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Unit 5 Save the endangered animals检测题
一、单项选择
( ) 1. --- English is widely used all over the country.21·cn·jy·com
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A. an, a B. an, an C. a, a D. a,an
( ) 2. ---- is really hard them to climb such a high mountain.
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( ) 3. --- The lady is not enough the heavy basket,【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
---- Let’s help her.
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( ) 4. --- Would you please show me the way the bank www-2-1-cnjy-com
in B. for C. with D. to
( ) 5. ---- Do you know the woman long hair 2-1-c-n-j-y
---- No , I don’t know.
have B. has C. with D. is
( ) 6. ---- is the weight of a giant panda 21*cnjy*com
----Sorry, I don’t know.
How many B. How much C. What D. Which
( ) 7. ---- Would you like to go shopping with me 【出处：21教育名师】
---- I’m sorry I can’t go .I need to my baby at home.【版权所有：21教育】
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( ) 8. ---- Dad, why must I stop computer games 21*cnjy*com
----- That’s true.
play B. to play C. to playing D. playing
( ) 9. ---- We all like Betty because she is always us.
---- That’s true.
friendly to B angry with C. mad at D. famous for
( ) 10.---- The plan most of your suggestions.
----- Really
is B. has C. includes D. including
( ) 11. ---- It’s kind you to help me .
---- Don’t mention it .
A. for B .of C. to D. in
( ) 12. ----My grandparents are too old .
----Yes, but they should often have a walk .
A. to work B. works C. work D. working
( ) 13. Did you k ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )now that the Earth is home to ________ animals
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( ) 14. ----How long do you spend project
---- I spend two hours it every day .
to do; on B. to do; in C. doing; on D. doing; in
( ) 15. ---- Henry did a lot of work to study the of these animals.
---- He is really hard-working enough a good researcher.
A, impression; ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )be B. behavior; to be C. impression; to be D. behavior; be
二、完形填空
The lion is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )one of the most fierce (凶猛的) animals in the world. Lions can be __16__ in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can live without water for about one month. Lions are also popular animals in the __17__. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.
It is very __18 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )__ for people to tell male and female lions from each other. You can judge (判断) simply by their appearance. A male lion has mane while female lions do not have. Male lion __19__ than female lions. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms which is always heavier than a female lion. Both male and female lions have very __20__ mouths. They can break the backs of other animals __21__ . Lions feed on other animals and one lion usually kills between ten and twenty large animals each year for __22__.
It's unusual for ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 ) lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions _23__ and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British man named P.J. Patterson. This _24__ became the subject (主题) of a 1996 Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness. Now the Indian lions are endangered. It’s really necessary for us to _25__ the animals, or we won’t see them again. Animals are our friends. It is our obligation to protect them.
( ) 16. A. used B. found C. told D. led
( ) 17. A. zoos B. schools C. parks D. gardens
( ) 18. A. hard B. strange C. easy D. tiring
( ) 19. A. large ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r B. smaller C. thinner D. shorter
( ) 20. A. active B. strong C. weak D. soft
( ) 21. A. sadly B. happily C. easily D. luckily
( ) 22. A. fun B. food C. money D. sale
( ) 23. A. killed B. called C. saved D. kissed
( ) 24. A. book B. story C. game D. invention
( )25. A. care for B. look for C. look at D. play with
三、阅读理解ALately, people ha ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )ve entered the forests where chimpanzees (黑猩猩) live. The chimpanzees have been getting sick because of people's diseases. In addition, people are hunting chimpanzees. Their number is becoming smaller and smaller.【来源：21·Chimpanzees live ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )in the plains and forests of Africa. They eat many kinds of food, from plant leaves and seeds to insects and even other small animals. Chimpanzees’ favourite food is fruit. Chimpanzees ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )e very clever and they can use tools well. They can catch bugs using sticks, and break nuts using rocks. The world’s fore ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )sts are much smaller than they were before. Roads were built in deep forests, so people start to enter forests where chimpanzees live. That may lead to many problems. One problem for chimpanzees is that they can easily catch people’s diseases and die. Chimpanzees are much closer to people than monkeys. As it's eas ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )ier for people to enter forests, they hunt more often. Young chimpanzees are caught to be pets or for scientific researches. The young ones are taken away from the forests, and the adults are killed. Chimpanzees are likely to disappear in the future.21世纪21世纪教育网有( ) 26. Chimpanz ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ees live in the plains and forests of ________. 2-1-c-n-j-yA. Africa B. AsiaC. Europe D. America ( ) 27. Chimpanzees m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ay feed on the following EXCEYPT_________.【来源：21cnjA. insects B bugs C. lions D. fruit( )28. Chimpanzees can break nuts using ________.A. sticks B. rocks C. their teeth D. glass( )29. The underl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )ined word “That” to the fact that _________. A. People hunt for chimpanzees B. Chimpanzees get sick more easily C. People enter the forests where chimpanzees live2·1·c·n·j·y D. Chimpanzees are much closer to people than monkeys.