1. Ask students to close their books and show them some English words of this unit. Then students give the Chinese meaning.
2. Show some Chinese words and students give the English words.
Step 3 Lead-in
1. Show pictures of Beijing Olympics mascots
T: Do you know them?
S: Yeah! They are "Fu Wa".
T: Very lovely, right?. And we have met them in Unit 2 the Olympic Games. Can you tell me who are they?
Ss: Yes! They are Bei bei, Jing jing, Huan huan, Ying ying and Nini.
T: And what are they?
Ss: Panda, swallow, fish, flame and Tibetan antelope.
T: Great! As we know, all of them except Huan huan belong to wildlife.
2.Introduce the definition of "wildlife".
T: And do you know what does "wildlife" mean?
(Ss Discuss and show their opinions.)
(T gives a completed definition of "wildlife": wildlife means animals and plants living in natural conditions)
3. Show the topic of Unit 4 Wildlife Protection.
T: And, today, we are going to learn something about Wildlife protection, which is also the topic of Unit 4.
Step 4 Presentation
1. Game "Who am I?"
T: If we want to understand "Wildlife protection". Well, it is necessary for us to know some basic information of the wildlife, such as the situation they facing. First, look at these pictures about the wild animals and tell me what are they.
(T shows the pictures one by one, including these of crocodile, koala, dolphin, kangaroo, giraffe, leopard, zebra and so on. Students compete in telling their names.)
2. Game "Pick me out"