第43/741期初二教案

栗红梅

 

Crested ibis comes back (P4-5)

 

 

I. Pre-reading

·Do you know of any rare (珍稀的) wildlife?

·Why should we protect rare animals?

 

Predict

·The crested ibis is under top-level state protection.

·How do people save endangered animals?

 

II. While reading

·When did the crested ibises begin to disappear?

  In the 1960s.

 

·species [ˈspiːʃiːz] n.物种

  e.g. Pandas are an endangered(濒危的) species.

 

·in the 1960s 在20世纪60年代

  某个世纪几十年代的表达方式为：in+the+逢十的复数数词

 

·Where did scientists find the last seven crested ibis?

  In the wild in Yangxian county in Hanzhong, Shaanxi province. 

 

·county 郡，县

  province 省；领域

  Shaanxi province 陕西省

  Shanxi province 山西省

 

·How many crested ibises live in Yangxian?

  3,000.

 

·worldwide adj. 世界各地的；影响全世界的 adv. 遍及全球地

  nationwide adj. 全国范围的 adv. 在全国

 

·What does Zhang Yueming do?

  He is an expert who helps protect birds in Yangxian.

 

·protect v. 保护

  protection n. 保护

  according to 根据

 

·Are people in Yangxian allowed to cut down trees?

  No, they aren’t.

 

·put out 发表

  e.g. The government put out a warning against food. 

  cut down 砍倒（树木）

  set off 引爆

 

·What did the four people at the Qinling No 1 protection station do during the daytime?

  They watched and recorded the birds’ habits and conditions.

 

·What kind of help do crested ibises get at the center?

  They can receive help when they are sick or hurt.

 

·timely adj. 及时的; 适时的 adv. 及时地；早

  e.g. A serious incident was prevented by the timely arrival of the police.警察的及时到来阻止了一次严重事故。

 

·How did Zhang describe China’s protection of crested ibises?

  He said it was a “paragon in the world’s history of protecting endangered wildlife”. 

 

·endanger v. 危及

  e.g. You will endanger your health if you drink so much.

  endangered adj. 濒临灭绝的；有生命危险的

 

Read the sentences and mark them true (T) or false (F).

1. Crested ibises are the oldest bird species on Earth . (F)

2. Now there are more than 5,000 crested ibises all over the world. (T)

3. China’s protection of crested ibises was successful. (T)

 

III. Further reading

Read the passage and fill in the blanks.

       Today there are many endangered species in the world. It' s time to do something for these animals. What should we do? First, we should figure out why they’re endangered. Some of the things that humans do causes damage to the environment. This can cause animals to become endangered.

       Next, we can make laws to protect endangered species. We can also set up protected areas for them to live in. Keeping them in a zoo isn’t the best choice, but it’s better than allowing them to die in the wild.

       Protecting animals and helping them survive is a moral choice. If we fail to do so, then we have failed not only these animals, but ourselves as a species.                                                           

 

Fill in the blanks.

1. Many wild animals are in danger because of human activity.

2. We can set up protected areas to create a safe environment for animals to live in.

 

IV. Post reading

Group activity - design a poster and write a report to call on people to protect rare wildlife. (What rare wildlife do you want to talk about? Why are they endangered? How can people try to save them?...)