初中英语人教版八年级下册unit7sectionB2a-2e

（2）prepare for sth. “为某事 而做准备；准备应对/应付某事 ”（表间接的动宾关系，为之 做准备，并非准备其本身） The students are busy preparing for the final exam. 学 生们正忙于为期末考试做准备 。
（ （3）prepare sb. sth. = prepare sth. for sb. 给/为某人准 备某物She prepared us a nice breakfast. =She prepared a nice breakfast for us.她为我们准备 了一顿美味的早餐。 （4）prepare to do sth. 准备做 某事 Just as we were preparing to leave, the phone rang.正当我们 准备离开时，电话响了。
2. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forest. 科学家们说：如今生活在现存森林里的熊猫不 足2000只。 此举中living in the remaining forest是一个现 在分词短语，用作定语，修饰名词pandas. 又如： the girls singing under the tree 树底下唱歌的姑娘们 the women washing clothes by the river 河边洗衣服的妇女们
事”。
【妙辨异同】spend/pay/cost/take表示“花费”
【巧学助记】 辨析 spend/cost/take/pay 表示“花费”的技巧 在于: 一看主语(spend, pay主语是人; cost, take主语 是物); 二看花费时间还是金钱 (cost, pay 表示花钱 ; take表示花时间; spend既可表示花费时间也可 表示花费金钱); 三看句式结构。
Paragraphs 1&2
Ways to protect pandas.
Cute and lovely pandas in Chengdu Research Base. Tell why pandas are endangered.
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
We are eating. Oh, my god, what happened? Can you find Don’t trouble me. Ime? am sleepy. Wait. I give up.
over to them with excitement and some of
young pandas even walk into their friends
and fall over.
Language points
1. …they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over! 它们地跑过去，其中一些甚至撞上自己的伙 伴而跌倒！ 此句中run over； walk into和fall over均为 短语动词。
Careful reading Read paragraph 3
Why are pandas endangered?
Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. 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.
Careful reading Read paragraph 4
Ways of protecting pandas Ways What do they do to protect pandas
It teaches children about pandas An and other endangered wild animals. education And they send people to schools program to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. They are doing research to better Scientists undersand the habits of pandas.
2b Scan the paragraph3 to find out what these numbers mean.
10,
12,
300,
2000
10: Adult pandas eat about 10 kilos
of bamboo one day. 12: Adult pandas spend more than 12
hours eating one day.
200: About 200 pandas live in zoos or
research centers in China and
other countries.
2000: Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the remaining forest.
【备选要点】
Teaching children is one way to help save
pandas.
教育孩子们是帮助保护大熊猫的一种方式。
【句型剖析】
本句是一个含有动名词短语作主语的
句式。动名词(短语)作主语时, 谓语动词用
单数形式。
【学以致用】 (2013· 内江中考)Our English teacher often says to us, “______English well is very important. ” A. Learn C. Learned B. Learning D. To learning
义务教育教科书（人教）八年级英语下册
Section B(2a-2e)
2a Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you. big, bamboo, zoo, popular, beautiful,
cute, forest,
Careful reading Read paragraph 2
1. Who is Lin Wei? A panda keeper. 2. What does she do every day? She washes, feeds and plays with pandas. 3. Does she like her job? How do you know it? She says they are cute and lovely, and she takes care of them like her own babies.
Nick
can’t
come
because of illness.
语、表语等
尼克因病不能来。
【学以致用】用ill, illness填空 ①Mr. Brown was _______so I went to the meeting instead. ②His _______ caused him to lose his memory. 答案：①ill ②illness
他的病增加了家庭的困难。
【自主归纳】
illness 是名词，意为“疾病；病”，
表示因病导致的不良状况。它是由
ill(形容词)+-ness(名词后缀)构成的。
【妙辨异同】
形容词，意为 ill “生病的”， 一般在句子中 只作表语 名词，意为 illness “疾病；病”， 可作主语、宾
Mr. Smith has been ill for many years. 史密斯先生病了好多 年了。
*The babies often die from illness and do not live very
long.
熊猫幼仔通常会死于疾病活不了多长时间。
*She’s still weak after her illness. 她病后仍然虚弱。
*His illness added to the family’s troubles.
Don’t look at me. I am shy.
Careful reading
Read paragraph 1
How lovely and cute are the pandas?
Find an example
When the babies see the keepers, they run
A. is; swim
swimming
B. is; D. are;
C. are; swim
swimming
1.
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day
eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.
成年大熊猫每天花超过12个小时吃大约10千克的竹 子。 【句型剖析】 本句是一个含有spend. . . doing sth. 结构的句 子。spend意为“花费”时, 常见结构为spend. . . (in) doing sth. /on sth. 意为“花费 ( 时间、金钱 ) 做某
“there be +. . . +doing”句式, 表示“有……正在 做……”, 此句式中, 谓语动词be要根据就近原则 来确定。
【学以致用】
பைடு நூலகம்
—It’s too hot today.
—So it is. Look! There______so many people______in the sea.
black and white, Sichuan, protect
famous, endangered,
阅读策略：Scanning
This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find
specific information.
Fast reading Read and match the main ideas
【学以致用】
(2014· 赤峰中考)—Do you take exercise every
day?
—Yes. I always______half an hour walking
after dinner.
A. spend B. take C. cost
D. pay
2. illness n. 病；疾病 【语境领悟】
3. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2, 000 pandas living in the forests. 科学家们说现在只有 不到2 000只大熊猫生活在森林里。
【句型剖析】
本句是一个含有宾语从句的复合句, 主句与
从句之间省略了连词 that。宾语从句部分运用了
Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast. 林伟和其他的大熊 猫饲养员正在为大熊猫幼崽 的早餐准备牛奶。
prepare的主要用法如下： （1）prepare sth. (for...)“（为 ……而）准备某物”（表直接 的动宾关系，准备的东西是直 接能吃或能用的） Our English teacher was preparing the lessons when I came into the office.当我走进办 公室时，我们的英语老师正在 备课。