【英语】2018届人教版必修2一轮复习：Unit4Wildlifeprotection单元教案（21页）

【英语】2018届人教版必修2一轮复习：Unit4Wildlifeprotection单元教案（21页）

‎2018届人教版必修2一轮复习：Unit4Wildlife protection单元教案 Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading ‎(HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE)‎ Introduction In this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to talk about wildlife preservation. Then they will be helped to read a narration about a girl called Daisy learning to help wildlife. Three “Warming Up” designs are presented in this book for teachers’ reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning. ‎ Objectives ■ To help students learn express intentions and purposes ■ To help students learn express apologies ■ To help students learn read a narrative passage about wildlife protection ‎ ■ To help students better understand animals ■ To help students learn use some important words and expressions ■ To help students identify examples of “The Present Perfect Passive Voice” in the text Focus Words hunt, affect, appreciate, succeed, employ, harm, bite, inspect Expressions ‎ die out, in peace, in danger of, in relief, burst into laughter, protect…from, pay attention to, come into being, according to, so that Patterns ‎ Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you.‎ Flying carpet, please show me a place where there’s some wildlife protection. ‎ But I’d like to help as the WWF suggests. ‎ A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself.‎ Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams ‎ Procedures Procedures ‎1．Warming up ‎（1）Warming up by learning about wildlife Wildlife is all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other living things. Domesticated wildlife are plants, animals, and other living things that have been removed from nature and raised in an environment that is more or less controlled. Domestication, act of taming, or controlling, wild plant and animal species and producing them for human benefit, is performed often and has an impact on the environment, both positive and negative. ‎ Wildlife is a very general term for life in ecosystems. Deserts, rainforests, plains, and other areas—including the most built-up urban sites—all have distinct forms of wildlife. ‎ Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways; besides the obvious difference in vocabulary, there are differing expectations in the legal, social, and moral sense. This has been a reason for debate throughout recorded history. Religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment. Literature has also made use of the traditional human separation from wildlife.‎ ‎⑵ Warming up by talking about key threats to wildlife ‎ Many animals are threatened by human actions. But what are the key threats to them?‎ Key Threats to Wildlife ‎1. Habitat Loss — Because our population is growing and our cities are sprawling into the countryside, fewer natural wildlife habitat areas are left each year. ‎ ‎2. Climate Change — Because many types of plants and animals have specific habitat requirements, climate change could cause disastrous losses of wildlife species in China. ‎ ‎3. Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals — Pesticides are deliberately spread to make the environment toxic to certain plants, insects or rodents, so it shouldn't be surprising that other plants and wildlife are often harmed at the same time. ‎ ‎4. Non-native Species — Over the past 150 years, many non-native plants, molluscs, insects, fish, birds, mammals, and diseases have found their way to China. ‎ ‎5. Mismanagement — Some native wildlife can become a problem when released from their natural population controls. ‎ ‎⑶ Warming up by learning about the giant panda Look at the photos below and listen to me telling you about the animals, the endangered animals. ‎ The giant panda is a mammal now usually classified in the bear family, Ursidae, that is native to central China.‎ The Giant Panda lives in mountainous regions, like Sichuan and Tibet. The Giant Panda is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a conservation organization. Toward the latter half of the 20th century, the panda also became somewhat of a national emblem for China, and is now used in Chinese gold coins.‎ Giant Pandas are an endangered species, threatened by continued loss of habitat and by a very low birthrate, both in the wild and in captivity. About 1,600 are believed to survive in the wild.