1. Integrated skills

2. 1 ） Where is Zhalong? 2 ） Why is Zhalong a special place? 3) What does the area provide for wildlife? 4)Do all the birds live in Zhalong all year round? 5)What per cent of the world’s cranes live in Zhalong?

3. Listen and answer Which Nature Reserve is it ? Where is it? When did it become the wetlands? In 2002. It’s in east of Jiangsu Province. Yancheng Nature Reserve.

4. Listen carefully again and have a look at the quiz about Yancheng Nature Reserve then check whether you chose the correct answers(p.75).

5. 1. Yancheng Nature Reserve is in ______ Province in ______ China. a Heilongjiang, North-east b Hainan, South c Jiangsu, East 2. Yancheng Nature Reserve is a perfect place to ______. a buy the birds b hunt the birds c watch the birds

6. 3. The reserve covers an area of over ______ square kilometres. a 453 b 4,530 c 45,300 4. Yancheng is the ______ home to red- crowned cranes in China. a largest b second largest c third largest

7. 5. About ______ red-crowned cranes fly to Yancheng Nature Reserve every year to spend the winter. a 100 to 300 b 300 to 1,000 c 1,000 to 3,000 6. In ______, Yancheng Nature Reserve became one of the world’s most important wetlands. a 1997 b 2002 c 1992

8. Listen to the whole radio programme and complete the report. Yancheng Nature Reserve is in Jiangsu Province in _____ China. It covers an area of over ______ square kilometres. It became one of the world’s most important wetlands in _____. Yancheng Nature Reserve is home to different kinds of plants and rare birds. East 2002 4,530

9. There are not many __________________ in the world, but there are some in Yancheng Nature Reserve. It is a perfect place to go ____________. People celebrate the World Wetlands Day on ___________ each year. We should protect the wetlands not only because they are home to many plants, birds and _______ but also because they are important to the ______ of people all over the world. red-crowned cranes birdwatching 2 February animals health

10. Speak up: What should we take with us? Daniel is asking Sandy for some advice about birdwatching. Please listen to their conversation and answer the questions.

11. 1. What should Daniel take? 2. Why does Daniel need to take these things? A pair of binoculars, some water and a notebook. He needs the binoculars because they’ll help him see the birds more clearly. He needs some water because he may get thirsty after watching the birds for hours. He needs the notebook because he can write down what he sees.

12. Talk Suppose your friend asks you to go on a school trip. Work in pairs and make a new conversation. Use Daniel and Sandy’s conversation as a model.

13. A: What should we take with us when we_______________? B: You’d better take ________.________. A: Ok. What else should we take? B: You should take________._________. A: All right. Anything else? B: Take ____________________. A: That’s a good idea. Thank you very much.

14. Homework 1.Talk about Yancheng Nature Reserve after class. 2.Finish the exercises. Homework Homework