1. Unit 4 Reading
前黄实验学校
许辉静

2. 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?

3. Pandas

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

5. the weight of Xi Wang
the things she eats

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. hunter
fur
farmer
forest
reserve

10. Discussion:
Why is Xi Wang crying?

11. 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.

12. Discussion
What other actions can we take to help them?

13. 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. …

14. Let’s try together. Can you have a play show?
Play1. A giant panda 、a hunter and a worker
Play2. A giant panda 、a farmer and a worker
Play3 .A baby panda、a villager　and a worker
Let’s try together.

15. 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.