Unit 5 Wild animals Reading 1： Giant pandas 课件27张

8AUnit5 Wild Animals
Reading 1
Animal World
The stroy of Xi Wang
1. 出生
2. 看起来像白鼠
3. 在四个月大时
4. 第一次开始外出
5. 不再
6. 开始，起初
7. 开始吃竹子
8. 学着照顾自己
9. 面临严重的问题
10. 孕育幼崽
1. be born
2. look like a white mouse
3. at four months old
4. start to go outside for the first time
5. not… any more/no more
6. in the beginning/at first
7. begin to eat bamboo
8. learn to look after oneself
9. face serious problems
10. have babies
词组复习
11. 主要以一种特殊竹子为生
12. 变得越来越小
13. 因此
14. 有地方居住
15. 处于危险中
16. 采取行动
17. 立刻，马上
18. 建更多的熊猫保护区
19. 制定法律来保护熊猫
11. live mainly on a special bamboo
12. become smaller and smaller
13. as a result
14. have a place to live
15. be in danger
16. take action
17. right away/right now/at once
18. build more panda reserves
19. make laws to protect pandas
词组复习
What is the story about?
How old was Xi Wang when the writer first saw her?
What will happen to giant pandas if we do nothing?

Answer the following questions
It’s about a giant panda called Xi Wang.
If we do nothing, there may be none left.
Only ten days old.
Task1: Skimming
Age
Weight
Looks/Activity
Food
1 day (was born)
4 months
6 months
12 months
20 months
The growth of Xi Wang
100g
8kg
over 35kg
look like a white mouse
go outside for the first time
learn to look after herself
her mother’s milk
bamboo
not a baby any more
When she was born,
she weighed just .
100 grams
At four months,
she weighed about .
8 kilograms
Eight months later,
She weighed over .
35 kilograms
The weight of Xi Wang
In the beginning, Xi Wang drank her mother’s _______.
milk
When she was six months old,
she started to eat _________.
bamboo
When she was 20 months old, she had to ____________________.
look after herself
Things she eats
Why is Xi Wang sad?
There are many serious problems that Xi Wang may face in the future.
2. Problems
(Para.4)
1. face （v. ） 面临，面对
The two bears always ________ danger because Guangtouqiang keeps cutting down the trees.
face
2. face （n. ） 脸
He always wears a smile on his _______ when he _____ the problems in his study.
face
faces
It’s difficult (for sb.) to do sth. 对某人来说，做某事困难
It’s difficult ____________________
_____________________
保护大熊猫是很困难的。
形容词
do
to protect the
It’s very difficult ______________
__________________
giant pandas.
2. 大熊猫很难生宝宝。
for giant pandas
to have babies.
It’s difficult (for sb.) to do sth. 做某事……
形容词
do
easy
hard
important
interesting
exciting
meaningful
possible
impossible
impolite
---
ride a bike
read books
study English well
learn physics
see a film
keep a secret
help people in need
play computer games
shout at others
finish the work in an hour
---
3. Action
(Para.5-6)
The writer of the story thinks we should
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
help pandas have more babies
build more panda reserves
make laws to protect pandas
Giant pandas are now in danger. So we must take action(s) to protect them.
be in danger 指处于危险的境地
be out of danger 脱离危险
1. 那个老人生病了。他情况很危险。
The old man is ill. He’s _________.
2. 他还没有脱离危险。
He isn’t out of danger.
in danger
Discuss:
What other actions can we take to protect giant pandas?
Make giant panda reserves bigger.
Don’t kill giant pandas for their fur.
3. Plant more bamboo for giant pandas to eat.
4. Don’t take baby pandas away.
5. Write a report on giant pandas and put it on the Internet for everyone to learn about .
What’s the purpose(目的) of this passage?
Take action to protect giant pandas.
Giant pandas are beautiful black-and-white animals. They look l____ bears. They live in China. Baby pandas may just w_____ 100 grams when they are b______. Baby pandas spend a lot of time d_______ their mums’ milk before g_____ outside. After 20 months, they start to take c____ of themselves. They l_____ mainly on a special kind of bamboo. But people keep on c_________ down forests. As a r_____, giant pandas may have nowhere to live. So now giant pandas are f_______ serious problems. To protect them, we should take a________ right away. First, we should help pandas have more babies. And then we must b________ more reserves. Making laws to protect them is also i_________. Besides, we can write to newspapers about problems we meet. I do believe things will be better.
ike
A report
eigh
orn
rinking
oing
are
ive
utting
esult
acing
ction(s)
uild
mportant
I. 根据汉语提示及句子意思写出单词。
1. What does this word _____ (意思是)?
2. “He’s gone away for six months,” she
said _____ (伤心地).
3. Williams ______ (面临) a serious
problem at the moment.
4. She’s going to study _____ (法律) at
university.
5. She went to the shop to get some
oranges but they had _____ (没有一个).
mean
sadly
is facing
law
none
1. When Tom was born, he ____________ (weigh) 3 kilograms.
2. We should take _______________ (act) before it’s too late.
3. It’s _______________ (danger) for you _____________ (play) in the street. 4. When I feel ___________ (boring) or unhappy, I always play with my dog. 5. Jim started _______________ (learn) Chinese at five years old. 6. He spends most of his time ____________ (practice) ___________ (play) the violin. 7. In the ______(begin), we played a game together. 8. We all like the giant panda __________ (call) Tuantuan.
词汇
weighed
action
dangerous
to play
bored
to learn
practicing
playing
called
beginning
III. 单项选择。
She got up to get some sleeping pills but found there was ______ left at home.
A. nothing B. none
C. something D. nobody
— How many birds can you see in the
tree?
— ______. All the birds have flown
away.
A. None B. No one
C. Nothing D. A few