Learning about Language教学实录

Unit 4 Wildlife protection

The First Period (Warming up & Talking) Teaching Procedures: Step One: Leading-in 1. Show Ss the pictures of some rare animals. 2. Ask Ss to guess their names and talk about them. Step Two: Warming up 1. Ask the Ss to look through the words above the table on P25, and find out: Why did so many wild animals die out? (lack of food, bad environment and enemies, climate change, pollution…)

2. Look at the table on P25, and work in pairs to retell the report, using complete sentences.( The teacher may give an example of “pandas”).

Example: panda The problem the pandas face in China is that they do not have enough food, because of the loss of bamboo growing areas. To solve this problem, China has set up a protection zone in Sichuan Province for the pandas. It is called Wolong Nature Reserve. Thanks to the effort, things have changed for the better. The number of pandas has risen from very few to around 50 after the growth of bamboo areas for the pandas. 3. Ask some Ss to talk about Milu deer and South China tiger. Step Three: Discussion Ask Ss to discuss the following questions in a small group. 1) What other endangered species do you know? 2) Why are they in danger of disappearing? 3) Do you know of any wildlife that has disappeared? Answers: 1) antelope, bear, leopard [豹], whale, crocodile, elephant, golden monkey[金丝猴], giant salamander[娃娃鱼], Chinese Alligator[扬子鳄],dolphin, rhino…

2) too much hunting, lack of food, bad environment, …

3) dinosaurs, dodo, …

Step Four: Language points 1. as a result 结果；因此

（放在句首或句中，用逗号与句子其它部分隔开, 常用在有上下文表示原因的情况下）

eg. He was lazy. As a result, he was late for school. 他懒。结果，他上学迟到了。

△ as a / the result of + n. 由于…的结果（表示因果关系）

eg. As a result of his laziness, he was late for school.

△ result in 导致；造成

的后果

(vi.) e.g. His laziness resulted in his being late for school. △ result from 因…引起；起因于

eg. His being late for school resulted from his laziness. 2. die out : disappear completely 灭绝

eg. Many animals have died out in the past. 在过去几年间，许多动物都灭绝了。

△ die away 慢慢消失