Wildlife Protection
Background Information
What is WWF?
World Wildlife Fund 世界野生生物基金会
world’s largest privately financed conservation organization
protect endangered species and their habitats
works in more than 100 countries with nearly 5 million members
Pre-reading
Discussion
What should we do to protect wild animals?
Prediction
Read the title and look at the pictures, listen for to predict the main idea of this passage.
Fast Reading
Where did Daisy go? Who took her there?
What kind of animal did she meet in each place?
Tibet, Zimbabwe and rain forest.
A flying carpet.
An antelope, an elephant and a monkey.
Careful Reading
Paragraph 1
1. How did the antelope feel?
The antelope felt sad.
2. Why are people hunting and killing the Tibetan antelopes?
In order to get the wool which is used to make sweaters.
Animal:
Tibetan Antelope
Situation:
Being hunted for the fur under its stomach
Result:
Numbers are decreasing rapidly
Main idea:
Why we need wild life protection
True or false

Daisy traveled by a flying carpet.
Antelopes are killed for the wool that is taken
from under their
backs.
stomachs.
F
T
Paragraph 2
Animal:
elephants in Zimbabwe
Situation:
previously hunted with numbers
decreasing rapidly
Result:
protection by farmers who make
money from tourism
Main idea:
A good example of wildlife protection
Paragraph 3&4
Animal:
a millipede from tropical rainforest
Situation:
produces a drug naturally which can protect us from mosquitoes
Result:
Daisy plans to tell WWF about the drug
Main idea:
What we can get form wildlife protection
a. stop man from killing them.
b. build the protection zone.
c. have them fed by man.
We should
Ways of wildlife protection
What things had Daisy learned ?
She had learned that the wild animals were being killed or hunted. And they are dying out.
2) She knows how the animals in the rain forest live together.
She also learned it necessary to protect the wild animals.
Fill in the blanks with the proper words according to the text .
The first stop
Purpose: to see some 1. ______________
Place: 2. ______
Animal: 3. ______________
Situation: being hunted for the wool beneath its stomach and numbers are 4. _________ rapidly
endangered wildlife
Tibet
Tibetan antelope
decreasing
The second stop
Purpose: to go to a place with wildlife 5. ______
Place: Zimbabwe
Animal: African 6. ______
Situation: used to be hunted while now being protected by farmers making money from 7. ____________
protection
elephant
tourism / tourists
The third stop
Purpose: to go to a place where the WWF is involved
Place: 8. ______
Animal: 9. ______
Situation: The monkey can use the millipede insect to protect itself from 10. _______.
Home
rainforest
monkey
mosquitoes
Read the text again and choose the best answer.
1. Why did elephants use to be an endangered species in Zimbabwe?
A. Tourists hunted too many elephants.
B. Farmers hunted them without mercy.
C. The government encouraged farmers to hunt them.
D. Their living environment was seriously polluted.
B
2. What can be inferred from the elephant’s words, “Have you come to take my photo”?
A. It thinks itself a beautiful animal.
B. Elephants are friendly to human beings.
C. Money from tourists went to the large tour companies.
D. Now many more tourists come to take its photos rather than hunt it.
D
Retelling
One day Daisy went to see the animals that gave fur to make her _______ in a flying chair. It flew away to _____ in China first, where she saw an ________. The antelope told her that they were killed for the ____ that was taken from their ________.
sweater
Tibet
antelope
wool
stomachs
Then the carpet flew away to __________, where Daisy saw an ________. The elephant said they were endangered in Zimbabwe. _______ used to hunt them without _______.
Zimbabwe
elephant
Farmers
mercy
Now they allowed tourists to hunt only a _______ number of animals if they paid the farmers. The flying carpet rose again and almost at once they were in thick rain _____.
certain
forest
A _______ was rubbing a millipede _____ which contains a powerful ____ over his body because it could protect him from __________. So Daisy decided to produce this new drug with the help of _____. The carpet rose and flew home.
monkey
insect
drug
mosquitoes
WWF
Post-reading activity
Make a dialogue between Daisy and Antelope.
Make a dialogue between Daisy and Elephant.
Make a dialogue between Daisy and Monkey.
Words and expressions for warming up
1. wild adj. living in a natural state, not changed or controlled by humans
e.g. wild flowers / a wild rabbit
wildlife n. (不可数) animals and plants growing in natural conditions
e.g. a wildlife park
2. as a result (of sth): because of something that has happened作为…的结果;因此;由于
e.g. I was very busy. As a result, I couldn’t take care of her.
e.g. About twenty people were killed as a result of the big fire.
as a result of + 名词性的东西 “由于…”
由于地震,许多人失去了家园。 As a result of the earthquake, a lot of people lost their homes.
他们没有足够证据，因此他们放弃了控告。 They didn’t have enough evidence. As a result, they gave up the charge.
result from… 起因于….
result in … 结果为….，导致…
1). The terrible accident ____________ his careless.
2). His careless __________ the terrible accident.
resulted from
resulted in
3. die out: disappear completely
e.g. This kind of bird has died out.
e.g. SARS has died out in China.
