Unit 5 Wild animals

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dolphin squirrel giant panda

bear zebra tiger

Can you name these wild animals in the world?

I am very fat.

My fur is black and white.

I look like a bear but I am not a bear.

I like eating bamboo leaves.

I am the national animal in China.

Who am I? a giant panda/ ai/

Can you guess?

be born

look like white mice

in the beginning

drink milk

begin to eat bamboo

live mainly on bamboo

bamboo

bamboo leavesbamboo forest

Sadly, Giant pandas face serious problems in the wild.

as few as 1,600 protect

take action

in danger

none

build more reserves make laws

1. be born (line 3)

2. in the beginning

(line 9)

3. serious (line 12)

4. mainly (line 14)

5. take action (line 19)

6. none (line 25)

a. do something

b. not many

c. bad or dangerous

d. at first

e. more than anything

else

f. come into the world

as a baby

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

Xi Wang

Read the whole passage quickly and silently. then answer the following questions:

1.What’s the story about?

2.What will happen to giant pandas if we do nothing?

Part 1 (Para. 1--3)

Part 2 (Para. 4)

Part 3 (Para. 5--6)

The problems giant pandas are facing.

The growth of Xiwang.

How many parts can we divide this passage into? What are their main ideas?

the action to protect giant pandas

True or False:1) When the writer saw Xi Wang, she weighed only 10 kil

ograms.2) When she went outside for the first time, she started

to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.3) Eight months later, she weighed over 35 kilograms.4) Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk in the very beginni

ng.5) Build reserves for giant pandas will help to protect th

em.6) Giant pandas will live better if we do nothing for the

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At birth Xi Wang weighed about ____grams.

At 10 days old

The writer first ____ the_____ panda Xi Wang . She looked like a _____ _____.

At 4 months old

She weighed about ____ kilograms and started to go outside.

__________ She was not a small baby any more. She weighed _____ kilograms.

100saw

baby

8white mouse

358 months later

In thebeginning

Xi Wang _____ her mother’s _____.

At 6 months old

She began to eat ______.

At 20 months old

She learnt to _____ ____ herself.

lookafter

drank

milk

bamboo

Millie is making a growth chart

for Xi Wang. Help her match the

sentences with pictures. Use the

information in the report on page

58 to help you. Write the correct

letters in the boxes.

The Growth of Xi Wang

a She learnt to look after herself

b She was about eight kilograms

and started to go outside.

c She looked like a white mouse.

d She began to eat bamboo.

e She weighted 100 grams.

f She weighed over 35 kilograms.

c b

dfa

1 day 10 days 4 months

6 months 12 months 20 months

100 grams like a white mouse 8 kg, go outside

begin to eat bamboo

over 35kg look after herself

Read Para.4—6 carefully, try to find the information you need as quickly as possible!1.What problems may Xi Wang meet i

n the future?

2.What can we do to protect giant pandas?

What problems may Xi Wang

meet in the future?

panda babi

es

bamboo for

ests

place to live

it’s very difficult for pandas to have babies; many baby pandas die when they are very young

bamboo forest becoming smaller and smaller

pandas may not have a place to live or food to eat

What can we do to protect giant pandas?

We can take the following actions:

1. help pandas have more babies

2. build more panda reserves

3. make laws to protect pandas

If we do nothing, soon there may be ________________________!none left

2.When Xi Wang was born, she weighed just 100 grams.

1) be born 出生，出世

She was born in America.weigh V. 重… , 有…重 weight n. 重量，分量

1) Eddie _______ 500 grams when he was born. What a heavy baby dog!

2) The _______ of Eddie is 40 kilograms now.

How heavy he is!

weighed

weight

3.Eight months later, she was not a small baby any more.

not … any more ＝ no more 没有，不再他不再来这儿了。 He didn’t come here any more.＝ He no more came here.他不再是个孩子了。He is not a child any more.= He is no more a child.

=she was no more a small baby.

一段时间 +later …… 之后（与一般过去时连用）

4.In the beginning, Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk.

beginning n. 开始，起初 （动词 begin 的名词）

in the beginning=at first 开始，起初 与 later （后来）相对。 at the beginning (of) 指开始的时间或地点。

如：e.g. 我们暑假从七月初开始。 Our summer holiday starts at the beginning of July. 起初他还有点害羞。He was a little shy in the beginning.

5. Sadly, giant pandas face serious probl

ems in the wild.

句中的 face 用作动词，意思是“面临”。face 还有“面对，面朝”的意思。如：Most of the rooms face south.

多数房间朝南。

It is difficult/hard/easy for sb. to do sth. 对某人来说，做某事很难 / 容易

对于这样小的男孩而言，学外语不容易。 It is not easy for such a little boy to learn a foreign language. 对他来说学两门外语是很难的。 It's very hard for him to study two languages. 

6. For example, it is very difficult for pandas to have babies, …

7. Also, giant pandas live mainly on a

special kind of bamboo.

live on 以食……为生 , 以…维生e.g. You can't live on bread alone.

你不能仅靠面包维生。

10. Giant pandas are now in danger.

in danger 指处于危险的境地  e.g. The old man is ill. He’s in danger.

那个老人生病了。他现在的情况 很危险。 out of danger 脱离危险

11. We should take action right away. 1) take action to do 采取措施 / 行动 e.g. It’s time for us to take action to protect wild animals. 是时候我们应该采取行动去保护 野生动物了。 2) right away 立刻，马上 e.g. You must give up smoking and drinking right away. 你必须立刻戒烟酒。

12.If we do nothing, soon there may be none left.

If 意为“如果”，引导条件状语从句，主句用将来时， if 从句用一般现在时表示将来。

Bill will come if you invite him.

如果明天下雨我们就不去野营。

如果明天不下雨我们将去野营We won’t go camping if it rains tomorrow.

We will go camping if it doesn’t rain tomorrow.

1. I won’t go to the theater if you ________(not go) with me.

2. Will you go shopping with me if I _________(be) free tomorrow.

3. If you _________ (not be) careful, you won’t be able to answer the question.

don’t go

am

aren’t

1. 称他为 Tom2. 一个被叫 Tom 的男孩3. 这意味着“希望”4. 出生5. 看起来像一只白老鼠6. 在 4 个月大时7. 开始外出8. 第一次9. 八个月之后10. 不再11. 开始，起初12. 学会照顾自己

call him Toma boy called Tom

This means “hope”be born

look like a white mouseat four months old

start to go outsidefor the first timeeight months later

not…any more=no morein the beginninglearn to look after oneself

1. 面对严峻的问题2. 主要以一种特殊的

竹子为食3. 结果4. 没有一个住的地方5. 处于危险中6. 脱离危险7. 采取行动8. 立刻，马上9. 建造保护区10. 制定法律11. 在出生时

face serious problemslive mainly on a special kind of bamboo

as a resultnot have a place to live

in dangerout of dangertake action (to dosth)right awaybuild reservesmake lawsat birth

1. When Tom was born, he ________ (wei

gh) 6 jin.

2. She __________ (be born) in America.

3. We have already made a good _______

__ (beginning).

4. Now many pandas are in ________. (da

ngerous)

weighed

was born

danger

beginning

5. ____________ (sadly), we could only

stay there for three weeks.

6. The __________ (action) of picking th

e baby up had made her back ache.

7. I will set off ____________ ( 立刻 ).

Sadly

action

right away