Unit 4 Wildlife Unit 4 Wildlife ProtectionProtection

PandaPandaProblem One home

in ChinaNumber before

concern

Number after

concern

Not enough food: loss of bamboo growi

ng areas

Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province

Nearly all disappeared

About 70 after bamboo areas set up to help them gro

w

Tibetan antelopeTibetan antelope （藏羚羊）（藏羚羊）

Red-crowned craneRed-crowned crane 丹顶鹤丹顶鹤

South China TigerSouth China Tiger 华南虎华南虎

Golden monkeyGolden monkey 金丝猴金丝猴

Milu deerMilu deer

Listen for the main idea and fill in the blanks.

The other day, Daisy with a ______ _____ went to several places. They firstly went to _____ to see the antelopes whose ___ is used to make ________. Then, they flew away quickly to another country to take ________ with an excited ________ who used to be hunt by the local _______, but now was well protected. After that, Daisy arrived at the ____ ______. She ______ with a _______ who rubbed itself so as to _______ itself from mosquitoes.

flying chairTibet

pictures elephant

sweaters

rainforest talked monkey

protect

fur

farmers

1.Pre-readingLook at the title and the three pictures and guess or predict the main idea of the text.

Animal she met Places she went

First visit

Second visit

Third visit

2.Fast reading : read the

passage quickly and try to fill in the table below about Daisy’s journey (skim)

antelope Tibet

elephant Zimbabwe

Rain forestmonkey

(Para.1)

(Para.2-3)

(Para.4-5)

3.Detailed 3.Detailed readingreading::

(scan) (scan) now let’s read now let’s read the passage the passage

step by step step by step• Step one• Step two• Step three

• True or false • Every year over Tibet

antelopes are killed.• Daisy traveled by a flying chair.• Antelopes are killed for the wool that

is taken from under their• In years antelopes may all be

gone.

Step1: Please read the first Step1: Please read the first paragraph and do the paragraph and do the

exerciseexercise

72,00029,000

backs.stomachs.fourthreeF

F

F

T

Tibet antelope An animal living in the tibetan plateau

As a result of illegal hunting, the number has been decreasing continuously and is now a mere 50,000 animals.

Little antelope could notfind his mother.

Step2:Read paragraph two Step2:Read paragraph two to three and answer the to three and answer the

following questionsfollowing questions

• How did life improve for the farmers in Zimbabwe?

• How did it improve for the elephants and rhinos?

• Why did the farmers come to like the elephants and no longer hunt them?

The answers to the The answers to the questionsquestions

• How did life improve for the farmers in Zimbabwe?

• How did it improve for the elephants and rhinos?

• Why did the farmers come to like the elephants and no longer hunt them?

They made money when the tour companies applied to be allowed to hunt some animals for a fee.

They were no longer hunted by the farmers.

Because they could make money for the farmers.

Step3: Read the rest of the text Step3: Read the rest of the text and find the causes.and find the causes.

• Why wasn’t the monkey bitten by mosquitoes?

• Because the monkey _____ himself with a ______ ______.

• Why?• Because a millipede insect contains a

powerful ___which ____ mosquitoes.• Do you think that the rain forest has

many useful things?

rubbed

millipede insect

drug affects

The rain forest has so many useful things for human that people should pay much attention to them.

Form groups of four.

Discuss the animals mentioned in the text and

make comparison between the life of them in

the past and now, and find out the biggest difference. (antelopes, elephants & rhinos).Then use one sentence to show the change of each animal’s life .

4. Post-reading

The antelopes in Tibet that used to live in peace are now being killed for their fur.

Elephants and rhinos that used to be hunted by local farmers, with the help of the government, are now being well protected and doing a lot for the local tourism.

The wildlife in our text have different and even terrible experiences , what do you think they will tell each other if two of them meet?

Choose your favorite wildlife in or out of the text and make a dialogue with your partner about their meeting.

Sum-upSum-up• 1. some new words and expressions:• Wildlife, protection, as a result, endanger,

reserve, in peace, in danger, fur, antelope, stomach, rhino, apply, rub, protect from, mosquito, millipede, insect, contain, powerful, drug, affect, attention, pay attention to

• 2. reading skills: prediction, skim, scan, sum-up.• 3. oral practice based on the topics of wildlife

protection.• Homework: 1. Read the text thoroughly and try

to memorize the new words and expressions. 2. Page 28, exercise 1,2,3.

I have a dream that…I have a dream that…• How is your feeling after you read

the text?• Try to use the sentence pattern full of

emotion to share your feelings with your partner.

• I have a dream that one day human beings and animals will live in peace.