8A Unit5

Reading 2

1 Why is Zhalong a special place ?

2 Why are the wetlands very important?

3 Where do many red-crowned cranes live now?

4 What will happen if people change the wetlands to make space for farms and buildings?

5 What does the Birdwatching Club need people to do?

Because it is the ideal home for many plants, fish Because it is the ideal home for many plants, fish and birds.and birds.

Because they provide food and shelter for birds.Because they provide food and shelter for birds.

They live in Zhalong.They live in Zhalong.

The birds will not have enough space to The birds will not have enough space to live.live.

It needs people to count and do something for It needs people to count and do something for the birds.the birds.

Help Sandy choose the right meaning for each word.1.wetlands a. river and seas

b. areas of land with wet ground

c. areas of land for farming or fishing

2. provide a. cook meals b.grow plants c. give sth. to sb.

3. Shelter a. a place to live or stay b. a larger zoo

c. a place to hunt animals

4. endangered a. safe b. in a dangerous state

c. a large number of

5. tourist a. people who are traveling b. people who

keep shops c. people who study Geography

cranes endangered ideal wetlands wildlife

Daniel: Why is it important to protect the _______ in Zhalong? Lots of people can live in Zhalong if we build some houses there.

Sandy: Zhalong is important for _______.

Daniel: Do lots of birds go there?

Sandy: Yes. Some of them go there for a short stay.

Daniel: Do the other birds stay in Zhalong all year round?

Sandy: Yes.Zhalong is the _____ home for_____

and many other___________ birds.

wetlands

wildlife

ideal cranes

endangered

You’re on the way to Zhalong.You’re talking with a member of the Birdwatching Club,Miss Wang.

action red-crowned north-east wetlands tourists protect space danger

A: I’am so excited.B:Yes, I was just like you during my first trip to Zhalong.A:Are we in _________ China now ?B:Yes.We’re close to one of the world’s most important ________,Zhalo

ng.A:I believe it’s a great place for _______ Look,what a beautiful place !B:It’s great to get closer to nature I come here once a year and do somet

hing for the birds especially for __________ cranes.A:They’re beautiful,but sadly they’re in ______ now because they don’t

have enough _______ to live in B:Yes,but luckily ,people start trying to take more _____ to ________ wil

dlife.A:I see. Oh, I can’t wait to see the birds now.!

north-east

wetlandstourists

red-crowneddanger

spaceaction

protect

We’re ____________ cranes. We like living in _______. We

live in Zhalong ______ ______. Zhalong _______ us enough

food and ______. Every year many _______ come to see us. But

some people want to change our home to make more _______

for and .This means there will be and

_______ space for wildlife and the number of us is getting ______

and ______ .

We are and __________ birds .But many people don’t

understand the of protecting us.

What shall we do? Please help us!

red-crowned wetlands

Nature Reserve provides

shelter tourists

space

farms buildings less

less smaller

smaller

rare endangered

importance

阅读以下某个动物的自传，填入所缺的词。

1.a nature reserve 1.a nature reserve

How many________________ （自然保护区） for birds are therein China?

2.in 2.in north-east Chinanorth-east China= = in the northeast of Chinain the northeast of China

3.3.provideprovide food and shelter food and shelter forfor sb. sb.

==ProvideProvide sb. sb.with with food and shelter.food and shelter.The forest ________________________( 提供食物和栖息处） the wild animals .The forest ________ the wild animals _____________4.live comfortably in… all (the) year round4.live comfortably in… all (the) year roundeasilyeasily catch … for food catch … for foodmake them make them activelyactively take action to protect … take action to protect …

provides food and shelter for

nature reserves

5.an important 5.an important living living area area forfor……

6.change the wetlands6.change the wetlands

the changes in their numbersthe changes in their numbers

7.7.makemake more more space/room forspace/room for……

8. less and less space for…8. less and less space for…

这意味着野生物的生存空间将越来越少 . This means there will be _____________ living space for wildlife. 越来越少的猎人捕杀野生动物 . ______________ hunters kill wild animals.

less and less

Fewer and fewer

9. protect the endangered birds9. protect the endangered birds

= protect the birds in danger= protect the birds in danger

10. one of … (s)10. one of … (s)China is one of _______________________( 最重要的市场） for cars .11.safe: be safe safely: stay at home safely11.safe: be safe safely: stay at home safely safety: your own safetysafety: your own safetyYou must be careful with ____________ when You must be careful with ____________ when you are on your way home.you are on your way home.My father likes______________________ and My father likes______________________ and doing nothing.doing nothing.

the most important markets

your own safety

staying at home safely

Zhalong Nature ReserveWhere

•In______________________________

• Birds don’t have _____________

Special (Why)

•One of _____________________________

•The_________ for _____, fish and_____.

•An important __________for the_____ red-crowned cranes

•________ farms and buildings

• The Chinese ________________•___________Birdwatching Club•________________

Danger

Action

(who)

Heilongjiang in north-east China

the world’s most important wetlands

ideal home plants birds

living area rare

Wetlands•_______________ for wildlifeLess and less space

enough space

government

Members of

Tourists and some other people

Different people’s actions

Protect these endangered birdsProtect these endangered birdsBuild nature reserves for themBuild nature reserves for them

Study the different kinds of Study the different kinds of birds and the changes in their birds and the changes in their numbersnumbers

Government

Members of birdwatching club

Different people’s actions

Tourists and some other people

Go to Zhalong to watch birdsGo to Zhalong to watch birds

Help to count and do Help to count and do something to help the birdssomething to help the birds

Some famous people’s actionsProtecting animals is to protect our

future!

