Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?

1a. Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.

Example sentence: This elephant weighs many times more than this panda. (200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less eat many times more) This elephant is 200 cm taller than this panda. This elephant weighs 50 times than this panda. This elephant eat much more than this panda.

1b. Listen and check ( ✓ ) the numbers you hear. _____100 _____ 16 _____ 20 _____ 50 _____ 120 _____ 0.1 _____ 0.2 ______ 150 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

1. At birth, a baby panda is about ______to _______ kilos. 2. At birth, a baby panda is about _____ cm long. 3. A baby panda is not black. It is ________ and it has no ________. 4. A panda can live up to ____to ____ years. 1c. Listen again and complete the sentences. pink teeth 2030

1d. Take turns telling your classmates about pandas. A: A baby panda cannot see. B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.

big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protect 2a. Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you

2b. Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10,12, 200 ， 2,000. Scanning This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.

It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. When the babies see the keepers, they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!

“They’re so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they’re my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They’re very special to me.” Lin Wei loves her job, but it is a difficult one. Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.

Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down the forests. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.

An education program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals. Teaching children is one way to help save pandas. The Chinese

government is also planting more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas than now.

1.What is Lin Wei’s job? 2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast? 2c. Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions. He is responsible for taking care of the pandas, Including washing, feeding, playing with them. They drink milk for breakfast.

3. What do adult pandas eat? 4. Why are pandas endangered? 5. What is one way of saving pandas? They eat bamboo. On one hand, the baby pandas don’t live long because of illnesses; On the other hand, pandas feed on bamboo, but humans cut down the bamboo forests. Teaching children the importance of saving pandas / Planting more bamboo trees.

1. The panda __________at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _________ breakfast for the baby pandas. 2. Adult pandas do not have babies very __________, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of ___________. 2d. Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage. keepers prepare often illnesses

3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down ____________ so pandas have fewer places to live. 4. A special program in Chengdu teaches ___________ about why pandas are _______ and how to save them. 5. The____________________ is also helping to save the pandas. It is _____________ more trees to make more homes for the pandas. forests children endangered Chinese government planting

2e. What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?

3a. Read the following words and phrases about whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart. Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil Eat small fish and other sea life Jump high out of the water Rules on whale protection Huge Water pollution

Live in the sea Some kinds have teeth Learn more about whales Stop putting rubbish into the sea Sing songs Whale parts sold to make things like candles and soap

What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat? What can they do? Why do some of them have to be protected? How can we protect them? Huge; Some kinds have teeth Live in the sea Eat small fish and other sea life Jump high out of the water; Sing songs Humans catch whales for meat, fat and oil; Water pollution; Whale parts sold to make things like candles and soap Rules on whale protection; Learn more about whales; Stop putting rubbish into the sea

Whales are... They live in... They eat... They can... One interesting fact is... Another interesting fact is... Some kinds of whales are in danger because... We should protect whales from... I think people should/shouldn’t... 3b. Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.

1. …they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over! 它们地跑过去，其中一些甚至撞上自己的伙 伴而跌倒！ 此句中 run over ； walk into 和 fall over 均为 短语动词。 Language points

1)run over 的意思是 “ 跑上前去；跑过去 ” ， 其中 over 用作副词，表示 “ 从 …… 的 一边到 另一边；穿越 ” 。例如： She ran over to say hello, but I didn’t recognize her. 她跑过来打招呼，但我没有认出她来。

2) walk into 表示 “( 走路时意外地）撞上 ” 。 例如： As he was thinking too deeply and not paying attention to where he was going ； he walked straight into a tree. 由于他陷入沉思，没有注意看路，径直撞到 了一棵树上。

3) fall over 表示 “ 摔倒；跌跤；倒下 ” 。 例如： Don’t run too fast, or you might fall over. 别跑得太快，要不你会摔跤的。 Many trees fell over after the storm. 暴风雨后许多树木都倒了。 fall over something 则表示 “ 被某物绊倒 ” ， 例如： Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth. 汤米被那只狗绊了一跤，磕断了门牙。

2. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forest. 科学家们说：如今生活在现存森林里的熊猫不 足 2000 只。 此举中 living in the remaining forest 是一个现 在分词短语，用作定语，修饰名词 pandas. 又如： the girls singing under the tree 树底下唱歌的姑娘们 the women washing clothes by the river 河边洗衣服的妇女们

cheap big close friendly popular comfortable good/well bad/badly 比较级和最高级填空： much/many far cheapercheapest bigger biggest closer closest friendlierfriendliest more popularthe most popular more comfortablethe more comfortable betterbest worseworst moremost fartherfarthest

1. Paul is very _______. He is ________ than his brother. A. heavy --- heavierB. heavy --- heavy C. heavier --- heavier D. heavy---heavyer 2. It has the ________ clothing store in the town. A. goodest B. gooddest C. best D. better 3. This ruler is ____ than that one. A. long B. longer C. the longest D. longest 4. This book is ____ of all. A. cheapest B. cheap D. cheaper D. the cheapest 5. He is much ____ than his brother. A. taller B. tall C. the tallest D. tallest 6. Li Lei is ____ older than Lucy. A. quite B. very C. much D. more 一. 单选。

7. This is one of ____ films of this year. A. more exciting B. exciting C. the most exciting D. most exciting 8. The weather in Beijing is colder than_____. A. in Guangzhou B. Guangzhou C. that in Guangzhou D. that from Guangzhou 9. Tom is ____ of the two boys. A. taller B. tallest C. the taller D. the tallest 10. Of my parents, my father looks_____. A. old B. older C. the oldest D. the older 11. This watch is ____ than that one. A. much expensive B. expensiver C. more expensiver D. more expensive

二. 用括号中形容词的适当形式填空。 1. I am very _______. But Tom is ____________ than I. Frank is _________________. （ tired ） 2. Which is _____________ （ difficult ）, physics or biology ? 3. This book is ________ than the other two. It is ____________of the three. （ easy ） 4. In summer it’s _______ （ hot ） in Wu Han than in Beijing. 5. The Chinese people have a much _______ （ good ） life now. tired more tired the most tired more different easier the easiest hotter better

三. 填空： 1. Lily gets up __________ (early) than Lucy. 2. Which goes ______________ (slowly), Tom or Jim? 3.This book is _____________________ (interesting) than one. earlier more slowly more interesting 4. She works ____________________(careful) in her school. 5. Who goes to bed ____________ (late) Jim, Tom or Jack? 6. I think turkey is ______________________ (delicious) of all. the most carefully the latest the most delicious

Discuss with your partner Which is the best town / city? …has the best …is the best because… …better than…, but…is the most… I think Qingdao is the best city in China, because it is the most beautiful. But I think Beijing is the most popular city for visitors.

Beijing is not very cold in winter. It’s about -10°c. It doesn’t often rain or snow. Hotels usually cut their prices in winter. About 200 yuan a night is enough.

Sanya is in Hainan Province in southern China. It’s still warm in winter. It’s about 15°c in the afternoon. Sanya has beautiful beaches. The price of a hotel room is about 320 yuan a night. Sanya

Harbin in the north of China (in northern China) Harbin is in the north of China. It’s cold in winter, sometimes -30°c. Tourists need to wear warm clothes. There is an Ice and Snow Festival in winter. A hotel room is about 230 yuan a night.

Homework 1. How much do you know about pandas? share with your partners. And discuss how to protect them. 2. Search more information about whales on the internet.