普通高中课程标准实验教科书（人教版）英语必修II

Unit 4 Wildlife protection

The First Period (Warming up & Talking)

Teaching Procedures:

Step One: Leading-in

1. Show Ss the pictures of some rare animals.

2. Ask Ss to guess their names and talk about them.

Step Two: Warming up

1. Ask the Ss to look through the words above the table on P25, and find out:

Why did so many wild animals die out?

(lack of food, bad environment and enemies, climate change, pollution...)

2. Look at the table on P25, and work in pairs to retell the report, using complete sentences.( The teacher may give an example of "pandas").

Example: panda

The problem the pandas face in China is that they do not have enough food, because of the loss of bamboo growing areas. To solve this problem, China has set up a protection zone in Sichuan Province for the pandas. It is called Wolong Nature Reserve. Thanks to the effort, things have changed for the better. The number of pandas has risen from very few to around 50 after the growth of bamboo areas for the pandas.

3. Ask some Ss to talk about Milu deer and South China tiger.

Step Three: Discussion

Ask Ss to discuss the following questions in a small group.

1) What other endangered species do you know?

2) Why are they in danger of disappearing?

3) Do you know of any wildlife that has disappeared?

Answers: 1) antelope, bear, leopard [豹], whale, crocodile, elephant, golden monkey[金丝猴],

giant salamander[娃娃鱼], Chinese Alligator[扬子鳄],dolphin, rhino...

2) too much hunting, lack of food, bad environment, ...