2. 2a Talk about pandas in your class. Use the words to help you. big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect What do you know about pandas

3. 10 12 200 2,000 2b Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: Reading strategy( 阅读策略 ): Scanning This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information. 10 – Adult pandas eat 10 kilos of bamboo daily. 12 – Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating. 200 – About 200 pandas live in zoo or research centers in China or other countries. 2,000 – Scientists say there are fewer than 2000 pandas living in the forests.

4. 2c Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions. 1.What is Lin Wei’s job? Lin Wei is a panda keeper. 2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast? Baby pandas drink milk for breakfast. 3. What do adult pandas eat? Adult pandas eat bamboo. 4. Why are pandas endangered? Humans started cutting down bamboo forests, causing pandas to have fewer places to live (in) and less food to eat. 5. What is one way of saving pandas? One way is to plant more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in.

5. 2d 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. 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. 4. A special program in Chengdu teaches __________ about why pandas are ____________ and how to save them. 5. The _____________ is also helping to save the pandas. It is ___________ more trees to make more homes for the pandas. keepers prepare often illnesses bamboo forests children endangered government planting

6. Baby pandas Pandas Amount of food Number of pandas Ways to protect pandas Only _______________________ Babies often die from___________ 10____________________ a day 2,000 _______________________ 200_______________________ Teach ___________. Tell them about the ___________ of saving pandas. The Chinese government __________ _____________. There will be __________________ to live in. one every two years illnesses kilos of bamboo in the remaining forests in zoos or research centers children importance is also planting more bamboo trees. more forests for pandas

7. 2e What other ways to do you think children can help to save the pandas?

8. Important phrases: feel free as far as I know in the face of even though at birth up to run over walk into fall over or so 随意 就我所知 面对（问题、困难） 即使；虽然 出生时 到达 跑上前去；跑过去 走路时撞着 绊倒 大约

9. 为 …… 而准备 每隔两年 照顾 死于疾病 花时间做某事 砍伐 一个教育项目 濒危动物 一种方式 对 …… 有特殊意义 prepare for every two years take care of die from illness spend time doing sth. cut down an education program endangered animals the way to be special to sb.

10. 1. 写一小文章： How do you protect the endangered animals? 2. 完成作业本第 4 课时。