Unit 6 Bird watching Reading 2： Birds in Zhalong 课件31张

Unit 6 Birdwatching
Reading One
Why must the birds migrate(迁徙)?
Where do they want to go?
What’s their journey like?
Why must the storks migrate now?
Birds migrate because they need food and cover to keep living in winter.
a place to stay
Where do the storks want to go?
Africa.
What’s their journey like?
It’s long and dangerous.
Think: Is Africa really a perfect place for storks?
very good
Where else can we go? Can you give me some advice?
Such a wonderful place!
Title 标题
Predict: What is the article about?
What is Zhalong like?
It’s a special place.
Tip1: When we read an article, we can often predict(预测) the content(内容) from the title.
I want to know more about Zhalong!
Can you help me?
It’s about Zhalong.
Skimming
Paragraph 1 ___
Paragraph 2 ___
Paragraph 3 ___
Paragraph 4 ___
Paragraph 5 ___
a About birds in Zhalong
b What the Birdwatching Society members do
c Most people can help count and describe the birds
d Birds in Zhalong are in danger
e About Zhalong Nature Reserve
e
a
d
b
c
Tip2: Skimming means reading the text quickly to get the main idea. When skimming for the main idea of each paragraph(段), we can read the first sentence of each paragraph.
In Heilongjiang Province in North-east China.
North
East
South
West
North-east
Where is Zhalong?!
wetland n.
What is Zhalong like?
word-building
What does Zhalong provide for wildlife?
=offer
A. food
B. cover
C. both A and B
wild animals and plants n.
perfect/great/wonderful/ideal/excellent…
Wow! Zhalong is a/an _____ place for birds!
How long do birds stay in Zhalong?
Why can people watch birds easily there?
How many cranes live in Zhalong?
Many birds live in Zhalong all year round, while some go there only for a short stay.
≈however conj.
Because most birds are active in the daytime.
40 per cent of cranes live there.
the whole year
What about the birds in Zhalong?!
word-building
Think: Why aren’t there many cranes left in the world?
Because of humans!
What bad things do some people do?
make the wetlands smaller in order to have more space for farms and buildings
less and less space for wildlife
fishermen keep fishing
birds do not have enough food to eat
to show purpose(目的)
=room n.
lead to
lead to
moreover adv.
to add something
Too terrible!
Who prevents all these things in Zhalong?
=stop
The birdwatching society /s?'sa??t?/
The Chinese government /?g?v?nm?nt/
The Chinese famous artists
n. 政府
Think: Who else would like to protect birds?
bird-watchers
_____ the birds
_____ a year
record _____ and _____ in numbers
_____ tourists to help count and describe the birds
study
once
types
changes
invite
know
What do we hope by doing this?
We hope this will help people understand the importance of the wetlands.
What does the Society do for birds?
word-building
to say what something is like
visitors
write down
Discussion:
What else can we do to protect birds?
Government
Bird-watching society
Common people
Government:
Build more reserves
Make more strict laws
Provide food, cover and fund for birds
Bird-watching Society:
Invite more people to join the society
Organize more activities to help people understand the importance of protecting birds
Common people:
Don’t hunt or kill birds for fun.
Don’t buy things made from birds’ feathers or other parts of the birds.
Plant more trees.
Try our best to protect the environment around us.
Good! Our life may be safer there.
Practise Reading!
Think:
Why is Zhalong so special?
I think so!!
My Fellow Storks,
Today, I have good news for you. We don’t need to travel a long way to Africa any more. We have a perfect place to stay in winter--Zhalong Nature Reserve.
Zhalong is in... It is one of…
Zhalong provides ….for…It’s a…place for….
Birds can live…(easily/happily…)there. So, Many birds …
Now,…has made… to protect birds in Zhalong. The…also do a lot of things to help birds there. I think life of birds in Zhalong will be… in the future. Let’s go there together, shall we?
Great! Can you help me tell my citizens about Zhalong?!
Think: Will the other storks agree to stay in Zhalong?
Is Zhalong big enough for all birds?
There are more than 9000 types of birds living in the world. Among them, 1186 kinds live in China. To protect those rare species, the Chinese government has established eight nature reserves over the years.
Yancheng Nature Reserve
Yancheng Nature Reserve is in Jiangsu Province in East China. It covers an area of over 4,530 square kilometers. It became one of the world’s most important wetlands in 2002. It is home to different kinds of plants and rare birds. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world, but there are some there.
Qinghai?Lake?Bird?Island
Lying?180?kilometers?from?Qinghai?and?3200?metres?above sea level, Qinghai Lake is?the?largest?salt?water?lake?in China. The island is situated on the western shore of Qinghai Lake. It covers an area of less than 1 square kilometer, but it has become an important place for more than 100,000 migratory(迁徙的) birds since 1975.
Swan Lake
Located on Bayinbuluke (巴音布鲁克) Grassland ,in Xinjiang, Swan Lake comprises a total area of more than 300 square kilometers. A mountain wetland with a span of 30 kilometers from west to east and a width of 10 kilometers from north to south, in 1986 the area became a state-level nature reserve for swans. It is also the only nature reserve for swans in China.
Other Nature Reserves in China
Skimming
What’s the article mainly about?
When skimming, read the title, the main headings, the first sentence of each paragraph.
It’s about nature reserves for birds in China.
Scanning
Tip3: Scanning means moving eyes quickly over the text to look for specific(细节的) information such as names or numbers. We do not need to read every word. Instead, we look for the key information that will answer our questions.
Where are the three reserves?
Scanning
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Founding Time
Area
Birds
Yancheng Nature Reserve
Qinghai Lake Bird Island
Swan Lake
2002
1975
1986
4530 square kilometers
about 1 square kilometer
300 square kilometers
cranes
migratory birds
swans
Think: What do they have in common(共同)?
Which reserve is the most special ?
Guessing
1. “establish” in Paragraph One means ___.
create B. set up C. buy
2. “shore” in Paragraph Three means ____.
湖 B. 水 C. 岸
3. “comprise” in Paragraph Four means __.
A. 组成 B. 形成 C. 合成
Tip4: Sometimes we can guess the meaning of a new word from the context(上下文).
Summary
Reading
Skills
predicting
skimming
scanning
guessing
word-building
context
Protecting Wildlife is protecting ourselves!
Homework:
Practice reading the article.
Find out more information about Zhalong Nature Reserve or other wetlands in China and share it with classmates.