八年级下册

Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world?

Period Three

Look! What is it?Look! What is it?I am a panda.I am a panda.

Panda is very precious animals in China. It is cute and smart.

What do you know about panda?Let's share.

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Talk about pandas. Use these words to help you.2

big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous

endangered beautiful forest protect

One of the most

endangered animals.

The Giant Panda

Do you know that the Giant Panda is the most endangered

animals in the world?

Yes, there are only about 2,000 left.

The Life of the Giant Panda

a. Panda lives on bamboo 、 flesh and fruits.It distributes Sichuan 、 Gansu 、 and Shanxi provices

b. Panda is naughty boy and fond of swimming climbing trees

c. Panda has poor eye-sight ,but a sharp sense of smell and hearing

Usually one birth produces only one baby,two in rare cases ,but the mother raises only one,the other is left to die

Panda have an average life span of 15 years.

Protection of the Giant panda

China established nature reserves

WWF carried out a series of program on scientific research

The giant panda ,not only the national treasure of China but

also loved and cared by people around the world.

1 research n. 研究The doctor is doing some research on medicine.

2 awake adj. 醒着Are you awake or sleepy?

3 …they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over…

它们兴奋地跑过去，其中一些甚至撞上自己的伙伴面跌倒。run over 跑上前去She ran over to say hello, but I haven’t remember her.

4 walk into 撞上Because he was thinking about his bad grades, when he was

walking he walked straight into a tree.

5 fall over 摔倒Many trees fell over after the storms.

fall over sth 被某物绊倒Tom fell over the dog and broke his front teeth.

6 illness n. 疾病He can’t go to school because of illness.

7 or so 大约 He will return in a week or so.

8 Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the remaining forests.

科学家们说，如今生活在现存森林里的熊猫不足 2000 只。 the girls singing under the tree.

9 remaining adj. 遗留的 remain v.

He depends on his father’s remaining money only.

10 artwork n. 插图The artwork for this book is done by a famous artist.

11 wild adj. 野生的There are wild flowers all over the hill.

12 government n. 政府The government will give away money to the mountain area.

keepersprepare

oftenillness

the forestschildren

endangeredgovernment planting

2c .Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.

1. What is Lin Wei’s job?__________________________

2. What do the baby pandas eat forbreakfast?

_____________________________

3. What do adult pandas eat?_____________________

4. Why are pandas endangered?

________________________________________

5. What is one way of saving pandas?

a panda keeper

Milk

Bamboo

There are only 2000 pandas left in the world.

Teaching children to help protect.

One of the oldest

civilizations in the

world

China has

longer history than

America

2e. What other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?

3a. Read the following new words and phrases abut whales. Put them in the correct place in the chart.

3b. Write a paragraph about whales and why they need to be protected. Use the information in 3a. Then make a poster.

Whales are ... They live in...

1. Write a short passage to call for people to protect wild animals.

2. Recite the new words and phrases.

Homework

祝同学们学习进步！