1. Unit 4
Wild Animals
Reading I

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

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

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

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

6. forests

7. reserves

8. bamboo
Shoots

9. protect

10. 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

11. 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?

12. The story of Xi Wang

13. 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.

14. 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’.

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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

23. 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

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

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

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

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

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

29. 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.

30. Well done!
Thank you!