八年级英语上册《Unit 6 Bird watching Reading 1》课件 (新版)牛津版

Wildlife are our good friends. Let’s take actions to protect them!
Birds are our friends. So loving birds is loving the nature. Loving the nature is loving our earth. Loving the earth is loving ourselves!
and 40 per cent of them live in Zhalong.
so you can easily watch them there.
while some go there only for a short stay.
Scanning
Read and answer (Para 3 )
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1. Try to talk about Zhalong Nature Reserve with your friends.
2. Finish the exercises on P71-72.
Scanning
Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5:
A. About birds in Zhalong B. What the Birdwatching Society
members do C. More people can help count and
Zhalong
* north
northeast
west
east
southwest
southeast
south
2.How often do the members of the birdwatching society go to study the birds?
Once a year.
Pre-reading
T______ F______ F______ F______
6. The Chinese government has made laws to protect wildlife. T______
7. Zhalong needs more people to feed the bssing game
sparrow
3 It’s small, it has brown and grey feathers.
crane
4 It is tall. It has long legs, long beak and
long thin neck.
cranes
rare
They are in danger.
describe the birds D. Birds in Zhalong are in danger
E. About Zhalong Nature Reserve
Scanning True or false ( Para 1 )
(F) 1. Zhalong Nature Reserve is in Heilongjiang
Post-reading Choose T or F.
1.Zhalong is an important wetland in the world.
T
______
2.Birds can find food and cover in Zhalong. 3.The birds in Zhalong live in large cages. 4. Most birds are active at night. 5.Forty per cent of cranes live in other parts of the world.
Discussion: What can we do for the birds?
We can…
1.Build more reserves. 2.Make posters for the birds 3.Encourage more people not to hunt birds for food or feathers. 4.Do not fish at the reserves. ......
• What danger are the wildlife facing?
Zhalong
Some people want to make wetlands smaller to have more space for farms and buildings
Wildlife
Fishermen keep fishing there.
8. Studying Zhalong helps us learn about protecting wildlife. T______
Post-reading
What do you know about Zhalong?
Zhalong is a __n_a_tu_re_r_e_se_r_v_e. It is one of the world’s most important __w_e_tl_a_n_ds_ because they _p_r_o_vi_d_e food and __co_v_e_r__for the birds.
Listening:
1.Where is Zhalong? 2.How often do members of the birdwatching society go to study the birds?
1.Where is Zhalong?
It’s in north-east China.
northwest
Unit 6 Birdwatching
Zhalong— a special place
?birds
A guessing game
eagle
1 It has brownish feathers broad wings.
swan
2 It has white feathers and long thin neck.
Scanning Match the sentences (Para 2 )
• 1. Many birds live in Zhalong all year round,
• 2. Most birds are active in the daytime,
• 3. There are not many cranes left in the world,
Zhalong provides food and cover for the wildlife. It is a perfect place for some rare birds.
Pre-reading
Every year, a lot of tourists (旅行者) go to Zhalong to watch birds.
2. members of
the Birdwatching
study the different kinds of birds and
2. Help people understand the
Society
the change in their importance of the
numbers
wetlands
Scanning
Read Paras.4~5 and fill in the blanks.
Who often /will What do/will Why do they
go there?
they do?
do so?
1. tourists
Watch birds
1. Count and describe the birds.
Many birds live there_a_ll_y_e_a_r_r_o_u.nd
There are _ra_r_e_ cranes in the world. They are _in__d_a_n_g_er__ .We should help more people _u_n_d_e_r_s_ta_n_d_ the importance of the wetlands.
While-reading
Skimming
1.What’s the article about?
It’s about Zhalong Nature Reserve.
2.What do we hope?
More people understand the importance of the wetlands .
in south-east China.
north-east (T) 2. Zhalong is one of the most important
wetlands in the world.
(F)3. The area provides nothing for the wildlife.
food and cover