2014新版八年级英语下册第七单元Section_B
英语人教版八年级下册Unit 7 section B (2 a-2 e)
What’s the highest mountain in the world ?Section B 1 (2a-2e)教学目标：1.Improve the reading ability.2.Know about the features and habits of pandas and generatethe ideas to protect the rare animals.教学内容：1.New words:Bamboo, endangered, research, keeper, awake, excitement, illness, wild, government----2.Important notes:prepare for, be awake, run over to sb, fall over, take care of , die from, cut down, spend-------doing---,there be 主语doing sth3.Understanding the article.重点和难点：1.New words and expressions.2.To improve the reading skills.教学步骤Step 1 New words1.bamboo n.竹子2.endangered adj. 濒危的3. research n.&v.调查；研究4. keeper n.饲养员5. awake adj. 醒着6. excitement n. 激动7. illness n. 疾病8.wild adj. 野生的9. government n.政府Step 2 Reading1. Pre-readingTalk about panda in your class. Use these words to help you. big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white,Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect,2. Reading guidance: scanningThis means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.3. Reading tasks（1）2b Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 200, 2000（2）. 2c Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.1. What is Lin Wei’s job?2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?3. What do adult pandas eat?4. Why are pandas endangered?5. What is one way of saving pandas?Key: 1. A panda keeper.2. Milk.3. Bamboos.4. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving pandas and other endangered wild animals.5. They hope to better understand the habits of pandas.Step 3 Language phrases1.为-----做准备prepare for2.醒来be awake3.朝某人跑过来run over to sb4.撞到某人fall over5.照顾take care of6.死于疾病die from illness7.砍伐森林cut down the forestStep 4 Have a try1.They jump up and down with ___D_______ .A.exciteB. excitingC. excitedD. excitement2. The boy is __A_ young __ take care of himself.A.so---thatB. too---toC. such--- thatD. enough---to3. There are 700 ____D___ students in our school.A.aboutB. more thanC. fewer thanD. or so4. There were ____C___ more bamboo forests and\pandas in China.A. veryB. tooC. a lotD. a lot of5.There is a girl _C____ under the tree.A.readB. readsC. readingD. to read6. I spent over 3 hours ___A___ my homework.A. finishingB. to finishC. finishD. finishedStep5 Finish 2dComplete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.1. The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake early in the morning to _______ breakfast for the baby pandas.2. In _______, pandas have become so _________ that they are now a symbol of China.3. Adult pandas do not have babies very _____, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of ________.4. A special program in Chengdu teaches ________ about why pandas are ___________.5. The Chinese government is helping to _____ the pandas. Scientists also want to better __________ the habits of pandas.Keys: keepers, prepare, often, illnesses, trees, children, endangered,Step6 work in pairs2e Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.Step7 Homework1.Talk about pandas with your partner. Use these words to help you.2.What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?板书设计：What’s the highest mountain in the world ?Section B 1 (2a-2e)New words:Bamboo, endangered, research, keeper, awake, excitement, illness, wild, governmentImportant notes: prepare for, be awake, run over to sb, fall over, takecare of , die from, cut down,Spend ------- doing ---,There be 主语doing sth。
英语人教版八年级下册第七单元Section B( 2a-3b) 教学设计
Teaching Plan for Unit 7What’s the Highest Mountain in the World? Section B(2b-3b)Part one：The Analysis of the TeachingI. The analysis of the teaching materialThis period is taken from Section B of Unit 7, Grade Eight, PEP edition. It is a reading. The main topic of this period is about pandas and animal protection. By studying of this lesson, we will enable students to know some facts about pandas and whales and how we can help protect them. The topic is related to wild animals so we can arouse students interests by using examples connected to animals that students are familiar with.II. The analysis of the studentsStudents in Grade Eight have the basic skills of listening, reading, writing to some degree. But their habits of learning English haven’t been formed well during their ages. They’re lack of self-control and self-confidence in English studying. So, as their English teacher, I’ll try to teach them with more interesting teaching methods and modern facilities to attract them and help them to set up confidence of teaching English with more patience and love.III. Teaching aims1. Knowledge aims1.1. Master the curriculum words and useful expressions: endangered, research, keeper, awake, excitement,government, wild, walk into, fall over, etc.1.2. Learn some facts about pandas and whales and how we can help protect them.1.3. Improve students’ reading and comprehensive