( )30. Which ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of the following is NOT true according to the passage 21教育网 A. Chimpanzees can easily catch people's diseases and die. B. Young chimpanzees are taken away from the forests. C. Young chimpanz ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com" \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网 )ees are caught to be pets or for scientific researches. D. Chimpanzees have already disappeared.BJane Goodall ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) is a famous scientist. For more than 40 years，Goodall lived mostly in Tanzania in East Africa，studying chimpanzees.As a young child，Jane Goodall was interested in animals. She grew up in the English countryside and was always climbing trees or riding horses.When Jane was 23，sh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e got a chance to go to Africa even though she had never been to college，she got a job with a famous scientist named Louis Leakey. One day Louis Leak ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ey said he needed a volunteer. He needed someone to go to a lake in Tanzania to study a kind of chimpanzees. Jane was excited. On July 16,1960 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), she began her exploration（探索）．At first，the chimpanzees ran away from Jane. But with time passing，they got used to her being around. Every day，Jane wou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ld follow the chimpanzees，taking notes on their behavior. She learned many new things about chimpanzees. She watched how a chimpanzee made a tool. She learned how some chimpanzees became good leaders. She watched how mother chimpanzees raised their children. She watched animals get angry and get upset. She wrote everything down so others would understand animals as she did. She learned that if you pay really close attention to animals，you will understand what they are “saying”.31. What is the best title of the passage A. Jane Goodall’s college life B. Jane Goodall’s family C. Jane Goodall, a famous scientist D. Jane Goodall and Louis Leakey32. What is the co ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rrect order of the following according to the passage a. Jane went to Africa. b. Jane started her exploration. c. Jane worked with Louis Leakey. d. Jane was born in the countryside. e. Jane followed chimpanzees. A. d-a-e-b-c B. b-a-c-d-e C. a-d-c-b-e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) D. d-a-c-b-e33. Louis Leakey chose Jane Goodall as a volunteer to________. A. plant trees ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. raise horses C. study chimpanzee ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s D. do experiments34. Jane ________the chimpanzees’ behaviors to help others understand them. A. wrote down B. took pictures of C. made videos of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) D. drew pictures about35. From the passage we can infer（推断）that________． A. mother chimpanzees raise their children B. people can communicate with animals C. animals don’t get excited D. chimpanzees make toolsCThere are many wetla ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nds in China and some of them have become the world’s important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. They are home for many different kinds of animals. The world’s largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve is in them. More than 700 Milu deer live freely there. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world, but every winter you can see some in the Red-crowned Crane Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands. The temperature in th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. There is a lot of rain and sunshine, too. They are really good places for wildlife. Offering(提供) food and home for some special kinds of animals is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and less space for wildlife. Luckily, more and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) more people are beginning to realize the importance of wetlands and wildlife. Every year, on February 2nd, many activities are held to tell people more about wetlands.36. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetland are in the of China.A. east B. south C. west D. north37. Usually the weather in the wetlands is ____________. A. hot B. pleasant C. cold D. dry38. The World Wetlands Day is on _______________.April 22 B. June 25 C. February 2 D. March 2239. We must protect wetlands because ___________________.they are home for wildlifethey can offer food to animalsthey can prevent floodall of the above 40. Some people want to change _______ to make more space for farms. A. lands B. world C. wildlife D, wetland四、词汇41.The statue was built in the (central) of the city ‘42. All the animals need our (protect).43. Could you tell me what your (weigh) is 44. I bought many things, (include) some fruit.Please save the (endanger) animals!It’s (fool) of you to tell lies to us.Kitty is not tall enough (touch) to top of the fridge.I need ten (kilo) of rice, please.五、语法知识填空（根据语法和文章的上下文意思填入所缺单词） Animals are ____1____ (people) friends. But many wild animals are _____2_____ (face) the danger of ____3_____ (die) out. There’re many reasons. First, their living environment change a lot because of the _____4_____(develop) of many cities. Also, _____5______ (pollute) becomes worse and this make wild animals lose ____6____homes. Second, some people are killing animals ____7____ getting their fur, skin, teeth and meat. People should do so ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mething to help protect _____8_____ (endanger) wild animals. For example, people can build some nature reserves to save wild animals’ homes. Animals can live _____9_____ (free) there. Besides, people are not allowed ____10____ kill wild animals. If we start protecting our animal friends, our world will become much better.
