3. Unit 5 Birdwatchers Reading

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

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

7. 2. can talk like a person ___________ Parrot

8. 3. white feathers and long thin neck __________ Swan

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

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

11. 6. small brown and grey feathers __________ Sparrow

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

13. Wolong Zhalong

14. 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

15. 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.

16. 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)

17. NortheastNorthwest Southwest Southeast

18. 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.

19. 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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26. 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

27. 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。