Unit 6 Then and now.pptVIP

cowboy Presentation Using the page Activity 9 Read and match Focus the students’ attention on Robby and Ronnah and help them read what they say about endangered （濒临灭绝的）animals. in danger 濒危 Scan the reading for place names. Point out that they should look for names with capital letters. Present the names of the continents: Africa [?frik?] n. 非洲 Antarctica [?nt‘a:ktik?] n. 南极洲 Asia [eiS?] n. 亚洲 Australia [?streilj?] n. 澳大利亚，澳洲 Europe [‘ju?r?p] n. 欧洲 North America 北美洲 South America 南美洲 Read the information about endanger animals. Underline the words they don’t understand and try to guess the meaning. Have them work independently to read silently and match the pictures with the descriptions. Go through the words; panda [‘p?nd?] n.熊猫 because [bi‘k?z] conj.因为 cut down but hut 砍到 bamboo forest [b?m‘bu:] 竹林 provide [pr?u‘vaid] v. 提供 – provided (过去式) caiman [keim?n] n.凯门鳄 South America die [dai] v.死 died hunt [h?nt] v.打猎 hunted skin [skin] n.皮肤；鳄鱼皮 purse [p?:s] n.钱包，手提包 California condor [,k?lif?:nj? kOndO:] 加利福尼亚秃鹰 live [liv] v.居住，生活 lived why [hwai] 为什么 koala [kEu‘a:lE] n.考拉 eucalptus tree [;ju:kE‘liptEs] n.桉树 fire [‘fai?] n.火 destroy [di‘str?i] v.破坏，毁坏 destroyed in the past 在过去 hunt –hunter [‘h?nt?] n.猎人 kill [kil] v.杀死 –killed fur /fE:/ n.皮子 Comprehension 理解 Why do pandas live? They live in China. Why are pandas endangered? Because people cut down the bamboo forests that provided their food. What do caimans look like? They look like crocodiles. Where do caimans live? They live in South America. Why did many caimans die? Because people hunted them for their skins. Where did the California condor live? In North America. Why are most California condors found only in zoos? Because people hunted them. Where does the koala live? The koala /It lives in Australia. Why is it endangered? Because they eat only eucalyptus trees. People and fires destroyed many of the