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Unit 5 Save the endangered animals 教案
课题:Unit5 ---Save the endangered animals
课时:第 1 课时，共 4 课时
课型:Reading
教学目标
1) To teach students main contents of reading
2) To introduce so ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )me related information about the endangered animals.21教育网
3) To train students’ reading skill---skinning and scanning21cnjy.com
4) To make students be aware of saving the endangered animals.www.21-cn-jy.com
教学重点:Know the structure and contents of the main article【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
教学难点: How to make t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he students get interested in the content of the text.
教学准备:PPT, Blackboard，some picture
教学步骤:
I. Pre-reading Presentation
1. Warm up: Look at the cartoon and answer the questions.21世纪教育网版权所有
2. Discussion: Talk about the beauty and lovely of pandas.21·cn·jy·com
How much do ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )you know about pandas Try the short quiz and circle the correct answers.
Read the text quickly and complete the facts about pandas. 2·1·c·n·j·y
3. Learning important phrases. Answer the Qs in A&B 21*cnjy*com
4. Ask students t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o finish the exercise of vocabulary according to the text.
II. While-reading Procedure
1. Read the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )text in details and finish the blank comprehension exercise, then check the answers ,after that , try to design questions according to the text and ask your classmates to answer it .
2.Read the articl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e and correct the notes, finish D1 on P69. Finish the exercises C2&D
III. Post-task Activity
Ask students to talk about the giant panda according to the text.
IV. Homework
课题:Unit 5 --Save the endangered animals
课时:第2课时，共 4 课时
课型:Listening & Speaking
教学目标:
1) To teach students some skills of listening
2) To teach students to explain their own ideas
3) To train stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents’ listening skill--- grasp the missing words by the related topic
4) To train stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts’ speaking skill-----discuss the topic with classmates.【出处：21教育名师】
5) To expand ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )students' horizons---know more about saving the endangered animals.
教学重点:To train s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudents’ listening skill--- grasp the missing words by the related topic
教学难点:To teach students to explain their own ideas
教学准备:PPT, Blackboard, music
教学步骤:
I. Prepare for the listening and speaking
1. Greetings
How are you
2. look at the pictures and learn the new words.
II. Do the listening
1. Listening skills
2. Try to guess the answer by looking through the whole passage.21·世纪*教育网
3. Ask students to listen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to material for the first time and finish the listening exercises, then, check the answer.2-1-c-n-j-y
III. Speaking
1. give a sample dialogue to students and ask them to imitate it 21*cnjy*com
2. Follow the sample ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )in Part A and make a dialogue like the sample in part B speak up.
3. Organize the discussion and give them some tips to speak:21教育名师原创作品
We should… We should not…
4. Discuss to l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ist the obligations to protect the animals in our world/Write down the obligations : What do we do to protect the giant pandas
IV. Homework
课题: Unit 5 --- Save the endangered animals
课时:第3课时，共 4 课时
课型:Grammar
教学目标:
1) Master the usage of adjectives.
2)To use different sentence patterns fluently.