‎ ‎2. Pre-reading by talking about wildlife preservation In some countries, protected areas, wildlife preserves or national parks have been set up to protect wildlife and their natural habitat. The most prominent of these are listed as World Heritage Sites or Biosphere Reserves by the UNESCO. The establishment of parks has been motivated by a mixture of environmentalism, tourism, and other factors. Some of these parks merely prevent development of the land, while still allowing limited hunting and fishing as a population control measure. Others forbid hunting or fishing and some may also limit the number or type of tourist excursions. Wildlife crossings have been installed at some roads to reverse habitat fragmentation 3. Reading to the recording Now turn to page 26, listening and reading to the recording of the text. Try to keep pace with the native reader, making your reading resemble that of the reader, in speed, in intonation and in pronunciation. ‎ 4. Reading to complete the chart ‎ Now you are to read the text for information to fill in the form.‎ What did Daisy see where she was?‎ In Tibet in China Zimbabwe In thick rain forest An antelope looking sad An happy elephant An attacked monkey 5. Reading and underlining Next you are to read the text and underline all the collocations at the same time.‎ Expressions from HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE find…by one’s side, a flying chair, get dressed, fly away to…, turn around, with a sad face, use…to make…, kill…for…, take…from under…, take one’s picture, become endangered, destroy the farm, take photos, apply to, hunt…for…, make money for…, as a result, in thick rain forest, protect…from…, rub…over…, a powerful drug, pay attention to…, take…home ‎6. Arriving at a summary of the main idea for each paragraph and each part Type of writing and summary of the idea HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE Type of writing This is a piece of narrative writing.‎ Main idea of the passage Daisy went by flying carpet to Tibet, Zimbabwe and a certain thick rainforest to visit endangered animals.‎ Idea of 1st paragraph Daisy arrived in Tibet to see a sad antelope to learn that antelopes are an endangered species.‎ Idea of 2nd paragraph Daisy came to Zimbabwe to see an excited elephant and learned that his family was being protected by man.‎ Idea of 3rd paragraph Daisy flew to a thick rainforest to find a monkey, learning that no rainforest, no animals, no drugs.‎ Idea of 4th paragraph Daisy returned home learning so much about wildlife.‎ ‎7. Doing exercises Fill in the blank with one word to complete the summary of the text.‎ ‎10 Ways to Help Save Wildlife ‎1. Respect 1 _____ life. ‎ ‎2. Think of animals 2 _____ individuals. ‎ ‎3. Dare to admire 3 _____ humans aren't the only thinking, feeling beings on the planet. ‎ ‎4. Get to know 4 _____. ‎ ‎5. Be willing to 5 _____ from animals. ‎ ‎6. Speak up for 6 _____ you believe. ‎ ‎7. Use less paper, gas 7 _____ red meat. ‎ ‎8. Be inspired by 8 _____ work of others. ‎ ‎9. Join roots 9 _____ shoots. ‎ ‎10. Have 10 _____.‎ ‎（Keys: 1 all 2 as 3 that 4 animals 5 learn 6 what 7 and 8 the 9 and 10 hope）‎ Work out the word and structure questions.‎ ‎1. Always keep dogs and cats _____ control. ‎ A: in B: with C: under D: by ‎2. Before you cut down trees and shrubs, _____ very carefully for nesting birds. ‎ A: check B: wait C: pay D: look ‎3. Many birds depend on _____ in and around our backyards. ‎ A: animals B: wildlife C: people D: insects ‎4. You can _____ supplying a nest box for birds to use. ‎ A: make B: do C: try D: work ‎ 5. Animals are becoming _____ in many parts of the world.‎ A: endanger B: endangering C: endangers D: endangered ‎(Keys: CA DC D)‎ ‎8. Closing up by matching animals to five risk categories ‎ Different endangered species appear on different endangered species lists. And people who are trying to protecting animal use the following five risk categories (危难范畴五种) to group the unlucky animal.‎ Now in groups of four try to group all the unlucky animals found in China. You may do it in Chinese.‎ List of unlucky animals found in China 中国不幸动物分类名录 EXTINCT(灭绝动物)-A species formerly indigenous to Canada that no longer exists anywhere.‎ EXTIRPATED（根绝动物）-A species no longer existing in the wild in Canada but occurring elsewhere.‎ ENDANGERED（濒危动物）-A species threatened with imminent extinction or extirpation throughout all or a significant portion of its Canadian range.‎ THREATENED（危急动物）-A species likely to become endangered in Canada if the factors affecting its vulnerability are not reversed.‎ VULNERABLE（弱势动物）-A species particularly at risk because of low or declining numbers, small range or for some other reason, but not a threatened species.