Unit5AdelicateworldLearningObjectivesBytheendoftheclass,youwillbeableto:findoutwhathappenedtoMacquarieIsland;usemindmapsandtablestopresenthumans’actions,purposesandtheresults;talkabouthowsimilarsituationscanbeavoidedinthefuture.Whatanimalsarethey?royalpenguins

皇家企鵝kingpenguins

帝企鵝elephantseals

海象seamew

海鷗TheyhavebeenlivingonMacquarieIslandforthousandsofyears.nativeinhabitantsActivity1Lead-inrabbitmouse/rat

catWhatwillhappenifthesenon-nativeinhabitants

areputtoMacquarieIsland?Theislandmaybe

.non-nativeinhabitantsWhatanimalsarethey?Activity1Lead-incrowded/destroyedinamess.../'ke??s/

n.

astateofcompleteconfusionandlackoforder/k?ns?'ve??n/

n.theprotectionofthenaturalenvironment

混亂；雜亂（對(duì)自然環(huán)境的）保護(hù)

_______(Nativeinhabitant/

Non-nativespecies)introducedtoMacquarie

Island______(helped/attacked)nativebirds,andledtoa__________(subtle/substantial)reductionofbirdpopulationand

eventheextinction(滅絕)ofparakeets.Inaddition,non-nativespeciesateanddevastated(摧毀)thenative

vegetation.Allofthisplayedapartin_______________(upsetting/cheering)thenaturalharmonyoftheisland.Butnowtheisland’secology（生態(tài)）isontheroadto_________(destruction/recovery)withhumanefforts.?????Task1:ReadthepassagequicklyandfindoutwhathappenedtoMacquarieIsland.Activity2FastReading

Non-nativespeciesintroducedtoMacquarie

Islandattacked

nativebirds,andledtoa

substantialreductionofbirdpopulationand

eventheextinction(滅絕)ofparakeets.Inaddition,non-nativespeciesateanddevastated(毀滅)thenative

vegetation.Allofthisplayedapartin

upsettingthenaturalharmonyoftheisland.Butnowtheisland’secology（生態(tài)）isontheroadtorecovery

withhumanefforts.Activity2FastReadingLet’sreadittogether.Part1Para1:thechaoscausedbytheinvadingspeciesonMacquarie

Island

Part2Paras2-3:

theconservation

ofMacquarie

IslandPart3Paras4-6:abriefintroduction

to

Macquarie

Island

Task2:Readthepassagequicklyandmatchthemainideaofeachpart.

Activity2FastReadingActivity3CarefulReadingTask1:WatchashortvideoandappreciatethebeautyofMacquarieIsland.Butsomethingtragichappend...Task2:Readparas.2-3anddrawamindmaptoshowwhathappenedtoMacquarieIslandbeforethe1970s.Humans

ontheisland.unknowinglyattackedatetoanappetiteActivity3CarefulReadingintroduced

quickly

thenativevegetation

holes

soilerosion

plentifulfoodforcatshuntedTheparakeetsdiedoutandtheislandwasinchaos.multipliedatedugcausedprovidedarrivedbroughtbroughtcontroldevelopedHumans’

actionshavea

influenceontheecology(生態(tài)).badcarelessTask3:Readparas.4-6&postscriptandfillintheblanks.Activity3CarefulReadingHumans’____________measuresmaydogreaterharmtoecology(生態(tài)).improperInthe1970sInthe1980sFrom2006to2014Measure(s)

wasrelasedontheisland.

wereused.Poisonanddogswereused.Purpose(s)Toremove

.

Tocatchthecats.

Toremove

.Result(s)

Substantialreduction

ofrabbitpopulationledtocatskillingmore.Thedepartureofthecatsreslutedinanincreasingpopulationof

.Therabbitpopulation

onceagain.Theislandis

anditsecologyis

.TimeAvirusTrapsanddogsalltherabbitsfromtheislandalltheremaininginvadingspeciesnativebirdsratsandmiceexplodedpest-freeontheroadtorecoveryrats&mice?cats?rabbits?1.WhodoyouthinkisresponsibleforthechaosonMacquarieIsland,andwhy?humans’carelessbehaviors

humans’impropermeasuresSinceitiswehumansthat

aretoblamefortheecologicalproblemwiththeisland,wemustshoulderthe

responsibilitytomakeeffortstorecovertheecologyofit.Activity4PostReading2.Fromthisstory,doyouknowhowsimilarsituationscanbeavoidedinthefuture?Discussingroupsandshareyourideas.Raisetheawarenessofprotectingthenaturalecosystem.Beawareofthepotentialimpactthathumanactivitiescanhaveonecosystems.Avoidunnecessaryhuamanintervention.Thinktwicebeforeactionwhentacklingproblems.Maintainthebalancebetweenhumansandnature....Activity4PostReading

MacquarieIslandtakesonalong,thinshape,1.

isbecauseofstrongwindsand2.

(storm)seas.ItisaUNESCOWorldHeritageSite.Itsnativeinhabitantsexistedinperfectharmonywiththeirnaturalhabitatforthousandsofyears.In1810,humansarrivedontheislandwithratsandmiceunknowingly.Theseanimalsquicklytookovertheisland,3.

(bring)disasterstobirds.Unfortunatelycatsintendedtocontrolratsandmice4.

anappetiteforbirds,too.Later,rabbits5.

(introduce)buttheyledtogreaterdamagetotheisland.Expertscameupwithaplantoreleaseavirus6.

(kill)therabbits,butafterwards,theydevelopedanimmunity7.

thevirus,andtheir8.

(number)explodedonceagain.Thisincidentmade9.

clearthattherat,mouseandrabbitproblemneededsolvingonceandforall.Iamheretotackleth