英语人教版八年级下册Unit7 Section B 2a--2e.ppt

1.At _,a baby panda is very small and pink.2.I am a little bit fat,I _ 80 kilos.3.Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters _.4.The Nile is 6,671 meters _.5.The Caspian Sea is 1,025 meters _.6.The Sahara is about 9,600,000 square kilometers in _.7.This elephant weighs many times _ than this panda.birthweighhighlongdeepsizemoreExercise:Fill in the blanks.Talk about pandas in your class.Use these words to help you.big bamboo zoo popular cuteSichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protectblack and white 2aBefore readingWhile reading Learning strategy:Scanning Scanning means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific(具体的)information.1st reading:Use scanning to do 2b and 2c.2bScan the article to find out what these numbers mean:10,12,200,2,000.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!“Theyre so cute and lovely.I take care of them like theyre my own babies.I wash,feed and play with them every day.Theyre very special to me.”Lin Wei loves her job,but it is a difficult one.Pandas do not have many babies,maybe only one every two years.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day 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 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.Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean:10,12,200,2,000.An education program in Chengdu teaches 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 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 more pandas than now.Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean:10,12,200,2,000.2cScan the article again and write short answers to the questions.1.What is Lin Weis job?2.What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?3.What do adult pandas eat?4.Why are pandas endangered?She is a panda keeper.Milk.Bamboo.First,pandas do not have many babies,maybe only one every two years.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.Second,pandas live on bamboo,but humans cut down bamboo and it is becoming less and less.5.What is one way of saving pandas?Teaching children is one way to help save pandas.Guess the meaning of the blue parts.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!“Theyre so cute and lovely.I take care of them like theyre my own babies.I wash,feed and play with them every day.Theyre very special to me.”Lin Wei loves her job,but it is a difficult one.Pandas do not have many babies,maybe only one every two years.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day 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 fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests.Another 200 or so live in zoos of research centers in China and other counties.An education program in Chengdu teaches 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 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 more pandas than now.2nd reading:饲养员 醒着激动,兴奋疾病 遗留的,剩余的大约濒危的图片,插图野生的 政府Match the words with the Chinese meanings.1.keeper 政府2.awake 疾病3.excitement 饲养员4.illness 插图5.remaining 野生的6.endangered 濒危的7.artwork 激动，兴奋8.wild 醒着的9.government 遗留的，剩余的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!“Theyre so cute and lovely.I take care of them like theyre my own babies.I wash,feed and play with them every day.Theyre very special to me.”Lin Wei loves her job,but it is a difficult one.Pandas do not have many babies,maybe only one every two years.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day 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 fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests.Another 200 or so live in zoos of research centers in China and other counties.An education program in Chengdu teaches 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 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 more pandas than now.3rd reading1.What is the main idea of paragraphs 1,2 and 3?2.What is the main idea of paragraph 4?3.What is the main idea of paragraph 5?4.What could be a good title for this article?The panda keepers take care of baby pandas like they are their babies.Why pandas becoming fewer and fewerWays of protecting pandasWe should protect endangered pandas.Read and answer the following questions.1.The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas.2.Adult pandas do not have babies very _,and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _.3.Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places to live.2dComplete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.keepersprepareoftenillnessesbamboo forestsAfter reading4.A special program in Chengdu teaches _about why pandas are _ and howto save them.5.The _ is also helping to save the pandas.It is _ more trees to makemore homes for the pandas.childrenendangeredChinese governmentplantingTranslate the following text into English.1.兴奋的跑过去 2.走路时撞到一位老人3.绊倒 4.死于流感5.大约100公斤 6.野生动物7.拯救动物的重要性8.帮助保护熊猫的一种方法run over with excitementwalk into an old manfall overdie from the fluone hundred kilos or sowild animals the importance of saving animalsone way of protecting pandas 2eWhat other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?1.Learn more about pandas.2.Help plant more bamboo and protect pandas living environment.3.Make some posters about pandas for people to understand the problem.4.Donate to organizations that help save pandas.1.endangered (adj.)濒危的 一些野生动物处于濒危中，所以我们必须保护们。Language points2.awake (adj.)醒着当那个新生儿醒着的时候，他就要喝牛奶e.g.Some wild animals are endangered,so we have to protect them.e.g.When a newborn baby is awake,he wants to drink milk.3.excitement (n.)激动；兴奋 excite(v.)使兴奋 激动 excited(adj.)令人激动的 excited(adj.)激动的，兴奋的 人人都处在兴奋之中e.g.Everyone is very excited.4.walk into 走路时撞到e.g.When you walk into someone,you should say“sorry”to him.5.fall over 绊倒e.g.When you are learning to ride your bike,you may fall over often.当你走路撞到别人，你应该道歉当你学骑自行车时，你可能会经常摔倒6.die from illnesses 死于疾病All over the world,millions of people die from smoking.7.remaining(adj.)剩余的，遗留的 今天上午你先要做作业，剩余的时间可以玩电脑 e.g.You first have to finish your homework in the morning,then in the remaining time,you can play computer games.fall into(the river)掉到里 fall off 从上摔下来 fall down 跌倒 fall in love with 爱上 fall asleepremain(v.)保持；留下；剩余；残存会上这3个人保持沉默。e.g.The three men remained silent in the meeting.8.or so 大约，左右，差不多大约，左右，差不多 The quality of his work remains to be seen.关于他工作的效果仍有待回答。e.g.I have been working here for 12 years or so.我在这里工作了大约12年10.wild(adj.)野生的 草地上有有一些野花e.g.There are some wild flowers on the grass.I saw two wild cats in the bush just now.刚才草丛里我看见两只野猫9.research (n.)&(v.)研究；调查 她在中国花了两年的时间研究大熊猫。e.g.She spent two years in China researching pandas.Chengdu Research Base 成都研究基地ExerciseI.根据提示，填写根据提示，填写单词单词。1.know youre really awake(醒着的醒着的),youre just 2.having a joke with me.2.We should try our best to protect(保保护护)endangered animals.3.The remaining(剩余的剩余的)twenty patients were transferred to another hospital.4.The news caused great excitement(激激动)among her friends.5.A huge(巨大的巨大的)fire was blazing in the fireplace.Homework1.Remember the new words in this period.2.Grasp the language points in 2b.