skills.1.4. Consolidate the target language through writing practice.2. Ability aims2.1. Learn the new words and phrases through the reading material on page 54.2.2. Consolidate the target language by writing practice.3. Emotional aimsLead students to know more about wild animals and encourage students to protect them.IV. Teaching key points and difficult points1.Key points1.1. Master new words and target language.1.2. D evelop students’ reading and writing skills.1.3. Talking about pandas and whales and how we can helpprotect them.2.Difficult points2.1. Develop students’ communicative ability.2.2. Use the information that has been given to make sentences.V. Teaching methodsCommunicative Teaching Method, Audio-visual Teaching Method and Task-based Teaching.VI. Teaching aidsMulti-media computer, PPT, OHP.Part two：Teaching proceduresStep1. Warming up (5 minutes)1.1. Greet with each other.1.2. Free talk.Talk about animals I like and the reason why I like them. Then ask students what animals they like. These can form a relaxing atmosphere and let students get ready for the next step.Step2. Presentation (25 minutes)2.1. Teach activity 2a ( Pre -reading ).I will show a short video and some pictures about pandas on the screen and ask students questions related to those pictures.This part is designed to arouse students’ interest on pandas and make students get familiar with pandas as well as important words and expressions in 2b.2. 2. Teach activity 2b(while-reading ).I’ll lead students to read the article on page 54 by doing four tasks.Task 1. This part is going to introduce a reading strategy for students, so I pick out four numbers ( 10, 12, 300, 2000) and ask students to scan the article to find out what these numbers mean. Task 2. Read paragraph 1 carefully and fill the following chart.This part is designed to trai n students’ reading skill of searching for important information.Task 3. Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions ( What is Lin Wei's job? / Does Lin Wei love pandas? Why? ).This part is designed to improve students’ability of answering wh -questions .Task 4. Ask students read paragraphs 3 and 4. While reading, students need to fill the blanks of the mind map.3 and4 with me. Because I think these two paragraphs are useful for their writing practice.This part is designed to introduce a reading strategy—mind map for students and make preparation for writing..Step3. Post-reading ( 2minutes ).During this part, I will introduce something related to pandas—Pandas Diplomacy and WWF. This part is going to let students realize the importance of pandas as well as other wild animals.Step4. Practice and consolidation( 10 minutes)In this step, I will offer some facts about whales and ask students to fill the blanks of a paragraph about whales and how to protect them. They can use the information of 3a (on Page 55).Then I will invite one to two groups to share their works in front of the class. If necessary, I will help them finish the task.This part is going to develop students’writing skill and arouse students’ responsibility to protect wild animals.Step5. Summary(2 minutes).In this period, we’ve mainly learnt about pandas and the ways that can help protect them through a reading material. And we also mastered some words and improved our reading and comprehensive skills. Later, we consolidated the knowledge by writing practice.Step6. Homework (1 minutes).1. Think about other ways that can help to save the pandas.2. Make a poster（海报）for WWF.Part three：Teaching reflectionConsidering the main topic of this period, I led students to talk about their favorite animals so that they could pay their attention to the teaching material. Then I introduced some facts about pandas as well as the new words by showing students pictures and a short video. Students were active during this part and they wanted to know more about pandas. So we came to the reading naturally. While reading, I also introduced students two reading strategies—scanning and mind map by asking them to do some tasks. During this part, most of the students did very well and they finished those tasks quickly and correctly. After reading, I asked students to finish the paragraph related to whales protection by setting up a situation. Since time limited, I only invited one group to show their work in front of the class. So I will try my best to invite more students to share their pieces next time.。
2014年人教版新目标八年级下Unit7SectionB课件
Milk.
Bamboos.
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4. Why are pandas endangered?
5. What is one way of saving pandas?
Because there is less forest for pandas to live.
3. …they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over! run over 跑上前去 over adv.穿越；从……的一边到另一边 e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didn’t recognize her. 她跑过来打招呼，但我没有认出她 来。
Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.
