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2. Whose birthday is it
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world
Section B (2a-2e)
人教版 英语(八年级下)
2. Whose birthday is it
教学目标
语言能力
1.学习词汇bamboo, wild, endangered, keeper, awake, excitement, illness, walk into, fall over等。
思维品质
启发学生深入思考人、动物、自然三者的关系,增强学生保护濒危动物的责任意识和环保意识,体现学科育人价值。
1.通过阅读训练,掌握速读,寻读(重点)和精读策略;
2.学会对事实和数字的比较。
学习能力
树立保护动物意识和人与自然和谐相处的观念,践行保护生态环境行动。
文化意识
情景导入
01
02
读前感知
03
读中操练
04
读后拓展
05
回顾总结
06
07
随堂小测
家庭作业
CONTENT
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家庭作业
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01 情景导入
Scenario import
Watch a video
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02 读前感知
Before reading
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
appearance
food
Habitat(栖息地)
Situation(处境)
black and white, big, cute,
beautiful
bamboo
forest, Sichuan, zoo …
famous, endangered, protect
popular
Pandas are big. They like eating bamboos.
B: Pandas are in black and white. I think they are very cute.
A: But they are endangered now.
B: Yes, we should try to protect them.
……
Have a look at Chengdu Research Base
A panda keeper.
It was founded in 1987.
成都大熊猫繁育研究基地(Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding)位于成都北郊斧头山,距市区10公里,是一个专门从事濒危野生动物研究、繁育、保护教育和教育旅游的非营利性机构。该基地建有一座大熊猫博物馆,存有珍贵的资料和丰富的展品。
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03 读中操练
While reading
①
②
③
④
Skimming(跳读)
Read and think:
What’s the main idea of each paragraph
___ People love pandas.
___ People are doing things to save pandas.
___ Pandas’ life at Chengdu Research Base.
___ There are only a few pandas in the world.
①
②
③
④
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. 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!
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.
1.What do pandas have for breakfast
Milk.
2.What is Lin Wei’s job
panda keeper.
Careful Reading
Read Para. 1 and 2
Read Para. 1 and 2, then fill in the blanks.
Panda keepers are preparing _____ for the baby pandas’ breakfast. Pandas _____ ____ to keepers. They _____ ____ their friends and _____ ____ .
Pandas are _____ and _______. They are _______ to Li Wei. Pandas have become popular and a ________ of China.
Pandas’ activities
Li Wei’s thoughts
milk
run over
walk into
fall over
cute
lovely
special
symbol
Read Para. 3 and find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.
1.What does 10 mean
adult pandas eat about
10 kilos of bamboo a day.
It means
2.What does 12 mean
adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.
It means
amount
of food
2b
length of
eating time
Read Para. 3 and find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.
3.What about 300,2000
Endangered !
number of
pandas
2b
Read Para 3 and finish the mind map.
Why pandas are endangered
Pandas may have ____________
every two years.
The baby pandas often _________
_______ and do not live very long.
Adult pandas eat about _________
bamboo a day.
Human __________the bamboo forests.
only one baby
die from
illnesses
10 kilos of
cut down
There are _________
________.
There is __________
_____.
fewer baby
pandas
not enough
food
Pandas are __________.
endangered
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.
Government
Read Para.4 and answer the questions.
Education program
Scientists
How many ways are mentioned in this paragraph
Three.
Who What(Actions) Why(Purposes)
teaches children
send people to school
are doing research
to tell...
the importance of...
to help save the pandas
to better understand the habits of pandas
Read Para.4and fill in the chart.
An education program
The Chinese government
Scientists
is trying hard
Ways to save pandas
Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.
The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _______ breakfast for the baby pandas.
prepare
2.In ____, pandas have become so ______ that they are now a symbol of China.
popular
3. Adult pandas do not have babies very ____, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _______.
often
illnesses
4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _______ about why pandas are __________.
children
endangered
5. The Chinese government is helping to ____ the pandas. Scientists also want to better _________ the habits of pandas.
save
understand
fact
2d
keepers
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04 读后拓展
After reading
Try to retell the passage by the mind map.
