Unit9 Reading-There are twice as many giant pandas as before

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Unit 9 Reading
There are twice as many giant pandas as before .
Reading
• base • The explorers set up a base at the foot of the mountain. • 探险者们在山脚下建立了基地。
4.How many square kilometers of forest was chosen for giant pandas in the year 2000? In April of 2000, about 23,000 square kilometers of forest was chosen in Sichuan, Shansi and Gansu Provinces.
3c Write facts using the key information given.
1.(1,600) 2.(research) 3.(20 kilos) 4.(continue)
1.The latest facts show that there are now about 1,600 giant pandas living in the wild.
7.The number of giant pandas-China’s most famous animals-is increasing. 中国最出名的动物-大熊猫的数量在逐渐 增多。 • the number of 与a number of (1)the number of “总数”或“数量”,后接 复数名词。在“the number of+复数名词” 这一结构中,中心词为number;这个结构 在句中做主语时,谓语动词用单数,强调 的是数量。如: The number of the students is very large in our school. 我校学生的数量非常之大。
3b answer the following questions. Use words or phrases from the box above. 1.Which environmental organization gives support to the protection of giant pandas? The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) does.
2.At the Giant Panda and Research Base in Chengdu, scientists work hard to find ways to look after these special animals. The research center has been built on the edge of these forests.
3.A giant panda eats as much as 20 kilos of food per day and spends between 12 and 16 hours eating.
4.Still everyone must continue to work hard to protect one of China’s most important national treasure … the giant panda.
happen 与take place 两者都是不及物动词,都有“发生”的意思,但意 义和用法有所不同: (1)happen 常带有偶然发生的意思。如: -What happened to him yesterday? 他昨天发生了什么事? accident happened to him yesterday. 他昨天遭遇了一起事故。 (2)take place 表示“发生”时,是不及物动词短语, 没有“偶然”的意思,可以表示预期“举行”的 意思。 如: Great changes have taken place in my hometown since 1984. 自1984年来,我的家乡发生了巨大变化。
Watch me as carefully as possible. =Watch me as carefully as you can. 你们要尽可能仔细地观察我的动作。
8.When they learned as much as possible, they are set free into the bamboo forests to live a normal life. 当它们学会足够的生活技能,它们就被放进竹林里过 正常的生活。 (1) as…as possible 意为“尽可能……”,可根据需要 在两个as之间使用不同的形容词或副词。如: as soon as possible尽快 as often as possible尽可能经常地 as quickly as possible尽可能快地 as much as possible尽可能多地 as…as possible 也可以说成as …as one can。如:
2. What is the object of the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base? Its main object is to increase the number of giant pandas.
3.What is taught to the giant pandas when they grow up? As these young giant pandas grow up, they are taught the necessary skills to live in the wild on their own.
(2)a number of 意为“许多,若干,一些”, 相当于some或many,其后常接复数名词。 在“a number of +复数名词”这一结构中, 中心词为of后面的名词;这个结构在句中做 主语时,谓语动词常用复数,强调的是of后 面的名词。如: A number of students are playing basketball. 许多学生正在打篮球。
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center n. 1. 中心; 中央, 中心点 Alice stood in the center of a large group. 艾丽丝站在一大群人的中央。
• edge n. • 1. 边,棱;边缘 • They lived in a house on the edge of a forest. • 他们住在森林边缘一所房子里。
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