(共16张PPT)
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Amazing things
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Encyclopaedias
Before you read
A0 Think and answer
What are these
How do we learn about lives of dinasours
fossil
/ f s( )l/
Which animal is called the“living fossil”
panda
giant
rare
/re (r)/
animal
endangered
An adult panda usually weighs … kilograms.
50 100 150
Most of the pandas come from … Province.
Sichuan Qinghai Shanxi
The weather there is … and ...
warm and dry warm and wet cold and wet
Pandas usually eat …
meat
fruit
bamboo shoots
Before you read
A1 Have a quiz
What do you know about pandas
What do you think of pandas
Before you read
A2 Think and say
When reading about an endangered animal, what information do you want to know
home
population
appearance
food
behaviour
life
why endangered
While you read
B1 Read the passage and tick the information that is mentioned
The giant panda
The giant panda is an Asian animal. It is a large, black and white bear-like animal. It lives in the bamboo forests of south-western China.
The giant panda has a chubby white body with black legs and a broad black band across its shoulders. It
has a large round head, small black ears and a white face with a black patch around each eye. It has a short tail. Most giant pandas grow up to 1.8 metres long and weigh from 80 to 125 kilos. The giant panda is like a bear in shape and size and walks in the same slow, clumsy way. It can also stand up on its hind legs, like a bear. A female panda gives birth to one or two baby pandas a year.
The giant panda mainly eats bamboo shoots, though it eats other plants as well. It can eat as much as 9 kilos of food a day.
The giant panda is very rare and is protected by law in China.
home
population
appearance
food
behaviour
life
why endangered
×
×
fore leg
bamboo shoot
actions to protect them
Before you read
B2 Read the passage and tick the corrct picture of giant panda
a broad black band across its shoulders.
patch
What feature do these cartoon pandas have in common
a chubby body
While you read
B3 Read the passage and tell the function of the underlined senteces
The giant panda
The giant panda is an Asian animal. It is a large, black and white bear-like animal. It lives in the bamboo forests of south-western China.
The giant panda has a chubby white body with black legs and a broad black band across its shoulders. It
has a large round head, small black ears and a white face with a black patch around each eye. It has a short tail. Most giant pandas grow up to 1.8 metres long and weigh from 80 to 125 kilos. The giant panda is like a bear in shape and size and walks in the same slow, clumsy way. It can also stand up on its hind legs, like a bear. A female panda gives birth to one or two baby pandas a year.
The giant panda mainly eats bamboo shoots, though it eats other plants as well. It can eat as much as 9 kilos of food a day.
The giant panda is very rare and is protected by law in China.
To show how chubby the pandas are...
What do these
sentences show
large in size
good appetite
What method
using figures
How did the Encyclopedia describes the dinosaurs’ sizes
making comparison
Some were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants.
comparative structure
Find another sentence that is
While you read
B3 Read the passage and tell the function of the underlined senteces
The giant panda
The giant panda is an Asian animal. It is a large, black and white bear-like animal. It lives in the bamboo forests of south-western China.
The giant panda has a chubby white body with black legs and a broad black band across its shoulders. It
has a large round head, small black ears and a white face with a black patch around each eye. It has a short tail. Most giant pandas grow up to 1.8 metres long and weigh from 80 to 125 kilos. The giant panda is like a bear in shape and size and walks in the same slow, clumsy way. It can also stand up on its hind legs, like a bear. A female panda gives birth to one or two baby pandas a year.
The giant panda mainly eats bamboo shoots, though it eats other plants as well. It can eat as much as 9 kilos of food a day.
The giant panda is very rare and is protected by law in China.
What method
giving definition
actions to protect them
Why is the government taking actions
rare
Why are pandas so rare
While you read
B4 Read,think and answer
Pandas give very few babies
People are destroying their homes
Some people hunt for pandas for their fur
...
Even though scientists take good care of the pandas in captivity(圈养中), they cannot survive when they are released back into the wild.
These are the reasons why pandas are in danger of extinction.
animals
endangered
While you read
B4 Read,think and answer
The giant panda
The giant panda is an Asian animal. It is a large, black and white bear-like animal. It lives in the bamboo forests of south-western China.
The giant panda has a chubby white body with black legs and a broad black band across its shoulders. It
has a large round head, small black ears and a white face with a black patch around each eye. It has a short tail. Most giant pandas grow up to 1.8 metres long and weigh from 80 to 125 kilos. The giant panda is like a bear in shape and size and walks in the same slow, clumsy way. It can also stand up on its hind legs, like a bear. A female panda gives birth to one or two baby pandas a year.
The giant panda mainly eats bamboo shoots, though it eats other plants as well. It can eat as much as 9 kilos of food a day.
The giant panda is very rare and is protected by law in China.
Is this an encyclopedia entry
There is not
enough information
Writes about
adult pandas only
After you read
C1 Watch the video and take notes
After you read
C1 Watch the video and take notes
Sharp teeth-strong enough to cut bamboo
New-born pandas-pink
Baby pandas-naughty,play with each other
Sleep- 10 hours per day (on average)
Adult pandas-look after baby pandas,beat them
Timid animals
Climb high, not easily hurt
Stand up on hind legs
Very few-brown and white, white
Do Chinese kungfu
In 3 weeks-change colours
live on their own
After you read
C2 Write more about the appearance of baby giant panda
The giant panda
The adult giant panda has a chubby white body with black legs and a broad black band across its shoulders. It has a large round head, small black ears and a white face with a black patch around each eye. It has a short tail. Most giant pandas grow up to 1.8 metres long and weigh from 80 to 125 kilos. The giant panda is like a bear in shape and size
At birth
Weight:about100-200grams
Colour:Pink
using figures
making comparison
However, the giant panda weighs only from 100 to 200 grams at birth. It is pink all over its body. It is as small as a white mouse
After you read
C3 Share your work
The giant panda is a kind of bear that lives high up in the bamboo forests inthe mountains of south-west China. There are about 1,600 pandas living in the wild and about 600 in captivity.
The adult panda has a chubby white body with black legs and a broad blackband across its shoulders. It has a large round head, small black ears and awhite face with a black patch around each eye. It has a short tail. Most adult giant pandas grow up to 1.8 metres long and weigh from 80 to 125 kilos, likebears in shape and size. However, the giant panda weighs only from 100 to 200 grams at birth. It is pink all over its body. It is as small as a white mouse.
Pandas in the wild mainly eat bamboo. While in zoos, their menu also includes bamboo shoots, carrots and apples. Their teeth are sharp enough to cut the bamboo in a flash.A panda can eat as much as 9 kilos of food a day.
The giant panda
After you read
C2 Write an encyclopedia entry on the topic”the giant panda”
home
population
appearance
food
behaviour
life
why endangered
Summary
C1 Summarize the characteristics of an encyclopedia for children
an endangered animals
home
population
appearance
food
behaviour
life
why endangered
an encyclopedia entry
a fact file
method
using figures
making comparison
adult
at birth
in the wild
in capitivity