Unit 5《Wild Animals》（3）
Integrated skills
Say something about the animals.
loss of living areas
 loss n. 丧失
black stripe
lose their lives 丧生
make medicine
furs 皮草
clothes made of animal fur
She looks pretty in the grey fur.
The grey fur looks pretty on her.
Tigers
Looks: big and strong; bright eyes; yellow fur with black stripes; beautiful
Ability: can run very fast; good at hunting other animals
Qualities: like to live alone
Food: animals
Dangers: hunters catch tigers for their fur, bones or other parts of the body
Wolves
Looks: not very big; thick fur
Ability: very good eyesight, hearing and smell
Qualities: friendly towards each other; often work as a team; never attack people; do not kill for fun
Food: animals; insects; snails; vegetables
Dangers: loss of living areas; killed by people
填空
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are writing to tell you about some wild animals in danger.
Tigers are big and (1)______ . They have very bright (2)______. Tigers like to live (3)______. There are not many tigers in the world now, because people catch them for their fur, (4)______ or other parts of the body. Wolves are not very big. They can see, (5)______ and (6)______ things far away.
They often work as a (7)______. Sadly, they have fewer and fewer living areas, and people (8)______ them because they think wolves are (9)______ to humans. They are now in danger.
We think we should help these animals.
Yours Sincerely
Millie Daniel
Can you say something about them?
Listen and answer
1. What's Millie's way to protect wild animals?
2. Why can this protect wild animals?
Try to find these phrases:
由……做成 be made of
由动物皮毛做成的衣服 clothes made of animal fur
穿在我身上看起来漂亮 look lovely on me
别的某个人 someone else
失去他们的性命 lose their lives
Make similar dialogues.
It's important that ...
I strongly agree/disagree ...
I believe very strongly ...
I'm afraid it's wrong/not right to do so.
 elephants-tusks-ormaments
 pandas-fur-clothes
 tigers-bones-medicine
 birds-bird's nest-healthy food
Discuss & report
How can we protect wild animals?
The actions we can take:
1. Don't kill animals for fur.
2. Don't buy clothes made of animal fur.
3. Don't hunt animals for fur or bones.
4. Don't hunt animals to make medicine.
5. Improve animals' living areas.
6. Build more reserves.
Homework
1. Write down a new similar dialogue.
2. Make a poster about how to protect wild animals.
Study skills
 名词后缀-ing, -ness, -ion
（1）-ing，表示“动作的过程，结果”；
 building, writing, learning, meaning
（2）-ion，-sion，-tion，-ation，-ition，表示“行为的过程，结果，状况”
 action, solution, conclusion, destruction, expression, correction
（3）-ness，表示“性质，状态，程度”
 goodness, kindness, tiredness, friendliness, illness
Change the following verbs and adjectives into nouns by adding the correct suffixes. You may use a dictionary to help you.
 1. discuss discussion 6. celebrate celebration
 2. collect collection 7. begin beginning
 3. kind kindness 8. dark darkness
 4. sick sickness 9. meet meeting
 5. feel feeling 10. invite invitation
Fill in the blanks with the words in brackets. Change each word into a noun by adding a suffix. Use the plural form if necessary.
Dear all,
We are members of the Wild Animals Club. Many wild animals are now in danger because of (1)______(hunt). They need our (2)______(protect).
Wild animals are our friends. Some famous artists have wonderful (3)______(paint) of them. Wild animals also have their own families. They have (4)______(feel) of (5)______(happy) and (6)______(sad). We should not kill them for any reason.
We hope you can accept our (7)______(invite) and join us. Thank you for your (8)______(kind).
Main task
Information about bears
Appearance
 It is big and strong.
 It has small eyes.
 Its fur is black or brown.
 It has sharp(锋利的) paws.
 It has short tail.
Ability
 walk upright
 run very fast
 good at swimming
 good at climbing
Character
 like to move around slowly in the daytime;
 seldom hurt people;
 sleep through the winter
Danger
 Hunters hunt them for their fur and paws.
 Bears

  
    
      appearance
      big and heavy; large body; short and strong legs; large and sharp paws; short tail
    
    
       character
      like to move around slowly in the daytime;seldom hurt people; sleep through the winter
    
    
       ability
      can walk upright; can run very fast; good at swimming and climbing trees
    
    
       food
      most eat meat and fish; some also eat plants and insects
    
    
       dangers
      hunters hunt them for their fur and paws; do not take action; no bears in the world
    
  

Useful expressions
 ... are big and heavy/strong/small/lovely/cute.
 They have ...
 Their ... are ...
 They eat meat/fish/plants/insects.
 They can ...
 They are good at ...
 They seldom/often ...
 People catch/hunt ... for ...
 We should take action to ...
Write a report about bears.
Report: (1)______ are in danger!
Bears are (1)______ and (3)______. They have ______ body, short and (5)______ legs and (6)______ paws. Their tails are short.
Bears can (7)___________. They are good at (8)______ and (9)______.
Bears (10)______ around slowly in the (11)______. They sleep through the winter. They (12)______ hurt people. Most bears eat meat and fish, but some also eat plants and insects.
Sadly, many hunters kill bears for their (13)______ and (14)______. We must take action to stop this. (15)__________________.
How can we write a report on an animal in danger?
 Report: Appearance
 Food
 Character
 Ability
 Danger
 Action