必修2unit4animalextinction

1、Whats the title of this reading?Whatre the animals in the picture?Suppose you write this passage with the help of the two pieces of information above, what will you write about?living & disappearing time; how they died out; reasons for their extinctionGo through the passage, and fill in the blanks o

2、n the table._living timelong before human _ timeAbout 65 million years agofound in China26 _ including the bird-like dinosaurreasons An unexpected _ too much _ into the air The earth was too hot to _Dinosaurscame into beingdisappearingspeciesincidentdustlive on_844 animals and plantstime of dying ou

3、tIn the _ 500 yearsan exampleA _ animal dodo on the Island of Mauritius.About / SomelastfriendlyTrue or false 1. There are many different species of dinosaur and all of them have been found in China.2. Not long ago, a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Henan Province.3. Some sc

4、ientists 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.severalLiaoning thinkFFFT1.Why were the scientists surprised when they inspected the bones

5、of a bird-like dinosaur?2.Why and how did dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time?When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared fr

6、om the earth in such a short time.When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.1.not onlybut also e.g. He is not only clever but also hardworking. Jane不但会跳舞，还会画画。不但会跳舞，还会画画。Jane can not only dance, but a

7、lso draw.Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.for sure: 肯定地，确切地肯定地，确切地Nobody knows for sure what really happened.Milan are going to win the game for sure.1.当她听说你需要帮助的时候，她肯定会回家。当她听说你需要帮助的时候，她肯定会回家。 Shell come home _ _ when she hears that you need

8、 help.2.是的，你就会见到他。他肯定会在那儿。是的，你就会见到他。他肯定会在那儿。 Yeah, youll see him. Hell _ _ _ _.for surebe therefor sureS + be + adj. + to do sth/ to be done e.g. Your parents will be pleased to receive your letter. 得知我们比赛获胜时，我们很惊讶。得知我们比赛获胜时，我们很惊讶。 We were greatly _ _ _ that we had won the game. 听说她现在已放弃了那项工作时，我感到惊讶

9、。听说她现在已放弃了那项工作时，我感到惊讶。 I am surprised _ _ that she _ _ _ that job by now.【拓展【拓展】S + be + adj. that (从句）从句）e.g. The teacher was angry that all the students had made the same mistake.surprised to findto findgiven uphas2. come into being 罗马帝国何时形成？（罗马帝国何时形成？（the Roman Empire) When did the Roman Empire c

10、ome into being?1. long before It will be long before he comes back. It wont be long before he comes back.他要过很久才会回来。他要过很久才会回来。他不久就要回来了他不久就要回来了。That event took place _ we were born.A.long before B. before long C. long ago D. sooner or laterin the last yearsGreat changes have taken place in China in th

11、e last thirty years.1. 近五年，你去了什么地方？近五年，你去了什么地方？Where have you been _ _ _ _ _?in the past five years 2. 在过去的在过去的2周，有周，有12个人死于这种疾病。个人死于这种疾病。In the past two weeks twelve people _ _ _ the disease.have died of dodoListen again and fill in the blanks. Once upon a time, I lived on earth too. I was called “

12、dodo”. My home was an island _ Mauritius. I was curious and kind-hearted and quite _ _ most of the other animals there. I liked to make friends with the other animals and never quarreled. I had no _. My best friends were the other birds, the monkeys and all the other dodos of course. There were many

13、 of us. We were birds too but we were _ and only had _ _. My favourite activity was to _ along the beach and wait till the _were ready to be eaten. calleddifferent fromenemieslargesmall wingswanderinsects One day a new animal came to my island. It was called man and _ _we seemed to be good friends.

14、Man followed me everywhere and I gave him some of my insects to eat. But one day I _ where my other dodo friends were. Several of them seemed to have_. I asked the other birds and the monkeys. They all said the same thing. “Your friends _ _ _ and killed while you are walking on the beach.” Had man e

15、aten them? I could not believe it. So I asked my friend, man, if it was true. He seemed surprised. “I have not seen the other dodos lately.” he said, “Perhaps they _ _ _ and eaten by some other animals.”at firstwondereddisappeared arebeing huntedare being killedWhen more dodos_, I set a trap. I pretended to go for my walk but instead I hid in the forest and waited. Sure enough man came along. He ran after the last of my dodo