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Unit 7
八年级英语人教版·下册
Section B (2a-2e)
授课人:XXXX
1
一、新课引入
Talk about pandas with your partner.
panda
food
activities
birth
appearance
living environment
habits
二、新课讲解
2a
big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect
Talk about pandas in your class.
Use these words to help you.
二、新课讲解
2b
Read the article to find out what these numbers mean:
10, 12, 300, 2000
10 — Adult pandas eat 10 kilos f bamboo daily.
12 — Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
300 — About 300 pandas live in zoos or research centers in China and
other countries.
2000 — There are fewer than 2000 pandas living in the forests.
二、新课讲解
2c
Read the article again and write short answers to the questions.
1. What is Lin Wei’s job?
2. What do the baby pandas have for breakfast?
He is a panda keeper.
Baby pandas drink milk for breakfast.
3. Why are pandas endangered?
Pandas are endangered because they do not have many babies, and the babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. As the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.
二、新课讲解
4. What does the education program in Chengdu do?
They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving pandas and other endangered wild animals.
5. Why are scientists doing research?
They hope to better understand the habits of pandas.
二、新课讲解
2d
Complete the sentences using words from the passage.
1. The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake early in the morning to _______ breakfast for the baby pandas.
2. In _______, pandas have become so _________ that they are now a symbol of China.
3. Adult pandas do not have babies very _____, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of ________.
4. A special program in Chengdu teaches ________ about why pandas are ___________.
5. The Chinese government is helping to __