1、Endangered Species Module 8 Unit 22 Lesson 2Hi, Im Daisy. Im worried about endangered species so much.In my dream, a magical flying carpet always brings me to meet some endangered(瀕危的) animals.antelopeelephantmonkeySurprisingly, this time, I see some extinct(滅絕的) animals, can you guess the most famo

2、us one?dinosaursCan we still see them in our real life?Because theydied out.disappeared.did not exist.Animal Extinction滅絕Lets see what story dinosaurs tell Daisy.Reading: Animal Extinction (about dinosaur)Task 1: Match the main ideaPara.1Para.2Para.3Scientists opinions on dinosaurs extinction.Many o

3、ther wild species have died out more recently.What we know about dinosaurs.Reading: Animal Extinction (about dinosaur)Task 2: Answer questions1. When did dinosaurs live and die out?2. What are reasons for dinosaurs extinction mentioned in the text?3. According to a UN report, how about many other wi

4、ld species? Which one is mentioned?Reading: Animal Extinction (about dinosaur)Task 2: Answer questions1. When did dinosaurs live and die out?They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long ago before human came into being, and dided out suddenly about 65 million years ago.Task 2: Answer

5、questions2. What are reasons for dinosaurs extinction mentioned in the text?Reasons:(1) An unexpected incident: a huge rock from space hit the earth, put too much dust into the air.(2) The earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on.Task 2: Answer questions3. According to a UN report, how about m

6、any other wild species? Which one is mentioned?Some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years. The dodo is one of them.IntroductionName: Dodo 渡渡鳥Birthplace: Island of Mauritius 毛里求斯Figure: extremely bigFavorite food: fruitAppearance: bird-likeOrigin of its name: Portuguese(葡萄牙人)f

7、ound it and name it dodo which means foolish and clumsy(笨拙的).Now, Lets see what is Dodos story.Listening: The Story of the DodoNew words and expressionsMauritiusn.毛里求斯Spear n.矛，槍Set a trap v.設(shè)陷阱Listening: The Story of the DodoTask 1: Catch main idea (first listening)What does this story mainly talk

8、about?This story is aboutA.how foolish the dodo was. B.how the dodo became extinct. C.how the dodo and Man became friends.D.how the other birds and animals tried to save the dodo.Listening: The Story of the DodoTask 2: Listen again and fill in the blanksPart1 The Dodo and its new friend- , they seem

9、ed to be at first. Mangood friendsListening: The Story of the DodoPart2 However, I began to wonder why several of my dodo friends . Then the of our species began to decrease quickly. I was so that I asked other animals and they told me, “Your friends are being killed and eaten by while you are hunti

10、ng for food.” Had man eaten them? I couldnt believe it! When I asked Man directly, he seemed . “I havent seen any other dodos either” he said.“Maybe someone else killed them.” had disappearednumberManworriedsurprisedListening: The Story of the DodoTask 3: Answer questionsPart3 1.Did the relationship

11、 between the Dodo and Man break up? Why?2.What is the Dodos motto(座右銘)？ Tips: “Be who you .”3.Whats the main reason for the Dodos extinction?Listening: The Story of the DodoPart3 1. Did the relationship between the Dodo and Man break up? Why?Yes, it did. Because the Dodo found that Man killed its sp

12、ecies.Listening: The Story of the DodoPart3 2. What is the Dodos motto?Tips: “Be who you .”3. What is the main reason for the Dodos extinction?carefultrustHumans over-hunting(過度獵殺).Speaking:Talk about the reasons for animals extinctionreasonsfactors1. an unexpected incident2. climate changeHumans over-hunting (過度獵殺)naturehumanSpeaking:Some natural reasons for animals extinctionThe main reason before humans come into being. natural factorsdisasterenvironmental chang