The WWF is working hard to save them all. Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.

Do you know WWF? World Wide Fund for Nature 世界自然基金会

Let's play a guessing game. Lead-in Let's play a guessing game. It is fat but lovely. It has two black eyes. It can climb the trees. It has a black and white fur. It sometimes eats meat. It lives only in China. It looks like a bear. It usually eats bamboo shoots and leaves.

Where does the panda live? It lives in Sichuan, China.

What does it eat? It mainly eats bamboo.

Say what you know about pandas.

The situation is getting very difficult. research scientist 研究，探讨 科学家 situation 形势，情况 The situation is getting very difficult. Scientists are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.

government 自然公园 government is setting up nature parks and In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans.

Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. It chose the panda to be its symbol.

Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs. ---a). Nature parks for pandas ---b). WWF and animals in danger ---c). The panda’s home ---d). An animal in danger

Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. What are scientists studying? 2. Are there many of pandas left? They are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live. No, there aren’t.

3. What is the government doing to protect pandas in the wild? 4. Is the panda the symbol of all animals in danger? The government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. Yes, it is.

Complete the sentences. 1. Scientists do a lot of research ____________________________________ ___________________________________. 2. The government is setting up nature parks _________________________. 3. The WWF chose the panda _____________. 4. The WWF is working hard ____________________________. to help pandas to produce more babies and help baby pandas live to protect pandas in the wild to be its symbol to save all the animals

Complete the passage with the words in the box. baby government nature produce save Scientists situation symbol Zoos and research centers protect animals. (1) ________ do a lot of research to help pandas (2) _______ more babies. Very few (3) ______ pandas are born outside zoos. Many people are worried about the panda’s (4) ________. Luckily, the (5) ___________ is developing plans to (6) _____ pandas, Scientists produce baby situation government save

and is setting up (7) ______ parks to protect them. baby government nature produce save Scientists situation symbol and is setting up (7) ______ parks to protect them. People all over the world love pandas, and the panda has become a (8) _______ of China. nature symbol

Language points 1. Scientists are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies… do a lot of research表示“做大量研究”。 research是不可数名词。 produce表示“生育，繁殖”。 e.g. produce more babies

2. In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks … set up 创建，创办 e.g. He wants to set up a school for the poor children. 他想为贫困地区的孩 子创办一所学校。

in order to do sth. 为了做…… e.g. In order to be a doctor, you have to study for five years in a college. I have to get up at 6:00 in order to catch the bus. 3. And it chose the panda to be its symbol. be the symbol of 表示“是……的象征”。 e.g. Green is the symbol of Spring. 绿色是春天的象征。

练一练： 1. Please tell the children ______ in their homework on time. A. to hand B. hand C. handing A 2. --Hi, Peter. Why are you in such a hurry ? --_____ the 6:30 train. A. Catch B. To catch C. Catching D. Caught B

3. The doctor is helping the lady _____ her baby. A. produce B. create C. feed 4. The sign is the ______ of danger. You must be careful. A. research B. situation C. symbol A C