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2. module 6 Animals in danger Period2 reading Saving the Antelopes

3. Step one Presentation • Group competition: • 1)How many kinds of animals do you know? • 2) Can you say sth about the animals' speciality. Possible answers: cow horse cat tiger mouse sheep lion fox dog cock hen duck The bear’s galls and the tiger’s bones are used in traditional medicine, they are very precious and expensive.

4. wolf

5. snake

6. eagle eagle

7. antelope

8. ibis

9. dragonfly

10. swallow

11. 2.Which animals are in danger? Possible answers: Giant panda, siberian tiger, ibis, antelope, red wolf

12. The Tibetan antelopes

13. The Siberian tiger The giant panda

14. Red wolf

15. .3. Discussion Discuss the reasons why many kinds of wild animals are in danger? • People want them for pets. • People have moved into their natural habitat. • They are killed by pollution. • They are killed for body parts or food. • They are killed by climate change.

16. 4.Interview(pair-work) One acts as interviewer, the other interviewee, make an interview about survival conditions of antelopes. For example: A: Have you ever read or heard of the Tibetan antelopes? B: Of course. They live in the Tibetan plateau, whose wool is worth a lot of money. A: How much do you know about it? B: Nowadays they are in the danger of extinction……….

17. First of all, let’s enjoy a short piece of the film 《可可西里》.It’s about Tibetan antelope being killed by some illegal hunters. (After the film) T: “So many antelopes have been cruelly killed by the hunters. What do you think of these illegal hunters? Is there anyone fighting against them? T: Do you want to know more about the antelopes? What situation is the antelope in nowadays? Let’s have a skimming of the passage.

21. Step 2 New words • a type of animal or plant • the place where an animal lives naturally • protection, especially of natural things • in danger • a fight which lasts a long time • an area of land where animals are protected • dead (for a species, not a single animal) • continuing to live • living in a natural state, away from people • wild animals

22. Step 3 Listening Listen to the tape and answer the questions. Books closed. 1.Who is Jiesang Suonandajie? 2.Why do the poachers kill the antelope? 3.What have made the things worse since the 1990s? 4.What do you think the future of the antelope will be?

23. Step 4 Fast reading 1.Decide if these sentences are true (T) of false (F). 1.A large number of antelopes have been killed for their meat. 2.The business of antelope wool is illegal but it is easy to be stopped. 3.The Chinese government began to take an active part in protecting the antelopes. 4.Little progress has been made in protecting the antelopes. F F T F 2.Do activity2 on P52. Choose the best answer for each question

24. Step 5 Careful reading 1.Summarize the main idea for each paragraph. (pair work)

25. Paragraph1: Jiesang Suonandajie gave his life to save the Tibetan antelope. Paragraph2: A large number of antelopes have been killed for their wool. Paragraph3: The business of antelope wool is illegal but it is not easy to be stopped.

26. Paragraph4: The Chinese government began to take an active part in protecting the antelopes. Paragraph5: Progress has been made in protecting the antelopes.

27. 2. Find out the difficult sentences and language points by yourselves. If you have any questions , solve them together . Possible difficulties: Give one’s life to On the spot Come into fashion, Have a raid on Get tough with sb Be concerned about

28. Although surprised, (V-ed as adverbial), the poachers had an advantage—there were more of them. Often working at night, (V-ing as adverbialof result),the poachers shoot whole herds of antelopes at a time, leaving only the babies, whose wool is not worth so much. More examples: Brightly lit, the shop was beautiful Given too much homework to do, he felt unhappy. His parents died, leaving him an orphan. Football is played in 80 countries, making it a popular sport in the world.

29. 2.Translation 1.王老师牺牲自己,救出了火中的学生. 2.困难当场解决了 3.警察对赌窝发动了突然袭击 4.他忘了浇水,结果花死掉了 5.现在该对足球迷小流氓采取强硬措施了

30. Answers: 1.Mr wang gave his life to saving the student in fire. 2.The problem is solved on the spot 3.The policemen had a sudden raid on a gambling den 4.He forgot to water the flower, making it die. 5 It's time to get tough with football hooligans.

31. 3. Retelling the text according to the numbers below. • 50,000 $ 5,000 • 138 • 2% 3000 1997

32. Step 6 Consolidation Fill in the blanks. There used to be millions of antelopes on the Qinghai-Tibetan __________. But unfortunately many ________ killed them and skinned them on the spot for their wool, which is the __________ material for a shawl. Now the government begin to take an active part in _________ the antelopes. Many poachers were caught and 300 vehicles _____________. Police are getting _______ with the dealers. As a result, the antelope population has slowly begun to grow again.The writer tells us the facts about the ___________ antelope to make us realize the importance of protecting animals Plateau Poachers expensive protecting confiscated tough endangered

33. Step7 Discussion Group discussion: What can we do to help the animals? Details: 1. What do you feel after you read the passage? 2. What should we do to protect these animals? 3. Would you like to be a volunteer to protect the antelopes if possible?

34. Step8 Homework Write about one kind of animals in danger. 1. Where it lives 2. What the problem is 3. What you or government can do to protect it