Module 6 Animals in danger

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

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. (the Wolong Panda Reserve)

It mainly( 主要的 ) eats bamboo. What does it eat?

baby Scientist /saiEntist/ Government /gVvnmEnt/

situation n. 形势，情况 /s itSueiSn / e.g. The employment situation of this year is very tense. 今年的就业形势很紧张。 feed /fi:d/v. 喂养，饲养 feed hens 喂养母鸡

Nature /neitSE/ n. 大自然，自然界 e.g. It is a good way to relax yourself to go close to the nature. 走近大自然是放松自己 的好办法。 Develop /divel Ep/ v. 研制，制定

1. How many pandas are there in the wild today? There are only about 1,600 pandas. 2. What’s the symbol of the WWF? The panda.

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 ---d). An animal in danger ---c). The panda’s home ---a). Nature parks for pandas ---b). WWF and animals in danger

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.

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 save all the animals to be its symbol

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. People all over the world love pandas, and the panda has become a (8) _______ of China. nature symbol baby government nature produce save Scientists situation symbol

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. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. every 和 each 的区别 every “ 每 ”“ 各 ” ，指三者或三者以上的 整体，含有全体之意。 e.g. Every boy is here. 所有男孩都在这儿。

each “ 每一 ”“ 每个 ” ，指两个或两个以 上的每一个，着重于个别，如团体中一 个的人或物。 e.g. He spoke to each member of the team. 他和队里的每个队员都说了话。

3. 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 (not) to do sth. 为了（不） 做 …… e.g. In order to be a doctor, you have to study for five years in a college. 要当一名医生，你需要在大学学习五 年。 They need to raise 5,000,000 US dollars in order to pay for the repairs. 为了支付修理费用，他们需要筹集 500 万美元。

4. 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。

1. What is the animal? 2. Where does it live? 3. What does it feed on? 4. Why is it in danger? 5. How difficult is the situation? 6. What can we do to save it?

Pandas live in Southwest China. They are in danger and the situation is getting very difficult. First, pandas don’t have many babies, and baby pandas often die. Second, pandas eat bamboo, but the bamboo forests are getting smaller. So the government is setting up nature parks with a lot of bamboo to help protect pandas.

重点短语 in danger do a lot of research in order to develop plans be the symbol of set up

1. Please tell the children ______ in their homework on time. A. to hand B. hand C. handing A

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

1. We should protect the animals _____ danger. (2011 广东清远 ). A. on B. in C. of D. at B

2. We all worked hard and _____ we found out what had really happened. (2010 山东聊城 ) A. at first B. by the way C. at last D. in fact C

3. Mr. Brown always makes his class ____ and keeps his students ______ in class. (2010 江苏镇江 ) A. alive; interesting B. lively; interesting C. alive; interested D. lively; interested D

Make a poster about protecting animals in danger.