humans came int o b eing and th eir futur e s eemed secur e at that time.Ther e w ere many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them us ed to live in china.The eggs of tw enty-fiv e s pecies hav e b een found in Xixia C ounty,Nanyang,Henan province.Not long ago a r are new s pecies of bird-like dinosaur was d iscov er ed in Country,liaoning Pr ovince.When s cientists ins pected th e bones , th ey w ere surpr ised to find that thes e d inos aurs could not only run like th e others b ut also climb tr ees.They lear ned this fr om the way the bones were joined togeth er. Dinosaurs died out sudd enly about 65million years ago.S ome scientists think it came after an unex pect ed incident when a h uge rock from s pace hit the earth and put too much dust int o the air.Oth ers think th e earth got t oo h ot for the dinosaurs to liv e on any more.Nob ody knows
for sur e why and how dinosaur disappear ed fr om the earth in s uch a short t ime. We know many other w ild plants ,animals,insects and birds have died out more recent ly.According to a U N r eport ,s ome 844 anima ls and plants have disappear ed in the last 500 years.The d odo is one of them.It liv ed on th e Island of Mauritius and was a v ery friendly animal.Please list en t o a story of the dodo and h ow it d isappeared fro m the earth. (3) Th e eturn of the milu eer My name is Linhui.I like t o t ell stories about people who work together.What is even b etter is when countries help each other and build a good fr iendsh ip.A n excellent example of this happened when Br itain and China worked together to br ing the Milu d eer back to China. The Milu deer,a species with large h orns,used to b e common in China long ago.Like other d eer they
live t ogether and eat gr ass and the s oft parts of tr ees s uch as small branch 77d5722791c69ec3d5bbfd0a79563c1ec5dad7dau d eer w ere oft en hunted for food or sport in the past.The ,Ming and Qing dynasties did not prot ect them and many were killed.That is how th e Milu d eer disappeared from China. Luckily befor e all of them wer e killed,s ome wer e taken to Britain to improv e the environment of the beautiful park which belonged t o the D uke of Bedford.He liked th em s o much that h e took them all th e way from China to Britain.The Milu deer liked the cool,wet weat her in England and th eir numb er incr eas ed year by year.As a res ult,when in 1985 the go vernment of China want ed to reintroduce th e Milu d eer,the D uke of Bedford was happy to help.The first deer came back to Chin a to th e Nanhaizi Milu Park 20 kilometers s outh of Beijing and th e centr e in Dafeng,Jingsu
Province.The deer cent ainly s eem happy t o b e back in China becaus e th eir numbers have gr own rapidly.There ar e now s o many of them that a new park has been opened for th em in Hebei Pr ovince.At the moment th e Milu deer liv e in centr es wh ere they ar e being well pr otect ed and care for .It is hoped that one d ay th ere will be enough animals to let them live in the wild again.So Britain h elped China by bringing back an an imal that had dis appear ed fr om its homeland.This is a good example of fr iendship and und erstand ing b etween these two countr ies.Unit 5 The band that wasn’t Hav e you ev er want ed t o b e part of a band as a famous singer or musicians? Have you ever dreamed of playin g in fr ont of thousands of people at a concert, at which ev eryone is clapping and appr eciating your mus ic? Do you s ing Karaoke and pret end
you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To b e honest , a lot of people att ach great import ance t o b ecoming r ich and famous. But just now do people for m a band? Many musicians meet and form a band b ecause they like t o writ e and play their ow n music.They may start as a gr oup of high-school stud ents, for whom practising their music in someone hous e is th e first st ep to fame. S ometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway s o that th ey can earn some extra money for thems elv es or t o pay for their instr uments. Lat er th ey may giv e performances in pubs or clubs , for which they ar e paid in cash. Of cours e th ey h ope to make r ecords in a studio and s ell millions of copies to b ecome millionair es! Howev er, ther e was one b and that start ed in a differ ent way. It was called th e Monkees and began as
a TV show. Th e musicians wer e to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was bas ed loos ely on the Beatles. The TV or ganizer had planned t o find four mus icians who could act as well as sing. Th ey put an advertisement in a news paper looking for rock musicians , but they could only find one who was good enough. Th ey h ad to use act ors for th e oth er three members of theband. As some of thes e act ors could not sing w ell enough, th ey had to r ely on other musicians to help th em. So dur ing the broadcasts they just pr etended t o s ing. Anyhow their performances wer e humor ous enough to
