1. Unit 2 The government is working hard
to save the panda.

2. What do we live on?
rice
live on
meat
turtle
bamboo

3. What can we say then? Pandas live on __________.
Tigers live on ___________.
The birds _____________ .
The cats ______________.
What can we say then?
But now people cut down more trees and bamboo,
the food for pandas is becoming less and less.
We make too much water dirty, so animals have
____________ clean water to drink.
We make larger villages and factories, so the animals’
living land is becoming ___________.

4. Let's learn!
research
reason
cause
situation

5. Let's talk. Many pandas died of having nothing to eat.
Pandas live on bamboo on
mountains and forests.
People cut down trees and bamboo.
Many pandas died of
having nothing to eat.

6. Let's think about it. The Chinese government has set up
many nature reserves.
The World Wild Fund for Nature protect all animals in danger.
Pandas have become a symbol of the animals in danger.

7. What can we know now? live on Pandas mainly _____ _____ bamboo.
They need ___ ___ a lot of bamboo every day.
People ____ _____ more trees and bamboo.
Pandas have ___ ___ ______ land to live in.
Our government is working hard ____ ____
pandas.
There are more than 30 nature reserves ___ ____ pandas.
But there is still __ ____ ____to go to help them.
to eat
cut down
less and less
to save
to protect
a long way

8. Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
A Help for pandas
B Pandas help other animals
C The panda's home
D An animal in danger

9. An animal in danger
The panda is one of the animals most in danger. There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centres look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos.

10. The panda's home
Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly live on bamboo, and each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have less and less land to live on. Pandas don't have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is becoming very serious.

11. Help for pandas
Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan to help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow better. Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves.

12. Pandas help other animals
Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known animals in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature. The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda has become the symbol of all animals in danger. There is still a long way to go to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger such as tigers, whales, turtles and elephants—we need to save the panda, and we need to save them, too.

13. Let's match them to make sentences.
Pandas eat bamboo…
Government has made a new plan…
They will make bigger reserves…
The Chinese government is working hard…
( ) b c d a
…to save pandas and other animals.
b. …to live.
c. …to protect pandas better.
d. …to make bigger forests and plant
more bamboo.

14. Answer the questions.
1. Why do pandas have less and less land to live on?
2. What do pandas need to eat?
3. How is the government trying to save the panda?
4. Why do you think there is still a long way to go to help the panda?

15. Possible answers:
1. There are many different reasons, e.g. people are using the land.
2. They need to eat bamboo.
3. The government has made a new plan to help pandas ... They are making bigger reserves and helping pandas go back to live in the nature.
4. Because pandas don't have many babies and baby pandas often die; they mainly live on bamboo but the area of bamboo is becoming smaller, etc. (Students may have many answers.)

16. Complete the sentences.
Most zoos protect animals and do ________ into the
way animals live, what they eat, and what they do.
The pandas are in ______ danger because very few
________ pandas are born outside the zoos. Many of them ______ when they’re born in their _______
home—the forests and the mountains. Zoos can make sure they have enough ______ to eat. For the whole world, the panda has become a _______ of China as well as for our government’s work to protect animals in danger.
research
serious
baby
die
nature
bamboo
symbol
baby /bamboo /die /nature /
research /serious /symbol

17. The panda is in danger. It has less and less land to live on
The panda is in danger. It has less and less land to live on. Only 1,000 pandas live in nature reserves today. Our government and the World Wide Fund for Nature are trying to save the panda.
Let’s read.
Let's talk.
1. What is the animal?
2. Why is it in danger?
3. What is the problem?
4. What can we do to save the animals?

18. Let's talk a little more.

19. Let's write!
Now some people are killing animals and the animals are becoming less and less. They are in danger.
We love animals. They are our friends. So we should…

20. Goodbye