人教版八年级下册Unit7 SectionB 2a-2e课件(共33张PPT)

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Unit 7
Section B
2a-2e,self check1,3
What’s the highest mountain in the world
1. Complete the chart.
Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives
high
dangerous
long
popular
higher
highest
more dangerous
most dangerous
longer
longest
more popular
most popular
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 India.
4. A tiger is (much/a little) _________ (strong) than a man.
3. Circle the correct word and /or fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in brackets for each sentence.
crowded
stronger
0
What do you know about me
Appearance (外貌) Food Living place Situation (现状)
big
black and white
cute
beautiful
bamboo
zoo
Sichuan
forest
endangered
popular
famous
Match the main idea with each para.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
The reasons for fewer pandas.
The ways of saving pandas.
Lin Wei and her job.
The panda keepers take care of
pandas.
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.
2b
Read the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.
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。
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
2c
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.
Pandas are 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
5. Why are scientists doing research
They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving pandas and other endangered wild animals.
They hope to better understand the habits of pandas.
Check your answers!
1
2
3
4
5
Complete the sentences using words from the passage.
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
2d
Read the passage again and fill in the blanks.
Pandas
Baby pandas
Amount of food
Number of pandas
Ways to protect pandas
Only ______________________
Babies often die from ________
10 __________________ a day
Fewer than 2,000 _______________
300 _______________________
Teach ________. Tell them about the __________ of saving pandas.
Scientists are doing research _____________________________
__________.
have one every two years
illnesses
kilos of bamboo
in the forests
in zoos or research centers
children
importance
Try to retell the article according to the diagram.
to better understand the habits of pandas
Drink ______ for breakfast
milk
以下是一只熊猫宝宝的自述，请根据课文内容填空，每空不超过三个词。 Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Chengdu Research Base. I’m a baby panda. My name is Lingling. It’s 9:00 a.m. now and most of the babies including me are awake and hungry. Look, the keepers are coming with our breakfast — (1)____. How excited we are!
milk
Lin Wei is one of our keepers and she takes good care of us. Unluckily, we pandas are in great danger now. Mother pandas maybe have one baby (2) _______________. And we baby pandas often die from illnesses. Also, we don’t have enough food because humans (3) __________________.
every two years
cut down forests
But I know many people have realised it. An education program in Chengdu teaches children about us and other endangered wild animals. And the Chinese government is trying hard to help (4) _____________ us. Scientists are doing research to better understand our (5) ______________.
habits
save
I believe, with your help, my family will become larger and larger.
What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas
1. Let them live peacefully in the wild.
2. Raise money to build more nature reserves (自然保护区).
3. Protect their homes.
For example:
Protect the pandas!
Protect our earth!
为…做准备…
跑上前去；跑过去
走路时撞着
绊倒
照顾，照看，照料
实际上，事实上
全世界
如此…以至于…
中国的象征
1.prepare...for
2. run over
3. walk into
4. fall over
5. take care of
6. in fact
7.around the world
8. so ... that ...
9. a symbol of China
10. or so
11. die from
12. spend time (in) doing sth.
13. cut down
14.send...to
15.the importance of
16. try hard to do sth
17.do research
18.in the future
大约
死于
花费时间做某事
砍倒
派……到……
.......的重要性
努力做某事
做研究
将来
Language points
1. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast.
大熊猫饲养员正在准备熊猫宝宝的早餐牛奶。
prepare sth. for sb. = prepare sb. sth.为某人准备某物
e.g. We’re preparing a surprise party for Mike.
=We’re preparing Mike a surprise party.
awake
1. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.
到了早上9:00，他们发现大多数熊猫宝宝已经醒来并且饿了。
1) Are the children still awake
孩子们还没睡着吗
2) They aren't awake yet.
他们还没醒呢。
形容词，意为“醒着的”，通常跟在系动词后面作表语，不用于名词前。
awake & wake
词条 相同点 不同点
awake ①二者都有“醒来；叫醒”的意思 ②都可作及物动词用，后面直接跟宾语。 ③都可作不及物动词用 ① awake不可与up连用。
② awake可作形容词用，在句中作表语或宾语补足语。
wake ① wake常与副词up连用。
② wake不可作形容词用，不可在句中作表语或宾语补足语。
spend
spend time/money (in) doing sth.
spend time/money on sth.
2. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.
成年的熊猫每天用超过12小时吃大约10公斤的竹子。
1) We spend an hour learning English every day.
我们每天花一个小时学习英语。
2) The girl spends 200 yuan on clothes every month.
女孩每月花费200元买衣服。
在……上花费时间/金钱
花费(时间或金钱)，主语是人。
花费时间/金钱做某事
take, spend, pay和cost
词条 相同点 不同点
take 都可以表示“花费” 表示花费时间，常用于It takes sb. some time to do sth.这一句型中，其中it作形式主语。
spend 表示花费时间和金钱，主语通常是人，常用于sb. spend(s) some money / time on sth.。spend表示“花费时间”时还可以用句型sb. spend(s) some time in doing sth.，其中的介词in可以省略。
pay 表示花费金钱，主语通常是人，常用于sb. pay(s) (some money) for sth.句型。
cost 表示花费金钱，主语通常是物，常用于sth. cost(s) (sb.) some money. 句型。
【语境应用】根据句意用take, spend, pay或cost的适当形式填空。
1) That new car __________ them lots of money.
2) Remona __________ 50 yuan on the books just now.
3) It usually __________ me an hour to do my homework.
4) You should __________ more time practicing your English.
5) My brother __________ 6,000 yuan for the new computer yesterday.
costs
spent
takes
spend
paid
excitement
3. … they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
它们兴奋地跑过来，有些甚至撞到同伴还摔倒了。
1) Robin’s heart was pounding (剧烈的跳动) with excitement.
罗宾的心激动得怦怦直跳。
2) The children went wild with excitement.
孩子们欣喜若狂。
n. 激动，兴奋
1) She ran over to say hello, but I didn’t recognize her.
她跑过来打招呼，但我没认出她来。
2) He wasn’t looking and walked into a tree.
他走路不看，撞到了一棵树上。
3) She fell over and broke her leg.
她跌倒后摔折了腿。
run over
walk into
fall over
跑上前去，跑过去
（走路时意外地）撞上
摔倒；跌跤；倒下
living in the forest
4. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the forests.
科学家们说现在只有不到2000只大熊猫生活在森林里。
There are more than 10 boys playing basketball on the playground now.
现在操场上有十多个正在打篮球的男生。
V-ing短语修饰前面的名词pandas，作其后置定语。
or so
5. Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.
另外还有300只左右生活在中国和其他国家的动物园或研究中心里。
It took them three years or so to build this road.
= It took them about/around three years to build this road.
修这条路花费了他们大约三年时间。
大约，相当于about/around
die from
6. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.
熊猫宝宝经常死于疾病，或者活不了多久。
1) Mr. Zhang died from illness last week.
老张上周因病去世了。
2) Millions die from air pollution each year.
每年数百万人死于空气污染。
3) Kids in the area die from hunger.
那个地区的孩子们死于饥饿。
死于……
ill (adj. 生病的) + ness (名词后缀) →illness
疾病，病（因病而导致的不健康状态）
adj. + ness →n. 表示性质，状态
kind →kindness (仁慈)
happy →happiness (幸福)
1) He can’t come because of illness.
他因病不能来。
2) She always treats people with kindness.
她总是和蔼待人。
3) She found happiness in her later years.
她在晚年才寻得幸福。
Try to write down what you know about pandas.
Panda
food
activities
birth
appearance
living environment
habits