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Unit 7
What's the highest mountain in the world?
Section B 2a-2c
Play a guessing game
What is it ?
animal
small shape
four legs
the biggest enemy(敌人) is cat
Play a guessing game
What is it ?
animal
no legs
tail
swim in the water
Play a guessing game
What is it ?
animal
famous and popular
cute and lovely
bamboo
n.竹子
What do you know about pandas?
Pandas are mainly from Sichuan.
Most of the pandas live in the forest. They are wild animals.
adj.野生的
Some of the pandas live in the zoos or research centers.
n.&v.研究;调查
The pandas keepers look after them.
n.饲养员;保管人
Look! The baby pandas are awake, and they are so cute.
adj.醒着
But it's a pity that the baby pandas often die from illness.
n.疾病;病
Although pandas are very popular around the world, they are endangered now.
adj. 濒危的
Today, if we want to know more about pandas, we can go to
Chengdu Research Base
Is this place the pandas' real home?
No.The forest is their real home.
Skimming(略读):Skim the passage to match the main idea with each paragraph.
1
2
3
4
The reasons that pandas are endangered
The ways of saving pandas
The scene about the panda keepers feeding pandas
Lin Wei and her job
It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas' breakfast. At 9:00 a.m, they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. When the babies see the keepers, they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
What do baby pandas have for breakfast?
What do the baby pandas do when they see the keepers?
Milk
They run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
Read Para 2 carefully and answer the questions.
Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says, "They're so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they're my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They're very special to me.“ In fact, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.
1. What is Lin Wei's job?
2. What does she do for pandas every day?
3. Does she like pandas? How do you know?
4. Do lots of people around the world love pandas?
Task2:Scan Para.3 and find out what these numbers mean:
10, 12, 300, 2000
Careful reading
Tip:Scanning--Move your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.
10
12
300
2000
Adult pandas eat 10 kilos of bamboo every day.
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
About 300 pandas live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the forest.
Careful reading
Task 3:Read Para 3 to find out the reasons why pandas are endangered.
Pandas do not have______babies,maybe only one every two years.
The babies often die from________ and do not ______________.
Humans started to_________ the forests.
_________________ cause more problems.
many
illnesses
live very long
cut down
Other human activities
Endangered!
Please help me!
Careful reading
Para.4
Task3:Read and fill in blanks.
Careful reading
the importance of
trying hard to
doing research
the habits of
Have a think.
As teenagers, what can we do to protect wild animals?
Don't eat them
Don't hunt
Treat the animals
as our friends
Protect the environment
Understand the importance of saving
animals
同在地球上,共享大自然
Summary
2d
Task 1: Complete the sentences using words from the passage.
After reading
After reading
Language Points
1. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the
babies are already awake and hungry. (Para1)
awake adj. 醒着的
常用于be, stay, keep, 之后,作表语
wake up 醒来
1) The pain keeps me awake.
疼痛使我清醒。
2) I woke up at six this moring.
今天早上我六点就醒了
2. Pandas do not have many babies,maybe only
one every two years. The babies often die from
illnesses and do not live very long. (Para1)
每两年
die from 死于 (环境影响)
die of 死于 (疾病,衰老)
die out 灭绝
ill 形容词,意为“生病的”,一般在句子中只作表语
illness 名词,意为“疾病;病”,可作主语、宾语、表语等
【拓展】英语中,一些形容词后加上后缀ness可以变成名词,表示状态、性质等。
如:dark→darkness(黑暗);kind→kindness(友善,仁慈);sad→sadness(悲伤)。
3.Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours
a day eating about 10 kilos very long. (Para3)
【拓展】spend time on sth.在某事上花时间;
spend money on sth./(in) doing sth.在某物/做某事上花钱。
spend … (in) doing sth.意为“花费……做某事”。
1)They spent two years (in) building this bridge.
造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
4.As the forests get smaller and other human
activities cause more problems,pandas
cannot find enough to eat and they are having
fewer babies.(Para3)
表伴随,随着....
造成更多的问题
翻译:
随着森林变得越来越小,其他人类活动也造成了更多的问题,熊猫找不到食物,也就抚育不出更多的孩子。
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