1. Unit 4 Wild animals
Reading 1

2. 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

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

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

6. bamboo leaves
bamboos
bamboo forest
bamboo shoots

7. 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

8. 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 .

9. 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?

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 12 months old
grow into a healthy young panda
weigh 35 kilograms
20 months old
look after herself

14. 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

15. 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

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

17. 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