Welcome to the Animal World!

Re view U nit I (1-4)

 Grammar focus: Superlatives & comparative; Simple past; Past progressive; Adverbial Clause  Unit objectives: Review the grammar knowledge from unit 1 to 4; Learn about the new vocabulary related to the wild animal; Practice reading, listening, speaking, writing and pronunciation skills  Collocation: “diet” Warm up a. What is the feature of each wild animal? Match the description with the animal names.

1. elephant a. furry and huge 2. lion b. jungle king 3. ostrich c. long chunk 4. hippo d. sharp teeth 5. crocodile e. largest bird 6. grizzly bear f. river horse

b. Watch the video Wild animal Song and check if you got the right answers for task a. c. Use the correct form of the words to fill in the blanks.

1. A giraffe is much (tall) than a hippo. 2. Crocodiles (live) on the Earth 65 million years ago at the same time with Dinosaurs. 3. Taiyuan Zoo (import) a little hippo from Africa in 2012.

Speaking I

Practice the dialogues below with your partner.

Reading I Before you read, think about these questions: How much do you know 1. What is “wild animal”? 2. Do you know some wild animals in China? about wild animals in Can you introduce them to your group mates? China?

Wild animals refer to animals that live in an area without being fed by humans. Do you know how many species of wild animals there are in China? There are more than six thousands! Now, let’s go on a journey to discover the wildlife of China.

Most of the giant pandas live in the southern part of China. Pandas have black fur on its ears, arms, legs, and shoulders and white fur on

the rest of body. They live mainly on bamboo. Every day each panda eats about 15-30 kilograms of bamboo leaves and they usually spend 10-12 hours eating. Pandas also have spare-time hobbies. Two of their hobbies are climbing trees and sleeping.

The Golden monkey is one of the most beautiful and rare animals in the world. It has beautiful golden hair and a blue face with a small nose. Golden monkey prefers eating fruit, leaves, and bamboo. Because of its diet, the golden monkey likes living in the forest. They are always swinging and flying from one tree to another looking for food among the leaves and branches. They even sleep in the trees so they do not have to come down to the ground.

The Siberian tiger is an endangered animal and it is the largest cat in the world. They have orange fur with dark stripes and heavy bodies. Some of them can be about 2.5 meters long and weigh about 200 kilograms. They are known around the world for their power and strength. Nowadays, there are approximately 500 Siberian tigers in the wild. The Chinese government is doing its best to protect Siberian tiger from being harmed or killed.

45 After you read, try to answer the following questions. a. Find correct descriptions of these animals and complete the chart. Some words can be used more than once.

black and white golden fur eating fruit blue face climbing trees

small nose eating bamboo living in Sichuan eating meat “big cat”

Province

Giant panda Siberian tiger Golden monkey

b. Write T for true statements and F for false statements.

1. The Siberian Tiger is the largest tiger in the world. 2. Panda can eat about 200 kilogram of bamboo leaves. _____3. The golden monkey can climb trees.

Speaking II a. Pronunciation: listen and repeat

Habitat / hæ bɪˌtæ t/ Open your mouth; /æ / fat, mad, back Flat your tongue

Fur / fɜ:/ Open your mouth; /ɜː/ nurse, purse, hurt Raise the middle part of your tongue

46 b. Group work: discuss the question below in groups

Describe your favorite animal to your group mates. You may use the words and phrases in task a.

Here are some questions you may think about:

• What does the animal eat?

• What does the animal look like?

• Where do the animal live?

• How many the animals are there?

Writing

Pretend you're Xiaoming, after reading an article about wild animals, you want to write a blog to call on all your friends to pay more attention to wild animals in China. In the blog, try to point out the problems that wild animals are facing and give some effective suggestions on how to protect them.

Dear all my friends,

In our country, the number of wild animals has sharply decreased. Some of them are even dying out...

______

Reading II

Before you read, think about these questions: 1. What do you know about the giant panda? Panda Ambassador

2. Can you imagine the way of using pandas in politics?

Do you know “Panda ambassadors”? They are which improved the chances of reproduction in zoos pandas that are given as gifts to build friendship with and every panda baby born overseas must be sent other countries. back to China. “Panda ambassadors” could possibly date back to the When pandas arrived at the zoos in the other Tang Dynasty, when Empress Wu Zetian gave a pair of countries, they attracted hundreds of visitors and giant pandas to Japan. Through the centuries, more received great affection. Mrs. Nixon, who was the than 15 giant pandas were sent to other nations. In first lady in America, came to the zoo and said, “I 1946, the Chinese government sent a giant panda to think everyone would like to hug them.” And the the UK, which formally represented the beginning of director of the National Zoo Theodore Reed said, panda diplomacy. “Pandas can steal your heart away.” After 1949, panda gained a more important role Recalling the Panda ambassadors, the giant panda as the ambassador of peace. They were popular among is known as not only a national treasure of China, but the world and several pandas started to leave China on also a bridge of friendship between China and other ten-year loans in 1988. Pandas were sent in pairs, countries.

48 Word Awareness

The top left box shows the verbs that collocate commonly with diet. The bottom left box shows adjectives that collocate with diet. The top right box shows the things can be ate that related to the diet. The bottom right box shows the nouns that collocate commonly with diet.

keep drinks follow pills eat drugs

diet

healthy books balanced plans steady industry proper

Examples:

I was so hungry all the time that I could not keep the diet up for longer than a month.

Are you sure that I can follow this diet without harm to my health?

A healthy diet should also include milk, which is good for teeth and bones.

It's necessary for us to eat a balanced diet and have plenty of exercise.

Some restaurant offer free refills of diet drinks.

Many women take diet pills to keep themselves from gaining weight.

After reading a diet book, she know what to eat or not to eat.

It's fine to add some favorite foods into your diet plan.

49 Words you need know rare (adj.) /reər/ or /rer/. not common; very unusual. government (n.) /ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/ or /ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/. the 稀少的；罕见的。 The museum is full of rare and group of people who officially control a country. precious treasures. 政府. 。 Senior government officials will be unique (adj.) /juːˈniːk/. being the only existing one of its attending a meeting tomorrow. type or, more generally, unusual, or special in loan (n.) /ləʊn/ or /loʊn/. an amount of money that is some way. 独一无二的。 I'd recognize your borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid handwriting anywhere - it's unique. back. 贷款，借款。She's trying to get a $50,000 habitat (n.) /ˈhæ b.ɪ.tæ t/ or /ˈhæ b.ə.tæ t/. the natural loan to start her own business. environment in which an animal or plant usually reproduction (n. ) /ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.ʃən/. the process of lives（动植物的）生长地，栖息地。With so many having babies, producing young, or producing new areas of woodland being cut down, a lot of plants 生殖；繁殖。 We are researching the wildlife is losing its natural habitat. reproduction of elephants. protect (v.) /prəˈtekt/. to keep someone or something affection (n.) /əˈfek.ʃən/. a feeling of liking for a safe from injury, damage, or loss. 保护。 person or place. 喜爱。He had a deep affection Patients' names have been changed to protect for his aunt. their privacy.