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1、丹顶鹤丹顶鹤Listen to the song “The story of the red-crowned crane” and get the general idea of the story youre going to read.Have you ever heard of the song “ The story of the red-crowned crane”? It is about a girl called Xu Xiujuan.Xiujuan was born in Zhalong, Heilongjiang Province(省) in 1964. Her fathe

2、rs job was to look after red-crowned cranes. Xiujuan started helping her father when she was young. She soon showed a great love for these white birds. She became good at raising them.When Xiujuan was 21, she got a job at a nature reserve(自然保护区) in Jiangsu Province. She enjoyed taking care of the ba

3、by cranes. If a bird became sick, she took good care of it and stayed with it every day until(直到) it was strong enough to fly again.In September 1987, one of the birds went missing. The workers in the nature reserve looked everywhere, but no one could find it. Xiujuan was very worried. She looked fo

4、r it day and night for two days. On the second night, while she was looking for the missing bird, she fell into a river and died. She was only 23.Later, a song was written in memory of Xiujuan. Though Xiujuan died young, people always remember her when they hear the song or see a red-crowned crane.R

5、ead the story and answer the questions below.Read the story and answer the questions below.1 How did Xu Xiujuan take care of the red-crowned cranes at the nature reserve in Jiangsu Province?2 What happened to Xu Xiujuan in September 1987?3 Why was the song “The story of the red-crowned crane” writte

6、n?Read the story again and complete the table. Then, retell the story using information from the table.When What happenedIn _ Xu Xiujuan was born.In her early years- Xiujuan helped _ red-crowned cranes. - She showed _ for the cranes.- She became _ the cranes.In 1985 - She got a job at _ in Jiangsu Province.- If a bird became ill, she _ it, and _ every day until it was wellIn 1987 - One bird went _. - The workers _ find it- Xiujuan was