1、Section B 第第2课时课时Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?第1页1.To learn the article in 2b2.To learn new words:bamboo,research,keeper,awake,excitement,illness,wild,government,oil,protection,huge第2页Do you like pandas?What do you know about them?第3页大熊猫最奇特一点是新生儿在出生时相当不成熟,体大熊猫最奇特一点是新生儿在出生时相当不成熟,体重仅是
2、它母亲体重重仅是它母亲体重0.1%0.1%,平均为,平均为145145克左右,约为成克左右,约为成年千分之一。照料孩子是一项非常艰巨任务,通常历年千分之一。照料孩子是一项非常艰巨任务,通常历时时1818个月,有时长达两年,直到她下一个孩子出生。个月,有时长达两年,直到她下一个孩子出生。第4页2aTalk about pandas in your class.Use these words to help you.big bamboo zoo popular cute black and whiteSichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protec
3、t第5页2bRead the article to find out what these numbers mean:10,12,300,2,000.This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.第6页 略读时,只需读每一段第一句话(较长段落,读略读时,只需读每一段第一句话(较长段落,读前两句)。前两句)。第一句话常是整段讨论主题。在结论段,第一句话常是整段讨论主题。在结论段,重点可能在最终一句。重点可能在最终一句。阅读时,把文本标出来,是帮阅读时,把文本标出来,是帮助回答下列问题好
4、方法。可将关键词画线或在段落旁助回答下列问题好方法。可将关键词画线或在段落旁写下本段主题,一两个字就够了,关键在于涵盖全文写下本段主题,一两个字就够了,关键在于涵盖全文速度。速度。略读时碰到不懂单词,试观察前后字来猜出意思。略读时碰到不懂单词,试观察前后字来猜出意思。比如,在不懂单字前面是形容词,那么这个字可能会比如,在不懂单字前面是形容词,那么这个字可能会是名词;在不懂单字之前是副词,那么这个字可能会是名词;在不懂单字之前是副词,那么这个字可能会是动词。只要了解段落大意就好了。是动词。只要了解段落大意就好了。第7页It is 8:30 a.m.at the Chengdu Research
5、Base.Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas breakfast.At 9:00 a.m.,they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.When the babies see the keepers,they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!Lin Wei,one of
6、 the panda keepers,says,Theyre so 第8页cute and lovely.I take care of them like theyre my own babies.I wash,feed and play with them every day.Theyre very special to me.In fact,many people around the world love these black and white animals.Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of Ch
7、ina.Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests.Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.Pandas do not have many babies,maybe only one every two years.The 第9页babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.Adult pandas s
8、pend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.Many years ago,there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China,but then humans started to cut down these forests.As the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems,pandas cannot find enough to eat and they
9、are having fewer babies.An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals.They send people to schools to tell children about the第10页importance of saving these animals.And the Chinese government is trying hard to help save the pandas.Scientists are doing
10、research to better understand the habits of pandas.We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.第11页2cRead the article again and write short answers to the questions.1.What is Lin Weis job?2.What do the baby pandas have for breakfast?He is responsible for taking care of the pandas,
11、including washing,feeding,playing with them.They drink milk for breakfast.第12页3.Why are pandas endangered?4.What does the education program in Chengdu do?On one hand,the baby pandas dont live long because of illnesses;on the other hand,pandas feed on bamboo,but humans cut down the bamboo forests.It
12、teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals.第13页5.Why are scientists doing research?Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas.第14页1.The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas.keeper
13、sprepare2.In _,pandas have become so _ that they are now a symbol of China.oftenillnesses2dComplete the sentences using words from the passage.3.Adult pandas do not have babies very _,and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _.the worldpopular第15页4.A special program in Chengdu te
14、aches _ about why pandas are _.5.The Chinese government is helping to _ the pandas.Scientists also want to better _ the habits of pandas.childrenendangeredsaveunderstand第16页2eWhat other ways do you think children can help to save the pandas?Do not bother the pandas and let them live peacefully in the wild.Volunteer to do some work helping to protect the pandas.To do some advertisement about protecting the pandas.第17页Make sentences to tell about Pandas.第18页