What’s the highest mountain in the world? Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? Section B reading

The giant panda is known as of China. the national treasure 国宝 2018/8/2

The panda’s culture 熊猫外交 Panda Diplomacy

big bamboo zoo popular cute famous Sichuan black and white endangered beautiful forest protect 2018/8/2

The reasons for fewer pandas. Skimming Put the main ideas into the right order The reasons for fewer pandas. The ways of protecting pandas. What Lin Wei thinks of her job. Panda keepers feed pandas.

Numbers and facts about pandas The panda is an endemic species（特有物种） of China. They live in the mountains in Sichuan, Shanxi and Gansu.

Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It's the hometown of the giant pandas in China. Many tourists go to the Chengdu Research Base to see pandas every year.

panda keepers

Careful reading Time line At 8:30 a.m., Lin Wei and the other 9:00 8:30 At 8:30 a.m., Lin Wei and the other ___________ are______________ for the baby panda’s breakfast. panda keepers preparing the milk At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. The panda keepers at Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to prepare breakfast for the baby pandas. A. 醒着的 B. 劳累的 C. 厌倦的 D. 无聊的

When the babies see the keepers, they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!

Can you find these numbers? Try to give a sentence. Scanning 12 Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about10 kilos of bamboo. 10 Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers. 200 Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. 2,000

Facts about pandas Wild (野生的） Artificially feeded (饲养的） Body length: 120-180cm Weight : 60-73kg 80-125kg Life span （寿命） 18-20 years 30 years or so

Why are pandas endangered? reason 2 reason 1 reason 3 The babies often die from illness and do not live very long. Pandas don’t have many babies, maybe only one every two years. Humans started to cut down the forests.

Where does the education program teach children about pandas? 2. How do the children do about it? 3. What is one way of saving pandas? 4. What does the Chinese government do? In Chengdu. By singing songs or making artwork about pandas and other wild animals. Teaching children about the importance of saving pandas is one way to help save pandas. The Chinese government is also planting more bamboo trees.

other endangered animals planting more bamboo trees An ________ program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about _______and______________________. They ______ people to _______to tell children about the __________of saving these animals. The children ___________ or ____________ about pandas and other wild animals. ________________ is one way to help save pandas. The Chinese government is also ____________________________ so there will be _____________ for pandas to live in. We all hope that in the future there will be ________________than now. education pandas other endangered animals send schools importance sing songs make artwork Teaching children planting more bamboo trees more forests a lot more pandas

Retell the passage one every two years illness kilos of bamboo Baby pandas Only ____________________________ one every two years Babies often die from ______________ illness Amount of food 10________________________ a day kilos of bamboo 2,000___________________________ in the remaining forests Number of pandas Pandas 200___________________________ in zoos or research centers Teach________________. Tell them about the _________ of saving pandas. children importance Ways to protect pandas The Chinese government _______________________________. There’ll be _______________________________ to live in. is also planting more bamboo trees. more forests for pandas

What’s the writer’s attitude(态度)?

Although pandas are cute, they are endangered.

Not only pandas are endangered, there are also many other animals in danger. As teenagers, what actions can we take to protect endangered animals?

Proposal (倡议书） By… December 12, 2014 Hello, everyone. I am a pupil from . When you eat something special, do you think animals are reducing(减少）? When you kill one of the endangered animals, do you hear them crying? So as a teenager, we should___________ _______________________________ By… December 12, 2014

We are friends!

Our world is so beautiful with these animals.

Show them in our school. Homework Make a poster or an artwork about protecting endangered animals. Show them in our school.