1. Unit 4 Wild animals 金坛市第五中学 周洪盛

3. thick How can they survive ? as few as 1,000 protect fur take actions In danger hunter nowhere [s  v  v]

4. Wolong Mountain Wolong reserve Pandas’ ideal home encourage [ri  z  v] [in  k  ri  ]

5. bamboo forest bamboo shoots bamboo leaves [b  mb  ]

6. Word-matching: survive fur bamboo shoots forests protect encourage reserves stay alive giant panda’s favourite food thick hair of animals keep ··· safe from danger large areas of land with trees special areas for wild animals support

7. ten days Xi Wang

8. 1. What’s the story about? 2. What will happen to giant pandas if we do nothing? Listen and answer: It’s about a giant panda. There will be no more giant pandas in the world. Pre-reading tape

9. 1. How old was the baby panda when the writer first saw her? What did she look like? writer first saw her? What did she look like? 2. What did we call her? What does it mean? 3. How much did Xi Wang weigh at birth? 4. How long did she drink her mother ’ s milk at the very beginning? at the very beginning? 5. When did she start to eat bamboo shoots and leaves? 6. Why did she have to look after herself when she was 20 months old? she was 20 months old? Task 1 : Read the passage and answer the questions in pairs: While-reading

10. 1. How old was the baby panda when the writer first saw her? What did she look like? She was only ten days old. We called her Xi Wang. Give the right answers: She weighed just 100 grams. 2. What did we call her? What does it mean? 3. How much did Xi Wang weigh at birth? She looked like a white mouse. It means “hope”.

11. 4. How long did she drink her mother ’ s milk at the very beginning? 5. When did she start to eat bamboo shoots and leaves? 6. Why did she have to look after herself when she was 20 months old? For up to 14 hours a day. When she was six months old. Because her mother had another baby.

12. Task 2: Work in pairs to find the main ideas: Part 1 Paragraph 1: Part 2 Paragraph 2-3: Part 3 Paragraph 4-6: Part 4 Paragraph 7-8: sth about Xi Wang the growth of Xi Wang the problem of pandas take actions to protect pandas

13. Task 3 : ( Part 2 ) Note-making 1 The growth of Xi Wang AgeWeightFood 1 day1.5. 10 days2. / 4 months3. 8 months4.6. 12 months/ 20 months/ 100g 10kg 35kg her mother’s milk bamboo shoots and leaves

14. Task 4 Note-making 2 ( Part 3-4 ) Having some of the problems Taking the following actions 1.4. 2.5. 3.6. If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur. If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live. If people find baby pandas, they will often take them away. make giant panda reserves bigger build more new reserves encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves

15. Reading aloud !

16. Xi Wang was a baby panda. She looked like a white _______ when she was only 10 days old. And she drank her mother ’ s ___ _, she weighted about 10 kilograms and went outside her home first. When she was six months old, she started to eat bamboo shoots and ______. She had to _____ ___ herself when she was 20 months old. It is not easy for her to survive in the ______. Why? Hunters want to kill her ___her fur. Farmers ___ ____ trees and forests so that pandas will have ______ to live. Pandas are in ______ now. we must protect them. If we do_______, soon there will be no giant pandas in the world. Xi Wang was a baby panda. She looked like a white _______ when she was only 10 days old. And she drank her mother ’ s ___ _, she weighted about 10 kilograms and went outside her home first. When she was six months old, she started to eat bamboo shoots and ______. She had to _____ ___ herself when she was 20 months old. It is not easy for her to survive in the ______. Why? Hunters want to kill her ___her fur. Farmers ___ ____ trees and forests so that pandas will have ______ to live. Pandas are in ______ now. we must protect them. If we do_______, soon there will be no giant pandas in the world. Task 5: Fill in the blanksmouse milk for leaves look after wild nothing cut down nowhere danger

17. Task 6: Discussion 1. What dangers are giant pandas facing that we can know from the text? (1)If hunters catch a giant pandas, ______________________ (2) If farmers cut down trees and forests, _________________________________ (3) If people find baby pandas alone, ______________________________ they will kill it for its fur. giant pandas will have nowhere to live. they will often take them away.

18. Task 6: Discussion 2.What can we do to protect giant pandas that we can know from the text? 1.We must _______________________________ 2.We must _______________________________ 3.We must________________________________ ________________________________ make giant panda reserves bigger. build more reserves. encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves.

19. Summary: What’s the purpose ( 目的 )of this passage? Take actions to protect giant pandas. Take actions to protect more wild animals.

20. Make_World_Safe

21. 1.Why do people say to protect wild animals is to protect ourselves? 2.You can e-mail your article to WSPA to help to protect the wild animals. Homework Write an article.

22. Good bye Thanks a lot

24. Task 1 : “T”or “F” 1.The baby panda was only 10 days old when the writer first saw her. ___ 2.When Xi Wang was born,she weighed just 50 grams.____ 3. At four months,she started to go outside her home for the first time. ___ 4. Eight months later,she was still a small baby. ____ 5. A healthy young giant panda weighed 35 kilograms.____ 6. She started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves when she was five months old.____ 7. It is very easy for giant pandas to survive in the wild.____ 8. If hunters catch a giant panda,they will kill it for its meat.____ 9. If people find baby pandas alone,they will often take them away._____ 10. If we don’t protect giant pandas, soon there will be no giant pandas in the world._____ T F T F T F F F T T While-reading

25. 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. 1 day 10 days 4 months 12 months 20 months 6 months ec b d f a Task 5 : ( Part 2 )

26. Discuss with your partners ： Post-reading 1.What dangers are giant pandas facing that we can know from the text? 1.If hunters catch a giant panda,______________________ 2.If farmers cut down trees and forests,__________________________________ 3.If people find baby pandas alone,______________________________ they will kill it for its fur. giant pandas will have nowhere to live. they will often take them away.

27. Discuss with your partners ： Post-reading

28. Appearance: Appearance: Ability: Ability: Favourite food: Favourite food: The best place they live in The best place they live in Problems: Problems: Fat but lovely, black eyes, black and white fur Can climb trees Bamboo shoots and leaves, water In the wild / forests It’s difficult for them to live in the wild. Getting fewer and fewer

29. We can take the following actions to protect giant pandas Make giant panda reserves bigger Make giant panda reserves bigger Build more reserves Build more reserves Encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves Encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves