2.　 The following words may help :

whole body ,　 nearly pure white , 　the top of the headbare , 　Northeast China ,　 Heilongjiang , 　nature reserve ,　 winter ,　 fish ,　 people's mind , 　up to 50 - 60 years

　　 Write ' Zhalong : A special place ' as a text title and 'red-crowned crane'　 on the blackboard when the students mention zhalong . Play the flash ' Red-crowned Crane' 　for the students to watch . Ask students to think over the question “ Why is Zhalong a special place ? ”

　　　 设计说明：通过图片的展示以及几个学生用自己的语言对丹顶鹤的描述，使全班学生对教学内容有初步的了解。而且通过最后一个问题激发学生去积极探求扎龙为什么是特别的地方，自然过渡到下一个步骤。

Step2.　　 Get students to listen to the tape for ' Reading ' . Before listening , ask students to prepare to answer some questions . While listening , ask students to underline the words or sentences that they don’t understand . After listening , students can discuss the questions in pairs and then try to answer them .

1.　 The following questions may help:

1).　 What color is a red-crowned crane ?

2).　 What place of Northeast China does it live in ?　　

　　 Where else can we see red-crowned cranes in China　 ?　

　　 (Zhalong Nature Reserve and Yancheng 盐城 Red-crowned Crane Nature Reserve )

3).　 What does it usually eat ?

2.　 To learn to talk about birds and their habitat

Teaching procedures:

Task1.　　 Revision

Step1.　　 Get students to say something about their favourite birds in pairs . Then ask three students to describe a pet bird in English , the other students can guess what bird it is , the ones who are the first to have the right guesses are the winners .

设计说明：通过这个竞猜游戏，迅速激发学生对鸟类的兴趣。

Step2.　　 Show the students some pictures and ask them to give the descriptions of the birds and fill in the forms (some information has been given ) . Tell students to look at Picture1 and ask the question “ What color do you think a crane is ? ”　 Then ask students to fill in the form .

设计说明：通过此项练习，复习上节课内容，并检查学生信息查找完成情况，引出“丹顶鹤”，过渡到本节课的教学。教读 “丹顶鹤red-crowned crane”

Task2.　　 Reading

Step1.　　 Show the students some pictures of red-crowned cranes from Internet . Ask students whether they have heard about this kind of cranes . Ask several more able students to describe red-crowned cranes in English , the teacher may write some information and some questions on the blackboard to help .

1.　 To grasp the keywords and main points in the context

4.　　 To improve students' love of birds and help to take action to protect wildlife

Teaching important and difficult points:

3.　 To skim text for overall meaning and scan for details

2.　 To guess the meanings of words from context

1.　 To infer general meaning from title and context

2、教学过程

Teaching objectives: