[名校联盟]浙江省杭州市萧山区党湾镇初级中学八年级英语牛津版上册课件：Unit4 Main task

The number is getting smaller and smaller. a thousand giant pandas in the world
Listen to the report and try to find out the answers to the following questions: 1. How many babies do mother giant pandas have at a time? 2.How many giant pandas are there in the world now? 3.Why is the number getting smaller and smaller. Farmers keep taking the land People hunt them for their fur
If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.
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Giant pandas are in danger now.
If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
Mothers often leave baby pandas for two whole days on their own . If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.
Useful Expressions: Do you know these expressions? Can you use them freely?
Appearance fat but lovely, black eyes, black : and white fur Ability: can climb trees Favourite food: bamboo shoots and leaves The best place they live in: in the wild / forests Danger: It’s difficult for them to live in the wild. Getting fewer and fewer
Danger: living areas disappear, people cut down trees to have more farmland, catch them for fun
Work in groups of four :
Discuss how to write a report on a wild animal in danger. ( 1 ) First make some notes . ( 2 ) Then give the report in class orally.
Sika Deer
Appearance: beautiful fur, the male have horns(角), white spots over its back, the spots look like flowers, big eyes, weigh 70-100 kg Characters: good hearing and smell, jumping, clever and quick, mothers take good care of their babies, eat fruit, plants, live together, live up to 20 years Ability: can run very fast Danger: Hunters hunt them for their fur and the horns to make money and medicine.
Chinese Golden Monkeys
Appearance: dark brown eyes, big mouths, golden fur, round heads Characters: mild, smart and quick, eat fruit, small birds and insects, live together, mothers have only one baby at one time, need 4-6 years to grow up Ability: can climb, hang from the trees
problems
about a thousand only ____________ giant pandas in the world because living areas their _________ are becoming farmland ________.If farmers keep taking the land will have nowhere to live _______________, giant pandas___________________ hunt them for their fur If people ___________________, then there will be no giant pandas in the world _________________________________ write to newspapers and magazines _____________________________about the giant pandas in China, Tell them about the problems for giant pandas
ability
百度文库
character
danger
Report: (1) Bears are in danger! Bears are (2) big and (3) strong . They have (4) small eyes, (5) black or brown fur and (6) sharp paws. Bears can (7) walk upright . They are good at (8) swimming and (9) climbing trees . Bears like to (10) move around in the (11) daytime . They (12) seldom hurt people. Sadly, many hunters kill bears for their (13) fur and (14) paws. We must stop this. If we do not take any actions, (15)there will be no bears in the world .
be in danger be quiet and peaceful spend a lot of time doing something at a time keep doing something take actions do something to help know about these problems The number is getting smaller and smaller.
Unit 4 MAIN TASK
WILD
Every animal knows more than you do.
ANIMALS
beautiful black and white animals
quiet and peaceful 和平的，安宁的
female giant panda 雌性的 一次，每次 at a time look like white mice 老鼠 spend a lot of time drinking up to 14 hours a day 达到
Giant pandas are in danger Baby pandas appearance
white mice look like___________
Giant pandas
beautiful black and white _______________________animals bears look like _______
actions
Bears
appearance
big and strong; small eyes/black or brown fur/sharp paws can walk upright; good at swimming and climbing trees like to move around in the daytime; seldom hurt people hunters hunt them for their fur and paws;no bears in the world
Chinese White Dolphins
Appearance: look like a fish, clever, white, grey when getting old Ability: swim fast, do tricks for people in the park Characters: mother dolphins have babies once 3 years, and only have one baby at one time, live in the Pearl River and near South China Sea Danger: Not many left in China now , being attacked by ships, and killed by people for money. No food, die from hunger.
WhiteTigers
Appearance: white fur with black stripes; bright eyes Characters: live alone; live as a family once they have babies, eat other animals like rabbits, deer and sheep Ability: run fast; good at hunting Danger: Hunters hunt them for their fur and bones to make furs and medicine, the number is getting smaller and smaller,not enough living areas
character food
quiet and peaceful ________________ animals mums’ milk drink____________ for _________________a day up to fourteen hours
bamboo shoots and leaves