1、Review Ask some students to read their conversations about pandas To practice students reading skills Teaching aims Ask some students to read their lists. Check the preview Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you. 2a big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white, Sichuan, fam
2、ous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect Task 1 This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information. 略读时，只需读每一段第一句话（较长的略读时，只需读每一段第一句话（较长的 段落，读前两句）。段落，读前两句）。第一句话常是整段讨论的第一句话常是整段讨论的 主题。在结论段，重点可能在最后一句。主题。在结论段，重点可能在最后一句。阅读阅读 时，把文本标出来，是帮助回答问题好方法。时，把文本标出来，是帮助回答问题好方法。 可将关键词画线或在
3、段落旁写下本段主题，一可将关键词画线或在段落旁写下本段主题，一 两个字就够了，关键在于涵盖全文的速度。两个字就够了，关键在于涵盖全文的速度。 略读时遇到不懂单词，试观察前后字来猜略读时遇到不懂单词，试观察前后字来猜 出意思。比如，在不懂的单字前面是形容词，出意思。比如，在不懂的单字前面是形容词， 那么这个字可能会是名词；在不懂的单字之前那么这个字可能会是名词；在不懂的单字之前 是副词，那么这个字可能会是动词。只要了解是副词，那么这个字可能会是动词。只要了解 段落大意就好了。段落大意就好了。 Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean
4、. 10, 12, 200, 2000 2b Task 2 Scan 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? A panda keeper. Milk. Bamboos. 2c Task 3 4. Why are pandas endangered? 5. What is one way of saving panda
5、s? Less forest for pandas to live. Teaching children. Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage. 1. The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas. keepers prepare 2. Adult pandas do not have babies very _, and so
6、me of the babies only live for a short time because of _. often illnesses 2d Task 4 4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _ about why pandas are _ and how to save them. endangered 5. The _ is also helping to save the pandas. Its _ more trees to make more homes for the pandas. Chinese government ne
7、cessary to plant 3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places to live. trees children Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas. 2e Task5 1. At birth, a baby panda is about birth v. 出生出生 at birth 出生时出生时 e.g
8、. Mans nature at birth is good. 人之初，性本善。人之初，性本善。 give birth to 生（孩子）；产生生（孩子）；产生 e.g. My aunt gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday. 昨天我婶婶生下一个漂亮的小女孩。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）；不多于到达（数量，程度等）；不多于 e.g. In some area of Africa, children get educated
9、 up to 12 years old. 在非洲的一些地区，孩子最多受教在非洲的一些地区，孩子最多受教 育到育到12岁。岁。 3. they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over! run over 跑上前去跑上前去 over adv.穿越；从穿越；从的一边到另一边的一边到另一边 e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didnt recognize her. 她跑过来打招呼，但我没有认出她她跑过来打招呼，但我没有认出她 来。来
10、。 walk into （走路时意外）撞上（走路时意外）撞上 e.g. As he was thinking too deeply and not playing attention to where he was going, he walked straight into a tree. 由于他陷入深思，没有注意看路，径由于他陷入深思，没有注意看路，径 直撞到了一棵树上。直撞到了一棵树上。 fall over 摔倒；倒下摔倒；倒下 e.g. Dont run too fast, or you might fall over. 别跑的太快，要不你会摔跤的。别跑的太快，要不你会摔跤的。 fal
11、l over something 被某物绊倒被某物绊倒 e.g. Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth. Tommy被那只狗绊了一跤，磕断了被那只狗绊了一跤，磕断了 门牙。门牙。 4. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. living in the remaining forests 是一个现在是一个现在 分词短语，用做定语，修饰分词短语，用做定语，修饰pandas。 e.g. the girls singing under the tree 树下唱歌的女孩们树下唱歌的女孩们 the women washing clothes by the river 河边洗衣服的女人们河边洗衣服的女人们 1 times more than . 2 Talk about how to protect pandas. Read the article in 2b Preview :Try to collect something about whales
