1. welcome to our class
8A Unit5
Reading(1)

2. 学习目标 1.阅读有关大熊猫的文章,从上下文猜测文章大意。 2.学习新单词,了解大熊猫的成长过程及保护大熊猫的一些措施。
3.通过文章学习来增强我们保护野生动物的意识。

3. wild animals monkey elephant bear giraffe giant panda kangaroo tiger
squirrel

4. Giant pandas
forest森林
reserve自然保护区
bamboo shoots and leaves

5. The story of Xi Wang

6. New words: survive 活下来 hunter 猎人 kill 杀死 nowhere 无处 take actions 采取措施
protect 保护
encourage 鼓励
thick 厚的
continue 继续

7. Read the story and match the main idea with each part.
a. The problems giant
pandas meet
( )Part One
(Line 1- Line 14)
( )Part Two
(Line 15- Line 22)
( )Part Three
(Line 23- Line 30) c a
b. The actions we can take
Open your book, turn to page 60. Read the passage as quickly as you can. We can divide the passage into three parts. Try to find out the main idea of each part. b
c. The growth of Xi Wang

8. Let’s learn the story more carefully.
Part One
(Line 1- Line 14)
Part Two
(Line 15- Line 22)
Part Three
(Line 23- Line 30)
The growth of Xi Wang
The problems giant pandas meet
The actions we can take

9. What did the baby panda look like when she was only 10 days old ?
First, read Part One together and try to answer the following questions:
What did the baby panda look like when she was only 10 days old ?
2. When did she start to go outside her home for the first time ?
A white mouse.
At four months old.

10. The weight of Xi Wang and things she eats
When she was born,
she weighed just
At four months,
she weighed about
Eight months later,
She weighed
At the very beginning, Xi Wang
drank her mother’s __________for up
to ___________a day.
When she was six months old,
she started to eat _____ and

11. The weight of Xi Wang When she was born, she weighed just . 100 grams
At four months,
she weighed about
10 kilograms
Eight months later,
She weighed
35 kilograms

12. Things she eats At the very beginning, Xi Wang
drank her mother’s_______for up
to________a day.
milk
14 hours
When she was six months old,
she started to eat__________,
and
bamboo shoots
leaves

13. The growth of Xi Wang 1 day e 10 days c 4 months b 6 months d
a She started to look after herself.
b She was about 10 kilograms and started
to go outside her home.
c She looked like a white mouse.
d She began to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.
e She weighed 100 grams.
f She weighed 35 kilograms.
12 months f
20 months a

14. There are three problems Xi Wang may have in the future, what are they?
Read Part Two , then fill in the blanks.
How can we protect them?
1.________catch them for their____.
Hunters
fur
Farmers 2.
cut down forests and the pandas have__________to live.
nowhere 3.
away
take
People them_______when they are
alone.

15. ＊ make giant panda reserves bigger ＊ build more reserves
Read the rest of the story, and find out the actions we can take to protect giant pandas.
＊ make giant panda reserves bigger
＊ build more reserves
＊ encourage farmers to leave
the giant panda reserves

16. Read the story fast. write a T if the sentence is true
Read the story fast .write a T if the sentence is true.write an F if it is false.
( ) 1 When the writer saw Xi Wang, she weighed
only 10 kilograms.
( ) 2 When she went outside for the first time,
she started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.
( ) 3 Eight months later, she weighed 35 kilograms.
( ) 4 Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk for up to
14 hours a day at the beginning.
( ) 5 Farmers kill giant pandas for their fur.
( ) 6 Making bigger reserves for giant pandas will help
to protect them. F F T T F T

17. The story of Xi Wang
When Xi Wang was ,she looked like a little _______, at four months ,she weighed 10 kgs and went outside her home for the first time.
When she was 6 months, she started to eat bamboo _______ and leaves,she must take care of herself when she was months old.
But it is hard for giant pandas to_______ Because hunters catch them for their fur,and farmers cut down trees and______, they have
______to live.We must take some to protect them.We should build more ________,and encourage farmers to the reserves.
born
mouse
shoots 20
survive
forests
nowhere
actions
reserves
leave

18. What can we
learn from the story?
Love wild animals!
Love yourselves!

19. Homework Finish 自主检测Reading1。
Read the story three times after the tape.
Surf on the Internet to find more
information about giant pandas.

20. Thank you! Good bye!