Unit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.

Module 6 Animals in danger

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Brain-storming

lion

panda

snake

tiger

whale

kangaroo

elephant camel

bear

polar bear

zebra red-crowned crane丹顶鹤

What do giant pandas live

on?

feed on bamboo

They are lovely but their number is getting smaller. They live in China. They are in danger.

Giant panda

Make 使 the water too dirty to drink

( 太……而不能 )

Why are some animals in danger?

Why are some animals in danger?

take away 夺走 the lands and forests

The area of bamboo is becoming smaller.

Why are some animals in danger?

Why are some animals in danger?

kill them for their meat

Why are some animals in danger?

make money

Why are some animals in danger?

make medicine

Wolong Panda Reserve

nature reserve

We need to protect the panda.

live in peace

have enough places to live in and enough food to eat

the symbol( 象征 )

for

the World Wild

Fund for Nature 世界自然基金会

Look at the pictures and complete the quiz with the words in the box.

bear elephant giraffe lion snake

1. I am tall and I have a long neck. ____2. I am the tiger’s cousin. _____3. I am long and thin. _____ 4. I am big and I have a very long nose. ____5. I am brown and I live in the forest. ____

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be

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cd

Listen and answer the questions.

1.What’s this week’s Animal World about?

2.Which animals are in danger?

It’s about snakes.

Animals such as pandas, lions, elephants and bearsare in danger.

Listen to the conversation and answer the question.

2. Why is Betty more interested in the Wolong Panda Reserve?

Because it allows people to get closer to the pandas.

1. What are they talking about?

They are talking about animals in danger and how to protect the animals.

1.When do you think this conversation happens?

2. Has Betty ever seen the pandas before?

Just after they have visited the zoo.

No, she hasn’t.

Read and answer the questions.

Many animals have no place to live in.

Humans. 人类

Listen again and check your answers.

3. What happens when the villages and farms grow bigger?

4. Who has made the water too dirty to drink?

Complete the table.

Why many animals are in danger

What we can do to help

1. Many animals don’t have a safe place to live. Because villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forests.

2. Often there isn’t enough clean water.

1. Raise some money at school.

2. Find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.

1. The party is __________. I have a lot of fun. 2. Tom is ___________ in English. He studies English every day. 3. David is a very ____________ person. He can tell lots of different stories. 4. Are you ____________ in playing computer games? 5. It's _____________ to play with children. 6. I found Jason's talk very ___________. He always tells jokes.

[Practice]

interesting

interested

interesting

interested

interestinginteresting

用 danger 的适当形式填空 。

1) Be careful; it’s too _________.

2) He always helps people in

_______.

答案： 1) dangerous

2) danger

[Practice]

Betty likes the zoo very much. She’s

________ to see the pandas. It is

___________ to learn about the Wolong

Panda Reserve. But Lingling thinks it’s

__________ to think about animals in

danger. They think people __________ to

protect them better.

Read the conversation and complete the passage. Then, act out the conversation in pairs.

excited

interesting

sad

need

People also have done many other bad things

to animals. Many animals have no place to

_____ in. People’s villages and farms are

_________ bigger. They are taking

__________ those animals’ lands and forests.

They also make the water _________, so it’s

not good for animals to drink. Betty and

Lingling then decide to _________ out what

they can do to save the animals.

live

growing

away

dirty

find

Listen and mark when the speaker pauses.

1. It allows people to get closer to the

pandas.

2. We want to save animals in danger, and

we need your help.

3. We can’t give money to help protect the

animals.

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/

/

Let’s help the animals!

Discuss in groups of four and try to find out ways to protect animals!

2. Don’t make the water dirty. …

3. Make some posters to protect animals. …

1. --- To protect … we should ... --- We need to … to protect…

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To protect animals, to protect us.

Make the nature colourful.

We’re animals, not clothes.

If you love us, please do not eat us.

Love animals.

Love the environment.

Love the world.

Homework

1. Role-play the dialogue with your partner.

2. Make a report to introduce the ways of protecting animals.