Unit 4 Wild animals Reading 1

1. This wild animal is very lovely, has a long, soft tail and lives in the trees.(s_______) 2. This animal is very big and heavy with a long nose. (e_______) 3. This animal is very special, has a pocket in front, it can jump fast. (k_______) 4. They are friendly. People like to see them stand up and “walk” on water. (d______) 5. It is like a bear, but with black and white fur . It likes Eating bamboo shoots and leaves. (g_____ _______) quirrel lephant angaroo olphin iant panda

How can they survive ? fur thick hunter nowhere In danger as few as 1,000 take actions protect

Wolong reserve encourage Pandas’ ideal home Wolong Mountain a good place to live Wolong reserve encourage Pandas’ ideal home

bamboo leaves bamboos bamboo forest bamboo shoots

Word match: survive fur bamboo shoots forests protect encourage reserves stay alive giant panda’s favourite food thick hair of animals keep ··· safe from danger large areas of land with trees special areas for wild animals support

Listen and answer: 1. What’s the story about? 2. What will happen to giant pandas if we do nothing? It’s about a giant panda called Xi Wang. There will be no more giant pandas in the world .

Questions: 1. How old was the baby panda when the writer first saw her? What did she look like? 2. What did we call her? What does it mean? 3. How much did she weigh at birth? 4. How long did she drink her mother’s milk at the very beginning? 5. When did she start to eat bamboo shoots and leaves? 6. Why did she have to look after herself when she was 20 months old?

Give the right answers: 1. How old was the baby panda when the writer first saw her? What did she look like? She looked like a white mouse. She was only ten days old. 2. What did we call her? What does it mean? We called her Xi Wang. It means “hope”. 3. How much did Xi Wang weigh at birth? She weighed just 100 grams.

4. How long did she drink her mother’s milk at the very beginning? 5. When did she start to eat bamboo shoots and leaves? 6. Why did she have to look after herself when she was 20 months old? For up to 14 hours a day. When she was six months old. Because her mother had another baby.

new-born baby like a mouse 100 grams 4 months old, drink mother’s milk, 10 kilograms 6 months old, eat bamboo shoots and leaves

12 months old grow into a healthy young panda weigh 35 kilograms 20 months old look after herself

looked like a white mouse bamboo shoots and leaves the growth of Xi Wang weighed just 100 grams When Xi Wang was born,she ________________. When she was 10 days old, she _______________. At four months, she weighed _______________ and started to _____________ for the first time. When she was six months old, she ate _________________. Eight months later, she was not __________ and grew into ________________and weighed __________. When she was 20 months old, she had to ____________. looked like a white mouse about ten kilograms go outside her home bamboo shoots and leaves a small baby a healthy young panda 35 kilograms look after herself

Problems that giant pandas may have : big animals eat pandas hunters kill pandas for fur farmers cut down trees and forests Pandas have nowhere to live. visitors take baby pandas away when they are alone

Discuss: How can we protect(保护) giant pandas?

can can’t 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 8 make giant panda reserves bigger cut down all the bamboos encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves kill giant pandas for their fur keep pandas as pet build more reserves donate money for pandas tell people to protect pandas can can’t 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 8