(共25张PPT)
Unit 7. section b. 2a-2e
What’s the highest mountain in the world
What do you know about pandas
appearance
condition
characteristics
living habits
hometown
protection
pandas
Talk about pandas in your class.Uae these words to help you.
big bamboo zoo popular cute
black and white Sichuan famous
endangered beautiful forest protect
2a
look
food
living place
description words
in danger
Scanning (扫读):即直接搜寻数字,然后阅读数字前后的内容,确定数字表达的信息。
Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.
2b
10 — Adult pandas eat 10 kilos of bamboo daily.
300 — About 300 pandas live in zoos or research centers in China or other countries.
2000 — Scientists say there are fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests.
12 — Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
place
job
funny side
difficult side
the way to save pandas
2c
Read the article again and write short answers to the questions.
What is Lin Wei’s job
2. What do the baby pandas have for
breakfast
3. Why are pandas endangered
4. What does the education program in Chengdu do
5. Why are scientists doing research
What is Lin Wei’s job
2. What do the baby pandas have for breakfast
3. Why are pandas endangered
He is a panda keeper.
Baby pandas drink milk for breakfast.
Check your answers!
Because humans started cutting down bamboo forest,causing pandas to have fewer places to live in and less food to eat.
4. What does the education program in
Chengdu do
5. Why are scientists doing research
To teach children about pandas and other endangered wild animals.
Because they want to better understand the habits of pandas.
pandas
Baby pandas
Amount of food
Number of pandas
Ways to protect pandas
Only one every two years
Babies often die from illness
10 kilos of bamboo a day
2000 in the remaining forests
200 in zoos or research centers
Teach children.Tell them about the importance of saving pandas.
The Chinese government is also planting more trees.
Complete the sentences using words from the passage.
2d
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
_______ the pandas. Scientists also want to better ____________ the habits of pandas.
keepers
prepare
fact
popular
children
endangered
understand
often
illnesses
save
大熊猫是中国文化的象征,但是现在大熊猫的生存状况十分危险,我们该怎么去保护他们呢?
2e
What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas
1.Do not bother the pandas and let them live peacefully in the world.
2.Volunteer to do some work helping to protect the pandas.
3.Call for people to protect the pandas.
Protect the pandas!
Protect our earth!
Language points
awake adj. 醒着
Point
1. At 9: 00 a. m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. (教材P54 2b)
awake 作形容词,常位于系动词之后作表语,不可位于名词前作定语, 可以作定语的是waking。
She was awake all night.
Most of their waking hours are spent eating.
Post-reading
【拓展延伸】表示睡觉整个过程的相关词汇参考:
sleepy (adj. 打瞌睡的) → go to bed/go to sleep (v. 去睡觉)
→ sleep (v. 睡觉) → fall asleep (v. 入睡) → asleep (adj. 睡着的)
→ wake (up)/waken/awake (v. 醒来;唤醒) → awake (adj. 醒着的)
→ get up (v. 起床)
sleeping
(adj. 在睡觉的)
Post-reading
Language points
die from 死于
Point
2. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. (教材P54 2b)
【易混辨析】die from与die of
Post-reading
die from 侧重指外部原因造成的死亡,如负伤、事故、折磨等。 表示死于疾病时,二者可以互换。
die of 侧重指内部原因造成的死亡,如饥饿、衰老或悲伤等。
He died from overwork.
The famous writer died of/from cancer last year.
Exercises
一、单项选择
—It’s said that only a few pet dogs can live up ______20 years old.
—That’s true. Most of them die ______illnesses before they get old.
with; of B. to; of C. to; with D. with; in
—Nowadays Chinese children are much busier on weekends than weekdays.
—Parents should ________the number of classes in the training school.
A. cut down B. cut off C. cut out D. cut up
1
2
B
A
Exercises
二、 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,其中有两个多余项。
He won’t take a trip to Singapore because he is busy with his ________.
What a terrible noise! It made me ________ the whole night yesterday.
We all know pandas like eating ________.
The ____________ don’t allow us to feed the monkeys.
When I heard the good news, I jumped out of my bed with __________.
1
2
3
4
5
research
wake, bamboo, research, keep, illness, excite, government
awake
bamboo
government
excitement
Exercises
三、根据句意及首字母提示完成句子。
All of us were a________ because of the rainstorm. No one could fall asleep.
We must take action to protect endangered w________ animals.
These movies are for a________ who are no younger than eighteen.
The main job of a zoo k________ is to look after the animals.
1
2
3
4
wake
ild
dults
eeper
Summary
New words
Expressions
bamboo endangered research keeper awake
excitement illness wild government
walk into fall over or so
about/around
wake/…
with excitement
wild animals
do research
prepare…for… run over walk into
take care of in fact a symbol of
cut down the importance of try hard to do sth.
Summary
Article
Reading
An article about pandas
Scanning for information
Life in the base
Why endangered
Things to help save them
Teaching goals
(教学目标)
知识与技能:通过阅读文章,了解熊猫以及成都熊猫研究基地的相关内容,学会运用寻读法查找特定的信息,了解说明文的文章特点;学生能够利用思维导图通过复述文章,进一步理解文章信息。
情感态度:通过了解熊猫饲养员工作的艰苦以及熊猫繁殖成长的困难,更加尊重动物饲养员的工作;培养保护动物的意识。
学习策略:学会用scanning快速查找关键信息;在文本语境下进行语言学习。
文化意识:培养保护动物的意识以及生活在熊猫家乡的自豪感;熊猫称为中国的“国宝”,它担负“和平大使”的任务,带着中国人民的友谊到世界各地,深受各国人民的欢迎。
Analysis of Teaching Meterials
(教材分析)
2a:提供词汇为阅读活动做好话题准备。
2b:通过scanning快速查找关键信息。
2c:增强对文章细节信息的理解。
2d:通过对文本细节信息的理解并运用文中的语言将相关句子补充完整。
2e:是一个开放性问题,要求学生想出更多方法帮助熊猫,启发学生思考。
各环节之间的联系:
读前激活学生的背景知识----运用阅读策略,读中了解文章主旨大意----读后理解文章细节和深层信息----巩固练习----读后延伸训练
Homework
回家询问自己的家人对保护熊猫有什么建议?用英文记录下来。