课件40张PPT。Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?Section B (3a-Self Check)What do you know about pandas?The giant panda is known as the national treasure of China.
大熊猫被称为中国的“国宝”。Ask answer What does a panda (a baby panda/an adult panda) look like?
What does a panda eat?be awake
be asleepbambooAre there a lot of pandas now?fewer and fewer pandas
endangeredWhere do they live?
bamboo forests
cut down the forests
protect pandaspanda keepers
take care ofChengdu is?the?capital?of?Sichuan province in Southwest China. It's?the?hometown of the giant pandas in China. Many tourists go there to see pandas every year. The hometown of pandas?['d?a??nt]SichuanThe giant panda is a treasure of the Chinese nation(国宝） and it is a symbol of peace and auspiciousness(吉祥）2aTalk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you. big bamboo zoo popular cute
black and white Sichuan famous
endangered beautiful forest protectDo you know Chengdu Research Base?
What does this institution work on?Reading strategyskimmingscanninga general
idea certain
informationtitles and headingsthe first and last
sentences of paragraphsthe first and last paragraphspictures and chartsScan the text for
key words and phrases, dates, etc.Do not need to
read the whole
text.Match the paragraph with the main ideaSkimmingPara 1Para 2-3Para 4Para 5The panda keepers feed pandas.What Lin Wei thinks of her job.The reasons for fewer pandas.The ways of saving pandas.Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 20, 200, 2,000.2b10 — Adult pandas eat 10 kilos of bamboo daily.200 — About 200 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.Read paragraph4 :PandasBaby pandasAmount of foodOnly _____________Babies often die from ___________________10 _____________
a dayone every two yearsillnesses.kilos of bambooRead paragraph4&5:PandasNumber of pandasWays to protect pandas2,000 _____________200 _______________Teach _______. Tell them about the ___________ of saving pandas.The Chinese government __________________________
____. There’ll be ___________ to live in.in the remaining forestsin zoos or research centerschildrenimportanceis also planting more bamboo treesmore forests for pandasScanning1. What is Lin Wei’s job?
She is a panda keeper.
2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?
They drink milk for breakfast.
3. What does Lin Wei think of her job
She thinks it’s a special and difficult job
she loves it.
Para.4What do adult pandas eat?
2. Why are pandas endangered?
They eat bamboo. The baby pandas often die from illnesses and do not live very long; and humans cut down the bamboo forests, pandas have fewer places to live in.Para.51. What is one way of saving pandas?It is planting more bamboo trees so there will be a lot more forests for pandas to live in.2. What is the government doing?Teaching children.Complete the sentences using words and phrases 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. Adult pandas do not have babies very __________, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of __________.keepersprepareoftenillnesses2d3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _______________ so pandas have fewer places to live.
4. A special program in Chengdu teaches __________ about why pandas are ________________ and how to save them.
5. The _________ is also helping to save the pandas. It is _________ more trees to make more homes for the pandas.(bamboo) forestschildrenendangered (animals)governmentplantingWhat other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?2eDo not bother the pandas and let them live peacefully in the wild.
Volunteer to do some work helping to protect the pandas.
To do some advertisement about protecting the pandas.If you have time!Discuss what people can do to protect the endangered animal you choose.They are huge animals.
They live in the sea.
They can sing songs.
They can jump high out of water.
They are very clever and also very friendly.
What are they?GuessCan you guess what the animal is?3aRead the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.Read the words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.3aHuge Some kinds have teethIn the sea Small fish and other sea lifeJump high out of the waterSing songs1. Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil2.Water pollution3.Whale parts sold to make things like candles and soap1. Rules on whale protection
2. Learn more about whales
3. Stop putting rubbish into the seaThe whales are in danger now.
What should we do to protect them?Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.3bWhales are… They live in…
They eat… They can…
One interesting fact is … Another interesting fact is …
Some kinds of whales are in danger because…
We should protect whales from …
I think people should/shouldn’t …Sample writing: Whales are huge animals. They live in the sea and eat small fish and other sea life. One interesting fact is whales can jump high out of 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.
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.英语中，awake常用于be, stay, keep, lie之后，作表语；但也可与shake等动词搭配，表示“某人摇醒他人”等：1. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.你得把她给摇醒。
You would have to shake her awake.Practise注意：awake不用于名词之前，因此用作定语时要后置。她是最后一个醒着的人。
She was the last person awake.
他是当时唯一醒着的男孩。
He was the only one boy awake at that time.Practise另外，awake不与very搭配使用，表示“完全醒来；十分清醒”用fully awake，wide awake。如：等我们到达我的住所时，他已经完全清醒过来了。
He was wide awake by the time we reached my flat.
她站起身，但还没有完全清醒。
She rose, still not quite fully awake.1) 10 kilos of bamboo意为“10公斤竹子”，该结构是不可数名词量的表达法，其结构为“数词+单位名词+of+名词”。单位名词可以是单数，也可以是复数。
2) spend … (in) doing sth.意为 “花费……做某事”。
They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。2. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. 1Complete the chart.higherhighestmore dangerousmost dangerouslongerlongestmore popularmost popular2Match verbs and objects. Then add one more object to each list.a. my life, my money, my family
b. the top of a mountain, the library, the theater
c. my dream, success, good results
3Circle the correct word and/or fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in brackets for each sentence.1. An elephant weighs (few /many) times more than a dog.
2. An adult panda can eat (much / a little) more than a cat.
3. Canada is a (little / lot) less __________ (crowded) than China.
4. A tiger is (much / a little) ___________
(strong) than a man.crowdedstrongerI. 根据提示，填写单词。
I know you’re really ______ (醒着的), you’re just having a joke with me.
2. We should try our best to ______ (保护)
endangered animals.
3. Most of the giant pandas live in the
___________ (西南部的) hills of China.
4. Nancy’s new house is about 150 s______
meters.
5. The _________ (剩余的) twenty patients were transferred to another hospital.awakeprotectsouthwesternquareremaining6. The news caused great e_________ (激动) among her friends.
7. A h ____ (巨大的) fire was blazing in the fireplace.
8. We should try our best to protect the
___________ (濒危的) animals.
9. She pretended to _________ (跌倒).
10. We stayed for an hour ______ (大约).xcitementugeendangeredfall overor soII. 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. Look! Tom is staying in bed ______
(wake).
2. The number of pandas is _____ (two)
as many as before.
3. Lions spend at least 8 hours _______
(sleep) during the daytime.awaketwicesleepingIII. 翻译下列句子。
他太高兴了，不小心撞到了老师身上跌倒了。
我们应该花些时间做个详细的计划去保护濒危动物。He was so excited that he walked into his teacher and fell over.We should spend some time making a detailed plan to protect the endangered animals.Do the other exercises in this part.
