课标人教实验版高一 Module 2

Unit 4

ListeningListening

广东 李岚

Listening on P62

Aunty Gladys is a writer for the

teenager magazine Animals. She usually

answers letters from the readers who

worry about the wildlife around them.

Listen to the three letters without

stopping. Then listen to each one in

turn and fill in the chart.

Letter Name Problem

1

2 Bengi

3

Li KunHe doesn’t know which

fish he can eat.He can’t understand why man attacks and kills animals like him.

Zhao JingShe doesn’t understand why the best animals and plants are kept in zoos and parks.

Listening text

ASK AUNTY GLADYS

Part 1

Dear Aunty Gladys,

I am very concerned about the

environment, but I also like eating sea

fish very much. I know some fish species

are endangered by too mush fishing.

I also know that fishermen have to count

the number of fish they catch. If they

have too many of one species, they have

to throw them back into the sea. Please

tell me which fish I can eat without

hurting any endangered species.

Yours,

Li Kun

Part B

Dear Aunty Gladys,

I am a Bengal tiger and I am very

unhappy that so many people want to kill

me. I am a quiet, kind-hearted animal

and I like to live alone in my forest. The

only animals I kill are those I am going to

eat. I can’t understand an animal like

man who attacks me for no reason. I kn

ow I have a beautiful skin, but I am am

azed that I should be killed for it. Now I

find my habitat is getting smaller and s

maller and I cannot miss meeting ma. I

am frightened. What can I do?

Yours,

Bengi

Part C

Dear Aunty Gladys,

I am a young visitor from China. I am

very interested in all the wonderful

animals and plants you have in England.

But I’ve noticed that you keep the best

animals in zoos and the prettiest plants

in parks. Why are the animals not ru

nning around freely in the wild and w

hy are the plants not growing in fores

ts?

Yours,

Zhao Jing

Listening task on P66Hu Xiao is interviewing Alice Jones, a v

olunteer for the International Bird Resc

ue Research Center (IBRRC), about he

r work.

1. Look at the pictures and predict wha

t the listening will be about. Then listen

once all the way through and see if you

were right.

2. Listen to Part A again and then write

down what is the most difficult part

of the work according to Alice.

It’s saving wild birds covered in oil.

3. Go over the following passage

guessing the meaning of the unknown

words. Listen to Part A once more

and fill in the blanks. Write one word

for each blank.

Feathers are like _________ to keep out

____ _____. Oil that ______ on the

water makes their feathers _____

________ and makes the birds’ skin ___

______. When birds try to remove the

oil with their beaks, they ____ _____

____ and ____ ______.

raincoatscold water flows

sticktogether get

cold

may eat

oil get sick

4. Listen to Part B again and write

down the two steps the IBRRC usually

takes to help those birds.

Step 1:____________________________

Step 2: ___________________________

We comfort the birds.

We clean the birds.

Listening text

SAVING WILD BIRDS

Part A: two problems

Hu Xiao is a senior high student who sh

ows a great interest in wildlife protectio

n. Today he has got a good chance to int

erview a volunteer, Alice Brown, from I

BRRC.

HX: Hello, Alice. I’m so interested in your work saving birds! What do you think is the most difficult part of your work?

AB: Well…I suppose it’s saving wild birds covered in oil. That’s the most difficult of all.

HX: How does that happen?AB: The oil comes from boats. It floats

on the water and covers the bird’s

feathers when they swim through it.

HX: That sounds terrible. What do you

do about it?

AB: The first thing we do is make sure the

bird hasn’t eaten too much oil. When

a bird’s covered in oil, it tries to

clean itself with its beak. As it does

so, the bird eats some oil and

becomes sick.

HX: Oh dear! Do the birds always die?

AB: Sometimes…but we try to save

them. Birds use their feathers like a

raincoat to keep out cold water.

When feathers are covered in oil,

they stick together and a bird’s skin

gets cold in the water. So without

help the bird would die of cold!

HX: What do you do with those birds?

AB: First, we comfort a bird by feeding it

and keeping it warm. Then we clean

it. We rub the bird very carefully.

We use warm water and a little soap

and work quickly as the birds hate

being touched.

Part B: the solution

HX: Is this a difficult job?

AB: Yes, because it’s very important to

do the job quickly.

HX: What happens after that?

AB: The birds are kept warm and given a

rest.

HX: I suppose after that they want to

touch their feathers with their beaks.

AB: Yes, they do. Birds produce a

natural oil in their tails and put

this over their feathers until they

feel better.

HX: Thank you. I’ve learned a lot.

AB: Not at all. It’s been my pleasure.