3) To train ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )students’ reading skill---read more practice by using skimming and scanning skill
教学重点: Know the usage of the adjectives
教学难点:Teach students the grammar of it and enough
教学准备:PPT, Blackboard, the textbook
教学步骤:
I. learn the sentence structures
1. Read the sentences with adjectives and find some rules.
2.Present the sent ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ences and help them to summary the sentence patterns as the following:
①It is adj for sb to do sth.
②adj enough to do sth
③It is adj of sb to do sth.
II. Activities
Discuss in groups to translate the following sentence into English.
It is important for us to learn English.
The boy is old enough to go to school by himself.
It is kind of him to offer to help us.
III. More practice
1. Give them pictures to describe. Limit them to use the given structure. Let’s check which group can think of the most sentences
2. give them directions and let students finish the exercise
IV. Homework
课题: Unit 5 --- Save the endangered animals
课时:第4课时，共 4 课时
课型:Writing and More practice
教学目标:
1) To ask students to review test by reading text www-2-1-cnjy-com
2) To ask students to use the example to make a spidergram【版权所有：21教育】
教学重点:To train stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts’ writing skill---write a fact file about the endangered animals
教学难点:To raise studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts’ ability to make a spidergram by using the sentences of notes
教学准备:PPT, Blackboard
教学步骤:
I. Warm up
1. Ask students to read aloud the text.
2. Work in pairs
Show the videos about the endangered animals such as the elephant and the pandas whales and tigers , let them to describe the animals
Work in groups to c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hoose a kind of animals to describe .and then write down the information by using a spider chart.
II. Discussion
Learn the example on p76 about the elephant.
Lead them to read and study the example writing.
III. More practice
1. warm up
Information about the red-crowned crane
2. Before reading, answer three questions:
Work in pairs: What do you know about the red-crowned crane 【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
3. Read the following ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )article about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions in the book.
4. Let’s find out the language points:
5. Discussion: Study skills
Discuss this with your classmates.
IV. Homework
Write a composition about the endangered animals.
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Unit 5 Module 3 Animals
Save the endangered animals
Warm-up
Look at the cartoon and answer the questions.
What are Hi and Lo doing
What are the pandas eating
Why does Hi say “Pandas like old films”
They are looking at giant pandas
in the zoo.
They are eating bamboo.
Because pandas are black and white and old films only have these two colours.
Pandas like old films. Do you
know why
No, I don’t .
Why
Because they
are in black
and white.
What do you know about …
How much do you know about pandas Try the short quiz below. Circle the correct answers.
Reading
1 How many pandas still live in the wild
a About 1,600. b About 160,000.
Can pandas climb trees
a Yes, they can. B No, they can’t.
What do pandas usually eat
a Bananas b Bamboo.
How long can pandas live in the wild
a About 20 years. b About 50 years.
Where do pandas live ( There is more than
one answer.)
a In Sichuan. c In Gansu.
b In Shaanxi. d In Jiangsu.
Look at the pictures, the title, the introduction and the sub-headings of the article on page 67. Then answer the questions below.
Where does this article most probably come from
a A novel.
b A science magazine.
What information about pandas can you get from the article
a Their numbers.
b Their behaviour.
c Their food.
d Their relationship with humans.
e Their future.
f Their uses.
g Their looks.
Reading
Reading
Look at the article on page plete the facts about pandas.
Panda facts
Adult weight : about kilograms
Life: Pandas live for about in the wild but in
zoos they can live for .
Food: A panda eats about of bamboo a day.
Home: Pandas live high up in the mountains of
.
Population: There are about pandas in the wild.
Behaviour: Pandas spend more than a
day eating.
100-150
20 years
up to 35 years
30 kilograms
Central and Western China
1,600
12 hours
Before you read
Note
A giant panda can eat as much as 30 kilograms of bamboo a day.
as many as … + 可数名词
as much as … + 不可数名词(概念上的）
There were _____________one hundred foreign students visiting our school today.
(2) 我们学校今年来了许多外国学生大约有一百来人.
(1) 他一个月可以赚多达5000英镑。
He can earn (赚）_____________5000 dollars a month.
多达…….
as many as
as much as
Note
2.Spend
spend-spent-spent
spend +some time +on sth.
