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Unit 7
Section B
Period 2 (2a-3b)
What do you know about pandas
What do you want to know about pandas
big bamboo zoo popular cute
black and white Sichuan famous
endangered beautiful forest protect
How many paragraphs are there
What’s the main idea of each paragraph
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
The reasons for fewer pandas
The ways of saving pandas
What Lin Wei thinks of her job.
The panda keepers take care of pandas.
Match the paragraph with the right main idea
Read para 1 & para 2
1.What do panda keepers do at 8:30 at Chengdu Research Base
3.What do baby pandas do when they see panda keepers
2.When do most of pandas are awake
4.What’s Lin Wei’s job
They are preparing milk for the baby panda’s breakfast.
At 9:00
They run over to the keeper with excitement and some of young pandas even walk into friends and fall over.
panda keeper
5.What does he think of his job
12
10
2000
300
Adult pandas eat 10 kilos of bamboo daily.
Adult pandas spend more than
12 hours a day eating.
Another 300 or so
live in zoos or research centers in China or other countries.
Scientists say there are fewer than
2,000 pandas living in the forests.
Read para 3 and find out what these numbers mean.
Why are there only fewer than 2300 pandas in the world
1.Pandas don’t have babies often, only one every two years.
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Read para 3 and find out the reasons for fewer pandas
2.The babies often die from illness.
3.Humans started to cut down forests, as the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems,
pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.
pandas are endangered
Help me!
Pandas are in great danger. Who tries to help them
An education program
The Chinese government
Scientists
Read para 4
It teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals, and tells children about the importance of saving these animals.
An education program:
The Chinese government:
It is trying hard to help save the pandas.
Scientists:
What did they do to help the pandas
Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas.
Not only pandas are endangered, other animals are also in great danger.
As teenagers, what can we do to help
endangered animals
put up posters（海报） or signs(标语)
plant more tress
play videos about them
As teenagers, what can we do to help
endangered animals
set up/join animal volunteer clubs
No more using the animals’ fur
Volunteer to protect animals’ living environment.
Stop cutting down trees
Love animals.
Love the environment.
Love the world.
2d
Complete the sentences using words from the passage.
1. The panda __________ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _________ breakfast for the baby pandas.
2. In __________, pandas have become so __________ that they are now a symbol of China.
keepers
prepare
fact
popular
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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 ___________________.
children
endangered (animals)
often
illnesses
5. The Chinese government is helping to __________ the pandas. Scientists also want to better __________ the habits of pandas.
save
understand
3a
Read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.
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What do they look like
Where do they live
What do they eat
What can they do
Huge
Some kinds have teeth
Live in the sea
Eat small fish and other sea life
Jump high out of the water
Sing songs
Why do some of them have to be protected
How can we protect them
Human catch whales for meat, fat and oil
Water pollution
Whale parts sold to make things like candles and soap
Rules on whale protection
Learn more about whales
Stop putting rubbish into the sea
Sing songs (to make people more aware of the importance of protecting whales)
Enjoy a video.
3b
Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.
Whales are huge animals. They live in the sea and eat small fish and other sea life. One interesting fact is that whales can jump high out of the water. Some kinds of whales are in danger because humans catch them for meat, fat, and oil, and use whale parts to make candles and soap.
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Whales are also in danger from water pollution. We should protect whales by making rules on whale protection and by not putting rubbish into the sea. I think people should learn more about whales.
Let’s help the animals!
Discuss in groups of four and try to find out ways to protect animals!
1. Don’t make the water dirty.
…
2. Make some posters to protect animals.
…
rare and endangered
animals
love animals, respect for life
No business, no massacre.
We’re animals, not clothes.
If you love us, please do not eat us.
Try to finish the posters!
Love animals.
Love the environment.
Love the world.