b e copied by other groups. Th ey w ere so popular that th eir fans for med clubs in ord er t o get mor e familiar with them. E ach week on TV, the Monkees would play and s ing songs written by other musicians. However , after a year or so in which th ey b ecame more s erious ab out th eir work, the Monkees start ed to play and sing th eir own s ongs like a real b and. Then th ey produced their own records and st arted t ouring and playing their own music. In the USA th ey b ecame even more popular than the Beatles and s old even mor e r ecords. The b and br oke up about 1970, but happily they reunit ed in th e mid-1980s. They pr oduced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrat ed their former time as a r eal band. Fr eddy the frog （Ⅱ）Not long aft er reddy and the band ecame famous, th ey v isit ed Br itain on a brief t our. Fans showed their dev otion by wait ing for hours to get tickets for th eir concerts . Fr eddy was now quite confid ent when he w ent into a concert hall. He enjoyed s inging and all th e congratulations afterwards! His most exciting
invitat ion was to perfor m on a TV programme called Top of pops . He had to go to London, wear an expensiv e s uit and give a per for mance t o a TV camera. It felt very strange. But as s oon as the progr amme was ov er, the t elephones which wer e in the same room started ringing. Ever ybody was asking when they could s ee Fr eddy and his b and again. They wer e tr uly stars. Then things w ent wrong. Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without b eing followed. Even when they wore sunglasses or b eards people r ecognized t hem. F ans found them even when they went int o toilet. Th ey tried to hid e in th e reading r ooms of libr aries, but it was us eless. Someone was always there! Th eir per sonal life was r egularly dis cuss ed by people who did not know them but t alked as if they close friend s. At last feeling ver y ups et and sensitiv e,
Freddy and his band realized that th ey must leave the country before it became t oo painful for th em. So th ey left Br itain, t o which they were nev er
humans came int o being and their fut ure seemed s ecur e at that time.Ther e wer e many differ ent kinds of dinosaur and a number of th em us ed to liv e in china.The eggs of tw enty-fiv e s pecies hav e been found in X ixia C ounty,Nanyang,Henan prov ince.Not long ago a rare new species of b ird-like dinosaur was discover ed in Country,liaoning Prov ince.When scient ists inspect ed the bones, th ey w ere surpr ised to find that thes e dinosaurs could not only r un like th e oth ers but als o climb trees.They learned this from the way the bones were joined t ogether.Dinosaurs died out sudd enly ab out 65million years ago.Some scientists think it came aft er an unex pect ed incid ent when a huge r ock fr om s pace hit the earth and put t oo much dust into th e air.Oth ers think the earth got too hot for th e dinosaurs to liv e on any more.Nob ody knows for s ure why and how dinosaur dis appear ed fr om the earth in s uch a short t ime. We know many other wild plants,animals ,ins ects and birds hav e d ied out more recent ly.According t o a U N r eport ,s ome 844 animals and plants hav e d isappeared in the last 500 years.Th e dod o is one of them.It liv ed on th e Island of Maurit ius and was a ver y fr iendly animal.Pleas e listen t o a story of the dodo and how it disappear ed fr om the earth. (3) The eturn of the milu eer My name is Linhui.I like to tell stor ies about people who work together.What is ev en b etter is when countries h elp each other and build a good friendship.An excellent ex ample of this h appened when Br itain and China work ed togeth er to bring th e Milu deer b ack to China.The Milu deer,a species with lar ge horns ,used to be common in China long ago.Like other d eer they live together and eat gr ass and the soft parts of tr ees such as small br anch 77d5722791c69ec3d5bbfd0a79563c1ec5dad7dau deer wer e often hunted for food or sport in th e past.Th e ,Ming and Qing dynasties d id not protect them and many wer e killed.That is how the Milu deer d isappeared from China.Luckily b efor e all of th em were killed,s ome wer e tak en t o Br itain to improv e th e envir onment of the beautiful park w hich belonged to th e Duke of Bedford.He liked them so much that h e t ook them all th e way from China to Britain.Th e Milu deer liked th e cool,wet w