2. in danger nature reserve southwest live on less and less situation symbol research centre

3. Southwest China That’s my home.

4. Pandas live on bamboo. Delicious!

5. Pandas have less and less land to live on.

6. Help! The panda is in danger. The situation is very serious.

7. nature reserve research centre We like our new home.

8. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 世界自然基金会 symbol

9. Unit 2 The government is working hard to save the pandas

10. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 ---D. An animal in danger ---C. The panda’s home ---A. Help for pandas ---B. Pandas help other animals A. Help for pandas B. Pandas help other animals C. The panda’s home D. An animal in danger Read the passage and match the heading with the paragraphs.

11. Paragraph 1 The panda is one of the animals most in danger. There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centres look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoo.

12. 1. How many pandas are there in nature researves? There are about 1,000. 2. What are the scientists doing in research centres? They are studying how pandas live.

13. Paragraph 2 Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly live on bamboo, and each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have less and less land to live on. Pandas don’t have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is becoming very serious.

14. Paragraph 3 Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan to help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow better. Then the pandas will have enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves.

15. Paragraph 4 Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known animals in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature. The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda has become the symbol of all animals in danger. There is still a long way to go to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger such as tigers, whales, turtles and elephants—we need to save the panda, and we need to save them, too.

16. Check the sentences 1.The panda is only well-known in China. 2. The panda is the symbol the World Wide Fund for Nature. 3. We can save the panda in a short time. 4. Tigers, whales, turtles and elephants are all animals in danger. T T F F

17. Help! There’s my home. Delicious!

18. Pandas live on bamboo.

19. caterpillar

20. Pandas have less and less land to live on. colder and colder cold fast faster and faster

21. fat fatter and fatter well better and better

22. important more and more important interesting more and more interesting

23. Match the beginnings with the endings to make sentences.(Act.3) 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… c … to protect pandas better. d … to make bigger forests and plant more bamboo. …to save pandas and other animals. a b … to live.

24. 1. Bob works very hard. He can pass the English exam. 2. I got up early. I wanted to catch the train. 3. Daming raises money. He needs a dictionary. Bob works very hard to pass the English exam. I got up early to catch the train. Daming raises money to buy a dictionary.

25. 4. Betty came to China. She wanted to learn Chinese. 5. We went out yesterday. We celebrated Christmas. 6. I went to the library. I borrowed a book. Betty came to China to learn Chinese. We went out yesterday to celebrate Christmas. I went to the library to borrow a book.

26. Research Table for Pandas Habit （栖 息地） Food Amount （数量） Situation Solution （解决方法） Forests and mountains of Southwest China Bamboo 1000 in nature reserves 160 in zoos and research centres Less bamboo. Babies die. Build bigger nature reserves. Grow better bamboo.

27. Heal the World 拯救世界

28. Heal the World 拯救世界 There's a place in your heart And I know that it is love And this place could be Much brighter than tomorrow And if you really try You'll find there's no need to cry In this place you'll feel There's no hurt or sorrow There are ways to get there If you care enough for the living Make a little space Make a better place... Heal the world Make it a better place For you and for me and the entire human race There are people dying If you care enough for the living Make a better place for you and for me

29. Homework 1.Write an article about an animal in danger according to the research you have made in your group. 2.Finish the exercises in Acts.4&5, on Page75