Unit 4 Wild animals

金坛市第五中学 周洪盛

thick

How can they survive ?

as few as 1,000

protect

fur

take actions

In danger

hunternowhere

[s v v]

Wolong Mountain

Wolong reserve

Pandas’ ideal home

encourage

[ri z v]

[in k ri ]

bamboo forest

bamboo shoots

bamboo leaves

[b mb ]

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

ten days

Xi Wang

1. What’s the story about?1. What’s the story about?

2.2. What will happen to giant What will happen to giant pandas if we do nothing?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-readingtape

1. How old was the baby panda when the1. How old was the baby panda when the writer first saw her? What did she look writer first saw her? What did she look

like?like?2. What did we call her? What does it mean?2. What did we call her? What does it mean?3. How much did Xi Wang weigh at birth?3. How much did Xi Wang weigh at birth?4. How long did she drink her mother’s milk 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 5. When did she start to eat bamboo shoots

and leaves?and leaves?6. Why did she have to look after herself 6. Why did she have to look after herself

whenwhen she was 20 months old?she was 20 months old?

Task 1 : Read the passage and answer the

questions in pairs:

While-reading

1. How old was the baby panda when the writer 1. How old was the baby panda when the writer first saw her? What did she look like?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”.

4. How long did she drink her 4. How long did she drink her mother’s milk at the very mother’s milk at the very beginning?beginning?

5. When did she start to eat bamboo 5. When did she start to eat bamboo shoots and leaves?shoots and leaves?

6. Why did she have to look after 6. Why did she have to look after herself when she was 20 months herself when she was 20 months old?old?

For up to 14 hours a day.

When she was six months old.

Because her mother had another baby.

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

Task 3 : ( Part 2 ) Note-making 1The growth of Xi Wang

Age Weight Food

1 day 1. 5.

10 days 2. /

4 months 3.

8 months 4. 6.

12 months /

20 months /

100g

10kg

35kg

her mother’s milk

bamboo shoots and leaves

Task 4 Note-making 2 ( Part 3-4 )

Having some of the Having some of the problemsproblems

Taking the Taking the following actionsfollowing actions

1.1. 4.4.

2.2. 5.5.

3.3. 6.6.

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

Reading aloud !

Xi Wang was a baby panda. She looked liXi Wang was a baby panda. She looked like a white _______ when she was only 10 dke a white _______ when she was only 10 days old. And she drank her mother’s __ays old. And she drank her mother’s ___ _ _, she weighted about 10 kilograms and w_, she weighted about 10 kilograms and went outside her home first. When she was ent outside her home first. When she was six months old, she started to eat bamboo six months old, she started to eat bamboo shoots and ______. She had to _____ __shoots and ______. She had to _____ ___ _ herself when she was 20 months old. It is nherself when she was 20 months old. It is not easy for her to survive in the ______. Wot easy for her to survive in the ______. Why? Hunters want to kill her ___her fur. Fahy? Hunters want to kill her ___her fur. Farmers ___ ____ trees and forests so that prmers ___ ____ trees and forests so that pandas will have ______ to live. Pandas arandas will have ______ to live. Pandas are in e in ____________ now. we must protect them. If now. we must protect them. If we do_______ , soon there will be no giant we do_______ , soon there will be no giant pandas in the world.pandas in the world.

Task 5: Fill in the blanks

mousemouse

milkmilk

for

leavesleaves

look after

wild

nothing

cut downnowhere

danger

Task 6: Discussion1. 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.

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.

Summary:

What’s the purpose ( 目的 )of this passage?

Take actions to protect giant pandas.

Take actions to protect more wild animals.

Make_World_Safe

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.

Goodbye

Thanks a lot

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._____

TF

T FT

FF

F

T

TWhile-reading

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 monthse c b d

f

a

Task 5 :( Part 2 )

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.

Discuss with your partners ：Post-reading

Appearance:Appearance: Ability:Ability: Favourite food:Favourite food: The best place they The best place they

live inlive in Problems:Problems:

Fat but lovely, black eyes, black and white furCan climb treesBamboo shoots and leaves, water

In the wild / forestsIt’s difficult for them to live in the wild.Getting fewer and fewer

We can We can take the following take the following actionsactions to protect giant to protect giant

pandaspandas Make giant panda reserves Make giant panda reserves

biggerbigger Build more reservesBuild more reserves Encourage farmers to leave Encourage farmers to leave

the giant panda reservesthe giant panda reserves