Unit 2 The government is working hard to save the pandas.
PANDA
look
foodhobbies
…
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
( 学习 / 研究 )★