Unit 2 The government is working hard to save the panda

1.Look at the pictures. Say what you know about pandas. 1. Where do they live? 2. What do they eat? 3. Are there many pandas in the world?

Listen again and fill in the blanks: 1. Today, ___pandas live in nature. 2. Pandas mainly live on________. 3. ________________has made a new plan to help pandas. 4.The panda is the symbol for the _____. 1,000 bamboo The gover n ment WWF

A ( ) Help for pandas B ( ) The panda’s home C( ) Pandas help other animals D( )An animal in danger

3.Match the beginning with the endings to make sentences 1.Pandas eat bamboo … 2.The government has made a new plan… 3. They will make bigger reserves… 4. The Chinese government is working hard… A …to save pandas and other animals. B …to live. C …to protect pandas better. D … to make bigger forests and plant more bamboo.

1.Why do pandas have less and less land to live on ? 1.2.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 ? Because people are using the land. They need to eat bamboo. 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. 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….

Most zoos protect animals and do (1)__________ into the way animals live, what they eat, and what they do. The panda is in (2)_______ danger because very few (3)_____ pandas are born outside the zoos. Many of them (4)_____ when they’re born in their (5) ______ home the forests and the mountains. Zoos can make sure they have enough (6) _______ to eat. For the whole world, The panda has become a (7) __________ of China as well as for our government’s work to protect animals in danger. 5.Complete the sentences with the words in the box bamboo die nature reserve research serious symbol research serious baby die natural bamboo symbol

1. There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature. 2. live on 以 … 为食, 靠 … 生活 These people live on meat and milk. He and his family live on ￡ 20 a week. 3. less and less 越来越少 hotter and hotter more and more important fewer and fewer 4. enough ( 放在形容词、副词 之后, 名词之前 ) She is old enough to go to school. There are enough seats for you here.

5. think of 想起 6. such as … 例如, 象 … 一样的 7. There is a long way to … 漫长的路 / 任重道远 8. need to do … 需要做 … 9. one of + 形容词最高级 + 名词复数 She is one of the best students in our school. 10. cause 指造成某一事实或现象或产生某种结果 的直接原因, 表示因果 reason 用来解释某种现象或结果, 或对事物的 起因、行为的意图等给以通情达理，合乎逻辑的 解释，而不是简单直接地说明起因。

I don’t know the cause of this thing. When he was young, he was forced to leave his hometown for political reasons.

Sometimes you can learn new words through translation. For example, when you learn “government”, you can learn through translation. Take a card and write the English word on one side and the Chinese word on the other side. Practise saying the English words and check that you remember the meaning. Sometimes you can learn new words through translation. For example, when you learn “government”, you can learn through translation. Take a card and write the English word on one side and the Chinese word on the other side. Practise saying the English words and check that you remember the meaning. Learning to learn

Choose the right answer: 1.Look ! There is a dog __________ on the floor. A. lies B. is lieing C. lying 2. Mr. Wu is _______ to lift the heavy box. A. enough strong B. strong enough C. weak enough 3. Their plan is ____ another panda research centre here. A. to build B. building C. build 4. Today I’m very busy. I have much housework _______. A. did B. doing C. to do C B A C

5. What do sheep ___________ ? Grass. A. live on B. live in C. live 6. She is one of ____________ composers in our country. A. well-known B. better-known C. the best-known 7. You need __________ English as often as you can. A. to speak B. speaking C. speak 8. Look ! The dog is running ___________. A. fast and fast B. faster and faster C. fastest and fastest A C A B

Complete the sentences 1. 地球上可供饮用的水越来越少了。 There is _______________ water ________ in the world. 2. 拯救熊猫还任重道远。 There is a ___________________the panda. 3. 想想那些穷孩子，他们很需要我们的帮助。 _________ the poor children, they need our help. 4. 那些动物主要是以肉为食的。 Those animals mainly _______ meat. 5. 很多动物需要保护的，如熊猫、老虎和狮子等。 Many animals need to protect, _________ pandas, tigers and lions … less and lessto drink a long way to save Think of live on such as

Key words: animal in danger live in(where) 5,000 nature reserves problem kill land stop killing

The tiger is an animal in danger. Tigers Live in India,China and Russia. There are only 5,000 tigers now. Most tigers live in nature reserves. There is a problem because people are killing them.Tigers need more place to live in and people must stop killing them.

1.What is the animal and why is it in danger? Now choose another animal in danger such as a bear, camel, elephant, lion, tiger, turtle, snake or whale. Answer the questions and write a passage about it. 2. What is the problem? 3. Give an example of the cause of the problem and if possible, show how serious it is. 4. What can we do to save the animal?