Fill in the blanks: One day, Daisy _________ a strange dream. She flew in a wonderful ______ to ______ with an ________ in Tibet. The antelope told her they were hunted because of their ______ which can be used to make _______ like hers. In three years they may all be ______. Later, she _____ to Zimbabwe where she talked with an _______ and got to know the farmers there no longer _______ them. That’s because the ___________ decided to help and the farmers finally made a lot of ______. At last she _______ at the thick rain forest where a monkey told her “ No rain forest, no ______ and no _______.” Although finally everything was _______, she had _______ so much! Revision dreamed chair talk antelope fur sweaters gone flew elephant hunted government money arrived animals drugs disappeared learned

Reading about dinosaurs Scan the text to answer questions : When did dinosaurs live on the earth? When did dinosaurs die out? How did dinosaurs die out? tens of millions of years ago 65 million years ago a large rock hit the earth or the earth got too hot to live on.

kinds of dinosaurs plant-eaters meat-eaters

dodo 渡渡鸟 Listening

1. Listen to the tape and choose the correct answer to complete each sentence. (P30) Answer keys: 1. C 2. D3.B4.C

Listen to the tape and choose the sentence which is the best for describing what happened. 1.This story is about how foolish the dodo was. 2.This story is about why the dodo disappeared. 3.This story is about how the dodo and man made friends. 4.This story is about how the other birds and the monkeys tried to save the dodo.

Listening text Once upon a time I lived on the earth too. I was called “dodo”. My home was an island called Mauritius. I was curious and kind-hearted and quite different from most of the animals there. I liked to make friends with the other animals and never quarreled. I have no enemies.My best friends were the other birds, the monkeys and all the other dodos of course. There were many of us. We were birds too but we were large and only had small wings. My favorite activity was to wonder along the beach and wait till the insects were ready to be eaten.

Listening text One day a new animal came to my island. It was called man and at first we seemed to be good friends. Man followed me everywhere and I gave him some of my insects to eat. But one day I wondered where my other dodo friends were. Several of them seemed to have disappeared. I asked the other birds and the monkeys. They all said the same thing. “Your friends are being hunted and killed while you are walking on the beach.”

Listening text Had man eaten 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 are being killed and eaten by some other animals.” When more dodos disappeared, 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 friends and I saw him kill her. I felt so angry that I rushed out straight at man’s spear. He killed me too. I was the last of my species. After that there were no more dodos in the world. My advice is: be careful who you trust.

渡渡鸟 是一种不会飞的鸟, 仅产于非洲的岛国毛里 求斯. 肥大的体型总是使它步履蹒跚, 再加上一张大大 的嘴巴, 使它的样子显得有些丑陋。幸好岛上没有它 们的天敌, 因此, 它们安逸地在树林中建窝孵卵, 繁殖后 代。 16 世纪后期, 带着来复枪和猎犬的欧洲人来到了毛 里求斯。不会飞又跑不快的渡渡鸟厄运降临了。欧洲 人来到岛上后, 渡渡鸟就成了他们主要的食物来源。 从这以后, 枪打狗咬, 鸟飞蛋打, 大量的渡渡鸟被捕杀。 就连幼鸟和蛋也不能幸免。开始时, 欧洲人每天可以 捕杀到几千只到上万只渡渡鸟, 可是由于过度的捕杀, 很快他们每天捕杀的数量越来越少，有时每天只能打 到几只了。 1681 年，最后一只渡渡鸟被残忍的杀害了, 从此, 地 球上再也见不到渡渡鸟了, 除非是在博物馆的标本室 和画家的图画中。