1、Listening,speaking and writing True or false 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. Some scientists are sure dinosaurs died out because the earth got too hot for t
2、he dinosaurs to live on any more. Dinosaurs died out quickly about 65 million years ago and many animals have died out in the same way.severalLiaoning thinkFFFTListening 1. Listen to the tape and choose the correct answer to complete each sentence.P30 1key: 1. C 2. D 3.B 4. C 2. Which is the best fo
3、r describing what happened? P30 2key: 2. This story is about why the dodo disppeared.Listen again and fill in the blanks.Once upon a time, I lived on earth too. I was called “dodo”. My home was an island _ Mauritius. I was curious and kind-hearted and quite _ _ most of the other animals there. I lik
4、ed 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 of us. We were birds too but we were _ and only had _ _. My favourite activity was to _ along the beach and wait till the _w
5、ere ready to be eaten. calleddifferent fromenemieslarge small wingswanderinsects One day a new animal came to my island. It was called man and _ _we seemed to be good friends. Man followed me everywhere and I gave him some of my insects to eat. But one day I _ where my other dodo friends were. Sever
6、al 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 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 othe
7、r 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
8、dodo friends and I saw him kill her. I felt so angry that I _ out straight at mans spear. He killed me too. I was the last of my _. After that there were _ _ dodos in the world. My advice is : be careful who you trust.disappearedrushedspeciesno moreSpeakingImagine you are with the dodo and you try t
9、o help it. Talk in pairs about what you might do. These phrases might be useful to you.Intention PurposeIm going to help the dodoI intend/mean/plan to hide it in a caveI will trap man as he kills a dodoI feel like attacking man myselfId like to put man in a cageIm ready to teach man how to be friendsI would rather not tell you what I think of manWriting Suppose you are Dodos friend and you have found a way to solve the dodos problems. Now write a letter to the dodo to tell him how you will help him.