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Module 6
6
Module
Animals in danger
Unit 2
The WWF is working hard to save them all.
1. To read and understand the reading material about pandas
2. To learn some key words and useful expressions
3. To grasp the main idea of each paragraph of the passage
4. To learn to help and save animals in danger
Pandas are our national treasure (国宝) and most of them are living in nature parks happily.
Say what you know about pandas.
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live in the Wolong Panda Reserve
Home
like to eat bamboo
Food
cute and small
Babies
in danger
Problems
Some facts about pandas:
Food
Size
Life span
Living place
Lifestyle
spend much of its day resting and looking for food
forests in central China
20 to 30 years in the wild
average 150 to 250 pounds
six feet in length (at birth — 100 to 200 grams, 15-17cm)
99% — bamboos
1% — grasses, sugar canes (甘蔗), apples, sweet potatoes, some insects
Read the headings and predict what you think will be in each paragraph.
d) An animal in danger
c) The panda’s home
a) Nature parks for pandas
b) WWF and animals in danger
Scan the passage and check whether your predictions were correct.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
d) An animal in danger
c) The panda’s home
a) Nature parks for pandas
b) WWF and animals in danger
Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
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How do you get the answers
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了大熊猫的现状以及人类对它的保护。
d) An animal in danger
c) The panda’s home
a) Nature parks for pandas
b) WWF and animals in danger
Sometimes you can learn new words through translation. For example, when you learn “government”, you can take a card and write the English word on one side and the Chinese on the other. Practise saying “government” and check that you remember the meaning.
Do you think it easy to use translation as a way of learning new words What types of words is best for translation
baby n. 婴儿
situation n. 形势，情况
research n. 研究，探讨
scientist n. 科学家
produce n. 生育，繁殖
Research shows that pandas are in danger. Mother pandas cannot produce many babies. The scientists are working hard to find out a new way to change the situation.
southwest n. 西南 adj. 西南的；朝西南的
in order to 为了 government n. 政府
set up 开办，设立；创办；建立
nature n. 大自然；自然界 nature park 自然公园
In order to give wild animals a better place to live in, the government is setting up a new nature park in southwest China.
develop v. 研制，制定
feed v. 喂养，饲养
symbol n. 象征；标志
The scientists have developed a new plan to feed the pandas. The new plan stands as a symbol of hope for a better future for pandas.
Read Paragraphs 1 & 2 and answer the following questions.
1. How many pandas are there in the world
2. What problems are scientists doing research to solve
There are about 1,940 pandas.
They want to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.
3. Where do pandas live
Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China.
Read Paragraphs 3 & 4. Check the following sentences and correct the wrong sentences.
1. Pandas will have more bamboo to eat.
2. Pandas born in zoos may live in zoos.
3. The WWF is working hard to save panda only.
T
F
F
the nature parks
all animals
世界自然基金会
The World Wide Fund for Nature
Do you know the meaning of this symbol
Founded (成立于): April 29, 1961
Headquarters (总部): Switzerland
Goal (宗旨): For a living planet
WWF’s mission (使命):
Conserving the world’s biological diversity (保护世界生物多样性)
Ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable (确保可再生资源的可持续利用)
Promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption (推动降低污染和减少浪费性消费的行动)
The difficult situation ◆There are only about 1,600 pandas in the wild today.
◆Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas (1)_______________.
◆The bamboo forests are (2)_______________, so pandas are losing their home.
近些年来，我们国家在保护大熊猫上做了全面细致的工作，如修复了大熊猫栖息地、扩大和建立新的大熊猫保护区等。通过这些工作，目前我国大熊猫野外种群数量达到1800多只，受威胁程度等级由濒危降为易危。
often die
getting smaller
How to help In China:
◆The government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans.
◆The nature parks will be big and there will be (3)_______________ to feed the pandas.
In the world:
◆The WWF chose the panda to be (4)_______________.
◆The WWF is working hard to save all animals.
more bamboo
its symbol
Pandas eat bamboo to live.
