Animals are endangered! Forests are endangered! Are we human beings endangered?
humans
animals
Harmonious
plants Humans, animals and plants should live in a harmonious state.
Unit 4 Wildlife protection Reading
Let's enjoy some more
animals
pictures of wild
Elephant大象
Tiger虎
lion 雄狮 & Lioness 母狮
Giraffe长颈鹿
wild horse 野马
Zebra斑马
Homework: writing
More and more animals are killed by humans . As a student, what should you do to protect the wild animals?
What does WWF stand for? World Wildlife Fund 世界野生生物基金会 world’s largest privately financed conservation organization An organization that works all over the world for wildlife protection. protect endangered species and their habitats works in more than 100 countries with nearly 5 million members
Fill in the form based on the text
Animals
Where
What did she find?
How
Sad
fur antelope being killed for ____ Tibet They were __________ endangered
Farmers used to______ hunt elephant. Zimbabwe Government offered help. Happy _______ The tour companies had to______ pay to visit or hunt. Farmers no longer hunt. A millipede insect containing a powerful Rain protect ____ from amazed drug could_______it forest mosquitoes.
How Daisy learned to help wildlife
?
Skimming Skimming for the main idea The passage is mainly about ______.
A. some protection of wildlife
B. a journey of a flying carpet
1. Antelope in Tibet become endangered because:_______. A. they are killed by other animals for food. B. The environment is badly polluted. C. People kill them to use their fur. D. their food chain(食物链) is cut off.
Places she went
Tibet
elephant monkey
Zimbabwe
Rainforest
an antelope in Tibet.
an elephant. in Zimbabwe
a monkey in the rain forest
Then try to correct the false.
C. Daisy’s wonderful experience（经历）
with some animals
Skimming Fill in the table. Test your reading speed.
Animal she met
First visit Second visit Third visit antelope
Only one 1.Daisy saw many antelopes in Tibet.
usedn’t 2.The elephant used to be well protected in Zimbabwe. 3.The farmers in Zimbabwe get much money from the elephants now.
2. The farmers hunted the Zimbabwe elephants without mercy because______. A. they wanted to sell the elephants for money B. their families were attacked with no compensations received . C. the number of elephants was so large that they eat too much food. D. Their farm were destroyed but they didn’t get any money from tourists.
rhino犀牛
red-crowned crane丹顶鹤
golden monkey金丝猴
milu deer麋鹿
Panda熊猫
Wildlife
Wild plants
Wild animals
What are wildlife?
wildlife: animals or plants which live or grow in natural conditions
3. It can be learned from the text that___________. A. the Zimbabwe government did a good job in saving the elephants . B. the rainforest produces drugs that are good for millipede insects C. the farmers also got some money from tourists after the WWF helped. D. mosquitos help protect moneys from millipede insects .
only if we understand, can we care; Only if we care, will we help; only if we help, shall all be saved! ——Jane Goodall
wildlife protection
How Daisy Learned to Help Wildlife
Listenlowing exercises.
1. What places did Daisy go? A.Tibet China B. rain forest C. WWF D. Zimbabwe 2.How many animals did she meet? What are they? A. antelope B. elephant C. monkey D. mosquitoes
Destruction of habitats
Reasons for endangering
Pollution Causes of Endangerment
over-hunting over-fishing destruction of habitats
Food shortage
So, if we continue ignore all these factors, these endangered animals may die out. They do need help. This is called
Can we see those animals often? Why?
No. Because most of them are dying out.
Why are they in danger of disappearing?
too much hunting
Food Shortage !
Pollution
4. It can be inferred from the text that next Daisy would __________. A. go and buy a flying carpet B. work with WWF to help wildlife C. laugh over what she had experienced D. cry because she could not make her new drug.