2e
1. At birth, a baby panda is about… birth v. 出生 at birth 出生时 e.g. Man’s nature at birth is good. 人之初，性本善。 give birth to… 生（孩子）；产生 e.g. My aunt gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterd源自y. 昨天我婶婶生下一个漂亮的小女孩。
2. A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years. up to 到达（数量，程度等）；不多于 e.g. In some area of Africa, children get educated up to 12 years old. 在非洲的一些地区，孩子最多受教 育到12岁。
八年级英语人教版下册unit7_SectionB(2a-3b)优质课课件
Section B
Period 2 (2a-3b)
Free talk
What do pandas live on?
bamboo
2a Talk about pandas in your class. Use
these words to help you.
big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect
3b Write a paragraph about whales and
why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.
Whales are huge animals. They live in the sea and eat small fish and other sea life. One interesting fact is that whales can jump high out of the water. Some kinds of whales are in danger because humans catch them for meat, fat, and oil, and use whale parts to make candles and soap.
Only _o_ne__ev_e_r_y_t_w_o_y_e_ars Baby pandas
Pandas
Babies often die from __il_ln_e_s_s_es___________.
人教版八年级英语下册教学课件《Unit-7-Section-B-1a-1d》
➢ 中考链接 U7S-
— What subject do you like ____, English, math
or physics?
— Of course, English.
1b
Listen and check (✓) the numbers you hear.
__✓___100
_____ 50
__✓___ 0.2
_____ 16
_____ 120
__✓___ 150
__✓___ 20 __✓___ 0.1
1c Listen again and complete the
this panda.
(200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more.)
This panda is 200 cm shorter than this elephant. This elephant eats much more than this panda.
称……的重量
birth
n. 出生；诞生
at birth
出生时
up to
到达(某数量、程度等)；
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n. 成人；成年动物
Elephant
-is 350 cm tall -weighs 5,000 kilos -eats 150 kilos of food a day
more than a baby panda.
人教八年级英语下册 Unit 7 Section B (2a~2e) 精品课件
Think and say
Although the keepers are good to the pandas, there are fewer pandas in the world now. Why are pandas endangered?
Warming-up Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Homework
It is called the cat, but it isn’t a cat. It wears a pair of sunglasses every day. It has never been photographed in color.
Warming-up Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Homework
Skim and match What’s the main idea of each paragraph? Match them.
Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4
A. The reasons for fewer pandas B. The ways to protect pandas C. The scene about panda keepers
_w_i_l_d_a_n_i_m_a_l_s__________
(3) tries hard to _h_e_l_p_ (4) do research to _s_a_v_e_t_h_e_p_a_n_d_a_s__ _b_et_t_er__u_n_d_er_s_ta_n_d__th_e_
_h_ab_i_t_s _o_f_p_a_n_d_a_s____
There are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests.
