I. Watch Part 1. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
1. Which of the following is incorrect?
A. The cheetah can reach a speed of 80 kilometers per hour in just three seconds.
B. The cheetah at full speed can run 100 kilometers an hour.
C. The cheetah can maintain full speed for more than 300 meters.
D. The cheetah is in serious danger of becoming extinct.
2. What will the National Geographic team do on their trip to Botswana to help preserve the cheetahs?
A. Teach individuals about cheetahs. B. Help with local conservation efforts.
C. Take photographs of cheetahs. D. Research a way to help cheetahs.
3. On their first day at the Moremi Reserve,
Chris and Dave saw the following animals EXCEPT ________.
A. zebras B. a giraffe C. elephants D. cheetahs
II. Watch again. Fill in the National Geographic Assignment table with the information you have learned in this part. Assignment Goal Location Team Members Equipment III. Oral work. Work with a partner and try to predict the next scenes in the video. Use the questions below. Share your ideas with another pair of students.
1. Do the National Geographic team expect to see cheetahs the following day? Why or why not?
2. Will the National Geographic team see any cheetahs the following day? If yes, how many
cheetahs do you think they will see? Part 2
I. Watch Part 2. Read the following statements and choose the one that best summarizes the main event in this part.
A. To their great surprise, Chris and Dave saw six cheetahs.
B. It would take a while for the cheetahs to trust Chris.
C. Chris saw a cheetah pursuing and killing its prey.
D. The mother cheetah was exhausted.
II. Watch again. Complete the following sentences according to what you hear in this part.
1. During all of his years__________, Dave has never located so many cheetahs this quickly. This is exactly_________________________________.
2. Cheetahs are a good way to explain to people that __________________ means the
potential loss of species.
3. Cheetahs could become __________ in the wild, and it's a tragedy that's ___________ to Chris.
4. The Moremi Wildlife Reserve has offered Chris one of the last windows into the ______________ of the cheetah.
5. Cheetahs are __________ of tremendous bursts of speed, and have the capacity to _______ speed more quickly than a sports car.
6. Unfortunately, the cheetah's failed to catch her dinner this time. Cheetahs must _____________ every few days.
III. Oral work. Retell this part of the story. Use the words and expressions below to help you.
Useful words and expressions
be up early something unexpected occur
exactly hope for a picture of a \"kill sequence”
fail to catch her dinner exhausted hungry
make a kill drive back rest in the shade
You may start by saying:
“The next day, Chris and Dave were up early. From experience, they knew that it might be a long and difficult hunt. But to their surprise, something unexpected occurred...”
Part 3
I. Watch Part 3. Put the following statements in the correct order according to what you have learned in this part.
A. The cheetah chases the reedbuck. B. The cheetah chokes the reedbuck.
C. The cheetah sits up, watching and listening carefully.
D. The cubs join their mother for their meal. E. The cheetah begins to make a series of short barking sounds.
F. The cheetah catches the reedbuck.
( )→( )→( )→( )→( )→( )
II. Watch again. Underline the incorrect word in each sentence and then write the correct one.
1. \"The tiring and difficult search for the cheetah family turns from days into a month.” ______________
2. \"They've found the mother cheetah and she looks exhausted. ______________
3. \"Chris's opportunity for shooting a kill sequence presents itself later in the afternoon.” ______________
4. \"The cheetah has seen something: two giraffes. With her cubs hidden safely away, the brave hunter moves toward her target. _______________
5. \"In typical cheetah style, the mother chokes her predator. Then she takes time to recover from her sprint. _______________
III. Listen and repeat. You are going to hear
five sentences selected from the video. Repeat each sentence after it is spoken twice. Then write the sentences. 1.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 3.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 4.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 5.
__________________________________________________________________________
___
Part 4
I. Watch Part 4. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). ______1. It's just luck that made Chris and
Dave get the results they had been waiting to achieve.
______ 2. The mother cheetah and her cubs allow the men to get closer to them.
______ 3. Dave feels he has a special
responsibility to tell the world about the cheetah's endangered status.
______ 4. Chris says that the cheetah has
given him a tremendous privilege, one of the finest privileges of his life.
______ 5. Something truly wonderful happens to Dave --- the cheetah licks his hand. II. Watch again. Complete the following
paragraph with the given verbs. Change
the forms where necessary.
focus click smell walk lick freeze
As Chris (1) __________ away on his camera, one of the cheetahs (2) __________ its attention on him. Chris pauses in his photography as the animal comes nearer. The cheetah seems to be curious about the large black object that's making strange noises --- and the man behind it. Chris (3) __________ in amazement as the animal (4) __________ directly up to his camera and begins to carefully (5)__________ the huge lens, perhaps in an effort to identify the unusual scent. Then even more to the team's amazement --- the animal moves around to the side of the camera and begins to (6) __________ the photographer's hand!
