初中多維閱讀重返自然SomethingtoThinkAboutAnimalsin

Freetalk:4.

Why

doesitbecome

thenationaltreasure（國(guó)寶）?2.Whichisyourfavouriteanimalinthemovie?Why?3.WhichanimalisthenationaltreasureofChina?1.What

are

the

animals

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themovie?TinaAnimalsinDangerDiscussion(workinpairs)

(1)Whatkindsofanimalsareindangerintheworld?(2)Whyaretheyindanger?

(3)Howcanweprotectthem?

(4)Doyouknowsomeworldorganizations(組織）protectinganimals?WWF（World

Wide

Fund

forNature)世界自然基金會(huì)成立于：1961總部：瑞士性質(zhì)：全球最大的獨(dú)立性非政府環(huán)境保護(hù)組織之一任務(wù)：保護(hù)世界生物多樣性；確?？稍偕匀毁Y源的可持續(xù)利用；推動(dòng)降低污染和減少浪費(fèi)性消費(fèi)的行動(dòng)。與中國(guó)：WWF在中國(guó)的工作始于1980年的大熊貓及其棲息地的保護(hù)，是第一個(gè)受中國(guó)政府邀請(qǐng)來(lái)華開(kāi)展保護(hù)工作的國(guó)際非政府組織。1996年，WWF正式成立北京辦事處Endangeredanimals

RedWolfCheckerspotButterflyBroadheadedSnakeBaldEagleGuess

1.ItisthesymboloftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andappearsoneverydollarnote.Afewyearsagoitwasanendangeredspecies,butnowthepopulationisontheincrease.2.Australiaishometomanydifferentreptiles,butthehabitatsofsomeofthemarebeinglosttourbandevelopment---likethisone,whichlivesinthesoutheastofthecountry.

Guess3.ThereareonlyaboutthreehundredoftheseNorthAmericanmammalsleft,noneofwhichareinthewild.Inthefirstpartofthetwentiethcenturythousandswerekilledbecausefarmersbelievedtheyatetheiranimals.4.ThisvarietyisfoundinthesouthwestUnitedStates,andiseasilycaughtbecausseitisaslowflyer.Inrecentyearsforestfireshavegreatlyreducedtheirnumbers.Doyouknowit?vocabularyP51Matchthefollowing

wordswithmeaningsextinct,

reserve,habitat,conservation,endangered,species,struggle,survival,wild,wildlifeFillintheblanksextinct,species,reserve,habitat1.Servants(奴仆）arenowalmost___inmodernsociety.

2.Someanimal___can‘taccommodateto(適應(yīng)）therapidlychangingconditions（情況）.3.Biologistscallfor（呼吁）creatinganature___toprotectthedolphins.4.Thepanda‘snatural___isthebamboo（竹子）forest.

extinctspeciesreservehabitatFillintheblanksconservation,endangered,struggle,survival1.Environment__________hasbeenahottopicinrecentyears.2.Thelistof_________speciesincludesnearly600fishes.3.Attheotherendofthescale,lifeisaconstant_______togetenoughtoeat.4.Theoperation(手術(shù)）wasKelly’sonlyhopeof__________.

conservationendangeredstrugglesurvivalwhat'smissingspeciesextincthabitatspeciesreservestrugglewildlifesurvivalconservationListenandanswer1.TodayhowmanySiberiantigerareleft?2.Wherearetheirhabitatmentionedinthetext?

3.WhichanimalisthesymboloftheWWF?4.AccordingtotheRedListoftheInternationalUnionfortheConservationofNature,howmanyspeciesarenowindanger?

onlyabout1000intheHunchunNatureReserveontheborderbetweenChinaandRussia

thepanda

morethan12,000animalspeciesReadandanwserDecidethesentencesaretrueorfalse(1)ChineseandRussiangovernmentshelptocreatethereserveforthetigers.

(2)Figuresofpandalivinginthewildhasincreasedto1,950.(3)Everyyearhundredsofwildanimalsandplantsbecomeextinct.

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