英语人教版八年级下册unit7 Section B (1a-1d)
Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?The Fourth PeriodSection B (1a-1d)Teaching goals:Knowledge and skills:1.Master the key words :Weight, at birth.2.Learn to compare facts and figures.3.Develop students’ listening and speaking skills.Process and methods:Employ task-based teaching mode, and get the students to further consolidate the target language by listening and speaking.Emotion, attitude and value:Lead students to love the nature.Important and difficult points:Important points:1.Master the new words and expressions.2.Further consolidate the target language through listening and speaking practice. Difficult points:Improve students’ listening and speaking skill.Teaching preparation:An English textbook and a projector.Teaching procedures:Step ⅠWarm-upGreet the class as usual and check their homework.Step ⅡPresentation1.Teach the new words.First, invite some students to read the new words in Section B to check their preview efficiency.After that, lead students to read these words and phrases. Correct their pronunciation and intonation.Give students several minutes to practice reading and make sentences with them. Later, show the word cards, ask studentsto spell and explain their meanings with textbook closed.2.Teach Activity 1a.This activity provides practice to master the new vocabulary and consolidate the target language.First, show the pictures of elephant and panda on the screen. Prompt students to talk about them.Encourage students to speak as much as they know.Then, lead students to read the sample sentence to know what to do in this activity and how to do it.Divide students into pairs to do this work.As they work, move around the room checking the progress and offering language support as needed.Finally, invite some students to present their sentences.Step ⅢPracticeTeach Activity 1b&1c.These two activities provide practice to develop students’ listening ability.First, lead students to have a quick look at the instructions to know what to do and how to do them.After that, play the tape twice for them to listen.The first time, they need to listen carefullyand check the number they hear.The second time, they have to fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.Play one more time for them to check the answers.Finally, check the answers together.Step ⅣConsolidationTeach Activity 1d.Ask students to read the sentences in the box.After that, ask students to do this game one by one.Encourage them to speak loudly and bravely, call attention to the tense and right forms of the adjectives and adverbs.If there is enough time, prompt students to talk about other animals they are familiar with like this.As they work, move around the room checking the progress and offering language support as needed.Step ⅤSummaryIn this period, we maily did some listening and speaking drills to check our listening efficiency. The practice helped students to improve listening and speaking skills. By doing this we could make good use of the goal language and we could use it skillfully.Step ⅥHomework1.Finish the exercises in the workbook.2.Preview the next period.Blackboard Design：Unit7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?The Fourth PeriodSection B (1a-1d)Weigh, at birth.教学反思：本节课是活动课，旨在通过一系列练习，帮助学生够巩固前几节课所学的知识，在练习的过程中达到活学活用的目的。
【2014最新】新目标英语八年级下 Unit 7 Section B-1 课件
8. Jim is the tallest student in our class and
Tom is the second ______ one.
A. tall
B. taller
C. tallest
Complete the sentences with the right forms of the words. hungrier 1. Jim is very hungry ______. Li Lei is _________ than Jim. (hungry) 2. Kate’s moon cakes are ________ the nicest of all.
Choose the best answer.
1. Which city is ______, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful
C. the most beautiful
2. _____ children there are in a family, ____
Take turns telling your classmates 1d about pandas.
A: A baby panda cannot see.
B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.
review
形容词和副词的比较级和最高级 1. 大多数形容词有三个级。 1) 原级 as+ adj+ as 和……一样 Zhang Hong is as tall as Tom.
1a
Compare facts about these two animals. Using the language in the box to help you make sentences.
八年级英语下册Unit 7 Section B 3a-Self check(2014新版新目标)完美版
7. Jack’s handwriting is as __A__ as Mike’s.
A. good
B. better
C. best
8. We can do the work better with __B__
money and ______ people.
A. little, few B. less, fewer C. fewer, less
三、单项选择。
1. My brother is __C___ more outgoing than me.
A. many
B. little
C. much
2. October 12th was one of ____C__ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched（发射）
鲸为适应水中生活，减少阻力，它们的 后肢消失，前肢变成划水的浆板。身体成为 流线型，酷似鱼。因而它们的潜水能力很强， 小型齿鲸可潜至100-300米的水深处，停留45分钟，长须鲸可在水下300-500米处待上1小 时，最大的齿鲸--抹香鲸能潜至千米以下， 并在水中持续2小时之久。
Read the following words and phrases 3a about whales. Put them in the correct
likes candles and soap
What do they look like？ Where do they live? What do they eat?
What can they do? Why do some of them have to be protected? How can we protected them?
八年级-人教版-英语-下册-Unit 7 Section B (3a-Self Check)
• Live in the sea • Some kinds have teeth • Learn more about whales • Stop putting rubbish into the sea • Sing songs • Whale parts sold to make things like
Where do they live?
Live in the sea
What do they eat? What can they do?
Eat small fish and other sea life
Jump high out of the water Sing songs
3a
Read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.
3b
Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.
Whales are ... They live in ... They eat ... They can ... One interesting fact is ... Another interesting fact is ... Some kinds of whales are in danger because ... We should protect whales from ... I think people should/shouldn’t ...
