高中英语人教新课标必修二+book2+unit4+Using+language课件.ppt

人教课标 高一 必修 2 Unit 4;ANIMAL EXTINCTION;Dinosaur is an animal that we can not see on the earth now. What we see in the museum are the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs. Some dinosaurs have long necks and tails, while others look like birds.;Enjoy the video;;1. When did dinosaurs live? Tens of millions of years ago. 2. When did dinosaurs die out? About 65 million years ago.;;Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.;;;;Reading about dinosaurs;There are many different species of dinosaur and all of them have been found in China. Not long ago, a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Henan Province.;3. Some scientists are sure dinosaurs died out because the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. 4. Dinosaurs died out quickly about 65 million years ago and many animals have died out in the same way.;Dinosaurs died out quickly about 65 million years ago and many animals have died out in the same way. The dodo is one of them. Please listen to a story of the dodo and how it disappeared from the earth.;dodo; Dodo鸟是一种不会飞的鸟，仅产于毛里求斯。拥有肥胖的身子和巨大的嘴。 16世纪后期，欧洲殖民者来到了毛里求斯。不会飞又跑不快的Dodo鸟很快成为欧洲人来到岛上后主要的食物来源。人们开始大量的滥捕滥杀可怜的Dodo鸟，有时每天可以捕杀到几千只到上万只。 由于过度的捕杀，很快岛上Dodo鸟变得越来越少。1681年，最后一只Dodo鸟被残忍的杀害后，从此，地球上再也见不到这种东西了，除非是在博物馆的图片中。 ;Listen to the tape and choose the sentence which gives the main idea of the story. Say what is wrong with the other three.; This story is about how foolish the dodo was. 2. This story is about how the dodo became extinct. 3. This story is about how the dodo and Man became friends. 4. This story is about how the other birds and animals tried to save the dodo.;Number 2 is correct. Number 1 is wrong. It is not fair to blame the dodo for his disappearance.;Number 3 only explains half the story. The dodo and man did become friends but only because man wanted to kill all the dodos as easily as possible. Number 4 is wrong because t