‎ Period 2 A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language Introduction In this period students will be acting out the text first. Then they shall go on to learn about all kinds of passive voice, focusing on its present continuous uses. After that they may be asked to do the word and structure exercises on pages from 28 and 29. ‎ Objectives ‎■To help students learn about The Present Perfect Passive Voice ■ To help students discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions ■ To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures Procedures ‎1. Warming up summing up all kinds of passive voice The grammar focus of this unit is the present progressive passive voice. To better understand it let’s make a list of the makings for all the passive voices. ‎ 被动语态的种类和构成 be (was, were) + done; will (shall) + be + done; have (has) + been + done; be (am, is, are) + being +done; be (was, were) + being + done; had + been + done; would + be + done; shall (will) + have been + done; should (would) + have been +done ‎2. Acting a text play We shall put our text HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE on stage, that is, to act out our story. Now let’s welcome the class acting team to put on their text play HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE!‎ A text play（课本剧）of HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE Daisy: (waking) Who are you? Why are you here in my bedroom?‎ Chair: Excuse me. I am the famous Flying Chair. ‎ Daisy: What are you here for?‎ Chair: I am here to take you on a trip. Where would you go?‎ Daisy: I’d like to see animals that gave furs to make this sweater of mine.‎ Chair: During the history of the earth there have lived on the earth many, many kinds of animals. But many have disappeared because of various reasons.‎ Daisy: Yes, you are right. I learned from books that tens of millions of years ago, a rare new species of dinosaur, a bird-like dinosaur, came into being. It could climb trees and was very lovely. Then it died out because something hit the earth suddenly, putting much dust into the air. So the earth got too hot for the animal to live on.‎ Chair: But no one knows for sure what caused all those ancient animals to die out, disappearing from the earth for ever.‎ Daisy: I shall get dressed and put on my jeans and sweater soon. Then let’s fly away to Tibet China to see the antelopes.‎ Chair: Here we are in Tibet! Turn around. There is a antelope there with a sad face.‎ Antelope: Hello, friends. Welcome to my home. You two look so friendly, unlike those who came to kill us to use our furs make sweaters. ‎ Daisy: Sweaters like the one I am wearing? Oh, I am terribly sorry. ‎ Antelope: The bad men came in groups to kill my family members for the wool. They took it from under our stomach. ‎ Chair: I shall take a picture of you and the antelope, to be shown to all the world people.‎ Daisy: Come Antelope! Let’s have a picture taken together. We shall be off to ‎ Zimbabwe too see elephants there.‎ Chair: Here we are. This is a national park for animals. People came to see them and help with them.‎ Daisy: Look, there comes an excited elephant. Hello, dear Elephant! Why are you so excited?‎ Elephant: We are all excited because things have changed a lot here.‎ Chair: Why? What happened?‎ Elephant: We became endangered years ago. People came to destroy the farm and kill us for trunks. They are actually our long teeth. ‎ Daisy: I have heard of that. They take your teeth and make them into art work.‎ Chair: Man is really selfish and disgusting. But Daisy is a nice girl. Now let’s have a picture taken together.‎ Elephant: Those bad men used to come and kill us. But now are well protected by the government and the good people. We are happy now. ‎ Daisy: Good- bye, Elephant!‎ Chair: Take care, Daisy. We shall hurry to our last stop, the thick rain forest in South America. ‎ Daisy: Wow! Look to the right. A lovely mother monkey is there. She seems to be rubbing herself. Hi, Monkey Mother! What are you doing?‎ Monkey: I am rubbing a millipede insect over my body to protect myself from the mosquitoes.‎ Daisy: How intelligent you are! ‎ Monkey: It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. There are lots of plants and little animals in the rain forest here which can be helpful to man.‎ Daisy: Is that so? I am going to take photos of all those useful plants and animals. I will show the photos to my classmates so that they understand you lovely animals and the forest better. I will apply to be allowed to work here to help ‎ you get a better living in the forest.