【正文】 s protect animals from now on! III. Animal protection Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history. Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger. Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more. Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting. They are more than just a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animals can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied quickly. Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals or plants on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing. 注釋 : 1. feather ，翎毛，箭羽 2. balance 3. hawk ，隼 4. multiple ，繁殖 multiply multiple choice 5. forbid ，不許；阻止，妨礙 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇正確答案 1 Animals are important to us mainly because _____. A. they give us a source of food B. they are beautiful and lovely C. they keep the balance of nature D. they give us a lot of pleasure 2 What has happened to the animals on the earth? A. Hundreds of kinds of animals are gone forever. B. Many kinds of animals have died out. C. About 170 kinds of animals have disappeared forever. D. All kinds of animals are in danger. 3 Why do people kill animals? A. They kill animals for something they need. B. They kill animals to r。s lives. Dogs can be taught to bee the “eyes” for a blind person or ears for a deaf person. Like people, animals have lives. Why don39。s best friend, they don39。s tail is broken off, it can usually grow a new one. ? A bird called Swift spends all it39。t harm humans. ? The chameleon can change its colour very quickly depending on the colour of the thing it39。s largest bird of prey, weighing as much as 12kg. It has a wingspan of about 3 meters. ? Blue whales are the biggest, heaviest living creatures. They can grow up to 30 meters long. ? The sawfish is found in the warm oceans. It has a long, flat snout with toothed edges. As the fish moves along, it swings it39。s largest bird is the African ostrich. It has powerful legs and can run as fast as 65km/h. ? Lions hunt and kill only when they are hungry. ? Vultures use their keen eyesight to spot a dead animal far below on the ground. ? The world39。s mouth is closed you can see it39。s largest land animal is the African elephant. An adult elephant grows over 3 meters tall and weighs tons. ? Cheetahs are the world39。 1012: P79) Around the world Ask students to read the passages by themselves, and then finish the following exercises. Show the following. Fill in the blanks. 1. The largest animal in the world is ________. It lives in ________ and eats ________ for food. 2. The wild Bactrian camel lives in _________ and ________. It is the _________ in the world with two humps. 3. Many ________ live in India but you can find them in other counties as well. There are many elephants which ________ for people. Writing First ask students to discuss in small groups to decide which animal they want to write about. Find out about the animal. Then write one or two short paragraphs about it. Sample version: Gray bats Gray bats only weigh up to half an ounce. Their wings measure about inches across. Gray bats live in groups in caves. Most gray bats live in caves in Alabama, northern Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. The caves are usually found near a river or lake. During the day, gray bats sleep. At night, they eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes or other pests in one hour. There are about 2 million bats, but their numbers bee smaller because their living place are being smaller and some died from eating insects which is killed by pesticides. Step VI Homework Ask students to 1. finish activities 11—12 in Workbook on page 147. 2. summarize what they have learned in the module. Teaching resources 教學(xué)資源庫(kù) I. Animals are in danger! All around the world there are species of animals that are about to bee extinct disappear for ever. We need to do something to stop this happening. If we go on using nature as thoughtlessly as we have been doing, there will soon be nothing left. So nature has to be looked after carefully. Amazing Facts ? The world39。 III． Class types and periods 課型設(shè)計(jì)與課時(shí)分配 Period 1 Listening and speaking Period 2 Grammar Period 3 Reading and writing Period 4 Integrating skills Period 5 Vocabulary and task IV. Teaching plans for each period 分課時(shí)教案 Period 1 Listening and speaking Language goals 語(yǔ)言目標(biāo) 1. Key vocabulary 重點(diǎn)詞匯 danger, protect, orange, cousin, brown, reserve, mad, surprising, kill, absolutely, hard, away, dirty, awful, peace, find out, rare, example, nature, nature reserve, surprised, at last, on earth 2. Key structures 重點(diǎn)句式 I was so excited to see the pandas at last. It was (not) interesting / sad/ right/ hard to do sth. need/ decide(not) to do sth. The surprising thing was to hear how many animals are in danger. Ability goals 能力目標(biāo) Enable students to talk about animals in danger. Teaching methods 教學(xué)方法 Listening and speakin