Unit7What’s the highest mountain in the world.SectionB2a~2e课件2023-2024学年度人教版英语八年级下册

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Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain
in the world
人教八年级下
Section B 2a~2e
通过本课的学习，学生能够：
①通过文本学习，培养学生正确运用新词汇表达与动物有关信息和观点的能力。
②通过文本阅读，训练学生的寻找、提取、整合信息的能力；通过推理、归纳等活动，提升分析、判断、推理、整合能力。
③通过了解大熊猫的生存状态，唤起学生的爱心，培养学生保护动物的意识，并在日常生活中采取行动。
Learning Goals
Say something about pandas
cute
lovely
black and white
bamboo
Chengdu Research Base
zoo
forest
Appearance
外貌
food
places
meat
symbol
？
Warming Up
The Symbol of China
1990 Asian games
(亚运会)
Beijing 2008
Olympic games
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
盼盼
Let’s Predict
Look at the pictures in the passage and
guess what the passage is mainly about.
Pre-reading
2a. Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you.
big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white
Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect
/ b m bu /n. 竹子
/ n de nd d /adj. 濒危的
Work in pairs, make sentences to introduce pandas.
S1: There was a family of pandas living in a forest.
S2: The adult panda was black and white.
S3: The baby panda was pink and it was very cute.
S4: The pandas eat a lot of bamboo every day.
S1: …
Scanning
This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.
浏览
While-reading
Read the passage and match the main idea of each paragraph.
300
10
Pandas’ life at Chengdu Research Base
Lin Wei and his job.
The situations of the pandas.
The ways of saving pandas.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Let’s skim!
Let’s scan!
Read Para. 1 and answer the questions.
1. What do baby pandas have for breakfast
2. Are baby pandas still sleeping at 9 am
3. How do the baby pandas feel when they see the keepers
Baby pandas drink milk for breakfast.
No, they are awake.
They saw the keepers with excitement.
It is 8: 30 a. m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find
that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.① When the
babies see the keepers, they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
/ we k /adj. 醒着（尤指入睡前或刚醒时）
跑过去 /向……跑去
跌倒，摔倒
/ ki p (r) /n. 饲养员
/ r s t /n.&v.研究；调查
/ k sa tm nt /n.激动；兴奋
走路时撞着
1.What is Lin Wei’s job _______________.
2.How does she take care of the pandas
She takes care of pandas like they’re ______________.
3.She ______________________with pandas every day.
4.She thinks pandas are ________to her.
5.Pandas have become so popular that they are are now_______________China.
A panda keeper
her own babies
washes, feeds and plays
special
a symbol of
Read Para. 2 and fill in the blanks.
Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says, “They’re so cute and lovely. I
take care of them like they’re my own babies. I wash, feed and play
with them every day. They’re very special to me. ” In fact, many people
around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.
take care of sb./sth. 照顾某人/物
……的象征
Read Para. 3 to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.
Adult pandas eat 10 kilos of bamboo a day.
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
About 300 pandas live in zoos or research centers in China or other countries.
Scientists say there are fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests.
10
12
300
2000
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2, 000 pandas living in the forests. Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and
other countries. Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.②
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and
大约（=about）
死于；因……而死
/ ln s /n.疾病；病
pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down these 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.
（自根基部分）砍倒；削减，缩小（尺寸、数量或数目）
Scientists
The government
an education
program
are doing research
teaches children
send people to school
is trying hard
to better understand the habits of pandas
to tell...the importance of...
to help save the pandas
Actions
行动
Purposes
目的
Read Para. 4 and match.
An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals. They send people to schools to tell
children about the importance of saving these animals. And the Chinese
government is trying hard to help save the pandas. Scientists are doing
research to better understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.
/ wa ld /adj. 野的；野生的
/ ɡ v nm nt /n. 政府
2c. Read the article again and write short answers to the question.
1. Why are pandas endangered
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.
2. What does the education program in Chengdu do
3. 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.
plete the sentences using words from the passage.
1. 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 ____________________.
keeper
prepare
fact
popular
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
2e. What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas
The class is divided into two groups.
One group discusses ways to save pandas without any form of funding.
The other group discusses ways to save pandas using funds.
Post-reading
No Funds Funds
e.g.
educating people about pandas or cleaning up bamboo forests to make the environment more conducive for the pandas.
e.g.
creating more bamboo forests or finding techniques to improve fertility.
Choose to write a short passage about the endangered South China Tiger.
South
China
Tiger
Situation
(what&why)
Ways (How)
Hope
live in South Central China
in danger/get difficult/only about 80
...
kill them for their fur
Scientists/the government/we
take part in ...
I hope that ....
