-crowned cranes in the world? 5.Why are more and more birds in danger? It’s in Heilongjiang It’s in north-east China. Yes, it is. No, there aren’t. Because they don’t have enough space.

Zhalong needs help Natural homes for red-crowned cranes and visiting birds Don’t use wetlands for farms and buildings An ideal home for a lot of plants, fish and birds More and more birds are in danger Making records of birds at Zhalong (passage6) (passage2) (passage3) (passage1) (passage4) (passage5)

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1.provide…for… 为 … 提供 Our school dining-room provides food for us students every day. 2.endangered: in a dangerous state. Giant pandas are endangered animals. 3.tourist:visitor There are many foreign tourists visiting the World Park in Beijing every year. 4.stay n. v. He learned a lot during her stay in Japan. Please stay here till I come back.

5.change n. v. Why did you make a change to the plan? Shall we change seats? 7. 用 important,importance 填空 It’s ___________ to learn English well. Do you know the ___________ of learning English? important importance 6.count n. v. Our school does a student count every term. Let’s help him count the books.

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根据课文完成下列短文。 Zhalong is one of the ________most important ________ ________ it________ food and ________ for all _________ of plants, fish and birds. Many birds like ________ in Zhalong Nature Reserve because they can find many fish to ________. There are ________ red-crowned cranes in the world, ________ there are some of them living in Zhalong. world’s wetlandsbecauseprovidesshelter kinds living eat few but

为配合国际爱鸟周活动，请你根据下面四幅图画，为英 语报 The 21st Century 写一篇保护鸟的英语短文。