1. Wildlife protection
Unit 4
using language-reading &listening

2. Reading II
Animal extinction

3. Dinosaur is an animal that we can not see on the earth now
Dinosaur is an animal that we can not see on the earth now. What we see in the museum are the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs. They were found by the people at home and abroad. Some dinosaurs have long necks and tails, while others look like birds.

5. When did dinosaurs live?
tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being
When did dinosaurs die out?
about 65 million years ago
For what reasons did dinosaurs die out?
a large rock hit the earth and put too much dust into the air
the earth got too hot for them to live on

6. True or false F
There are many different species of dinosaur and all of them have been found in China.
Not long ago, a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Henan Province.
several F
Liaoning

7. think/guess
3. Some scientists 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. F T

8. Language points of reading (II)

9. 1.come into being 出现，形成，产生
⑴Modern English came into being from about the middle of the 16th century.
⑵Thus the first railway in China came into being.
come into fashion 　
come into existence
come into force
come into consideration 　
come into sight
come into use 　
开始流行
开始形成
开始生效
开始考虑 看见
开始使用

10. 2.on the earth 在地球上（侧重自然世界）
in the world 在世界上 （侧重人文世界）
on earth (究竟）= in the world
What on earth / in the world will he
get up to next? 

11. 3. long before 在……之前很久
* I had got everything ready long before
you advised me to do so. 
* We had not stayed here long before she
appeared.
另：before long 不久以后
* It looks as if it will rain before long. 
* Before long, such animals won’t exist
any longer.
It ___ long before we ___ the result of
the experiment.
A. will not be; will know B. is; will know
C. will not be; know D. is; know

12. * It was strange that nobody inspected my ticket this time.
4. inspect vt. 检查,调查,监查,检阅
* It was strange that nobody inspected
my ticket this time.
* The officials will arrive to inspect the
army unit soon.
n. inspection inspector
Para. 2
5. come after 跟着, 继...而来
* The visitors came after the guider.
* A decrease in consuming usually comes
after a financial crisis.

13. Listening
dodo
渡渡鸟

14. Name: Dodo
Birthplace:
Figure:
Favorite food:
Appearance:
Weak point:
character:
island of Mauritius (毛里求斯)
extremely big
fruit
A bird
can not fly
Kind/friendly

15. Fill in the blanks.
I believed him but when more dodos disappeared I ____________. I went off as if I was going to hunt but instead I ______in the forest and ________. Sure enough Man ____________. He ______________the last of my dodo friends and killed her. I felt so angry that I rushed out of my __________and straight at Man’s _________. He killed me too. After that there were no more dodos in the world. So my motto is:______________________________
set a trap
hid
waited
ran after
came along
hiding place
spear
be careful who you trust.