‎ Monkey: Thank you so much! Some unfriendly people came to catch us, to put us in the zoo in the city. We monkeys prefer living in the forest. ‎ Daisy: Good- bye, Monkey! I will report what I learned on this trip to WWF. I will invite all my schoolmates to join us in the protecting project. The future is to be bright for both you the animals and us the human beings. See you!‎ ‎3. Doing vocabulary exercises Turn to page 28 and do the vocabulary exercises 1, 2 and 3. You can simply write your answers in the blanks on the very page of 28.‎ ‎4. Playing a game Let’s go on to fist play the game described on page 29. ‎ Then we play another game called “What can we do to protect the environment?” The following sentences can be used.‎ ▲ Plant native plants in your backyard. ‎ ▲ Do not dump weeds in the bush. ‎ ▲ Build a frog pond in your backyard. ‎ ▲ Put your rubbish in the bin. ‎ ▲ Leave your pets at home. ‎ ▲ Do not take anything out of the park. ‎ ▲ Encourage your friends to keep patches of bush as wildlife habitats. ‎ ▲ Join a community group and offer to do voluntary work. ‎ ▲ Find out about conservation activities happening in your local area. ‎ ▲ Participate in local clean-up, tree planting and weed control activities. ‎ ▲ Learn About Threatened Species ▲ Look out for wildlife ▲ Refuse to buy any rare or endangered plant or animal product. ‎ ▲ Be alert and drive slowly at dawn and dusk in rural areas where wildlife may be active. ‎ ‎ 5. Studying the passive voice, focusing on the present perfect passive voice Passive Voice ‎ The passive voice is used when focusing on the person or thing affected by an action. ‎ The Passive is formed: Passive Subject + To Be + Past Participle ‎ It is often used in business and in other areas where the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action. For Example: We have produced over 20 different models in the past two years. Changes to: Over 20 different models have been produced in the past two years. ‎ If the agent (the performer of the action) is important, use “by” For Example: Tim Wilson wrote “The Flight to Brunnswick” in 1987. Changes to: “The Flight to Brunnswick” was written in 1987 by Tim Wilson. ‎ Only verbs that take an object can be used in the passive. ‎ The following chart includes sentences changed from the active to the passive in the principal tenses. ‎ Active ‎ Passive Time Reference ‎ They make Fords in Cologne. ‎ Fords are made in Cologne.‎ Present Simple Susan is cooking dinner. ‎ Dinner is being cooked by Susan Present Continuous James Joyce wrote "Dubliners". ‎ ‎"Dubliners" was written by James Joyces.‎ Past Simple They were painting the house when I arrived. ‎ The house was being painted when I arrived.‎ Past Continuous They have produced over 20 models in the past two years. ‎ Over 20 models have been produced in the past two years.‎ Present Perfect They are going to build a new factory in Portland. ‎ A new factory is going to be built in Portland.‎ Future Intention with Going to I will finish it tomorrow. ‎ It will be finished tomorrow.‎ Future Simple ‎6. Reading and identifying Since you are clear about passive verb formation, go back to page 26 and scan the text for all the examples of the present perfect passive voice. ‎ Our fur is being used to make sweaters like yours.‎ She was being watched by an excited elephant.‎ ‎…‎ Now try to put the following sentences into The Present Perfect Passive Voice. ‎ ▲ They are producing this new drug.‎ ▲ Antelope is looking at her.‎ ▲ They are killing us for the wool.‎ ▲ They are destroying the farm.‎ ‎7. Discovering useful structures ‎ To consolidate your learning of The Present Perfect Passive Voice, turn to page 29 and do the grammar exercises 1, 2 and 3.‎ ‎8. Closing down by playing a game To end this period go to page 29 and play the game of definitions. Answer questions using attributive clause containing a preposition +which/ whom structure. ‎ Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language ‎(ANIMAL EXTINCTION)‎ Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the listen and read aloud to the tape, read and copy, speak and write in English, all centering around wild life protection, making use of the words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. ‎ Objectives ■ To help students read a short passage about dinosaurs on page 30‎ ■ To help students read and say about dodo ■ To help students write a letter to dodo Procedures ‎1. Warming up by reading to the tape Let’s warm up by reading aloud to the recording of the text ‎ ANIMAL EXTINGCTION on page 30.