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Reading and listening

Reading and listening. What do you think of dinosaurs?. huge. fierce. 凶猛的. bones of a dinosaur. eggs of dinosaurs. Discussion:. Dinosaurs have died out. Do you know the possible reasons?. Reading. Using language. 1. When did dinosaurs live? Tens of millions of years ago.

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Reading and listening

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  1. Reading and listening

  2. What do you think of dinosaurs? huge

  3. fierce 凶猛的

  4. bones of a dinosaur

  5. eggs of dinosaurs

  6. Discussion: Dinosaurs have died out. Do you know the possible reasons?

  7. Reading Using language 1. When did dinosaurs live? Tens of millions of years ago. 2. When did dinosaurs die out? About 65 million years ago. 3. Why did dinosaurs die out according to the passage? A large rock hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. The earth got too hot to live on.

  8. True or false F a number of • There are many different species of dinosaur and all of them have been found in China. • Not long ago, a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Henan Province. • Some scientists are sure dinosaurs died out because the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. • Dinosaurs died out quickly about 65 million years ago and many animals have died out in the same way. F Liaoning think F T

  9. 渡渡鸟

  10. DoDo鸟是一种不会飞的鸟，仅产于毛里求斯。拥有肥胖的身子和巨大的嘴。 16世纪后期，欧洲殖民者来到了毛里求斯。不会飞又跑不快的DoDo鸟很快成为欧洲人来到岛上后主要的食物来源。人们开始大量的滥捕滥杀可怜的DoDo鸟，有时每天可以捕杀到几千只到上万只。 由于过度的捕杀,很快岛上DoDo鸟便得越来越少。1681年，最后一只DoDo鸟被残忍的杀害后，从此，地球上再也见不到这种东西了，除非是在博物馆的图片中。

  11. Listening: • First listening: Finish part3 on page30 to find out the main idea of the story.

  12. This story is about how foolish the dodo was. • This story is about how the dodo became extinct. • This story is about how the dodo and Man became friends. • This story is about how the other birds and animals tried to save the dodo.

  13. Listen again and finish part4 : choose the correct answers.

  14. C • 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 other animals lie D. Man is his best friend 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 his friend was being killed by Man D. the monkeys told him B C

  15. Third and forth listening: fill in the blanks.

  16. Once was called many of ______ upon a time, I lived on the island of Mauritius. I _____ _______ “dodo”. There were ______ _____ us and we were friends with all the other animals on the island. One day a new _____ came to my island. His name was Man, and _____ ______ we seemed to be good friends. We went everywhere _________ and I share my food with him. animal at first together

  17. began to number quickly However, I ______ ______ wonder why several of my dodo friends had disappeared. Then the _________ of our species began to decrease_______ . I was so worried that I asked the other animals and they told me, “Your friends _____ ________ __________ and eaten by Man while you are hunting for food.” Had man ______ them? I could not believe it! When I asked Man directly, he seemed ________ . “I haven’t seen the other dodos either.” he said, “Maybe someone else ______ ________.” are being killed eaten surprised killed them

  18. disappeared as if instead I believed him but when more dodos___________ I set a trap. I went off _____ ____ I was going to hunt but _______ I hid in the forest and waited. Sure enough man came along. He ran _______ the last of my dodo friends and killed her. I felt so angry that I _______ out of my hiding place and straight at Man’s spear. He killed me too. After that there were ___ _________ dodos in the world. So my ______ is : be careful ______ you trust. after rushed no more motto who

  19. Speaking: It is a pity that nobody helped the dodo. In groups choose another endangered animal, analyze why this animal is endangered. • Is it being hunted and killed? • Does it not have enough food? • Is it because its habitat is being threatened? • Other reasons…. Some of the endangered animals: Polar bear, Whales and dolphins, Elephants, Antelope and so on.

  20. Some tips:

  21. Homework • Since Man have done wrong, many animals will not believe our human beings. If you want to make up for the wrong behaviors of Man and say sorry to dodos, what you will say? Write a letter to the dodos, tell them your apologies and what you will do to help the another animals.

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