No 1 Middle School of No 1 Middle School of LinliLinliZhang FengnianZhang Fengnian

Many of the world's animals and plants are in danger.

1. Do you know of any other endangered animals? Why are they in danger?

2.Why is it important to make sure that animals do not die out?

3.What can we do to help endangered animals?

1. the African elephant, the Asian elephant, the blue whale, the gorilla( 大猩猩 ), the snow leopard( 豹 ),the rhino( 犀牛 ).

2 If animals and plants die out, we will not be able to survive. We need the animals and plants for medical and commercial purposes. We also have a moral responsibility to make sure that we do not cause other animals to die out because of our dominance on the planet.

3.We can help endangered animals by protecting their habitats, creating new habitats, protecting the environment, and so on.

Suggested answers:

1 2 3

What kind of

polluting is it?

What are the cause?

What are the effects?

Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.

air pollution

water pollution

waste pollution

cars,burning coal and oil

factories drainage

tourists

We can’t use the polluted water.

The environment becomes ugly.

The air is not fresh.

wolf elephant

giraffehippotiger

kangaroo

panda

antelope

Suggested Questions:

•Where did you live before they brought you to the zoo?

•How long have you been living in the zoo?

•Do you prefer living in the zoo or living in the jungle? Why

•If you could say something to all humans, what would you tell them?

4. deal with 处理，安排。 do with 处理，处置

5. It’s one’s turn to do sth. 轮到某人做某事了

Take turns （ at ） doing sth. 轮流做某事

e.g. Since we took turns driving, we didn’t feel

tired.

e.g. It’s your turn to read the text.

e.g. How shall we deal with this problem.

What shall I do with it?

Take turns to do sth. 轮流做某事

Homework: Preview Reading

Are we endangered?

1.In danger (of)….“ 在 (…) 危险的处境中”

dangerous “ 危险的” out of danger 脱离危险e.g. He is __________. A in danger B dangerous

Keep away from the dog. It’s __________.

2.die out 绝种，灭绝， 熄灭，（风俗，习惯）逐渐消失

Some birds are in danger of dying out.

e.g. The fire died out in the end.

The sick man’s life had been__________, but now he was ______________.

dangerous

in danger

in dangerout of danger

3 make sure 确保 . 保证，搞明白e.g. Make sure he comes at once.