1. Scientists do a lot of research ______________________ ____________________________________________.
2. The government is setting up nature parks ____________________________________________.
3. The WWF chose the panda _____________________.
4. The WWF is working hard _____________________.
to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live
to protect pandas in the wild
to save all the animals
to be its symbol
Complete the sentences.
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baby government nature produce save Scientists situation symbol
Zoos and research centres protect animals. (1) ________ do a lot of research to help pandas (2) _________ more babies. Very few (3) ________ pandas are born outside zoos. Many people are worried about the panda’s (4) __________. Luckily, the (5) __________ is developing plans to (6) _________ pandas, and is setting up (7) _________ parks to protect them.
People all over the world love pandas, and the panda has become a (8) _________ of China.
Scientists
produce
baby
situation
Complete the passage with the words in the box.
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nature
symbol
government
save
Look at the pictures.
What can we do to help them
Animals are our friends.
We should protect them!
To help animals is to help ourselves.
1. What is the animal
2. Where does it live
3. What does it feed on
4. Why is it in danger
5. How difficult is the situation
6. What can we do to save it
Choose an animal in danger and answer the questions.
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Write a passage about an animal in danger. Use your answers above and the following example to help you.
Pandas live in Southwest China. They are in danger and the situation is getting very difficult. First, pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. Second, pandas eat bamboo, but the bamboo forests are getting smaller. So the government is setting up nature parks with a lot of bamboo to help protect pandas.
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体裁：说明文
时态：一般现在时
人称：介绍你所选择的濒危动物用第三人称，呼吁人们保护该物种用第一人称。
介绍该物种濒临灭绝的原因时，可用first, second, third等表示列举的词来连接，使文章条理清晰，结构紧凑。最后呼吁人们保护濒危动物时可用so来连接，从而使文章更有逻辑性。
The tiger is an animal in danger. First, there are very few in the wild now. Second, the forests where tigers live are disappearing. Third, people are killing tigers. So tigers need forests to live in, and people need to stop killing them.
处于危险中
在野外
照顾，照管
做大量研究
失去它们的家园
为了
创办，建立
自然公园
选择熊猫为……
竭尽全力干……
Translate these phrases.
1. 开办；设立；创办；建立
2. 自然公园
3. 在野外
4. 进行大量研究
5. 失去某人的家园
6. 选……作为……
7. 竭尽全力做某事
8. 照顾，照看
set up
nature park
in the wild
do a lot of research
lose one's home
choose ... to be ...
work hard to do sth.
look after
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给汉语提示语写出所缺单词。
1. The company is __________(研制) a new robot.
2. Our cat __________(生育) three babies last week.
3. Tony __________(喂养) the chickens three hours ago.
4. Nanjing is in the __________(西南) of Jiangsu Province.
5. Sam can always find a way out of difficult __________(形势).
6. Albert Einstein was one of the greatest __________(科学家) in the world.
7. The two ___________ (政府) are working closely together to clean the beaches.
developing
produced
fed
southwest
situations
scientists
governments
Ⅱ. 根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，注意形式变化。
nature park, a symbol of, in the wild, do a lot of research, set up
1. Tina _________________ on the birds in this area last year.
2. I ______________ an English club with some friends last term.
3. This panda was born in the zoo, but that one was born ______________.
4. There are two ______________ in my city. They are home to many kinds of animals.
5. This kind of flower is ______________ friendship in my country.
did a lot of research
set up
in the wild
nature parks
a symbol of
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 刚才Jim帮那位老太太找到了她的钱包。
Jim _________ that old woman _________ her wallet just now.
2. 他们正在努力改进他们的产品。
They are _________ _________ _________ _________ their products.
3. Bella决定选择狮子作为她最喜欢的动物。
Bella decided to _________ the lion _________ _________ her favourite animal.
helped find
working hard to improve
choose to be
4. 许多动物在上周的森林火灾中失去了它们的家园。
Many animals _________ _________ _________ in the forest fire last week.
5. 为了保持健康，Mr Smith每天都练太极拳。
_________ _________ _________ _________ healthy, Mr Smith practises tai chi every day.
lost their home(s)
In order to stay
Finish your passage about an animal in danger. Use your answers in Activity 5 to help you.
