Unit 2 The government is working hard to save the pandas.

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foodhobbies

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Brainstorm

livingarea

Pandas are ______ and ____.They look very ____and _____. They like ______the trees. They mainly ____bamboo and they need to eat lots of ______ every day. The pandas live in Sichuan in S_______ China. The panda is a _______( 象征 )of China and People all over the world like pandas, it’s one of the __________( 著名的 ) animals in the world.

black white

climbingfat lovely

live on

bambooouthwest

best-known

symbol

D. An animal in danger

C. The panda’s home

A. Help for pandas

B. Pandas help other animals

Scanning

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

Para 1

Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.

Tips: Pay attention to( 注意 ) the first or the last sentence.

A. Help for pandas

B. Pandas help other animals

C. The panda’s home

A. Help for pandas

B. Pandas help other animals

D. An animal in danger

C. The panda’s home

A. Help for pandas

B. Pandas help other animals

An animal in danger

1. How many pandas are there living in nature reserves today?

2. What are the scientists studying?

There are about 1,000 pandas.

They are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos.

Para.1

Why are the pandas most in danger?

The panda’s home Para.2

Reasons:Reasons:

Area of bamboo1.

A few babiesBabies often die2.

less and less

smaller

Land for pandas

fewer and fewer

(=not enough)Food for pandas

What are the different reasons?

The area of bamboo is becoming smaller forfor many different reasons. many different reasons.

a. More pandas

b. More villages

c. Worse environment

d. Bigger population

e. Bigger farms

People’sactivities

take awaytake away

A new planenough food to eatenough places to live in

Our government is working hard Our government is working hard to saveto save pandas. pandas.

Help for pandas

may go back to…

Is it enough to save only the panda?

Can you tell me the topic sentence( 中心句 )?

Para.3

Pandas help other animals

1.What does WWF mean?

2.Why does the panda become the symbol for WWF?

It is World Wide Fund for Nature. ( 世界自然基金会 )

3. one of the best-known animals in the world

1.

1.one of the animals most in danger2. most people love pandas

3.2.…

Para.4

There is still a long way to go to save the panda.

We need to save the panda.

We need to save them, too!

Pandas help other animals Para.4

3. Is it easy to save the panda?

Retelling

Problem?

How to solve it? ( 解决 )

Read Para2&3 together

Retelling

An animal in danger?

panda…one of…

Where? forests…mountains…Southwest…

Food? …mainly live on…

...need to…

Problem?How to solve it? ( 解决 )

Key words

An animal in danger?

one of…

Where?

Food? …mainly live on…

...need to…

Problem?How to solve it? ( 解决 )

Write a passage about an animal in danger.

HP

Homework

1. Get more information about animals in danger on the Internet.

2. Design a poster about protecting animals.

AnimalsAre People’sDear Neighbor!

They mainly live on bamboo.

bamboo, fruits, meatFood:

…need to…every day(20kg)

South South ChinaChina

North North China China

North

Northeast

east

East East ChinaChina

SouthSouth

easteast

West West ChinaChina

South

Southwest

west

North

North

wes

t

wes

t

Sichuan

forests and mountains nature reserves

Pandas’ natural home

Wolong Panda Reserve

studyresearch centres

zoos

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