Pandas’ daily life.
Pandas
in danger.
Protect
pandas.
Pandas only have one baby every ______ years.
Babies often _______ illnesses and don’t live very long.
Babies pandas like _____for breakfast.They run over to the keepers with ________.
Adult pandas spend 12 hours_______ about 10 kilos....
People _________ the forests. ________ food to eat.
Education program __________children about the ____________of saving…
Chinese government ______________ the animals.
scientists are doing ________to better understand...
Pandas are so _____and _____,They are now a _____of china.
eating
Less
research
trying hard to save
importance
die from
cute
milk
excitement
lovely
symbol
two
cut down
After reading
Low panda birth rate
less food
smaller forests
teaches
Further thinking
After reading
What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this passage
Realize Pandas in danger
Be aware of Pandas’ protection
The writer uses the panda as a representation.
To call on(呼吁) people to protect animals in danger.
Know Pandas’ general information
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05 回顾总结
Summary
Protect the
bamboo forests
Give away money to the Research Centers
Don’t buy
fur products(毛皮制品)
Build more reserves
When the buying stops, the killing can too!
没有买卖,就没有杀害!
We hope we can get on well with nature!!
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06 考点大全
Language points
1. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas' breakfast.
prepare...for “为...准备…”
e.g. I'll prepare some drinks and snacks for you.
prepare for “为...做准备”
e.g. The students are busy preparing for the final exam.
学生们忙于为期末考试做准备。
2. ...they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.
awake “醒着的”,常用于be, stay, keep之后,做表语。其反义词为asleep“睡着的”
e.g. It's twelve at night. He is still awake.
晚上12点了,他还是醒着的。
注意:awake不用于名词前做定语。
e.g. I was so excited that I was awake (wake) the whole night.
我太兴奋了以至于整晚都是醒着的。
3. …they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
run over “跑上前去,跑过去”
over adv.穿越;从……的一边到另一边
e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didn't recognize her.
她跑过来打招呼,但我没有认出她来.
walk into “(走路时意外)撞上”
e.g. As he was thinking too deeply and not paying attention to where he was going, he walked straight into a tree.
4.Another 300 or so live in zoos or ...
another “另一;又一”,常放在数词之前。another +基数词+名词
=基数词+other/more+名词。
We stayed there for another three days.=We stayed there for three other/more days. 我们在那儿又待了三天。
or so “大约”,位于数词或者表示时间的名词之后,相当于about或around(常放于数词或表示时间的名词之前)
e.g. There are 40 students or so in the playground.
大约有四十名学生在操场。
5.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.
die from 通常指由于外部原因(事故、缺乏食物等)造成的死亡
e.g. He died from an accident. 他死于一场车祸。
die of 通常指由于人体自身原因(年老、忧伤等)造成的死亡
e.g. His mother died of sorrow. 他的母亲因过度悲伤而亡。
illness “疾病;病”,通常指因病而导致的不健康的状态
e.g. He cannot come because of illness.他因病不能来。
ill(adj.生病的)+ness(名词后缀)=illness(n.疾病)
英语中有些形容词加后缀-ness可构成名词,表示性质、状态
kind-kindness(仁慈),good-goodness(善良)
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07 课堂小测
Exercise
1. The old man ______ a car accident.
A. died of B. died for C. died from D. died with
2. When the stars came out, their fans all shouted with ______.
A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. excitement
3. —When did you ______ up this morning?
—I was______ at 5:30 a.m., but I got up at 7:00 a.m.
A. wake;awake B. wake;wake
C. awake;wake D. awake;awake
4. I ______ a stone and hurt my left leg just now.
A. fell behind B. fell over C. fell asleep D. fell in love
5. Many wild animals and plants are ______ because of humans activities.
A. danger B. dangerous C. dangered D. endangered
6. Who's that woman ______ clothes near the river
A. wash B. washes C. washing D.is washing
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08 家庭作业
Homework
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Homework
1.Memorize the words and sentences.
2.Retell the passage in your own words.
3. (Optional)Write a paragraph about other endangered animals and then make a poster.
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