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Period 4
Module 6
Animals in Danger
Reading and Writing
Cultural Corner
Reading and Writing –1. Reading (5m) Read the form and find out what animals they are.
It is the world’s biggest land animal; a fully grown adult can weigh five tons.
It can be found in part of Siberia and Northeast China.
They feed mostly on insects and small reptiles, but also eat fish and frogs.
The population is supposed to be less than 5,000; some experts believe the figure could be nearer 2,000
African Elephant
Siberian Tiger
Northern Bald Ibis
Blue Whale
Reading and Writing –2. Dialogue (5m) Read the form and ask and answer.
Talk about these animals and find more information.
You may do like this:
A: What kind of animal is the Siberian tiger
B: It is the largest member of cat family.
A: Where can Siberian tigers be found
B: It can be found in Siberia of Russia and parts of Northeast China.
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Reading and Writing –3. Writing (10m) Read the description and find how it is organized.
What animal ----give a description of the appearance
Where to live ----the habitat
What to eat --- the food
Why in danger ---the reasons
How many left ---the facts or results
Listen to the passage, then match the main ideas
and the paras
Para1 The work WWF has done with the Chinese
government.
Para2 The work WWF has done on protecting the
environment .
Para3 How the WWF began and developed.
Cultural Corner – 1. Prediction (5m)
Look at the title and the pictures and predict the answers.
What does WWF stand for
2.What kind of work does WWF do
The WWF is the world’s largest
organization for nature conservation.
It has its own office with more than
30 staff working on 20 projects protecting China’s natural
environment and educating pupils at school.
Cultural Corner – 2. Reading (8m) Read the passage and answer the questions.
What’s the aim of the WWF when it was founded
Does the organization always have the same focus of attention
When did the WWF set up an office in Beijing
To protect the natural habitats of wild animals in danger of extinction.
No.
In 1995.
Cultural Corner – 3. Scanning (8m) Read again and decide the following statements are True or False
The WWF was founded in Switzerland in the year 1961.
Peter Scott was both a painter and a naturalist.
At present the organization has branches in 130 countries.
The WWF only pays attention to protecting wild animals in danger.
It was Dr George Shaller who set up an office of WWF in Beijing.
Saving the panda is one of the projects that the WWF is carrying out in China.
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The WWF became interested in all activities which
have an effect on the environment.
It was Dr George Shaller who work with Chinese
scientists on the panda project.
1.牛以草为食。______________________________________________
2.我们用新鲜肉喂狗。______________________________________________
3.VOA代表美国之音。______________________________________________
4.他发现很难集中注意一件事在五分钟以上.
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The cattle feed on grass.
We feed the dog with / on fresh meat.
VOA stands for Voice of America.
He found it hard to focus on one thing for longer than five minutes.
5.春寒对植物的生长不利.
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6.使我吃惊的是并不是他说的话,而是他说话的方式 .
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7.她玩游戏浪费了太多的时间.
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The cold in spring / Spring chill has a bad effect on the growth of plants.
What surprised me was not his words but the way he said it.
She wastes too much time in playing games.
Cultural Corner – 4. Role play (5m)
Ask students to do the role-play and give an interview.
Four students a group to have an interview, talking about how to save the endangered animals.
A: an official working for the branch of the WWF in China
B: a volunteer working for the WWF
C: a reporter from CRI(China Radio International )
D: a reporter from CCTV
Homework – Task of the lesson
Write a passage of a certain kind of endangered animal, its description, habitat, numbers left and the way to save it must be included.