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（人教新目标版）八下英语
Period 5 Section B 2a-2e
Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world
Learning objectives
Teaching aims（教学目标）
1. 通过阅读了解文章大意，及每个自然段的大意
2.学会通过联系上下文猜测生词的词义
3. 让学生了解大熊猫的现状及如何保护大熊猫
Language points（语言点）
要求掌握以下词汇及词组：
（1）词汇：bamboo, endangered, research, keeper, awake, excitement, illness, remaining, wild,
government, artwork
(2) 词组：with excitement, run over, fall over, walk into, die from illness
bamboo
n. 竹子
endangered
keeper
adj. 濒危的
n. 饲养员；保管人
research
n. & v. 研究；调查
awake
adj. 醒着
excitement
n. 激动；兴奋
New words
walk into
or so
走路时撞着
大约
fall over
绊倒
illness
n. 疾病；病
wild
adj. 野生的
government
n. 政府；内阁
New words
What do you know about pandas
Lead in
* black and white
* dark circles around the eyes
* a "national treasure"
Lead in
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
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Pre-reading
Read the article to find out more facts on pandas and then finish the following tasks.
While-reading
This means looking quickly through a piece of writing to find the main idea without reading every word.
Match the main idea with each part.
Ways of protecting pandas
Daily routine at the Chengdu Research Base
Some facts about pandas
While-reading
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。
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While-reading
Careful reading.
Daily routine at the Chengdu Research Base
8:30 am
9:00 am
Panda keepers are _________ milk for baby pandas.
Pandas are already _______ and hungry.
preparing
awake
walk into
fall over
run over
While-reading
Pandas have become so popular that they are now a _______ of China.
feeds
plays
symbol
Lin Wei washes, _______ and _______ with the pandas every day.
While-reading
Ways of protecting pandas
Some facts about pandas
The pandas’ situation
___________ 2,000 pandas live in the forests.
Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers.
Why pandas are endangered:
Pandas don’t have many babies.
Some babies die from ___________.
Human activities like ____________ bamboo forests.
An education program teaches children about the
___________ of saving pandas and other
endangered wild animals.
The government is trying hard to help save pandas.
Scientists are ______________ to better
understand pandas.
Fewer than
illnesses
cutting down
importance
doing research
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
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While-reading
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.
While-reading
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.
While-reading
Check your answers!
1
2
3
4
5
Complete the sentences using words from the passage.
keepers
prepare
fact
popular
children
endangered
understand
often
illnesses
save
2d
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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.
While-reading
Pandas
Baby pandas
Amount of food
Number of pandas
Ways of protecting pandas
Only ______ every two years
Babies often die from ________
10 __________________ a day
Fewer than 2,000 in the _________
300 in zoos or __________________
Teach ________. Tell them about the __________ of saving pandas.
Scientists are doing research _____________________________
__________.
one
illnesses
kilos of bamboo
forests
research centers
children
importance
Try to retell the article according to the diagram.
to better understand the habits of pandas
Drink ______ for breakfast
milk
Post-reading
Pay attention
to the
expressions.
Post-reading
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
如此……以至于……
大约
死于
花费时间做某事
砍倒
努力做某事
1. run over
2. walk into
3. fall over
4. take care of
5. in fact
6. so ... that ...
7. or so
8. die from
9. spend time (in)
doing sth.
10. cut down
11. try hard to do sth
Read and translate.
Post-reading
What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas
raise money to build more nature reserves (自然保护区)
protect the bamboo forest
Possible answers:
....
2e
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Post-reading
Protect the pandas!
Protect our earth!
Post-reading
Owing to (因为，由于) the protection efforts by China, the wild populations of the giant panda and Tibetan antelope (藏羚羊) have been downgraded from "endangered" to "vulnerable" (从濒危降为了易危).
Post-reading
prepare sth. for sb. = prepare sb. sth. 为......准备......
prepare for sth. 为某事做准备
① She prepared a nice breakfast for us.
= She prepared us a nice breakfast.
她给我们准备了可口的早餐。
② The whole class is working hard preparing for the exams.
全班都在努力用功准备考试。
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。
Language points
awake
2. 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。
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。
① She was awake all night.
她整夜无眠。
② I was finding it hard to stay awake.
我已困得难熬。
③ I drink a lot of coffee to keep me awake.
我喝了很多咖啡以保持头脑清醒。
Language points
awake (awoke, awoken)
还可作动词，意为“（使）醒来；唤醒”
① I awoke at seven o'clock.
我在7点钟醒了。
② She awoke me at seven.
她7点时叫醒了我。
Language points
翻译句子。
1. "Is Oliver awake yet " "Yes, he's wide (= completely) awake and running around his bedroom."
“奥利弗醒了吗？”“是的，他完全醒了，正在卧室里乱跑呢。”
2. He lies awake at night worrying about his job.
他担心工作，夜晚躺在床上睡不着。
3. I awoke from a deep sleep.
我从沉睡中醒来。
Language points
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 (怦怦地跳) with
excitement.
罗宾的心激动得怦怦直跳。
② The dog leapt (跳) and wagged (摇) its tail in
excitement.
狗兴奋得摇着尾巴跳来跳去。
n. 激动，兴奋
Language points
用excite的适当形式填空。
excited
excitedly
excitement
exciting
1. 要去度假了你是不是很兴奋啊？
Are you getting _________ about your holiday
2. 他们等啊等啊，等待着激动人心的事情发生。
They waited and waited for something _________ to
happen.
3. 汽车开近时她激动地挥着手。
She waved _________ as the car approached.
4. 令他兴奋的是，他被一所著名的大学录取了。
To his ____________, he was accepted by a famous
college.
Language points
run over
walk into
fall over
跑上前去，跑过去
走路时撞着
跌倒，摔倒，绊倒
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 was so busy looking at his phone and walked into
a tree.
他光顾着看手机，撞到了一棵树上。
③ She fell over and broke her leg.
她跌倒后摔折了腿。
Language points
When the monkeys see the keepers, they run over with ______.
A. excited B. exciting C. excitement
Language points
living in the forest
V-ing短语修饰前面的名词pandas，作其后置定语。
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。
Language points
or so
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
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。
Language points
die from + 死亡原因
① It's reported that thousands of people die from
illegal driving each year.
据报道，每年有数千人死于非法驾驶。
② The horse died from overwork．
那匹马累死了。
死于……
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。
Language points
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。
Language points
spend
spend time/money (in) doing sth.
spend time/money on sth.
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
7. 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。
Language points
1. Can you tell something about pandas
2. Can you retell the article
3. Can you tell the ways to protect pandas
4. Can you use the new words and expressions
correctly
bamboo, endangered, research, keeper,
awake, excitement, walk into, fall over, or so,
illness, wild, government
Self-evaluation
Write your introduction to
pandas.
2. Preview 3a-3b.
Homework
