Jan 19, 2016
Unit 5 Birdwatchers
Reading
A: Which bird do you like best?
B: I like … best.
A: Why … ?
B: Because ….
Let’s have a competition and see who can name the birds first.
1. brownish feathers broad wings hooked beak
___________________ Golden eagle
2. can talk like a person
___________Parrot
3. white feathers and long thin neck
__________Swan
4. tall, long legs, long beak and long neck
__________Crane
5.long pointed wings, forked tail and flies to northern countries in
summer
____________Swallow
6. small brown and grey feathers
__________Sparrow
7.long –winged, web-footed, white and grey or black feat
hers
________Seagull
Wolong Zhalong
Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.
1.Zhalong is a nature reserve in China. 2.Birds can find food easily in Zhalong. 3.Some birds go to Zhalong for a short stay. 4.The birds in Zhalong live in large cages. 5.There are a lot of red-crowned cranes in other parts of the world.
6.Many endangered birds live in Zhalong now. 7.Zhalong needs more people to feed birds. 8.Studying Zhalong helps us learn about protecting wildlife.
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
Answer the following questions:
1.Where is Zhalong?
2.Where is Heilongjiang?
3.Is Zhalong Nature Reserve a good place for wildlife?
4.Are there many red-crowned cranes in the world?
5.Why are more and more birds in danger?
It’s in Heilongjiang
It’s in north-east China.
Yes, it is.
No, there aren’t.
Because they don’t have enough space.
Zhalong needs help
Natural homes for red-crowned cranes and visiting birds
Don’t use wetlands for farms and buildings
An ideal home for a lot of plants, fish and birds
More and more birds are in danger
Making records of birds at Zhalong
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Northeast Northwest
Southwest Southeast
1.provide…for… 为…提供 Our school dining-room provides food for us students every day.
2.endangered: in a dangerous state.
Giant pandas are endangered animals.
3.tourist:visitor
There are many foreign tourists visiting the World Park in Beijing every year.
4.stay n. v.
He learned a lot during her stay in Japan.
Please stay here till I come back.
5.change n. v.
Why did you make a change to the plan?
Shall we change seats?
7. 用 important,importance 填空
It’s ___________ to learn English well.
Do you know the ___________ of learning English?
important
importance
6.count n. v.
Our school does a student count every term.
Let’s help him count the books.
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
根据课文完成下列短文。
Zhalong is one of the ________most important ________ ________ it________ food and ________ for all _________ of plants, fish and birds.
Many birds like ________ in Zhalong Nature Reserve because they can find many fish to ________. There are ________ red-crowned cranes in the world, ________ there are some of them living in Zhalong.
world’swetlands because provides shelter
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living
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为配合国际爱鸟周活动,请你根据下面四幅图画,为英语报 The 21st Century 写一篇保护鸟的英语短文。