‎ ‎2. Listening about DINOSAURS Now I’d like to tell you something about top ten reasons that dinosaurs died out...‎ ‎10. Evolutionary dates kept slipping.‎ ‎9. Over-reliance on programming languages from the Paleozoic era.‎ ‎8. Demand for large Dinosaurs leveled-off and attempts to stimulate interest by producing small Dinosaurs were not successful.‎ ‎7. Nocturnal scavenger market was ceded to mammals on the mistaken notion that it was a low-volume, dead-end niche.‎ ‎6. Total Quality Management.‎ ‎5. Inability to effectively utilize massively-parallel evolution.‎ ‎4. "Restructuring" eliminated asteroid tracking and disaster planning groups.‎ ‎3. Loss of popular and articulate Tyrannosaurus Rex to the public sector.‎ ‎2. Dinosaur Mission Statement did not include any form of the word "empower."‎ And the number one reason that Dinosaurs died out...‎ ‎1. Extraneous barrier wait () call at the KT (Cretaceous/Tertiary) boundary.‎ ‎3. Reading and copying ‎ Next we shall go back to the text ABOUT DINOSAURS on page 30 again to read it and copy down all the expressions into your notebook.‎ Useful phrases from ANIMAL EXTINGCTION during the long history of the earth, live on the earth, tens of millions of years ago, came into being, eggs of five species, a rare new species, a bird-like dinosaur, climb tree, tell…from…, die out, hit the earth, put…into the air, get hot, live on, know for sure, in the same way, listen to the story about…, disappear from… ‎ ‎4. Reading to answer questions Read the questions in the table below and scan the text to answer them.‎ When did dinosaurs live on earth?‎ Tens of millions of years ago When did dinosaurs die out?‎ About 65 million years ago Why and how did dinosaurs die out?‎ Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs die out?‎ ‎5. Listening about the dodo Have you ever heard of the dodo, an animal that has also disappeared from the earth?‎ The Mauritius Dodo (Raphus cucullatus, called Didus ineptus by Linnaeus), more commonly just Dodo, was a metre-high flightless bird of the island of Mauritius. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.‎ Next we are going to listen to the tape and do exercises 1 and 2 on page 30 on dodo.‎ 5. Speaking in pairs about helping the dodo Zhao Yannan: The Dodo was driven to extinction by sailors when they discovered the island of Maritius in the 17th century. It is one of the first documented human induced extinctions.‎ Zhao Yanfei: What a pity that we can not find any dodo now. Imagine we are with the dodo, Yannan, what could we do to help it?‎ Zhao Yannan: Then I would intend to hide it in a cave, so that sailors could not find it.‎ Zhao Yanfei: If I were there, I would try to trap them as they were catching and killing the dodo. Putting man who is harmful to the dodo in a cage and attacking him is the best way to protect and save the dodo. ‎ Zhao Yannan: I’d like to and I’m ready to, teach man how to be friends with animals, including the dodo. The man and the dodo can be living side by side on the earth. They can be happy together.‎ ZhaoYanfei: I would rather not tell you what I think of man. He is selfish and cruel. He cares only for himself and that is why so many animals have disappeared from this earth. Putting the bad men in a cage is the only way out, I am sure.‎ ‎7. Closing down by writing to the dodo All right now, boys and girls, to end this period next you are to write a letter or an email to the dodo telling him what you are going to do to save him.‎ By 1681, the last dodo died, and the species became extinct. After hundreds of years, no one recalled what a dodo bird was, and it was regarded as a myth invented by imaginative sailors. It wasn't until the 1900’s when the bones were found that the dodo was believed to be real.‎ Today, the dodo bird is a symbol of the harm humans can bring to other living things if we are irresponsible.‎ Part 3 Teaching Assessment ‎ 第三部分 教学测评 I. Structure and vocabulary 1. He ______smoking and never will be ______.‎ A. is used to; give it up B. is used to; give up it C. used to; give it up D. used to; give up ‎2. I want to make ______ with him, but he is too proud.‎ A. a friend B. friends C. an enemy D. enemies ‎3. —Have you seen the road ______ downtown? —Yes, and it is still ______ at present.‎ A. led to; built B. leading to; built C. led to; being built D. leading to; being built ‎4. If you don’t take any measure, this kind of tiger will soon ______.‎ A. die away B. die down C. die of D. die out ‎5. —Have you got the result of your test? —Not yet. The papers ______.