Unit 6 Birdwatching
Integrated skills
1. 学习并掌握以下生词:south-east, cover, clearly, speaker, tour 词组: cover an area of…, spend the winter; 句型:The reserve covers an area of over 45,30 square kilometers . You’d better take a pair of binoculars.
2. 学会边听音频材料,边捕捉有用信息,完成相关报告。
3. 学会询问参加某项活动的建议,并能对别人的询问作出适当的反应。
4. 学会野外观鸟所带的装备,以及养成野外活动安全和环保意识。
Learning aims
What birds can you see?
red-crowned cranes (丹顶鹤)
In March, red-crowned cranes fly to Zhalong Nature Reserve.
If winter comes, where will they fly?
They will fly to Yancheng Nature Reserve to spend the winter.
They will fly to Yancheng Nature Reserve to spend the winter.
Yancheng Nature Reserve is also one of the world’s most important wetlands.
in East China
Yancheng Nature Reserve
Yancheng
1 Yancheng Nature Reserve is in ___ Province in ___ China.
a Heilongjiang, North-east
b Hainan, South
c Jiangsu, East
2 Yancheng Nature Reserve is a perfect place to ____.
a buy the birds b hunt the birds
c watch the birds
Facts about Yancheng Nature Reserve
Finish a quiz
3 The reserve covers an area of over __________ square kilometres.
a 453 b 4,530 c 45,300
4 Yancheng is the ___ home to red-crowned cranes in China.
a largest b second largest c third larges
5 About ___ red-crowned cranes fly to Yancheng Nature Reserve every year to spend the winter.
a 100 to 300 b 300 to 1,000 c 1,000 to 3,000
6 In ____, Yancheng Nature Reserve became one of the world’s most important wetlands.
a 1997 b 2002 c 1992
How big?
1? 2? 3?
How many?
Which year?
Tip1: Before listening, read and guess.
Tip2: The answer may not be in order.
[skwe?]
cover an area of … 有……的面积
我叔叔的农场面积是50平方千米。
My uncle’s farm _______ ____ ____ ___ 50 square meters.
covers
an
area
of
3 The reserve covers an area of over __________ square kilometres.
a 453 b 4,530 c 45,300
4 Yancheng is the ___ home to red-crowned cranes in China.
a largest b second largest c third largest
5 About ___ red-crowned cranes fly to Yancheng Nature Reserve every year to spend the winter.
a 100 to 300 b 300 to 1,000 c 1,000 to 3,000
6 In ____, Yancheng Nature Reserve became one of the world’s most important wetlands.
a 1997 b 2002 c 1992
[skwe?]
Yancheng Nature Reserve is in Jiangsu in (1)______ China. It covers an area of over(2)__________ square kilometres. It became one of the world’s most important wetlands in
(3)_________.
Yancheng Nature Reserve is home to different kinds of plants and rare birds. There are not many (4)_________________ in the world, but there are some in Yancheng Nature Reserve. It is a perfect place to go(5)______________.
People celebrate the World Wetlands Day on (6)___________ each year. We should protect the wetlands not only because they are home to many plants, birds and (7)_________, but also because they are important to the (8)________ of people all over the world.
East
45,300
2002
red-crowned cranes
birdwatching
2nd February
animals
health
Tip4: You needn't write down the whole words when time is not enough.
Listen and complete
Tip3: According to the information on P75 and fill in blanks as many as possible.
Yancheng
Nature
Reserve
Where
?
Whose home?
Why is it special?
How big?
What should we take?
What we can do?
Brainstorming
in Jiangsu Province
in East China
cover an area of over 4,530 square kilometres
one of the world’s
most important wetlands
home to red-crowned cranes
a perfect place
to go birdwatching
What should we take with us?
Daniel is asking Sandy for some advice before going birdwatching. Please listen to their conversation and finish the table.
Speak up
What should he take with him?
A. a pair of binoculars
B. some water
C. a notebook
D. all the above
binoculars
We need a pair of binoculars.
They can help us see clearly.
n. [复]望远镜
[b?'n?kj?l?z]
take photos of birds
call for help if you get lost
walk a long way ,may get tired
pack the things
…
…
If We go birdwatching too,what else can we take?And Why ?
???
D: What should we take with us when we go birdwatching , sandy?
S: You’d better take a pair of binoculars . They’ll help you see the birds more clearly.
D: OK. What else should we take?
S: You should take some water .Usually it takes hours to watch the birds . You may get thirsty.
D: All right. Anything else?
S: Take a notebook with you to write down what you see.
D: OK. Thanks , Sandy.
Further thinking
How do you give others advice?
How do you give others advice?
You’d better…
I think you should…
What/How about doing…?
Why not…?
Why don’t you…?
You should…
It’s important/necessary/… to do…
Group work: An interview
If you are a reporter from CCTV,please have an interview with the mayor of Yancheng.
A:Hello ,Mr Wang !
B:Hello .
A: Can I ask you some questions about Yancheng Nature Reserve ?
B: OK.
A:How big is the reserve ?
B:It covers an area of ……
A: What can we do there ?
B:It is a perfect ……
A:Whose home is it ?
B:It is home to ……
A:If we go there, what should we take?
B:You should/ had better...
A:Why should we protect the wetlands ?
B:Not only because…but also …
...
How to protect Wetlands ?
Further thinking
Further thinking
How to protect Wetlands ?
1. We should protect wild animals instead of hunting them.
2. We should make laws to protect wetlands.
3. We should protect the waters from water polltion.
4. We can build more wetland reserves.
5. We can let more people know the importance of the wetland and call on more people to protct the wetlands.
...
湿地是地球之肾,让我们一起来保护护它吧!请你作为盐城湿地保护协会的发言人完成下面的发言稿。
Give a speech
Good morning, my dear friends.
I'm happy to meet you here. Today I'm going to tell you something about the wetlands.
Main body
That's all of my speech. Thanks for listening!
1.something about Yancheng Nature Reserve.
2.Wetlands are in danger.
3.How to protect wetlands?
To protect nature is
to protect ourselves !
Live in harmony with nature !
(和谐)
1. 学习并掌握以下生词:south-east, cover, clearly, speaker, tour 词组: cover an area of…, spend the winter; 句型:The reserve covers an area of over 45,30 square kilometers . You’d better take a pair of binoculars.
2. 学会边听音频材料,边捕捉有用信息,完成相关报告。
3. 学会询问参加某项活动的建议,并能对别人的询问作出适当的反应。
4. 学会野外观鸟所带的装备,以及养成野外活动安全和环保意识。
Learning aims
Homework
Search on the Internet to find more facts about Yancheng Nature Reserve.
2.Make your slogan better a.nd let more people know the importance of the wetlands.