英语人教版八年级下册Unit7-Section-B-2b
八年级（下）Unit7 Section B 2b 教学设计I. Teaching aims1. Knowledge aims:(1) Master new words and phrases: bamboo, endangered, research, keeper, awake, excitement, walk into, fall over, illness, remaining, or so……(2) Master new sentences:…., they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over.Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.2. Ability aims:(1)Train students’ ability to get the information with the reading strategy.(2)Train students’ ability to analyze the structure of the passage.3. Emotion aims:(1) Get the students learn to care for animals and protect animals.(2) Get the students to learn to care for the environment and protect the environment .II. Teaching important and difficult points1. To master new words and phrases2. To learn to use the reading strategy to get the proper information . III. Teaching proceduresStep1 Warm up1. Play a guessing game.Get the students to say out the names of the animals according to the description words on PPT.(1.elephant—It’s very large. It likes to play with water.It has two big ears and a long nose.2.Whale—It’s very huge. /hju:dʒ/ It lives in the sea.It is a mammal（哺乳动物）like a panda.3.panda—It likes to climb trees. It comes from China. It only eats bamboo(竹子).2. Free talkDraw a picture of a panda on the blackboard and get the students to say something about pandas according to the given words of 2a(设计意图：利用游戏热身，激发学生的学习兴趣。
2014年春人教版最新八年级英语下Unit7 Section B课件
Protection of the Giant panda
China established nature reserves
WWF carried out a series of program on scientific research
The giant panda ,not only the national treasure of China but also loved and cared by people around the world
The panda weighs much less than the elephant.
One of the most
endangered
animals. The Giant Panda
Do you know that the Giant Panda is
the most endangered animals in the
b. Panda is naughty boy and fond of swimming climbing trees c. Panda has poor eyesight ,but a sharp sense of smell and hearing
Usually one birth produces only one baby,two in rare cases ,but the mother raises only one,the other is left to die Panda have an average life span of 15 years.
world
Mount Tai
The famous mountain in China. Do you know how high it is? Which mountain is higher the
八年级英语下Unit7Section B
A: I bought this pen here, but it’s not good. B: What’s the problem? A: It doesn’t work. Would you mind giving me a new one? B: Not at all. Here you are.
3b. Look at the pictures. Imagine you are the people in the pictures. Complete the sentences.
I get annoyed when someone stands in the subway door. would say When this happens, I __________________ “Would you mind standing a little inside?” _____________________________________.
4. Groupwork
Name Problem Action Lin Zheng classmate don’t return my eraser.
A: What annoys you, Lin Zheng? B: I get annoyed when my classmates borrow my eraser and don’t return it. A: What will you do? B: …
n. 排; 队; 列 插队 I get annoyed when people cut in line. When this happens, I _____________________ usually say “Would you mind waiting in a line?” _____________________________________.
英语人教版八年级下册unit7 sectionB 1a-1c
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?Section B (1a----1d)Teaching period: 1 periodⅠ.本课课标要求：1. 能听懂简单的描述熊猫和熊猫宝宝的体重，身长及比较，了解更多的熊猫的信息。
懂接近自然语速，熟悉描述熊猫及保护大熊猫这一话题的语言片段，识别主题，获取主要信息。
2．能听懂广播，电视等媒体中的初级英语与大熊猫有关的节目。
3．能在老师的帮助下或根据图片用简单的语言描述熊猫的信息并使用具体的数字，倍数进行比较。
Ⅱ.教材中的地位：1a-1c部分一方面巩固含有数字的事实描述，另一方面也拓展学习更多表示比较的句式，如多倍数的表达等。
活动1a通过呈现大象和熊猫的信息，引导学生用比较句型将两种动物进行比较，为后面的听力做铺垫。
1b-1c的听力内容，主要是围绕熊猫宝宝的描述，进一步学习度量的表达。
1d是听力活动的延续，让学生将听到的信息用对话的形式输出。
Ⅲ.Teaching Aims:1语言知识目标：1）.掌握以下词汇：cm weigh birth At birth up to adult 2）.掌握以下重点句型；This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.This elephant is 200 cm taller than this panda.The aldult panda is 10 times longer than the baby panda.2 技能目标：1）能听懂数字并提取信息。
2）听懂有关熊猫的话题及比较的句型。
3）学会谈论有关描述熊猫及保护大熊猫的话题。
3 情感态度目标：培养学生热爱大自然，保护大熊猫及其他动物。
Ⅳ.教学重难点。
1.培养听力能力，从听力材料中提取信息。
2.掌握用具体的数字及倍数比较的表达，及在实际生活中灵活运用。
初中英语人教版八年级下册Unit 7 Section B
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?Section B 1 (2a-Self Check)教学目标：1语言目标：掌握本课重点词汇及短语2 技能目标：学会阅读有报道性的文章，掌握一定的阅读技巧。
3 情感目标：培养学生热爱大自然，保护环境的意识。