He spent an hour on the book.
spend +some time +(in) doing sth.
He spent an hour (in) reading the book.
= It takes sb. +time + to do sth.
It takes him an hour to read the book.
Note
It is not difficult ____them to climb trees.
It is cruel _____them to do so.
It is important ____us to protect them.
3. It is + adj. + (for/of) sb. to do sth.
对于他们来说爬树不是太难。
对于我们来说保护他们是很重要的。
他们这样做是很残忍的。
for
for
of
Note
4. They are strong enough to protect themselves.
adj. /adv + enough
enough + n.
We have _________________ for everyone.
The book is ____________________ for everybody to read.
这本书足够有趣让每个人都可以读。
我们有足够的椅子让大家坐。
interesting enough
enough chairs
Reading
Vocabulary
C1 The words in italics are from the article on page 67. Circle their correct meanings.
1. The giant panda has a small population.
a the total weight of animals in an area
b the total number of animals in an area
2. Not many pandas live in the wild because there is not enough food for them.
a natural environment not controlled by people
a dangerous place
3. A giant panda is tiny at birth.
a. when it dies b. when it is born
A giant panda is about two to three feet tall at the shoulder.
a. the part of body between the arms and the neck
b. the top of the head
Shaanxi is in Central China. You can see pandas there.
a. the middle of b. the area around
Reading
C2 Complete the passage with the words from the box. Change their forms if necessary.
Vocabulary
adult in the wild population at birth kilogram
Rabbit fact life
A rabbit weighs between 0.4 and 2 (1) __________ and can live for up to 12 years. However, a rabbit (2) ___________ can seldom live for more than a year.
in the wild
kilograms
(3) _____________, a baby rabbit cannot see. An (4) _____________ rabbit cannot see very far, but it can see behind itself without turning its head.
Adult rabbits can give birth to many baby rabbits, and their (5)___________ can grow very quickly. This can cause problems to farmers, because rabbits like to eat the farmers’ vegetables.
adult
population
At birth
Reading
D1 Mandy wrote a passage about pandas for the school newspaper, but she has made some mistakes. Read the article on page 67 and help her correct the mistakes.
Comprehension
Please help us!
Hello. I am a panda. My home is in Central and southern China. I live close to the mountains. I have a black face with white patches around my eyes. I also have black ears, shoulders and legs. I love eating bamboo and I spend more than 18 hours a day eating . There are about 3,000 of us in the wild. However , some people are still killing us for our teeth. Please help us!
Western
white
black
12
1,000
fur
Reading
Comprehension
D2 You are writing about the future of the giant panda. Read the article again and complete the notes below. You may also add some other facts.
Why are giant pandas endangered
They are losing their homes because ____________________
___________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
D3 In pairs, discuss how you can help giant pandas.
Listening
A Jason is listening to a speech about endangered animals at school. Listen to the speech and tick ( ) the animals that are mentioned in it.
Listening
B Jason is telling his mum about the speech. Listen to the recording again and
complete their conversation below. Write one word or figure in each blank.
Jason: Mum, today I listened to a speech by a man from the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Mum: I know this organization. It looks after endangered animals. How many members does it have
Jason: It has close to (1) _________ _____
members in around (2) _________countries.
I know that there are (3) ___________ of
endangered animals around the world.
Mum: Why are they endangered
Jason: It’s because people (4) ________
________ forests and (5) ___________ the water.
five million
100
thousands
cut
down
pollute
Mum: What do people from the WWF do to help these endangered animals
Jason: They work to (6) _________ the endangered animals and their (7) __________.
protect
homes
Speaking
Read the conversation and answer the question
Talk time
What words do the students use when they are talking about obligations
Modal verbs like “should” and “must”.
What should/ must we do
to help giant pandas
We shouldn’t/mustn’t buy fur products
We should/must
protect their homes.
Speaking
We can ask people for obligations like this:
What should/must I/you/he/she/we/they do about the dirty river
What ought to do about the dirty river
We can talk about obligations like this:
I/You/He/She/We/They should/must/ought to clean up the rubbish in the river.
shouldn’t/mustn’t /oughtn’t to throw rubbish into the river.
