Unit 4 Wildlife protection Reading,What are these animals?,I. Warming up,panda,tiger,Warming up,antelope,Warming up,elephant,Warming up,Look at a report on some endangered wildlife in China.,They are endangered animals.,Why?,Lack of food,Habitats destroyed,Climate changed,Killed by Man,Pollution,Warming up,the process of having less of something that you used to have _ running after animals in order to kill or catch them _,Warming up,loss,hunting,1. What other endangered animals do you know of? 2. What is being done to protect them? 3. Look at the title and the pictures of the reading passage. Predict what it is about.,II. Pre-reading,III. While-reading,Read the passage and answer the following questions.,Who is the main character in the story? What animals has she seen and talked with? What has she learned?,Daisy,She has seen and talked with an antelope, an elephant and a monkey.,She has learned the importance of wildlife protection.,Daisy took _ to travel and talked with _, which made her know _ of the wildlife protection.,a flying carpet,some animals,the importance,While-reading,Read the passage quickly and write down its main idea.,Tips for summing up the main idea of a story Who? What happened? Whats the meaning of the story?,Read the passage quickly and put these sentences in the right order.,Daisy found her being watched by an elephant. Daisy woke up and found a flying carpet. As Daisy landed, things began to disappear including the monkey. Daisy and her flying carpet were in a thick rainforest. Daisy looked at an antelope which was looking sad.,1,2,3,4,5,While-reading,Look at the words below. Each has two meanings listed, but only one is used in the reading passage. Choose the meaning that has been used.,1,1,2,1,2,While-reading,Read the story carefully and answer the following questions.,Why has the antelope in Tibet become an endangered species? Its fur is being used to make sweaters. As the sweaters become popular, more and more animals are killed. So very few antelopes are left. 2. Why are elephant numbers increasing in Zimbabwe? The farmers stopped killing the elephants, so the numbers are increasing.,While-reading,3. How does the government of Zimbabwe help protect wild animals? The government helps the farmers. It makes sure that the tour companies pay the farmers when tourists come to visit and hunt a few animals. 4. Why is it important to protect the rainforest? Looking after the rainforest helps protect plants and animals we know nothing about. They may make it possible for us to produce medicines and drugs that we dont yet know about. 5. What must be done if wildlife protection is to succeed?,While-reading,Fill in the chart below.,While-reading,While-reading key,A good example of wildlife protection,What we can get from wildlife protection,an elephant in Zimbabwe,previously hunted with numbers decreasing rapidly,protection by farmers who make money from tourism,a millipede from tropical rainforest,produces a drug naturally which can protect us from mosquitoes,Daisy plans to tell WWF about the drug,From the text we know that WWF is an organization that works to save endangered wildlife. Do you want to know more about WWF?,IV. Post-reading,WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) was founded in the UK in 1961. It began a way to deal with the environmental problems of Africa, but it soon became involved in other projects. Now there are 52 offices in around 100 countries. The WWF has three aims: to protect endangered species to conserve endangered species to try to find solutions to threats to the environment of the world for the benefit of people and nature,Post-reading,Here is a problem which WWF has to deal with. Read the problem first. In Indonesia there is a wildlife park for endangered animals such as tigers, elephants and rhinos. It is very large and has some of the best farmland. Some poor farmers have moved into the park to grow coffee. Although this is not allowed, the coffee is excellent quality and has sold very well. Now 20 per cent of the wildlife park is used in this way. WWF is very concerned about it as this is a very important park for endangered animals. However, they know that the farmers are very poor and need to have a secure income. What should be done?,Post-reading,Discussion: Imagine you work for WWF. Discuss in groups of 4 what you would suggest and give a report in class. Should the poor farmers move to another place? Can they be employed to work in the park and not hurt the animals? How can the animals be protected from more people coming into the park? What should be done to punish people who do harm to the animals?,Post-reading,secure: adj. feeling confident and certain about a situation and not worried that it might change income: n. the money that you earn from your work or that you receive employ: vt. give work to sb usually for payment harm: n. damage; injury,Post-reading,1. Choose one s