人教高中英语必修2Unit4 Learning about Language课件 (2)

Unit 4 Wildlife Protection Using language reading and listening Learning about language 1. _______ far away in space or time 2. ________ to go down to a lower level 3. ________ able to control events 4. ______ to do something to make a change 5. ___________ to understand how serious a situation is Discovering useful words and expressions distant decrease powerful affect appreciate 1 Find the word or expression for each of the following meanings from the text. 6. _______ to run after animals in order to kill or catch them 7. ______________ to keep someone or something safe from harm 8. ________ to do something as a reaction to something done or said 9. ______ feeling of comfort when something worrying has ended or not happened hunt protect…from respond relief Wendy Lee was a famous photographer and always photographed ____ animals in their natural habitat. One day she drove her car into the local game ______ as usual to _____ for some animals to photograph. wild reserve hunt protect … from wild reserve powerful appreciate hunt relief species 2 Complete the passage. After a while she saw some zebra with black and white lines going beneath their stomachs. “This must be a special _______ of zebra,” thought Wendy. “I’ve never seen one like this before.” Suddenly the zebra looked up and moved away as quickly as they could. Wendy looked around and saw a ________ lion in the grass. species powerful She ____________ the danger, so she sounded her horn loudly until the lion turned and walked away. Wendy waited for several minutes to make sure the lion was not coming back. Then she gave a smile of ______. But soon her smile disappeared because she realized that in __________ the zebra _____ the lion she had lost her best chance of taking some amazing photographs! appreciated relief protecting from Lead-in dodo Died out in 1799 Why did the dodo die out? A. Because of over hunting. B. Because of sickness. C. Because of food shortage. D. Because of climate change. Prediction 1. The dodo is_____. A. fierce B. unkind C. friendly D. foolish 2. He wants to believe that Man is telling the truth because _____. A. Man is friendly B. he thinks Man is friendly C. he thinks the bears and monkeys lie D. Man is his best friend Listening comprehension 3. He didn’t realize who had killed many of his friends until _____. A. Man told him the truth B. the other birds told him C. he saw how his friend was being killed by Man D. the monkeys told him Why did the dodo die out? A. Because of over hunting. B. Because of sickness. C. Because of food shortage. D. Because of climate change. Check your prediction Pre-reading Saber-toothed tigerMammoth extinct or endangered? Match the main idea of each paragraph Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 A.Possible reasons of dinosaurs’ extinction B.Report about other species’ extinction (dodo) C.Introduction of dinosaurs and its family kinds Skimming Para1. True or false 1. There were many different kinds of dinosaur and all of them have been found in China. 2. Not long ago, a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Henan Province. a number Liaoning Scanning Para. 2-3: Which is NOT the reason of dinosaurs' extinction according to the passage? A. Extremely hot climate B. Too much dust C. Food shortage D. A huge rock from space hitting the earth Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth . ___1___ , which lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being. The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia County, Nanyang. ____2__These dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees. ____3__Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from the space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. ___4___ Nobody knows for sure why and how they disappeared.__5____According to a UN report, some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years. Post-reading Task 1(七选五） A. Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. B. The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs C. Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County. D. A number of dinosaurs used to live in China. E. We know many other wild plants,animals,insects and birds have died out more recently. F. The dodo is one of them. G. Others hold the view that the earth get too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. BCAGE • Create a day to call on people to protect animals • Your poster must include : • 1. the name of your day • 2.the date of your day • 3.the slogan of your day • 4.the logo of your day Post-reading Task 2 Make a poster P anda's D ay Aug.8th Love pandas love nature Slogan Logo A sample Evaluation According to your performances, Group_______is the best group in this lesson.Congratulations! Grade 1 Class 14 Dad, why can’t mom go home with us? No selling, no killing. Choose one to be your homework according to your own English level. 1. Recite the summary of this passage. 2. Write a short passage to describe your poster. 3. Write a short story about the last picture. Homework