1、Module 6 Animals in danger Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all. 外研外研八年级上册八年级上册 research baby situation scientist produce southwest n. 研究；探讨研究；探讨 n. 婴儿；婴孩婴儿；婴孩 n. 形势；情况形势；情况 n. 科学家科学家 v. 生育；繁殖生育；繁殖 n. 西南西南 adj. 西南的；朝西南的西南的；朝西南的 New words government set nature develop feed symbol n. 政府政府 v
2、. 设置；设定设置；设定 n. 大自然；自然界大自然；自然界 v. 研制；制定研制；制定 v. 喂养；饲养喂养；饲养 n. 象征；标志象征；标志 Reading and vocabulary Say what you know about pandas. 1 like to eat bamboo like to climb naughty Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs. 2 a) Nature parks for pandas b) WWF and animals in danger c) The pan
3、das home d) An animal in danger 1. _ Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1, 600 pandas in the wild today. Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientists are doing a lo
4、t of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live. 照顾；照管照顾；照管 d) An animal in danger 2. _ Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home.
5、c) The pandas home 3. _ In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks. 开办；设立；创办；建立开办；设立；创办；建立 自然公
6、园自然公园 a) Nature parks for pandas 4. _ The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals. And it chose the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants or any other animals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all. b) WWF and animals in danger 1. About _ pandas
7、 are living in the wild today. 2. Zoos and research centres are looking after about _ pandas. Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks. 1,600 340 3. Why are scientists doing a lot of research? A. To study pandas B. to save pandas C. To help baby pandas live D. Both B and C 1. Pandas live in the fores
8、ts and mountains of Southeast China. 2. Pandas need to eat a little bamboo every day. 3. The bamboo forests are getting bigger. 4. Pandas are losing their home. Read Paragraph 2 Check and correct the sentences. Southwest F F F smaller. T a lot of 1. How is the government try to save the pandas? The
9、government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. 2. How is the nature park? The nature park will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas. Read and answer. Learning to learn Sometimes you can learn new words through translation. For example, when you learn “government
10、”, you can take a card and write the English word on one side and the Chinese on the other. Practise saying “government” and check that you remember the meaning. Complete the sentences. 3 Pandas eat bamboo to live. 1 Scientists do a lot of research _ _. 2 The government is setting up nature parks _.
11、 3 The WWF chose the panda _. 4 The WWF is working hard _. to help pandas to protect pandas in the wild to save them all to be in symbol produce more babies and help baby pandas live Complete the passage with the words in the box. 4 baby government nature produce save Scientists situation symbol Zoo
12、s and research centres protect animals. (1) _ do a lot of research to help pandas (2) _ more babies. produce Scientists Very few (3) _ pandas are born outside zoos. Many people are worried about the pandas (4) _. Luckily the (5) _ is developing plans to (6) _ pandas, and is setting up (7) _ parks to
13、 protect them. People all over the world love pandas, and the panda has become a (8) _ of China. baby government nature produce save Scientists situation symbol baby government nature situation symbol save Language points There besb./ sthdoing sth. 有某人有某人/物在做某事物在做某事 doing sth.作前面名词的后置定语作前面名词的后置定语，动词
14、和前面的名动词和前面的名 词之间是逻辑上的主谓关系词之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，且该动作正在发生且该动作正在发生。 1. There are only about 1, 600 pandas living in the wild today. eg. 教室里面有一个正在唱歌的女孩教室里面有一个正在唱歌的女孩。 There is a girl singing in the classroom. 地板上正躺着一只狗地板上正躺着一只狗。 There is a dog lying on the floor. 2. .is developing other plans to help them. 句中的句中
15、的plan是是名词名词：make a plan 制订计划制订计划 plan 还可作还可作动词动词用：用：plan to do sth. 计划做某事计划做某事 Writing Choose an animal in danger and answer the questions. 5 1 What is the animal? 2 Where does it live? 3 What does it feed on? 4 Why is it in danger? 5 How difficult is the situation? 6 What can we do to save it? Choo
16、se an animal you know Write a passage about an animal in danger. Use your answers in Activity 5 and the following example to help you. 6 Pandas live in the Southwest of China. They are in danger and the situation is getting very difficult. First, pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often
17、 die. Second, pandas eat bamboo, but the bamboo forests are getting smaller. So the government is setting up nature parks with a lot of bamboo to help protect pandas. The tiger is an animal in danger. First, there are very few in the wild now. Second, the forests where tigers live are disappearing.
18、Third, people are killing tigers. So tigers need forests to live in, and people need to stop killing them. Possible answer Exercises 1.The Statue of Liberty is the _ (标志标志) of New York. 2. Tigers are becoming fewer and fewer for many different _ (原因原因). 一、根据句意及汉语提示完成单词。一、根据句意及汉语提示完成单词。 symbol reason
19、s 3. The members of the club are _ (主要地主要地) young people. 4. She is doing the _ (研究研究) about pandas. mainly research 二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. There is a kite _ (fly) in the sky. 2. Hell come _ (visit) his uncle next week. 3. Please tell the children _ (hand) in their homework on time. 4. A panda is one of the _ (animal) I like best. 5. People must stop _ (kill) pandas. flying to visit to hand animals killing