教学重点：1.掌握阅读技巧并在阅读中学会相关短语（即读有所获）2.掌握单词和短语单词: 1. bamboo n.竹子2. endangered adj. 濒危的3. research n.&v.调查；研究4. keeper n.饲养员 5 awake adj. 醒着 6. excitementn. 激动7. illness n. 疾病8. artwork n. 插图9. wild adj.野生的10. government n.政府短语：1.panda keepers 2.prepare….for 3.be awake 4.run over with excitement5.walk into6.fall over7.be special to sb8.every two years9.die from illness10.spend time (in)doing sth 11.a lot more bamboo forests 12.cutdown the forests13.the remaining forests 14.or so 15.endangered animals 16.make artwork about pandas17.the Chinese government 18.save pandas 19.send sb to sw.教学难点：学会阅读：速读，精读Step1.导入，用自然风光图片复习原级，比较级和最高级的典型句型。
引起学生对大自然的热爱，再导入对动物的关注。
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2b. Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10,12, 200，2,000.
2e. What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?
3a. Read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.
children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals. Teaching children is one way to help save pandas. The Chinese
eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years
ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and
pandas in China, but then humans started to cut
down the forests. Scientists say there are now
✓ _____100 _____ 16 ✓ 20 _____
_____ 50
_____ ✓ 0.2
_____ 120
______ ✓ 150
_____ ✓ 0.1
1c. Listen again and complete the sentences.
1. At birth, a baby panda is about ______ 0.1 to _______ kilos. 0.2 15 cm 2. At birth, a baby panda is about _____ long. 3. A baby panda is not black. It is ________ pink teeth and it has no ________. 20 to ____ 30 years. 4. A panda can live up to ____
morning to _________ prepare breakfast for the
baby pandas.
2. Adult pandas do not have babies very
__________ , and some of the babies only often live for a short time because of ___________. illnesses
Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world?
1a. Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.
Example sentence: This elephant weighs many times more than this panda. (200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less eat many times more)
What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat? What can they do?
Huge; Some kinds have teeth
Live in the sea
Eat small fish and other sea lift.
3. What do adult pandas eat?
They eat bamboo. 4. Why are pandas endangered? On one hand, the baby pandas don’t live long because of illnesses; On the other hand, pandas feed on bamboo, but humans cut down the bamboo forests. 5. What is one way of saving pandas? Teaching children the importance of saving pandas / Planting more bamboo trees.
government is also planting more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas than now.
2c. Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.
1. What is Lin Wei’s job?
He is responsible for taking care of the pandas, Including washing, feeding, playing with them. 2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?
2d. Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.
keepers at the Chengdu 1. The panda __________
Research Base are awake very early in the
3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down ____________ so pandas have fewer places forests to live. 4. A special program in Chengdu teaches ___________ _______ children about why pandas are endangered and how to save them. Chinese government is also helping to 5. The____________________ planting save the pandas. It is _____________ more trees to make more homes for the pandas.
•Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil
•Eat small fish and other sea life
•Jump high out of the water •Rules on whale protection •Huge •Water pollution
Jump high out of the water; Sing songs Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil; Water pollution; Whale parts sold to make things like candles and soap Rules on whale protection; Learn more about whales; Stop putting rubbish into the sea
fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.
An education program in Chengdu teaches
•Live in the sea
•Some kinds have teeth
•Learn more about whales
•Stop putting rubbish into the sea
•Sing songs
•Whale parts sold to make things like
candles and soap
Scanning This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.
It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. When the babies see the keepers, they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!