(共36张PPT)
Reading
The story of Xi Wang
Period 1
By Cai Wei
Unit 5 Wild animals
My daughter and her cat
none
in the beginning
take action
Where there is a will(意愿,意志), there is a way.
有志者,事竟成。
be born
live on
mainly
1. be born
do sth.
2. in the beginning
6. serious
bad or dangerous
4. mainly
at first
3. take action
more than anything else
5. none
come into the world as a baby
not any
Activity 1. Match the words with their meanings.
Activity 2. Enjoy the video about animals.
DO you love animals?
Call their names loudly!
Questions
Where do these animals live?
What are they?
Are they happy?
Why/Why not?
They live in the wild.
They are wild animals.
They are free.
They are in danger.
serious
reserve
a special place
for protecting wild animals
the World Wild Fund for Nature
世界自然基金会
The story of Xi Wang
Activity 3. Predication(预测)
What may the article be about?
A panda in the wild.
Read the first sentence of each paragraph.
Turn the article into 3 parts and match the main ideas.
The growth of Xi Wang
Take action to help pandas
Pandas’ problems
Part One
Part Three
Part Two
Para1-3
Para 4
Para 5-6
Activity 4. Skimming
Part 1
The growth of Xi Wang
Activity 5. Careful reading
Age Weight Food Activity
1 day
4 months
6 months
8 months
20 months
100g
8kg
35kg
her mother’s milk
bamboo
went outside for the first time
could look after herself
Paragraph 1-3
The growth of Xi Wang
Part 2
Pandas' Problems
o
Giant pandas’ problems
It’s ______ for pandas to have ______, and many baby pandas ____ when they are very _____.
Giant pandas mainly _______ a special kind of bamboo. However, the are becoming ______ and ______.
smaller smaller
difficult
babies
live on
bamboo forests
die
young
Help me !
Part 3
Take action to protect pandas
build
reserves
make
laws
more babies
hope
1
2
Is the article a story?
3
Why did the writer write the report?
How did the writer do that?
Activity 6. Further reading
A report about pandas
hope
hope
introduction
problems
actions
We do believe that where there is Xi Wang, there is hope.
We hope that more people can take action to protect animals.
We hope that we can have a better future.
Why do we call her Xi Wang?
A
Give ideas.
B
C
D
Give ideas.
Give ideas and report the ideas in front of the class.
Give ideas and use a mind map to write the ideas down.
What other problems wild animals may have?
What can we do for them?
Brain storming (in groups of 4)
Activity 6. After reading
Our opinions and ideas
延迟符
Stop eating their meat.
Collect money to help them.
Don’t buy fur coats any more.
Stop hunting them.
Make the sky blue, make the grass green.
Don’t cut down trees.
Stop the farmers taking the land.
p
r
o
t
e
c
t
Build more reserves
Make some laws to protect them
… …
What action can we take to protect wild animals?
Where there is Xi Wang, there is hope.
Where there is hope, there is
a will.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
hope
Make the world
a better place for both
human
animals
!
&
Homework:
Choose a wild animal in danger and write a report about it.
Thank You!
Do you agree with them?
Do you agree with them?
Goodbye
Thanks a lot
Now Xi Wang can look after herself. Is it easy for Xi Wang to live in the wild?
Why do you think so?
1
2
To learn about the life of giant pandas.
3
4
To find the structure of the article.
To know more about wild animals.
To discuss the ways to protect wild animals.
Learning aims