Unit 5 Birdwatchers

Reading

A: Which bird do you like best?

B: I like … best.

A: Why … ?

B: Because ….

Let’s have a competition and see who can name the birds first.

1. brownish feathers broad wings hooked beak

___________________ Golden eagle

2. can talk like a person

___________Parrot

3. white feathers and long thin neck

__________Swan

4. tall, long legs, long beak and long neck

__________Crane

5.long pointed wings, forked tail and flies to northern countries in

summer

____________Swallow

6. small brown and grey feathers

__________Sparrow

7.long –winged, web-footed, white and grey or black feat

hers

________Seagull

Wolong Zhalong

Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.

1.Zhalong is a nature reserve in China. 2.Birds can find food easily in Zhalong. 3.Some birds go to Zhalong for a short stay. 4.The birds in Zhalong live in large cages. 5.There are a lot of red-crowned cranes in other parts of the world.

6.Many endangered birds live in Zhalong now. 7.Zhalong needs more people to feed birds. 8.Studying Zhalong helps us learn about protecting wildlife.

T

F

T

T

T

T

F

F

Answer the following questions:

1.Where is Zhalong?

2.Where is Heilongjiang?

3.Is Zhalong Nature Reserve a good place for wildlife?

4.Are there many red-crowned cranes in the world?

5.Why are more and more birds in danger?

It’s in Heilongjiang

It’s in north-east China.

Yes, it is.

No, there aren’t.

Because they don’t have enough space.

Zhalong needs help

Natural homes for red-crowned cranes and visiting birds

Don’t use wetlands for farms and buildings

An ideal home for a lot of plants, fish and birds

More and more birds are in danger

Making records of birds at Zhalong

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Northeast Northwest

Southwest Southeast

1.provide…for… 为…提供 Our school dining-room provides food for us students every day.

2.endangered: in a dangerous state.

Giant pandas are endangered animals.

3.tourist:visitor

There are many foreign tourists visiting the World Park in Beijing every year.

4.stay n. v.

He learned a lot during her stay in Japan.

Please stay here till I come back.

5.change n. v.

Why did you make a change to the plan?

Shall we change seats?

7. 用 important,importance 填空

It’s ___________ to learn English well.

Do you know the ___________ of learning English?

important

importance

6.count n. v.

Our school does a student count every term.

Let’s help him count the books.

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

根据课文完成下列短文。

Zhalong is one of the ________most important ________ ________ it________ food and ________ for all _________ of plants, fish and birds.

Many birds like ________ in Zhalong Nature Reserve because they can find many fish to ________. There are ________ red-crowned cranes in the world, ________ there are some of them living in Zhalong.

world’swetlands because provides shelter

kinds

living

eat fewbut

为配合国际爱鸟周活动，请你根据下面四幅图画，为英语报 The 21st Century 写一篇保护鸟的英语短文。