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Unit 4 Wildlife Protection Using language

Reading and listening Step 1. scanning 1. When did dinosaurs live on the earth? 2. When did dinosaurs die out? 3. Why did dinosaurs die out? Step 2. listening Dodo ：Fat, with a large and hooked beak(钩形嘴). a bird can not fly.Only found in Mauritius(毛里求斯). became extinction in the mid-to-late 17th century 1. Choose the main idea of the story A. This story is about how foolish the dodo was.

B. This story is about how the dodo became extinct.

C. This story is about how the dodo and Man became friends.

2. The dodo is_____.

A. fierce

B. unkind C. friendly

D. foolish

3. He didn’t realize who had killed many of his friends until _____.

A. Man told him the truth

B. the other birds told him

C. he saw how his friend was being killed by Man

D. the monkeys told him 4. He wants to believe that Man is telling the truth because _____.

A. Man is friendly

B. he thinks Man is friendly

C. he thinks the bears and monkeys lie

D. Man is his best friend

Step 3 Language points 1.

They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time.

本句是一个由and连接的并列句，其中，long before 引导时间状语从句，进一步解释说明tens of millions of years ago，意为“在……之前很久”。注意：before long 意为“不久以后”。

2. When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.

本句中的to find that ...是不定式作原因状语。不定式用来表原因时，常修饰表示情感、心理状态、性格等的形容词

3. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air.

本句中when引导定语从句，其先行词为incident。关系副词when的先行词一般是表时间的名词，如: He came last night when I was out.

但有时并不直接是表时间的名词

4. According to a UN report, ….

according to 根据, 据……说

According to John, the bank closes at 4 p.m.

Each man will be paid according to his ability.