As a student of Grade 8, how can you help Zhalong and the wildlife there?

Once there was a kind-hearted girl. When she was young ,she kept a red-crown crane. After she left college, she returned to the place where the red -crown crane lived .One day ,she fell into the wetland and died while she was trying to save the wounded red -crown crane.

Do you know the story of Xu Xiujuan, who lost her life in saving red-crowne

d cranes?

1987 年 9 月 15 日中午，丹顶鹤牧仁、黎明在笼子里鸣叫不已，徐秀娟以为它们想出来游玩和戏水，就进去把它们抱出来放进水塘里。不想牧仁、黎明玩兴大发，先后挣脱绳子飞走了。到了晚上，牧仁被找回来了，黎明还是不见踪影。夜深了，领导让大家回去休息，明天再找。可是徐秀娟放心不下，等大家走了，她一个人摸黑钻进密密的芦苇中，不断呼唤着黎明，可是没找到。这天晚饭她也吃不下，第二天一大早没顾上吃饭就又去找。中午回来喝了半碗稀饭，牵挂着黎明又出了门。到了复堆河，小王、小殷游过了河，徐秀娟快游到江心时，忽然喊了一声“我不行了”，停住了身。对岸的小王、小殷见她脸色苍白，大声喊她退回岸上，见她上岸后，两人才回身继续寻找。徐秀娟回到鹤场心急火燎呆不住，又推了一辆自行车，沿河堤绕道北行，想和小王、小殷会合，把黎明尽快找回。不知是由于顶风人累踏不动，还是骑车跌了跤（后来发现车子铃铛掉下来了），她又推车来到刚才下水的地方，把车子放倒，连鞋子都没来得及脱又下了水…… 人民的好女儿徐秀娟就这样深深沉入复堆河底，再也回不到她亲爱的鹤儿们身边了…… 时间过去了 4 个小时，黎明被找回来了，欢天喜地中的人们到处找徐秀娟，不见；呼唤娟子，不应，焦急的人群又冲向了原野……夜沉沉，路漫漫，遍野是人群，到处唤秀娟。当强烈的汽车灯直照水面，人们把娟子从水底托起时，抢救的人群开始是惊慌忙乱，后来想到时间过去太久，已经没有希望了，一片呼唤娟子的哭声，这才忽地震动苍穹掠过草滩。

The story reminds （提醒） us that man should learn to protect wild birds actively. Luckily, more and more people have already realized（意识到） the___________ (important) of ___________(protect) wild birds. They do a bird count and something else __________ (help) the birds.They build more nature _________ (reserve)for the birds. We all know that Zhalong is one of the world’s ________________(important) wetlands.

protecting importance

to help reserves

most important

A lot of birds, including red-crowned cranes are living ____________(comfortable) there. Red-crowned cranes can catch small fish for food _______(easy). They are _________ (thank) to the _____________ (birdwatch), especially to a girl.

comfortably

easily thankful birdwatchers

1

课堂检测一、完成句子 1 Cranes are in danger.They are in a dangerous state.

So they are __________ birds. And there are a few cranes in the world, so they are very ______.

2 Zhalong is an area of land with wet ground. So we can call it ____________.

3 It’s necessary to give animals something to eat and help them find some places to live or stay. That means we should _________ food and ________ for the animals.

4 What do we call the people who are travelling? Yes, they are travellers or ___________.

endangeredrare

wetland

provideshelter

tourists

1 We should protect the dangerous birds.1 We should protect the dangerous birds.

2 Can you make a space for me?2 Can you make a space for me?

3 We understand the important of learning 3 We understand the important of learning English.English.

4 Elephants are the biggest alive animals on land.4 Elephants are the biggest alive animals on land.

5 Shanghai is one of the largest city in the world.5 Shanghai is one of the largest city in the world.

We should protect the We should protect the endangeredendangered birds birds.

Can you make Can you make space(space( 不可数不可数 )) for m for me?e?The living space is less and less. = The living areas

are fewer and fewer.

We understand We understand thethe importance importance of learning of learning English.English.

Elephants are the biggest Elephants are the biggest livingliving animals on land. animals on land.

Shanghai is Shanghai is one ofone of the largest the largest citiescities in the world. in the world.

二 . 改错

翻译下列句子 .

1 政府为越来越多的珍稀鸟类提供了理想家园。

2 一些鸟飞去南方作短暂停留。

3 我们希望这些信息能帮助人们明白保护自然的重要性。

4 他们正在研究老虎在数量上的变化。

5 地球上的居住空间越来越小了。

6请给老人让个地方。

The government provides the ideal home for The government provides the ideal home for more and more rare birds.more and more rare birds.

Some birds fly to the south for a short stay.Some birds fly to the south for a short stay.

We hope the information will help people understand We hope the information will help people understand the importance of protecting the nature.the importance of protecting the nature.

They are studying the changes in tigers’ They are studying the changes in tigers’ numbersnumbers..

There is less and less living space on the earth.There is less and less living space on the earth.

Please make space/room for the old manPlease make space/room for the old man..