Teacher:Hattie Lee Donggang Secondary School 8A Unit4 Reading Teacher:Hattie Lee Donggang Secondary School

A riddle We are beautiful black and white animals .We look like bears. We live only in China . Our favourite food is bamboo shoots and leaves . our greatest hope is to take a colour photo. Who are we?

pandas                                                                                                                                                                  

bamboo shoots and leaves a baby panda a giant panda bamboo shoots and leaves

live in the reserves Read the report quickly and find out: 1.the weight of Xi Wang 2.the things Xi Wang eats live in the reserves

The weight of Xi Wang When she was born, she weighed just . 100 grams At four months, she weighed about . 10 kilograms Eight months later, She weighed . 35 kilograms

Things she eats At the very beginning, Xi Wang drank her mother’s for up to a day. milk 14 hours When she was six months old, she started to eat , and . bamboo shoots leaves 20 months When she was old, she had to look after herself.

The growth of Xi Wang 1 day e 10 days c 4 months b 6 months d a She started to look after herself. b She was about 10 kilograms and started to go outside her home. c She looked like a white mouse. d She began to eat bamboo shoots and leaves. e She weighed 100 grams. f She weighed 35 kilograms. 12 months f 20 months a

Discussion: Why is Xi Wang crying?

Dangers: Hunters catch them for their fur. Farmers cut down forests and pandas have nowhere to live. People take baby pandas away if they find them alone.

Discussion What other actions can we take to help them?

Protecting giant pandas Actions: We should make giant panda reserves bigger. We should encourage farmers to leave the panda reserves. We should build more reserves. Make some laws to protect them. Hunters should not kill giant pandas for their fur . Farmers should not work in panda reserves. People should not take baby pandas away. …

Matching game 1 bamboo shoots 2 survive 3 fur 4 forests 5 protect 6 reserves 7 encourage a keep someone/something safe from danger b thick hair of animals c support d giant pandas’ favourite food e large areas of land with trees f special areas for wild animals g stay alive

True (T) or false (F) F F T T F T ( ) 1 When the writer saw Xi Wang, she weighed only 10 kilograms. ( ) 2 When she went outside for the first time, she started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves. ( ) 3 Eight months later, she weighed 35 kilograms. ( ) 4 Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk for up to 14 hours a day at the beginning. ( ) 5 Farmers kill giant pandas for their fur. ( ) 6 Making bigger reserves for giant pandas will help to protect them. F F T T F T

Homework: Write a letter to newspapers or magazines about the giant pandas in China. Try our best to encourage more and more people to protect them.

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