Do you mention Situation
Do you mention the ways
Do you mention hope for them
Do you use “only”
Do you use “to do””in order to do”
Do you use “will be/do”
Key Phrases
跑过去 / 向……跑去 ______________________
跌倒，摔倒 ______________________
走路时撞着 ______________________
跌倒，摔倒 ______________________
照顾某人 / 物 ______________________
……的象征 ______________________
大约 ______________________
砍倒；削减，缩小 ______________________
run over to...
fall over
walk into
fall over
take care of
a symbol of...
or so
cut down
1. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.
awake adj. 醒着（尤指入睡前或刚醒时）awake 作形容词，常位于系动词之后作表语，不用于名词前。
e.g. I was awake half the night worrying.
我忧心忡忡，半宿不能成眠。
Language Points
【拓展】
① awake sb. (from/to sth.) （使）醒来
e.g. Her voice awoke the sleeping child.
她的声音惊醒了睡着的小孩。
I awoke from a deep sleep.
我从沉睡中醒来。
② awake to sth. 察觉到；意识到；醒悟到
e.g. It took her some time to awake to the dangers of her situation.
过了一些时间她才意识到处境危险。
1. 噪音使他一直醒着。
The noise kept him __________.
2. 年轻人务必意识到吸烟的危害，尽量避免染上这样的坏习惯。
Young people must _____________ the risks of smoking and try to avoid this bad habit.
awake
awake to
Instant Training
2. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.
die v. 死；凋谢；消失
e.g. Her husband died suddenly last week. 她的丈夫上周猝死。
That plant’s died. 那植物已经枯萎。
The old customs are dying. 旧的习俗正在消亡。
① die of/from sth. 死于……
e.g. to die of/from cancer 死于癌症
注意：die from 侧重指外部原因造成的死亡，如负伤、事故等；
die of 侧重指内部原因造成的死亡，如饥饿、衰老等。
表示死于疾病时，二者可以互换。
② die for sth. 为……而死
e.g. Jack died for his beliefs.
Jack为自己的信仰献身。
③ be dying for sth./to do sth. 渴望做某事
e.g. I’m dying to know what happened.
我很想知道发生了什么事儿。
【拓展】
① die laughing 笑断气；笑死
e.g. I nearly died laughing when she said that.
她说那话时，我差点给笑死。
② old habits/traditions/etc. die hard（旧习惯、传统等）难以改变，根深蒂固
③ die away 逐渐减弱；逐渐模糊；逐渐消失
e.g. The sound of their laughter died away.
他们的笑声渐渐消失了。
④ die down 逐渐变弱；逐渐平息；逐渐暗淡
e.g. The flames finally died down.
火焰终于减弱了。
⑤ die out 灭绝；消失
e.g. This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being destroyed.
因栖息地正受到破坏这一物种已濒于灭绝。
1. 令人遗憾的是，竹子开花后就会死亡。
Sadly, bamboo plants ________ after flowering.
2. 每天有四万儿童死于本可以防止的疾病。
Forty thousand children a day ___________ preventable diseases.
3. 为人民而死，虽死犹荣！
It is a glorious thing to __________ the people.
4. 掌声平息后她便开始演讲了。
When the applause had __________ , she began her speech.
die
die from
die for
died down
Instant Training
Exercises
一、根据句意及首字母提示填写单词。
1. Some w animals usually look for food at night.
2. This panda eats about 10 kilos of b a day.
3. Most of the work has been done, and the r work will be finished soon.
4. Although it was 2:00 pm, he was still a in bed.
5. The air pollution can cause many i .
ild
amboos
esearch
wake
llnesses
二、根据汉语意思完成下列句子，每空一词。
1. 动物园饲养员正在给动物们喂食。
The is feeding the animals.
2. 中国政府已经处理了这件事情。
The has dealt with this matter.
3. 那部电影持续了大约两个小时。
The movie lasted for two hours .
zoo keeper
Chinese government
or so
4. 玛特没注意到那扇玻璃门，结果走着撞了上去。
Matt didn’t notice the glass door and it.
5. 小男孩摔倒了，伤到了腿。
The little boy and hurt his leg.
walked into
fell over
Summary
What these numbers mean:10,12,200,2,000
Chengdu Research Base
panda keepers pandas
symbol of china
People like pandas
Pandas are rare
having few babies
cannot find enough to eat
forests get smaller
other human activities
There will be more
pandas in the future
education program teaches children
Chinese government save pandas
Scientists the habits of pandas
Lin Wei pandas
feed
take care of
all over the world
research
同学们回去尝试制作熊猫的周边，比如画海报，剪贴纸，捏熊猫泥等等，明天跟同学们分享互换。
实践与拓展