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Unit5 Wild animals
Reading 2
Protecting pandas
Learning objectives
1.Be able to use the words and phrases to describe giant
panda's appearance and take actions to protect them.
2.To enable the students to treat giant pandas as their
friends by learning more information about them.
Revison
.when I first saw her
In the beginning,.
The birth and
At six months old..
growth of Xiwang
Half a year later,...
When she was 20 months old.
Xiwang in
The problems giant
Giant pandas in the wild face..
safe hands
pandas in the wild
It is difficult for...
face and the efforts
Baby pandas may.
to protect them
The bamboo forests are...
Luckily,the
government..
Scientists are
The future for
Thanks to all the efforts,..
giant pandas
Giant
pandas still
need..
Post-reading
c
Simon's sister Annie is asking him about giant pandas.Complete their conversation
with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
as a result
effort
get sick
in the wild
increase
live on
protection
serious
Annie:
Giant pandas are so popular all over the world!
Simon:Right!Giant pandas are very cute.And they have a history of about
eight million years.
Annie:Really?That's so long!
Simon:It is.But they face some (serious
problems.
Annie:Like what?
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Simon:It's difficult for giant pandas to have babies,and it's easy for baby
pandas to get sick and die.Also,they mainly live on
bamboo,but the bamboo forests are becoming smaller and smaller.
As a result,giant pandas may not have a place to live or enough
food to eat.
Annie:I see.
Simon:Luckily,our government is working hard to help them,and there are
now laws to protect them.
Annie:Oh,I'm so glad to hear that
Simon:Thanks to the (5)
efforts
of the government,the number of
pandas is(increasingow there are about 1,900 giant pandas
imthe wild.But that doesn't mean everything is OK.They still
need our (8)protection
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Further thinking
DThink about the questions below.Share your answers with your classmates.
1.What do you think of the sentence"where there is Xiwang,there
is hope"?
it is a pun.Xiwang means "hope"in English,So Xiwang is not only
the name of a giant panda,but also symbolizes the hope for the
future of giant pandas.If everyone knows the importance of
protecting giant pandas,they will never die out.
2.What dangers may animals face in the wild?
First,wild animals lose their homes because humans use
forests,grasslands and wetlands for farming and other purposes.
Also,people kill wild animals for their fur,skin and so on.
Post-reading
Further thinking
DThink about the questions below.Share your answers with your classmates.
3.Should we keep wild animals in the zoos to protect them?Why
or why not?
Version 1:Yes.We should keep wild animals in the zoos because
they have a better chance of surviving there than in the wild.We
can protect them from dying out by providing them with food and
a comfortable home
Version 2:No.We shouldn't keep wild animals in the zoos
because they will lose their ability to survive in the wild in the
long run.Also,it's not good for the balance of nature.
Post-reading
Further thinking
DThink about the questions below.Share your answers with your classmates.
4.What can we do to protect wild animals?
Government:
Society:
Students:
We should protect their homes,build more nature
reserves,punish illegal hunters and stop buying products
made from wild animals.
Language points
Language points
1.Xiwang in safe hands
希望安然无恙
in safe hands
在可靠的人手里,得到妥善照顾
我们得到妥善的照顾
We are in safe hands.
我把孩子托给了靠得住的人-在我父母那儿。
I've left the kids in safe hands-with my parents.