1. 作 业 作 业5 练 习 练 习4 精 读 精 读3 泛读 & 泛听 泛读 & 泛听2 导 入 导 入1 Chinese tigers in danger

7. Teaching Aims: 1. To help the students to get the general idea of the passage --- “ Chinese tigers in danger ” 1. To help the students to get the general idea of the passage --- “ Chinese tigers in danger ” 2. Enable the students to express their opinion on how to protect animals. 2. Enable the students to express their opinion on how to protect animals.

8. 1.What does a tiger run like ? 2.What does a tiger roar like? 3.What are tigers respected as ? the wind thunder the king of the animal world

9. Task1 : Skimming What's the difference between the tigers in the cages of zoos and their wild cousins? They have lost their natural skills such as hunting and killing. Wild tigers Tigers in the cages They are very dangerous. eat small animals, hurt people.

10. Task2: Scanning ( True or False statements): 1.It was reported that there are no more than 30 tigers left in South China. 2.The tiger living southern China is known as the Chinese tiger. 3.In China there are sixty-six South China tigers living in the zoos. 4.China plans to send five to ten young tigers to South Africa. 5.All the tigers sent to South Africa will start a new life in the reservations in Fujian. 6.South Africans aren’t experienced in reintroducing big animals to the wild. 7.Now three elder tigers have recovered some of their instincts and can hunt wild animals by themselves. (T)(T) (T)(T) (T)(T) (T)(T) (F)(F) (F)(F) (F)(F)

11. Task 3 : Read the text carefully and match the following subtitles with the paragraphs. Subtitle the reason of pushing on to the endangered list not a lot of wild tigers left in China programme of saving them losing natural skills Paragraphs Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4

12. 1. How many wild tigers left in South China? 2. What are tigers’ position in the animal world? 3. When was the tigers’ number over 4,000? 4. Why has the South China tiger been pushed on to the top ten most endangered species? 5. If they were set free, what could be the result? Why? 6. Why is the South China tiger sent to South Africa? 7. How many the South China tigers have arrived in Africa? Task 4 : Questions :

13. 1.How many wild tigers left in South China?(para.1) 2. What are tigers’ position in the animal world?(para.1) 3.When was the tigers’ number over 4,000? (para.2) 4.Why has the South China tiger been pushed on to the top ten most endangered species?(para.2) Intensive Reading No more than 30. Because of the destruction of their natural living places and uncontrolled hunting. They’re respected as the king of the animal world. In the 1950s

14. 5.If they were set free, what could be the result? Why?(para.3) 6.Why is the South China tiger sent to South Africa?(para.4) 7.How many the South China tigers have arrived in Africa?(para.4) (1)Because South Africans are very experienced in reintroducing big animals to the wild. (2)The country has very good natural conditions for the tigers to learn and live in. Four. If they were set free, they couldn’t look after themselves because breeding has damaged the quality of the species.

15. Exercise in class (Fill in the blanks) Tigers have long been ________ as the king of the animal world. In the ______, there were 4,000 tigers ______ in the mountain forests in China. But now Chinese tigers are among the list of world’s top 10 __________ species______ the bad living conditions. These big cats can be found in the zoo, but they are not like their wild _______ at all. Tigers in the zoo have lost their skills such as _______ and _____, and they can’t look after themselves even if they are sent out into the _______ conditions. In order to __________ the species into the wild, China started a program to send tigers to South Africa. Four of them have arrived and two _____ ones have _________ some of their instincts. In 2007, these tigers will return to China when the reservations in Fujian are ready. respected 1950s living endangered due to cousins huntingkilling naturalreintroduce elderrecovered

16. Task 5 : Discussion What can we do to protect animals?

17. Homework Write a short passage with the title “How to protect the animals” “How to protect the animals”

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