Speaking
Read the conversation below and practice it in pairs. Pay attention to the words in blue.
Practice
Kevin: What should we do to protect the fish in the river
Amy: We mustn’t throw rubbish into the river. The
fish will die if the river is polluted.
Kevin: What else should we do
Amy: We should write to factories and ask them
to stop polluting river.
Kevin: Good idea.
Speaking
Speak up
How can we help save endangered animals In groups, choose one endangered animal from A on page 70 to talk about. Use the questions below to help you.
S1: Which endangered animal are we going to talk about
S2: We are going to talk about …
S1: What dangers do they face
S2: They are killed every year.
S3: There is not enough food for them.
S4: Their homes are destroyed.
…
Which endangered animals are we going to talk about
What dangers do they face
How should we protect them
Grammar
It is adjective for noun / pronoun to + verb.
It is important for us to protect giant pandas.
It is good for people to save endangered animals.
The adjective in this sentence pattern
describe (the person/the action).
Grammar
Read the notes below. Then write a short notice to remind your classmates about how to protect endangered animals.
Have a try
Ways to protect endangered animals
1 learn about endangered animals in the area ---important
2 buy products made from endangered animals---wrong
3 report any hunting of endangered animals---helpful
4 protect the homes of endangered animals---right
Protecting endangered animals
1 It is important for people/us .
2
3
4
Grammar
Protecting endangered animals
It is important for people/us to _________________________________
______________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
learn about endangered animals in the area
It is wrong for people to buy products made from endangered animals.
It is helpful for people to report any hunting of endangered animals.
It is right for people to protect the homes of endangered animals.
Present
Grammar
adj. /adv + enough to do
enough + n.
enough
They are strong enough to protect themselves.
not… enough to = too…to
The baby pandas is not old enough to eat bamboo.
=The baby pandas is too young to eat bamboo.
Grammar
Simon is talking about his trip to the nature park with plete their conversation with the adjectives and verbs in
brackets.
Simon: Someone was throwing rocks at a duck in a park, but I (1) ___________________ (brave/tell) him to stop doing it. I feel really sorry about it.
Emma: That’s OK, Simon. At least you’re (2) _________________
(honest/say) you were wrong. What happened to the duck then
was not brave enough to tell
honest enough to say
Practice
Grammar
Simon: Yes, I saw some birds, some horses and some sheep. I did a lot of walking. I’m (4)_____________________ (tired/fall) asleep right now!
Simon: It flew away from us. I think it came close because it was hungry. Some other people in the park were (3) ____________
________ (kind/give) it some food, so it was fine.
Emma: Did you see any other animals during your trip
kind enough
to give
tired enough to fall
Practice
Grammar
It is adjective of noun/ pronoun to + verb.
It is cruel of them to kill pandas.
It is kind of the child to try to save the dog.
Work out the rule
The adjective in this sentence pattern
describe (the person/the action).
Practice
Below are some pictures of Helen’s visit to the zoo. Write captions for the pictures.
bad clever lose take
careless nice show wave
Grammar
1. It was nice of the policeman to show Helen the way to the zoo.
3.It was careless of Helen to her camera.
2. It was clever of the monkey to wave at the visitors.
4. It was bad of the monkey to take Helen’s camera.
Practice
Grammar
1.It’s clever __ you __ so many toy ships.
A. of; making B. of; to make
C. for; to make D. for; making
2. It’s very nice ___ you to get me two tickets ____ the World Cup.
A. for; of B. of; for C. to; for D. of; to
Exercise:
3. It’s important _____ the piano well.
A. of him to play B. for him to play
C. of him playing D. for him playing
Grammar
6. The young man is not ___ the box.
A. enough strong to carry
B. strong enough carrying
C. strong enough to carry
D. enough strong carrying
4. It’s important _____ the piano well.
A. of him to play B. for him to play
C. of him playing D. for him playing
5. It is not _____ you to learn three languages at the same time.
A. difficult for B. difficult to
C. easy for D. easy of
Exercise:
Writing
The school magazine wants you to write a fact file about an endangered animal.
A. Below are some endangered animals. Write about one of them or choose one of your own. Then make a spidergram . Use the example below to help you.
