英语人教版八年级下册Unit 7 Section B 2a-2e

树下唱歌的女孩们
The women washing clothes by the river 河边洗衣服的女人们
2d Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage. 1. The panda _______ keepers at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _______ prepare breakfast for the baby pandas. 2. Adult pandas do not have babies very ____, and some of the babies only live for often a short time because of illnesses _______.
…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 with excitement 激动地；兴奋地 walk into （走路时意外）撞上 fall over 摔倒；倒下
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000
pandas living in the forests.
living in the forests 是一个现在分词短语，用
做定语，修饰pandas。
e.g. the girls singing under the tree
II. Some information about pandas. (baby pandas--- at
birth, kilo, long, color,teeth... adult pandas---spend...eating, weigh, live up to ...) III. Why are they endangered and how to save them? (babies, every two years, die from, live long,
Reading :
Fast reading:
Read the article to
find out what these
numbers mean: 10,
12, 300,00.
Read paragraph 1 and 2,and answer the questions.
1. What is Lin Wei’s job? A panda keeper. 2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast? Milk. 3. What does Lin Wei do every day? He washes,feeds and plays with the pandas every day. 4. Does Lin Wei love his job? Yes, he does. 5. What do adult pandas eat? Bamboo.
Read paragraph 3 and 4, and answer the questions.
1. Why are pandas endangered? 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. 2. What does the education program in Chengdu do? It teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals. 3. Why are scientists doing research? They are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas.
forests, human activities, an education
program,Chinese government , scientists...) We all hope....
What other ways do you think 2e children can help to save the pandas？ Make a list about it.
3. In ____, fact pandas have become so _______ popular that they are now a symbol of China .
4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _______ about why pandas are endangered __________. children 5. The Chinese government is also helping to _____ save the pandas. Scientists also want to better ___________ understand the habits of pandas.
Talk about pandas. Use these information to help you. I. Do you love pandas? (love, in fact, around the world，
black and white, a symbol of...)
After-reading
1) She ran over to say hello, but I didn’t recognize her. 2）The children on the sand were shouting with excitement. 3) Be careful when you go downstairs,or you may walk into other people. 4) Don’t run too fast, or you might fall over.
初中英语人教版八年级下 Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? Section B（2a-2e）
weigh v.
adult n. 成人 adj. 成年的
称重
bamboo n.
endangered adj.
竹子
濒危的
research n.&v.
keeper n.
调查；研究
饲养员
awake adj.
excitement n.
醒着
激动
illness n.
疾病
wild adj.
野生的
government n.
政府
Pre-reading: can you remember?
1. At birth, a baby panda is about ___ ___ 0.1 to 0.2 kilos. 2. At birth, a baby panda is about ___ 15 cm long. pink and it has 3. A baby panda is not black. It is ____ no _____. teeth 4. A panda can live up to ___ 20 to ___ 30 years. 5. An adult panda is about ____ 100 kilos.