Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the world
Section B
Teaching Aims:
1. Knowledge Objectives:
1) Be able to master the new words and phrases in the article.
2) Be able to master the key language points in the article.
2. Ability Objectives:
1) Be able to talk about how to protect endangered animals.
2) Be able to improve the skills of reading.
3. Moral Objectives:
Students will be able to have a correct view of protecting endangered animals and taking measures to save them.
Teaching importance:
1. Master the new words and phrases in the article.
2. Master the key language points in the article.
3. How to read an article.
Teaching Difficulties :
1. Students may find it difficult to read an article.
2. Students may find it difficult to find out how to protect endangered animals.
Teaching Procedures:
Step1 Pre-reading
Show the photos of pandas and ask the students to discuss some questions:
1.Did you see the pandas
2.What do you think of them
3.What do they look like
4.Do you think they need to be protected
Then let students enjoy a video about Chengdu Research Base.
Step2 While-reading
1.Prepare test
Let students find out the important phrases in the article.
2.Read the article loudly and correctly.
3.Read for understanding.
The important language points:
1.Panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast.
大熊猫饲养员正在准备大熊猫宝宝的牛奶早餐。
prepare…for…是固定用法,意为“为…准备…”
例:I’ll prepare some drinks and snacks for you.
prepare for意为“为…做准备”
例:The students are busy preparing for the exam.
2. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.
awake用作形容词,意为“醒着”,常用于be, stay, keep, lie之后,作表语;
例:他是醒着的。He is awake.
wake sb. up_______________
即时练 : 你得把她给叫醒。
You would have to_______her___.
注意:awake不用于名词之前,因此用作定语时要_______。
她是最后一个醒着的人。
She was the last person________
注意:awake不用于名词之前,因此用作定语时要_______。
她是最后一个醒着的人。
She was the last person________
3.When the babies see the keepers they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over !
解析:
(1) “跑上前去,跑过去” __________,其中over是副词,意为“从……的一边到另一边”
【互动】Will you ___________ _______to the shop and get some butter
(2) with excitement 含意_______________作伴随状语
【互动】The fans screamed ___________ __________ when they saw him. (兴奋地)
(3)fall over意为“______________”,fall over sth.则表示“被某物绊倒了”。
【互动】He ________ _________(绊倒) a rock in his path.
4 .The babies often die from illness and do not live very long .大熊猫宝宝经常死于疾病,也活不了多久。
通过预习,你知道die of与die from的区别了吗?
相同点:两者都可表示“死于”,其宾语为表示死亡的原因。当表示因病死亡时,二者可互换使用。
不同点:die from 通常指由于外部原因(事故、缺乏食物等)造成的死亡。
die of 通常指由于人体自身原因(年老、忧伤等)造成的死亡。
【互动】世界上有很多人死于癌症。Many people in the world _____ _______ cancer.
5.Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the remaining forests. 句中living in the remaining forests 是现在分词作___________。
The woman _________ ____ by the river is my mother. 河边洗衣服的那个女人是我妈妈。
Step3 Post-reading
Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.
1.What is Lin Wei’s job
He is a panda keeper./A panda keeper.
2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast
Baby pandas drink milk for breakfast./Milk.
3. Why are pandas 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.
4. What does the education program in Chengdu do
It teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals.
5.Why are the scientists doing research
They are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas.
Step4 Review
Review the key points of this class.
Step5 Exercises
单项选择。
( )1. The house is too small for the family _.
A. live in B.living in C. to live in D.lives in
( )2. There are five boys ___in the classroom.
A. read B. reads C. reading D. to read
( )3. We must ___using plastic bags in order to protect our earth.
A.give out B.give up C.give away D.give in
( )4. The boy’s parents __________a car accident.
A. die from B. die of
C. died from D. died of