内容正文:
Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.
提纲挈领
教学目标
1. 能读懂有关保护动物的文章
2. 能就有关濒危动物的内容进行书面写作
重点词汇
situation, scientist, produce, southwest, government, develop, feed, symbol, do a lot of research, in order to, set up, nature parks, go back to, a symbol of, choose sb. to do sth.
重点句型
①There are only about 1,600 pandas in the wild today.
②In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans.
③And it chose the panda to be its symbol.
④We do not want to lose tigers, elephants or any other animals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all.
词汇扫描
1. research n. 研究;调查
【点拨】research作名词时,意为“研究;调查”。是不可数名词。常与动词do连用,构成do some/a
lot of research (on...),意为“做一些(关于……的)研究/做许多研究”。
【延伸】research也可作动词,意为“研究;调查”。
2. develop v. 研制;制定
【点拨】常用短语:develop plans制定计划,其同义短语为make plans。如:
She developed other plans to help children.
她制定了其他的计划来帮助孩子们。
【延伸】develop还有“发展”之意。常用搭配:developed country发达国家;developing country发展中国家。如:
China is the biggest developin