‎ A. are not correcting B. have not corrected C. are still being corrected D. have already been corrected ‎6. —What shall we do this weekend? —I suggest ______ to the Science Museum.‎ A. to pay a visit B. visit C. visiting D. paying a visit ‎7. I bought a piece of cloth yesterday. It was ______ a shirt for my son.‎ A. used to make B. used to C. used to making D. use to make ‎8. A fence was built to ______ the garden.‎ A. guard B. take C. protect D. keep ‎9. I got the bag of apples ______ just now, so I know it ______ only 3 kilos.‎ A. weighed; weighs B. weighed; is weighed ‎ C. to weighed; weighs D. to be weighed; is weighed ‎10. The success surprised everybody. Such a success ______ when we started.‎ A. never dreamed of B. was never dreamed of C. have never dreamed of D. is never dreamed of II. A cloze test Zhang Na wanted to help protect wildlife very much. She ______ to all the information that she could find in her school. It ______ that animals should be protect or they would ______ of people continue to hurt them. Zhang Na thought that the ______of even one animal was too high a price to pay for land or money. She decided to ______ for some money to find out if any animals were disappearing in her town. ______, a special butterfly became protected. So what Zhang Na did ______ the wildlife in her area and helped save one species. ‎ III. A multiple-choice test（高考试卷中的被动语态）‎ ‎1. The manager entered the office and was happy to learn that four fifths of the tickets _____. （2000上海春）‎ A. was booked B. had been booked C. were booked D. have been booked ‎2. A new cinema_____ here. They hope to finish it next month. （2001北京春）‎ A．will be built B．is built C．has been built D．is being built ‎3. The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics _____ by 2006. （2004北京） ‎ A. has been completed B. has completed C. will have been completed D. will have completed ‎ ‎4. I can’t see any coffee in this cupboard. _____? (2005北京春)‎ A. Has it all been finished B. Was it all finished C. Has it all finished D. Did it all finish ‎5. Why don’t you put the meat in the fridge? It will _____ fresh for several days. （2003全国）‎ A．be stayed B．stay C．be staying D．have stayed IV. A multiple-choice test（被动式专练）‎ ‎1.—The window is dirty. —I know. It _____ for weeks.‎ A. hasn’t cleaned B. didn’t clean C. wasn’t cleaned D. hasn’t been cleaned ‎2. More patients _____ in hospital this year than last year. ‎ A. treated B. have treated C. had been treated D. have been treated ‎3. — How long _____ at this job? — Since 1990. ‎ A. were you employed B. have you been employed ‎ C. had you been employed D. will you be employed ‎4．By the end of last year，another new gymnasium _____ in Beijing． ‎ A．would be completed B．was being completed C．has been completed D．had been completed ‎ ‎5. When and where to go for the on-salary holiday _____ yet． ‎ A．are not decided B．have not been decided C．is not being decided D．has not been decided ‎ ‎6．I need one more stamp before my collection ______. ‎ A. has completed B. completes C. has been completed　D. is completed Keys:‎ I.1-5ABDDC 6-10DACAB ‎ II.1. paid attention 2. suggested 3. die out 4. loss 5. apply 6. As a ‎ III. 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B ‎ IV. 1. D 2. 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. C ‎ A selected English passage for recitation英文精选背诵短文 Hearing the cries of the creatures and the cry of the earth The hope for tomorrow comes from caring hearts. There is a deep, intimate, abiding human need for connecting to the rest of the living world, a kinship with all creation that is aesthetic, intellectual, biological, and spiritual. Our mandate extends from our companion animals to animals everywhere, from fragile ecological niches to the wild beauty of the natural world. Our hearts and minds need to be open to hear the cries of the creatures and the cry of the earth. Our concerns need to embrace our moral responsibility to all sentient beings that share our planet, nourishing the noble human capacity for empathy, compassion, and love.‎ We stand at a critical point in history. The beauty, diversity, and life of the planet are at stake. Humans are causing the suffering and humans can end it. It is time to accept this generation’ responsibility to redefine the relationship between humans and other inhabitants of the earth community. We have an opportunity to save the glory of the animal kingdom and celebrate our common origin and shared destiny. In this great cause, action is not an option, but an ethical imperative. (202 words)‎