1. Unit 4 Wild animals
Reading 1

2. some wild animals
kangaroo
bear
giant panda
squirrel
dolphin
tiger

3. Hello, everyone. I’m Xi Wang. Are you willing to make friends with me
Hello, everyone. I’m Xi Wang. Are you willing to make friends with me? I hear there is a good place with many bamboo shoots and leaves in Yixing. They are my favourite.

4. bamboo leaves
bamboos
bamboo forest
bamboo shoots

5. Enjoy a video
The growth of Xi Wang

6. Reading time 1. Read Paragraphs1-3 with the tape.
2. Read Paragraphs1-3 by yourselves.

7. Paragraphs1--3: the growth of Xi Wang
Time 10
days
4 months
6 months
8 months
later
20 months
Look like /
a _______
________ giant panda
Weight
Food and others
go ______ her home
look after
________
1 day
healthy
a white
mouse
young
100 g
10 kg
35 kg
Mum’s
milk
Mum’s
milk
bamboo shoots and leaves
outside
herself

8. a. She started to look after herself. c
1 day days months b d
6 months
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. f
12 months a
20 months

9. Now, I’m very very sad. I like living in the forest
Now, I’m very very sad. I like living in the forest. But I’m afraid of hunters. They killed my friends. I can’t survive in the wild. I’m also frightened of farmers. They…

10. giant pandas' problems hunters farmers people
Paragraphs 4--6
If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur.
hunters
farmers
If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
people
If people find baby pandas alone, they will often take them away.

11. giant pandas' problems
Paragraphs 4--6
Sadly, it is very difficult for giant pandas to survive ___________ because they will meet ___________________. For example,
if hunters___________________________,
they will ____________________________.
If farmers ___________________________, they will ____________________________.
If people ____________________________, they will ____________________________.

12. Xi Wang’s dream
Please take actions at once. If human beings(人类) can get on well(相处好) with us, the world will become better and better.

13. Actions to protect Xi Wang:
Paragraphs 7--8
1. make giant panda reserves
bigger
2. build more reserves
3. encourage farmers to leave the giant
panda reserves

14. The story of Xi Wang actions to protect pandas the growth of Xi Wang
Part 1
(Paragraphs 1-3)
actions to protect pandas
Part 2
(Paragraphs 4-6)
the growth of Xi Wang
Part 3
(Paragraphs 7-8)
the problems of pandas

16. What can we do for other animals like Xi Wang?
Discussion
What can we do for other animals like Xi Wang?

17. What can we do for other animals like Xi Wang?
We mustn’t keep taking the land.
We shouldn’t wear clothes made of fur.
Let more people know that wild animals
are in danger. …

18. Remember that we are a part of the food chain, so we are in danger, too. If we protect animals, we are protecting ourselves.
food chain 食物链

19. Things for you to do:
Tell Xi Wang’s problems to more people.
Try to find out more actions to protect Xi Wang and other animals.

20. Thank you!

21. Many people lost their lives in Wenchuan Earthquake, but some survived.