eather in England and their numb er incr eas ed year by year.As a res ult,when in 1985 the gov ernment of China wanted to reintroduce the Milu d eer ,the D uke of Bedford was happy to help.The first d eer came back t o China t o the Nanhaizi Milu Park 20 kilomet ers s outh of Beijing and the centr e in Dafeng,Jingsu Pr ovince.The deer centainly s eem happy to be back in China b ecause th eir numbers have gr ow n rapidly.Th ere ar e now so many of them that a new park has b een opened for them in Heb ei Prov ince.At the moment the Milu d eer live in centres wher e they ar e b eing w ell prot ect ed and care for .It is h oped that one day ther e will b e enough animals to let them liv e in the wild again.So Brit ain helped China by bringing b ack an animal that had disappear ed fr om its h omeland.This is a good ex ample of friendship and under standing between thes e two countries. U nit 5 Th e and th at was n’t Hav e you ev er wanted to b e part of a band as a famous singer or musicians? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of th ousands of people at a concert , at which ever yone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing K araoke and pr etend you are a famous singer lik e Song Zuyin g or Liu Huan? To be h onest, a lot of people attach great import ance t o b ecoming r ich and famous. But just now do people for m a band? Many musicians meet and for m a band becaus e th ey like to write and play th eir own music.Th ey may start as a gr oup of high-school st udents , for whom pr actising their music in someone s h ous e is the first st ep to fame. S ometimes th ey may play to pass ers-by in the street or subway so that they can ear n some extra money for th ems elv es or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give perfor mances in pubs or clubs, for which they ar e paid in cash. Of course they hope t o make r ecords in a studio and sell millions of copies to b ecome millionair es! Howev er, th ere was one band t hat started in a differ ent way. It was called the Monk ees and b egan as a TV show. Th e musicians wer e to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was bas ed loos ely on the Beatles. Th e TV or ganiz er had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put an adv ertis ement in a newspaper looking for rock mus icians, but th ey could only find one who was good enough. They had to use act ors for the other three members of theband. As some of these act ors could not sing well enough, th ey h ad to rely on other mus icians t o help them. So d uring th e broadcasts th ey just pr etended t o sing. Anyh ow their performances w ere humorous enough to be copied by other gr oups. They wer e so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and s ing songs written by other mus icians. How ever , after a year or s o in which they became mor e s erious ab out th eir w ork, the Monkees started to play and s ing their own songs like a r eal band. Th en they prod uced their own records and st arted t ouring and playing th eir own mus ic. In the USA they became ev en mor e popular than th e Beatles and s old ev en mor e r ecords. The b and br oke up about 1970, b ut happily th ey reunited in the mid-1980s. They pr oduced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their for mer time as a real b and. Fr edd y the frog （Ⅱ）Not long aft er Fr eddy and th e band became famous, they visit ed Britain on a brief tour. Fans showed their d evot ion by waiting for h ours t o get t ickets for th eir concerts . Fr eddy was now quite confid ent when h e went into a concert hall. He enjoyed singing and all the congrat ulations aft erwards! His most exciting invitat ion was to perform on a TV pr ogramme called Top of pops He had t o go t o Lond on, wear an ex pensiv e suit and give a perfor mance to a TV camera. It felt v ery strange. But as s oon as the programme was over , the telephones which were in the same room start ed r inging. Ev erybod y was asking when they could s ee Freddy and his b and again. They wer e tr uly stars. Th en things went wrong. Fr eddy and his band could not go out anywher e with out b eing followed. Ev en when th ey w ore sunglass es or b eards people recognized them. Fans found them even when they w ent into toilet. Th ey tried to hide in the reading r ooms of libraries, but it was us eles s. Someone was always th ere! Th eir personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know th em but talked as if they clos e friends. At last feeling v ery ups et and s ens itiv e, Freddy and his b and r ealized that they must leav e th e countr y b efor e it b ecame too painful for them. So they left Britain, to which they w ere never
