1、Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,SectionB (2a-2e),What animals do you like best?Why?,the Giant Panda,What do you know about pandas?,The giant panda is known as the national treasure of China.大熊猫被称为中国的“国宝”。,PAIRWORK,Talk about pandas with your partner. Use these words to help you.,big
2、bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect,Learning objectives学习目标,1. Master the new words:bamboo,endangered,research, keeper,awake,excitement,walk into, fall over,illness,orso,wild,government.2.Master the reading strategy scanning. （浏览）3. Read and und
3、erstand the article . Master the main idea of the article.,bambooendangeredresearchkeeperawakeexcitement,n. 竹子adj. 濒危的n.&v. 研究；调查n. 饲养员；保管人adj. 醒着n. 激动；兴奋,Words,walk intofall overillnessor so wild government,走路时撞着绊倒n. 疾病；病大约adj. 野生的n. 政府；内阁,Words,Do you know Chengdu Research Base?What does this inst
4、itution work on?,成都大熊猫繁育研究基 地(Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding)位于成都北郊 斧头山，距市区10公里，是一个专门从事濒危野生动物研究、繁育、保护教育和教育旅游的非营利性机构。该基地建有一座大熊猫博物馆，存有珍贵的资料和丰富的展品。除大熊猫外，该基地还从事对小熊猫、黑颈鹤等珍稀濒危动物的研究及繁育工作。,Now lets enjoy a video about Chengdu Research Base:,Skim and answer the following questions.,Do pandas h
5、ave many babies?2. Why do the panda babies often die?3. Can you point out one way to help save pandas?,No,pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years.,Because of illnesses.,Teaching children about the importance of saving pandas is one way to help save pandas.,Scanning,浏览,quickly,
6、Move your eyes,down the page to find,specific (特定的） information.,What is scanning?,Reading strategy,skimming,scanning,a general idea,certain information,titles and headings,the first and last sentences of paragraphs,the first and last paragraphs,pictures and charts,Scan the text forkey words and phr
7、ases, dates, etc.,Do not need toread the whole text.,Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000.,2b,10 Adult pandas eat 10 kilos of bamboo .,300 300 or so pandas live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.,2000 Scientists say there are fewer than 2,00
8、0 pandas living in the forests.,12 Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating.,What is Lin Weis job?2. What do the baby pandas have for breakfast?3. Why are pandas endangered? Pandas are endangered because humans started to cut down bamboo forests, causing pandas to have fewer places to live
9、 (in) and less food to eat.,Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.,A panda keeper.,Milk for breakfast.,2c,4. What does the education program in Chengdu do?The education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals.5.Why are scientists d
10、oing research?Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas.,Detail reading,1.How do baby pandas feel when they see the keepers?(Para 1)Excited.2.What does Lin wei think of the pandas?(Para 2)Cute and lovely.3.How many pandas are there in the world?(Para 3)2300 or so.4.How
11、many ways does it mention (提及）to protect the pandas?(Para 4)Three.,Fill in the mind-map and retell,Pandas,Baby pandas,Only,Babies often die from,Amount of food,10,Number of pandas,2,000,300,Ways to protect pandas,one every two years,illnesses,kilos of bamboo a day,in the forests,in zoos or research
12、centers,Tell ( ),tell them about the ( )of saving pandas.,children,importance,Scientists are doing research ( ),to better understand the habit ofpandas.,What ways do you think we can help to save the endangered animals?,Do not bother the animals and let them live peacefully in the world.Volunteer to
13、 do some work helping to protect the endangered animals.To do some advertisements about protecting the endangered animals.,ways,Protecting animals is protecting environment.Protecting environment is protecting ourselves.,Homework,Write a passage about what people can do to protect the endangered animals.,
