Form 4 Unit 7 Mother nature—— Amazing Animals!

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ANIMALS

Unit 7

Mother nature——

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Unit 7 : Mother Nature

Discuss:
➔ Do you like spending time in nature?Why/Why not

➔ What do you think are the most important
enviromental issues our planets is facing today?

Amazing animals！

A. Before we get into text let us discuss—

● Are there any animals that you would consider
intelligent? Why?

● What charateristics make humans different
from animals?

B. Look at the titles and the pictures. What do you
think the text is about?

Big Love Clever Crows Dolphin to the Rescue!

Big Love In many cultures, elephants are seen as a

symbol of wisdom and are know for
having an excellent memory. They have
the largest brains of all and animals and
their intelligence is evident in their ability
to learn, use tools and even in herds, they
sense of humour. They are very social
animals and although they live in herds,
they spend their lives in pairs devoted to a
best friends. These friendships between
elephants are well-know, but in an
elephant sanctuary in the United States,
an unusual friendship blossomed.

Tarts,an Asian elephant,chose Bella,a
dog,as her best friend.The odd pair
loved spending all their time together,
eating, sleeping and playing. Then one
day, Bella had an accident. For the
entire three weeks it took her to recover,
Tara waited outside the sanctuary office.
She was free to wander the 2200 acres
but she was loyal to her friend and chose
to wait for her to get better. It just shows
us how animals don’t consider
differences when they choose their
friends.

Clever We use the word ‘birdbrain’ for people who
Crows aren’t very clever, but just because birds
have small brains it doesn’t necessarily
crows. Some crows make tools for finding
food. They think about what tool they need
and look for it.If they cannot find the right
shape, they make the tool themselves by
cutting bits of wood from trees, leaves or
grass. They even store their tools in a safe
place to use at a safe place to use at a later
time.

Another thing they hide is food. This
common among many animals, but if a
crow thinks another crow from the flock is
whatching, it will pretend to store food in
one place,then put it somewhere else.
Flows in Japan are clever enough to leave
nuts on the road at traffic lights so that
cars will run over them and crack them
open.And amazingly,crows have been
filmed using food scraps for fish bait.They
drop the scraps into the sea to attract fish
and catch them.Pretty smart thinking for
such a small brain!

Dolphin to Dolphins are well known for their
the Rescue! intelligence and their ability to understand
human language. However many people do
not realize how well they communicate with
other animals with which they share the
oceans. In 2008, two whales, a mother and
her calf ended up getting stuck in shallow
waters off the coast of New Zealand. A group
of people gathered at once wanting to help.
They spent hours trying to direct the whales
back into deeper waters. Both the rescuers
and whales were exhausted and after some
time the authorities were at a loss.

They didn’t know what to do next and in the
end, they decided to give up. They were
considering putting the animals down ,when a
dolphin turned up. Somehow, it calmed the
whales down and communicated with them.
Within a few minutes the whales were
following the dolphins back to the freedom of
safe waters. The dolphin had saved their lives
and had accomplished something that humans
had not been able to . It reminds us that even
though we might not understand what animals
are saying ,other animals probably do!

C. Read the text again and write E for Elephant, C for Crow or D
for Dolphin. Which animals ……..

1.uses its knowledge to help other species ? 口
2.doesn’t care about species when building a relationship? 口
3.sometimes plays tricks on other members of the same species? 口
4.is intelligent despite the size of its brain? 口
5.has been known to succeed where people can’t ? 口
6.has developed the ability to plan for future events ? 口
7.shows unusual levels of loyalty? 口
8.uses humans to accomplish a task ? 口

D. Match the highlighted words /phrases in the text with their meanings.
There are two extra meanings which you do not need to use.

1.devoted 忠诚 口 a.drive over something
2.odd 奇怪 口 b.understand what’s happening
3.recover 恢复 口 c.not deep
4.run over 碾过 口 d.strange,unusual
5.shallow 浅 口 e.come together to form a group
6.gather 聚集 口 f.succeed in doing something
7.accomplish 达成 口 g.get well after an illness or injury
h.relax
i.having great love for somebody and being loyal to them

E.Discuss

● Do you know of any other amazing facts about animals?

● Do you know of any other stories similar to these?

AMAZING
ANIMALS！

ANSWERS

C. Read the text again and write E for Elephant, C for Crow or D
for Dolphin. Which animals ……..
1. D

2. E
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. E
8. C

D. Match the highlighted words /phrases in the text with their
meanings. There are two extra meanings which you do not need
to use.

1. i
2. d
3. g
4. a
5. c
6. e
7. f

SAMPLE ANSWER
FOR DISCUSSION

Do you know of any other amazing
facts about animals?

Polar bear skin is black Rhinoceros' horn is Frogs cannot vomit. If
made of hair. one absolutely has to,
then it will vomit its
entire stomach.

Parrots will selflessly Some sharks glow in Pigeons can do math.
help each other out. the dark.

Female lions do 90 Puffins use twigs to
percent of the hunting. scratch their bodies.

Do you know of any other
stories similar to these?

Sherk-

Shrek, a male Merino sheep was born near Tarras, New Zealand.
One day Shrek decided to wander off his farm to live in the
highlands of the area. Finally, after living off the land for six years,
a high country ranch team found Shrek. For six whole years, Shrek
had avoided being sheared. While most male Merinos
are sheared on an annual basis.

Shrek was 75% covered in wool, with the total weight of his coat being a staggering
60lb (27kg). It was due to this large size and his playful personality he was named
after the animated ogre. Shrek quickly became a national icon. His shearing was
broadcasted on live TV. On top of that, his enormous fleece was auctioned off for
charity and he ended up raising over $150,000. Unfortunately, Shrek was
euthanised on June 6, 2011, at the age of 17.

Whale-

When marine biologist Nan Hauser felt a
50,000-pound humpback whale nudging her
during a dive, she was confused, as that’s not
typical behavior for a whale. “I’ve spent 28 years
underwater with whales, and have never had a whale so tactile and so insistent on
putting me on his head, or belly, or back, or, most of all, trying to tuck me under his
huge pectoral fin,” Hauser told the Daily Mirror.

The reason behind that gentle touch? It’s simply extraordinary.

When Hauser looked around, she noticed a 15-foot tiger shark lurking in the distance.
For no obvious reason other than pure kindness, the whale was trying to protect her
from the shark by tucking her underneath his fin.

Scientists believe this instinct comes from the whale’s desire to protect its calves from
predators. In Hauser’s case, the whale potentially saved her life — and best of all, she
caught the whole thing on video.

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