区别: die away: (sound, wind, or light…) becomes weaker and finally stops
e.g. The noise of the cars died away.
die off :先后死去;(草木)先后枯死
由于缺水, 这植物的叶子先后枯死。As a result of the lack of water, the leaves of this plant are dying off.
die of/ from 因…而死(由于疾病,饥寒,情感原因造成的死亡一般用die of, 除此之外的原因造成的死亡用 die from.)
The old man _________ drinking dirty water.
The old man ______ cold and hunger.
died from
died of
4. reserve n. an area of land where wild animals can live without being hunted保护区
5. hunt v. to chase animals and birds in order to catch and kill them
e.g. Don’t hunt wild animals.
hunter n. a person or animal that hunts wild animals
6. in peace 和平地; 和睦地
e.g. The roommates live in peace together.
7. be in danger (of) : 处于危险之中
e.g. Carol is in danger of losing her job.
Some wild animals are in danger of dying out.
Words and expressions for reading
1. fur n. (不可数名词) 软毛;毛皮
e.g. a fur coat
2. stomach n. 腹部;胃
e.g. He was lying on his stomach.
stomachache n. pain in your stomach
3. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you.
[考点] 现在进行时的被动语态。
[考例1]
—Have you handed in your schoolwork yet?
—Yes, I have. I guess it _____ now. (辽宁 2007)
A. has graded B. is graded
C. is being graded D. is grading
[点拨] 由now可知应用进行时态，grade与schoolwork构成逻辑上的动宾关系，所以要用被动语态。
[考例2] —I don’t suppose the police know who did it.
—Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and _____ now. (江苏 2006)
A. has been questioned
B. is being questioned
C. is questioning
D. has questioned
[点拨] 由now可知应用进行时态或一般现在时，故可排除A、D项；question与a man构成逻辑上的动宾关系，所以要用被动语态。
[考例3] Although the causes of cancer _____, we do not yet have any practical way to prevent it. (山东 2006)
A. are being uncovered
B. have been uncovering
C. are uncovering
D. have uncovered
[点拨] uncover与the causes of cancer构成逻辑上的动宾关系，所以要用被动语态。
4. in relief 如释重负
relief from sth. 减轻……
eg. The drug gives some relief from pain.
这种药可以减轻一些痛苦。
5. burst into laughter 突然笑起来
burst into 突然
eg. The aircraft crashed and burst into
flames.
飞机突然坠地起火。
习惯用语
burst in闯入; 突然出现; 突然发作
burst out大呼; 惊叫; 冲出; 突然发作
6. mercy n. 仁慈；慈悲
show mercy to sb. 对某人起了怜悯之心
e.g. They showed mercy to their enemies.
他们对敌人很仁慈。
at the mercy of
任…处置；无能为力
e.g. The ship was at the mercy of the storm.
那只船在暴风雨中失去控制。
7. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers.
[考点] certain 形容词，在句中作定语，表示“一定(数量的)”。certain 还有“无疑的，确定的”的意思，在句中作表语，常用结构：be certain to do sth; be certain of / about sth; It is certain that ...; 主语+ be certain +that ...。还可表示“某个，某些，某种”，常用作定语，如：for certain reasons，a certain Mr. Brown。
[考例] Wait till you are more _____. It’s better to be sure than sorry. (1997 全国)
A. inspired B. satisfied
C. calm D. certain

[点拨] 考查具体语境中的词义辨析。inspired有灵感的；satisfied 满意的；calm平静的；certain 无疑的，确定的。
8. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.
[考点]现在进行时的被动语态。
[考例1] I have to go to work by taxi because my car _____ at the garage. (重庆2006)
A. will be repaired B. is repaired
C. is being repaired D. has been repaired
[点拨] 由句意“我不得不乘出租车去上班，因为我的车正在修理厂修理”可知此处应用现在进行时的被动语态。
[考例2] Although the causes of cancer _____, we do not yet have any practical way to prevent it. (山东2006)
A. are being uncovered
B. have been uncovering
C. are uncovering
D. have uncovered
[点拨] 由后半句的not yet 可知uncover 这一动作仍在进行中，而uncover与the causes of cancer构成逻辑上的动宾关系，所以应用现在进行时的被动语态。
[考例3] —I don’t suppose the police know who did it.
—Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and _____ now. (江苏2006)
A. has been questioned
B. is being questioned
C. is questioning
D. has questioned
[点拨] 由句意可知一个人已经被逮捕而且正在被审讯，所以选项B为正确答案。
9. suggest 提议； 建议
①+ sth
我建议周末去野餐。 I suggest a picnic on this weekend.
② + doing sth.
I suggest going on a picnic on this weekend.
③ + sb’s doing sth.
我建议你们周末去野餐。 I suggest your going on a picnic on this weekend.
④ + sth. to sb.
他向我们提议了一个新方案 He suggest a new plan to us.
⑤ + that sb. ( should ) do sth.
我建议我们用另一种方式来处理这个难题。 I suggest that we (should) deal with this difficult problem in a different way.
⑥ It’s suggested that sb. ( should ) do sth.
有人提议立即下课。 It’s suggested that the class sho