humans came int o b eing and th eir futur e s eemed secur e at that time.Th ere were many differ ent kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used t o live in china.The eggs of twenty-five species hav e b een found in X ixia County,Nanyang,Henan prov ince.Not long ago a r are new s pecies of bird-lik e dinosaur was discover ed in C ountr y,liaoning Pr ovince.When s cientists ins pected the b ones, th ey w ere sur pris ed to find that th ese dinosaurs could not only r un like the others but also climb tr ees.Th ey learned this from the way the b ones were joined togeth er. Dinosaurs died out s uddenly about 65million years ago.Some s cientists think it came aft er an unex pected incident when a huge r ock from s pace h it the earth and put too much d ust into th e air.Others think the earth got too h ot for the d inosaurs t o live on any mor e.Nobody knows for s ure why and how d inos aur d isappeared from th e earth in s uch a short t ime. We know many other wild plants,animals,ins ects and b irds hav e d ied out mor e r ecently.According t o a U N r eport ,s ome 844 animals and plants hav e dis appear ed in the last 500 years.The dodo is one of th em.It liv ed on the Is land of Mauritius and was a ver y fr iendly animal.Pleas e listen to a story of the dodo and how it disappear ed from th e earth. (3)The ret urn of th e milu eer My name is Linhui.I like to t ell stories about people who work t ogether.What is even b etter is when countries help each oth er and build a good friendship.An excellent example of this happened when Br itain and China worked together to bring the Milu de er back to China.The Milu d eer,a s pecies with large h orns,used to b e common in China long ago.Lik e oth er d eer they liv e t ogether and eat gr ass and the soft parts of tr ees such as small br anch 77d5722791c69ec3d5bbfd0a79563c1ec5dad7dau d eer wer e often hunted for food or sport in the past.Th e ,Ming and Qing dynasties d id not pr otect them and many wer e killed.That is how th e Milu deer d isappeared from China. Luckily before all of th em w ere killed,some wer e taken to Brit ain to improv e the envir onment of the b eautiful park which belonged to th e Duke of Bedford.He liked them so much that h e took them all the way from China t o Br itain.Th e Milu deer liked th e cool,wet w eather in England and their numb er incr eased year b y year.As a res ult,when in 1985 th e gov ernment of China want ed to reintroduce the Milu d eer,th e D uke of Bedford was happy to help.The first d eer came back to China to the Nanhaizi Milu Park 20 kilometers south of Beijing and the centre in Dafeng,Jingsu Prov ince. Th e d eer centainly seem happy to b e back in China b ecause th eir numbers have gr own 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 th e moment the Milu d eer liv e in centres where they ar e b eing w ell prot ect ed and car e for .It is hoped that one day ther e will b e enough animals to let them live in the wild again.So Britain h elped China by br inging back an animal that had disappeared from its homeland.This is a good example of friendship and und erstanding b etween thes e two countr ies.Unit 5 The and that wasn’t Have you ever want ed to be part of a band as a famous singer or musicians? Hav e you ev er dr eamed of playing in front of th ousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appr eciating your music? D o you sing Kar aoke and pr etend you are a famous s inger like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To b e honest, a lot of people attach gr eat importance to becoming rich and famous. But just now do people for m a band? Many musicians meet and for m a band becaus e they lik e to write and play th eir own music.Th ey may start as a gr oup of high-school stud ents, for whom practising their mus ic in someone s house is th e first st ep t o fame. Somet imes they may play t o passers-by in the str eet or subway so that they can earn 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 cour se th ey h ope to mak e r ecords in a st udio and s ell millions of copies t o b ecome millionaires! However, ther e was one b and t hat started in a differ ent way. It was called the Monkees and b egan as a TV show. Th e musicians wer e to play jokes on each oth er as well as play mus ic, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles. Th e TV organizer 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 actor s for the other three members of theband. As some of th ese act ors could not sing w ell enough, they had to r ely on oth er musicians to hel p th em. So dur ing the broadcasts they just pret end ed to sing. A nyhow their performances were h umor ous enough to be copied by other gr oups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with th em. Each week on TV, th e