Unit 7What’s the highest mountain in the world Section B (2a–2e)课件(共23张PPT，内嵌视频)

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Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Section B (2a–2e)
语言目标：
掌握本课时重点词汇：bamboo, endangered, research, keeper, awake, excitement, walk into, fall over, or so, illness, wild, government等。
思维品质：
积极投身大熊猫及其他野生动物的保护，热爱自然，保护环境。
文化意识：
了解成都大熊猫研究基地的基本情况，树立保护野生动物的意识。
学习能力：
能读懂关于野生动物的阅读材料；通过略读、扫读获取说明文大意和关键信息。
课时教学目标
Let’s watch a video.
Lead-in
1. Do you like pandas
2. Is it necessary to protect pandas
3. What do you know about pandas
Questions
Lead-in
Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you.
2a
big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white
Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect
【拓展】endanger v. 使遭危险；危及；危害
n. (pl. bamboos) 竹子
adj. 濒危的
Read the article and match each paragraph with the main idea.
2b
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
A. The reasons for fewer pandas.
B. The ways of saving pandas.
C. Pandas’ life at the Chengdu Research Base.
D. Lin Wei and her job.
Read Para. 1 and answer the questions.
2b
1. Are most baby pandas still sleeping at 9:00 a.m.
No, they are awake.
2. How do the baby pandas feel when they see the keepers
They feel excited when they see the keepers.
1. What does Lin Wei think of pandas
They are cute and lovely and very special to her.
2. How does Lin Wei take care of pandas
She takes care of pandas like they’re her own babies.
She washes, feeds and plays with pandas every day.
Read Para. 2 and answer the questions.
2b
Read Para. 3 and find out what these numbers mean.
2b
10—
12—
700—
2,000—
Adult pandas eat about 10 kilos of bamboo daily.
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
About 700 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.
Read Para. 4 and answer the question.
2b
What do people do to protect pandas
- An education program teaches children about endangered wild animals
and tells children about the importance of saving these animals.
- The Chinese government tries hard to help save the pandas.
- Scientists do research to better understand the habits of pandas.
①It 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. 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!
熊猫饲养员
为……准备……
熊猫幼崽
大多数的
adj. 醒着的（表状态）wake v. 醒来 wake sb. up 把……叫醒
跑向……
n. 兴奋；
excite v. 使兴奋；
excited adj. 感到兴奋的
exciting adj. 令人兴奋的
撞上
摔倒fall off=fall down from 从……掉下来
②Lin 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.
……之一
照顾；小心（拓：care for.../look after...）
对……是特殊的
=to be honest=
to tell the truth 事实上
adj. 受欢迎的 be popular with... 受……喜爱；be popular among 在……中流行； n. popularity 普及；受欢迎
……的标志
③Scientists 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. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating
比……少
大约，左右（位于数词或者表示时间的名词之后）；about 或around 常放在数词或表示时间的名词之前
every+ 数字+ 单位（年/ 月/ 日）每……（年/ 月/ 日）
每两年
死于……（由环境、事故等外部原因造成）；die of 死于……（由疾病、衰老等自身原因造成）
about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and 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.
多得多
砍倒……
pron. 足够的（食物）
④An 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.
教某人关于某事（的东西）
……的重要性
做研究
Exercises
一、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。
1. One of the panda ________ (keep) often makes toys for the panda.
2. Mom _____ me up just now, and I’m ______ now. (wake)
3. Tourists from all over the world come to visit the pandas with
___________ (excite) every year.
4. When I was in primary school, there were ______ (few) than 30
students in my class.
5. The old man had a serious ________ (ill) and had to stay in
hospital.
keepers
woke
awake
excitement
fewer
illness
Exercises
to fall over
every four years
walked into
do research
or so
二、从方框中选短语并用其适当形式填空。
1. The Olympic Games are held _________________.
2. He ____________ a tree while he was talking on the phone.
3. Mary hopes to be a scientist and ____________ on animals.
4. It’s normal _____________ when you learn to ride a bike.
5. The T-shirt costs $10 ______.
walk into, fall over, or so, every four years, do research
Read the article again and write short answers to the questions.
2c
1. What is Lin Wei’s job
Lin Wei is a panda keeper.
2. What do the baby pandas have for breakfast
Baby pandas drink milk for breakfast.
3. 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.
Read the article again and write short answers to the questions.
2c
4. What does the education program in Chengdu do
They send people to schools to tell children about the importance
of saving pandas and other endangered wild animals.
5. Why are scientists doing research
They hope to better understand the habits of pandas.
Complete the sentences using words from the passage.
2d
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 ____________________.
5. The Chinese government is helping to ____ the pandas. Scientists
also want to better __________ the habits of pandas.
keepers
prepare
fact
popular
often
illnesses
children
endangered (animals)
save
understand
What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas
2e
Extended exercise
Place 1. _________________________
Activities At 8:30 a.m., panda keepers are 2. ___________________________
__________________.
At 9:00 a.m., most of the babies are already 3. ________________.
People Lin Wei: takes care of pandas like 4. _______________________;
Scientists: There are 5. ____________.
Reasons include:
Pandas don’t have many babies.
Baby pandas often die from 6. _______ and 7. _________________.
Humans 8. ____________________.
the Chengdu Research Base
preparing milk for the baby
pandas’ breakfast
awake and hungry
they are her own babies
fewer pandas
illnesses
don’t live very long
cut down the forests
Extended exercise
Saving pandas An education program teaches children about 9. _______________
_______________________.
Others including 10. ___________________________________ are also putting efforts into saving pandas.
pandas and other
endangered wild animals
the Chinese government and scientists