III. Oral work. Imagine that you are the
mother cheetah. First work individually to make a monologue to answer the following questions. Then present it to the
class.
1. What is it like to have humans follow me? 2. Am I worried about humans being so close to my cubs?
3. How do I learn to trust them?
4. What is the biggest surprise for me about humans?
Follow-up
I. Watch the entire video. Match Column A with Column B. Then retell the whole story to your partner with the help of the information provided in Column B. Column A Column B
Day 1 A. They found the cheetah family again.
B. They discovered a female cheetah and her five cubs.
Day 2 C. They left the cheetah family to rest in the shade of the trees.
D. They got a chance to watch
the female cheetah chasing a reedbuck but losing it.
Day 3 E. They got the chance to photograph a \"kill sequence .
F. They found the mother and her cubs had gone.
A week later G. They saw buffaloes, zebras and other wild animals.
II. Oral work. Imagine that you are a journalist who has a chance to interview Chris Johns. You are curious about his expedition to the Moremi Wildlife Reserve. First make a list of interview questions based on the following expressions. Then work with a partner and role-play the interview.
Useful expressions
lucky experience biggest challenge disappointing experience biggest surprise
III. Project. Form groups of three or four. Each group does research online or at the
library on a certain animal that is facing extinction in our own country. Then each group fills in the following table and reports their findings to the class.
AniPrevioCurrenHistoriCurrent Possibmal us t c distribule populapopuladistribution reasontion tion tion area s for area its extinction
Reading
Reading Comprehension
1. What is the main purpose of paragraphs 3 and 4?
A. To compare Johannesburg to the Okavango Delta.
B. To describe the goal of the expedition.
C. To explain that the weather is unreliable.
D. To introduce the team members.
2. Which word in paragraphs from 7 to 9 means \"precisely ?
A. Immediately. B. Exactly. C. Especially. D. Extremely.
3. Which is true about a cheetah? A. It only eats twice a month.
B. It's slower than a sports car. C. It never gets tired.
D. It can maintain high speeds for a short time.
4. In paragraph 17, \"they in \"As they near refers to ________.
A. the cheetah family B. the cheetah cubs
C. a family of reedbuck D. Chris and Dave
5. What part of the reedbuck's body does the cheetah bite to choke the animal?
A. Back. B. Head. C. Neck.
D. Leg.
6. What opinion does Dave express in paragraph 24?
A. It's impossible to get a cheetah to trust a human.
B. The expedition has not been easy. C. Chris is a great photographer.
D. Another animal will steal the reedbuck. 7. What will Chris probably do after this expedition?
A. Teach others about cheetahs. B. Buy a book about photography.
C. Give the cheetah family some food. D. Start working at a zoo.
8. The goal of the National Geographic team
is to help save cheetahs by ________________ them on camera. 9. Cheetahs are ______________ by nature, and they are shy of humans.
10. The team thinks the mother cheetah
probably wanted to ____________ her cubs by taking them away from the spot
where they saw them. Home Listening
I. Listen to the passage. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1. Which of the following is NOT the probable cause of extinction of many species of plants and animals? A. Changes in climate. B. Genetic weaknesses.
C. Disappearance of rivers. D. Human activities.
2. The extinction rates after human life began are ________ times greater than before human influence on Earth. A. 1,000 to 10,000 B. 10 to 100 C. 1 to 10 D. 100 to 1,000
3. How can researchers discover the exact effects of humankind on nature?
A. By comparing rates of extinction before and after human existence.
B. By comparing the number of a species before and after human existence.
C. By forecasting the future extinction rates. D. By comparing rates of extinction in the past and in the future.
II. Listen again. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 1. ______ More than 99% of the species that have lived on Earth have now disappeared permanently.
2. ______ The earth seems to recover from the loss of many species.
3. ______ Extinction decreases the variety of life on the planet in the long term.
4. ______Through the use of physical and biological research, a \"background extinction rate has been established.
5. ______ Future extinction rates of species are forecasted to be lower.
III. Listen and repeat. You are going to hear
five sentences selected from the audio. Repeat each sentence after it is spoken twice. Then write the sentences. 1.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 2.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 3.
_____________________________________________________________________________ 4.
_____________________________________________________________________________
5.
_____________________________________________________________________________
IV. Oral work. Work with a partner and
discuss the question “What are the probable causes of the extinction of some land animals?” You may use the table below to help you.
因篇幅问题不能全部显示，请点此查看更多更全内容