Monkees would play and sing songs writt en b y other musicians. Howev er, after a year or so in which th ey b ecame more ser ious about their work, th e Monkees st arted t o play and sing th eir own s ongs like a real b and. Then they produced th eir own r ecords and start ed touring and playing their own music. In the USA th ey b ecame ev en more popular than th e Beatles and s old ev en mor e r ecords. The b and br oke up ab out 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s. They pr oduced a new record in 1996, with which they celebr ated th eir for mer time as a real band. Fr eddy the frog（Ⅱ）Not long aft er Fr eddy and the band became famous, th ey visit ed Br itain on a brief t our. F ans showed their d evotion b y wait ing for hours to get tick ets for their concerts . Fredd y was now quit e confident when he went int o a concert hall. He enjoyed s inging and all the congr atulat ions aft erwards! His most exciting invit ation was t o perform on a TV pr ogr amme called Top of pops. He had t o go t o Lond on, wear an ex pensiv e suit and give a per for mance t o a TV camera. It felt v ery str ange. But as s oon as th e progr amme was over, the teleph ones which w ere in the s ame r oom start ed ringing. Ever ybody was asking when th ey could see Fr eddy and his band again. They wer e truly st ars. Then things w ent wrong. Freddy and his b and
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
humans came int o b eing and their futur e s eemed secure at that time.Ther e wer e many d ifferent kinds of d inos aur and a numb er of th em used to liv e in china.The eggs of twent y-five species have been found in X ixia C ounty,Nanyang,Henan prov ince.Not long ago a r are new s pecies of bird-like dinosaur was d iscov ered in Country,liaoning Province.When scientists ins pect ed the bones, they wer e s urprised t o find that thes e dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees.Th ey learned this from the way th e b ones were joined togeth er. Dinosaurs died out sudd enly ab out 65million years ago.Some scient ists think it came after an unexpect ed incid ent when a huge rock fr om space hit th e earth and put too much dust into the air.Others th ink the earth got too hot for th e dinosaurs to liv e on any more.Nob ody knows for sur e why and how dinos aur d isappeared from th e earth in s uch a short time. We know many oth er wild plants,animals,ins ects and birds h ave died out more recently.A ccord ing to a U N report ,some 844 animals and plants have disappear ed in th e last 500 years.The dodo is one of them.It lived on the Island of Maur itius and was a v ery friendly animal.Please list en to a st ory of th e d odo and how it d isappeared from the earth. (3)The retur n of th e milu eer My name is Linhui.I like to t ell stor ies about people who work together.What is even b etter is when countries h elp each other and build a good fr iendship.A n excellent example of th is happened when Brit ain and China worked together to br ing the Milu deer back to Ch ina.The Milu d eer,a s pecies with large h orns,used to be common in China long ago.Like oth er d eer they liv e t ogether and eat grass 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.The ,Ming and Qing d ynast ies did not prot ect th em and many were killed.Th at is how the Milu deer dis appear ed from China. Luckily before all of th em w ere killed,some wer e taken to Brit ain to improv e th e envir onment of the beautiful park which b elonged t o the Duke of Bedford.He liked them so much that h e t ook them all th e way fr om China to Britain.The Milu d eer liked the cool,w et weather in England and their numb er i ncr eased year b y year.As a res ult,when in 1985 the gov ernment of China wanted t o r eintroduce th e Milu deer,th e Duke 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 th e centr e in Dafeng,Jings u Pr ovince. The deer centainly seem happy t o b e back in China becaus e th eir numbers hav e gr own r apid ly.Ther e ar e now s o many of th em that a new park has b een opened for them in Heb ei Pr ovince.At the moment the Milu deer liv e in centr es wh ere they ar e b eing well prot ect ed and care for .It is hoped that one day ther e will be enough animals t o let th em liv e in the wild again.So Britain helped China by bringing b ack an animal that had d isappeared from its homeland.This is a good example of friendship and under standing between thes e two countries. U nit 5The and that was n’t Hav e you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous s inger or mus icians? Have you ever dreamed of playing in fr ont of thous ands of people at a concert, at which ev eryone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing Karaoke and pret end you are a famous singer like S ong Zuying or Liu Huan? To b e h one
