Unit 4 Wild Animals Reading I

A wild animal that looks like a cat and has yellow fur and black stripes.

A wild animal that lives in the sea and can act for people .

A wild animal that lives in Australia with a big tail.

A wild animal that is like a bear, but with black and white fur.

forests

reserves

bamboo Shoots

protect

bamboo shoots and leaves竹笋、竹叶 take following actions to protect New words and phrases weigh 100 grams 重达100克 grow into 长成 bamboo shoots and leaves竹笋、竹叶 hunters kill for fur 猎人为皮毛捕杀 have nowhere to live 无处生活 survive in the wild 在野外生存 take following actions to protect 做出以下行动来保护 encourage… to 鼓励…… build more reserves 建立更多保护区

Today we’re going to learn something about giant pandas Today we’re going to learn something about giant pandas. Giant panda is a kind of wild animals that only lives in China, we Chinese people and people from all over the world love them very much. Do you love them?

The story of Xi Wang

1 Did Xi Wang drink her mother’s milk at the very beginning? Listen and answer: 1 Did Xi Wang drink her mother’s milk at the very beginning? Yes,it did. 2 What will hunters do if they catch a giant panda? They will kill it for its fur.

While-reading Activity 1 Skimming (class work) A baby panda. Who is Xi Wang? How old was Xi Wang when the writer first saw her? What did Xi Wang look like? What does “Xi Wang” mean in English? 10 days old. A white mouse. ‘Hope’.

Work in groups What do we learn about Xi Wang? While-reading Activity 2 Scanning (group work) Work in groups What do we learn about Xi Wang? The growth of Xi Wang Problems of pandas Our actions

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

Complete the form her mother’s milk bamboo shoots and leaves The growth of Xi Wang (Para 1 – Para 3) Age Weight Food 1 day 1. 5. 10 days 2. 4 months 3. 8 months 4. 6. 12 months / 20 months 100g her mother’s milk like a little mouse 10kg 35kg bamboo shoots and leaves

When XiWang was born, she was only 10 days old, like a _____ When XiWang was born, she was only 10 days old, like a _____. She weighed __________ and drank____________ for _____________ a day. At 4 months old, she weighed ___________. At 6 months old she started to eat _______________________. 8 months later, she is not a baby __________, weighed ___________. mouse 100 grams mother’s milk up to 14 hours 10 kilograms bamboo shoots and leaves any more 35 kilograms

Time Activity 1 day / 4 months start to 6 months 12 months grow into 20 months have to go outside her home for the first time a healthy young giant panda look after herself

At 4 months, Xi Wang started to _________ for ____________, 8 months later, she _________ a healthy young giant panda. When she was 20 months old, she had to _________ herself because her mother ________________. go outside the first time grew into look after had another baby

Complete the form(Para 4 – the end ) Having some of the problems Taking the following actions 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur. Make giant pandas reserves bigger. If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live. Build more new reserves. If people find baby pandas, they will often take them away. Encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves.

If hunters catch a giant panda, they will ____________ If hunters catch a giant panda, they will ____________. If farmers ________ trees and _______, giant pandas will have ________ to live. If people find baby pandas, they will often ______ them _____. So we have to build more ________ and make these reserves ______ , also we should ________ farmers to leave the giant panda reserves. kill it for its fur cut down forests nowhere take away reserves encourage bigger

Report to the class While-reading Activity 3 Report (class work) Choose one topic to say something to your members and report to the class. Report to the class The growth of Xi Wang Problems of pandas Our actions

The growth of Xi Wang like a mouse, 100 grams, up to 14 hours a day, 10 kilograms, bamboo shoots and leaves, 35 kilograms

Activity of Xi Wang for the first time, grow into, look after

Problems and actions kill for fur, nowhere to live, survive, take…away make …bigger, more reserves, encourage

Not only pandas, but also many other animals are in danger. What can we do to protect them?

Let’s do everything we can to help these animals!

Homework Read the passages again and again. Finish period2 in Unit 4 on the Handbook of evaluation. As a middle school student, think of some good ideas to protect pandas, and write them down.

Well done! Thank you!