Animal extinction
Part 1
Step1 Q1. Do you know the name of this kind of animal?
Q2. Do you know anything of the animal?
Step2 read the passage, judge T or F
1. ( )Human came into being about 65 million years ago.
2. ( )people know art dinosaurs from their eggs and bones.
3. ( )Scientists could tell from their eggs that some dinosaurs could not only run but also climb trees.
4. ( )Dinosaurs died out because the temperature of the earth changed a lot.
Step 3 read the passage again , answer the questions.
1. when did the dinosaurs live?
2.what is the rare new special dinosaur?
3. when did dinosaurs die out?
4. why did the dinosaur die out? There are 2 main ideas in the passage, what are they?
A:
B:
Part 2
The story of the dodo
Once upon a time I lived on the island of Mauritius. I was called “dodo”. There were many of us and we were friends with all the other animals on the island. One day a new animal came to my island. His name was Man, and at first we seemed to be good friends. We went everywhere together and I shared my food with him. However I began to wonder why several of my dodo friends had disappeared. Then the number f out species began to decrease quickly. I was so worried that I asked the other animals and they all told me, “your friends are being killed and eaten by Man while you are hunting for food.” Had Man eaten them? I could not believe it! When I asked Man directly, he seemed surprised. “I haven’t seen the other dodos either.” He said. “Maybe someone else killed them”. I believed him but when more dodos disappeared I set a trap. I went off as if I was going to hunt but instead I hid in the forest and waited. Sure enough Man came along. He ran after the last of my dodo friends and killed her. I felt so angry that I rushed out of my hiding place and straight at Man’s spear(枪，矛)。He killed me too. After that there were no more dodos in the world. So my motto is :be careful who you trust.
Step1. Introduce some information about dodo.
Step2. Before we listen to the story about dodo, please look at Part3 and Part4.
Step3.Home work