panda reserve wild

wildlife

Siberian tigers

species

endangered

Blue Whale habitat

antelope

struggle

survival

survive v.protection conservation

dinosaur extinct

Brainstorm rhinoceros

dolphin

hippopotamus

eagle

crocodile

Listen to a report and find out the endangered animals that are mentioned.

______________

______________

____________________

____________

______________________

_______________

_______________

reserve

endangered

habitat

Conservation

extinct

struggle

survival

Answers: paraphrase

an area of land where animals are protected

in danger

a place where an animals lives naturally

protection

continuing to live

die out or dead

a fight which lasts a long time

True or False questions:

1.Today there are about 2,000 Siberian tigers left.2. Some of the tigers are in the Hunchun Nature Reserve on the border between Russia and Europe.

1,000

China

3. The Siberian tiger is not the only endangered species. 4. The panda is the symbol of the World Wild Fund for Nature, whose habitat is in America. 5. Every year thousands of wild animals and plants become extinct.

China

Learn to use the phrases:1 The panda is the symbol of the the World Wild

Fund of Nature.

2 Thanks to scientist’s hard work, the number of

the pandas living in the wild has increased to

about 1,590.

3 According to the Red List of the International

Union for the Conservation of Nature, more than

12,000 animal species are now in danger.

国际自然保护联盟的红色名单

世界自然基金会

1. _____________this report, ____________

the tigers has increased to 1,000.

2. __________your help, we finished the work ahead of time.

3. The May Fourth Square is_______________ Qingdao.

4. People should help the animals __________.

in danger

the symbol of

Thanks to

According to the number of

Fill in the blanks:in danger according to the symbol of the number of thanks to

Debate:

Should human beings be responsible for the endangered animals? Why?

Debate

Homework:1.Make a poster on how to protect the endangered animals.2.Preview the reading material– Saving the Antelopes. Collect as much information as you can and share your information next class.