1 . Discuss the following questions with your partner.
1. What are the animals? What do you know about them?

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2. What do you know about the Changtang National Nature Reserve?
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2 . Listen to the second part and answer the questions.
1. How many elephants are killed on average every day?
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2. What did Prince William say about China?

A．China has made a lot of progress.

B．China can become a global leader in wildlife protection.

C．China preserves its natural habitats well

3 . Listen to the first part and fill in the blanks.

What on Earth Are We Doing to Our Planet?

Our planet’s     1     is dying out at an alarming rate. Between 150 and 200 species are becoming extinct every day. This mass extinction is caused by hunting, habitat     2    , and pollution. We must make people aware of the problem and help     3     the endangered wildlife before it’s too late!

4 . Look at the title “Talk about saving endangered wildlife” and the information in pictures, and then answer:

1. What message do these posters share?                 
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2. Which one moves you the most? Why?
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5 . What can individuals do to help protect wildlife?
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6 . What are some threats to wildlife? Please list as many as you can.
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7 . “When the buying stops, the killing can too.” How do understand the sentence?
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8 . Think and answer.
1. What are they doing?

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2. What do you think is necessary for bird observation?
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9 . Listen again and use the phrases you hear to fill in the blanks.
1. They got up early __________search for wild birds.
2. I’ve brought a field guide __________we can look up the birds we see.
3. My dad gave me the binoculars __________we can see the birds better.
4. Birdwatching clubs clean up habitats, build bird feeders, and put paper cut-outs on windows __________protect birds.

10 . Listen and answer the questions.
1. Who are the teenagers?
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2. Where are they?
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3. What are they doing?
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4. Why are they doing it?
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