8A Unit 5-2、3 (Reading 1、2)

Reading 1--- Unit 5

Name the birds correctly.

sparrow

swallow golden eagle

crane

swan

seagull

red-crowned cranes

Birds in Zhalong

Zhalong A special place

What is Zhalong?

a nature reserve --- a protected area

Where is Zhalong?It’s in northeast China. It’s in the northeast of China. north A B Zhalong

northwest westsouthwest C south

northeast east southeast D

Why is it a special place?

special land → wetland →a place for wildlife→ provide food and shelter

an ideal home for plants,fish and birds

Special birds : redcrowned cranes raretourist less and less space take some actions to protct them.

1 Zhalong is a nature reserve in China. T2 Birds can find food easily in Zhalong. T 3 Some birds go to Zhalong for a short stay.T 4 The birds in Zhalong live in large cages. F

Zhalong is a nature reserve and it is an ideal home for birds5 There are a lot of red-crowned cranes in other parts of the world. F There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world.

6 Many endangered birds live in Zhalong now. T 7 Zhalong needs more people to feed birds. F Zhalong needs more people to count and do something for the birds.8 Studying Zhalong helps us learn about protecting wildlife. T

1.What does this article talk about? Where is it?Zhalong Nature Reserve. In Heilongjiang in north-east China.

2. What do you think of the Zhalong Nature Reserve?It is an ideal home for birds and other animals.

3. How long do the birds live in Zhalong?Many birds live all year round, and some go there for a short stay.

4. Can you name a kind of birds? What do they eat?The red-crowned cranes. They eat fish in the wetlands.

5. Why are more and more birds are in danger?Because they don’t have enough space.

6. What are the Birdwatching Club doing this year?They are studying the different kinds of birds in Zhalong and the changes in their numbers.

7.What do the Club write this article for?They hope this will help most people understand And make them take actions to protect wildlife.

Talk about Zhalong and then do Part B2 on Page 78 ( Complete the conservation between Sandy and Daniel)

.Read

the whole passage and then match the main idea with the right paragraph.

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5

Paragraph 6

Zhalong needs help. nature homes for red-crowned crams and visiting birds Don’t use wetlands for farms and buildings an ideal home of a lot of plants, fishes, and birds more and more birds are in danger making records of birds in Zhalong

Today I went on the internet and made an online tour around Zhalong. It took me a long time but it is very interesting. ature eserve pecial Zhalong N________ R________ ---- a s______ place in orth-east rovides Heilongjiang in the n_________ of China. It p_______ food and s_______ for birds and insects. helter ourists T______ from China and other countries go to Zhalong to tudy s______ the lives of birds

there. etlands W_______ are important natural homes for birds. Many ll year birds live in Zhalong a___ _______ round and some fly _______ hort _______. They can find water to drink there for a s______stay and other kinds of food to eat.

More than 200 kinds of birds stay in Zhalong in winter, ed crowned cranes including (包括)r_________ _______.