An endangered animal
Writing
Asian elephants giant pandas blue whales South China tigers
Asian
elephants
Home: Live in the
grasslands and forests
of South-East Asian
Food: Eat grass,
Leaves and fruit
Behaviour:
Move in large
groups
Life: Live for
up to 60 years in
the wild
Why in danger:
People cut down
forests and kill them
for their long teeth
Appearance:
Height, weight,
colour
An endangered animal
Writing
B Write a fact file about the endangered animal you have chosen. Follow the example.
Appearance
Asian elephant are huge and grey. They weight
up to 5,400 kilograms and are 3.2 metres tall
at the shoulder.
Home
Asian elephants live in the grasslands and
forests of South-East Asian.
Food
Asian elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruit.
Behaviour
Asian elephants often move in large groups.
Life
In the wild, Asian elephant may live
for up to 60 years, but most do not
live that long.
Why in danger
People are cutting down forests. They
Are also killing them for their teeth. It
Is important for us to protect them.
More practice
A Read the article about the story the red-crowned crane and answer the
following below.
1 How did Xu Xiujuan take care of the red-crowned cranes at
the nature reserve in Jiangsu Province
2 What happened to Xu Xiujuan in September 1987
3Why was the song “ The story of the red-crowned crane “ written
While she was looking for the missing bird, she fell into a river
and died.
The song “ The story of the red-crowned crane “ was written
in order to memory Xiu Xiujuan.
She enjoyed taking care of the baby cranes. If a bird became
sick, she took good care of it and stayed with it every day until
it was strong enough to fly again.
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Culture corner
What does this picture stand for
World Wide Fund for Nature
What does the WWF do
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Study skills
A dictionary not only tells you the most common meaning of a word,
it also tells you:
how to spell and say the word;
if it is a noun, a verb, etc.;
if the word has more than one meaning;
how we might use it in a sentence.
A: In groups, look at the dictionary page below and answer the questions on page 79.
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Study skills
1 How many different meanings of “can” are given in the
dictionary
2 What are the two pronunciations of the word
3 Why are some words in italics
4 What do the abbreviations “v” ,”n” , “ sing” , “c” , “BrE”
and “AmE” mean
5 What do the words “informal” and “ slang” mean
6 What idioms are given
The idioms are “no can do” and “a can of worms”.
Eight
They are [k n] and [k n]
Because they are examples
The abbreviations “v” means “verb”; ”n” means “ noun”;“ sing” means “ singular”; “c” means “countable noun”; “BrE” means “ British English”; “AmE” means “American English”.
The word “information” means “ suitable for normal conversation and
writing to friends rather than for serious speech and letters”; “slag”
means “ very informal languages and expressions”
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Study skills
*B Use your dictionary to answer the following pare your answers with your classmates’.
1 What is the pronunciation of “record” as a verb What is it as a noun
2 What is the British English pronunciation of “vase” What is its American English pronunciation
3 From your dictionary, find an example sentence for the word “trip”.
4 What is the American English for “autumn”
5 What does “room” mean as a countable noun What does it mean as an uncountable noun
6 What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean
/r k :d/. / rek :d/.
/v z/. /ve s/ or /ve z/.
(Possible answer) We went on a trip to the mountains.
Fall.
As a countable noun, it means “a part of a building that has its own walls,
floor and ceiling and is usually used for a particular purpose”. As an uncountable noun, it means “empty space that can be used for a particular purpose”.
It means “to tell a secret carelessly or by mistake”.
Sum up
Reading : Read a fact file about the giant panda.
Listening: listen to a speech about endangered
animals.
Grammar: It is adjective of noun/ pronoun to + verb.
It is adjective for noun/ pronoun to + verb.
adj. /adv + enough to do
Speaking : Learn to talk about obligations
Talk about how to save an endangered animal.
Writing: Write a fact file about an endangered animal.
Homework
According to the discussion in class , write a
composition about the endangered animals.
Words：endangered，file，giant panda，wild，
bamboo，adult，weight，kilogram，population，
birth， behavior，patch，shoulder，central，menu，
fur， in the wild，at birth。
Do the exercise of Unit 1.
