英语人教版八年级下册unit7 sectionB2a-2e.doc

Section B 1 (2a-2e)Step 1 New words1. weigh v. 称重 2. adult n. 成人 adj. 成年的 3. bamboo n. 竹子4. endangered adj. 濒危的 5. research n.&v. 调查；研究6. keeper n. 饲养员 7. awake adj. 醒着 8. excitement n. 激动9. illness n. 疾病 10. artwork n. 插图 11. wild adj. 野生的12. government n. 政府Step 2 Discussion1. Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.e.g. This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.(200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more)2. Discuss in pairs. Compare the panda and the elephant.3. Do 1a.Make more sentences using the information in 1a. Step 3 Listening1. 1b Listen and check () the numbers you hear. 1c Listen again and complete the sentences.2. Practice. Take turns telling your classmates about pandas. A: A baby panda can not see.B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda. Step 4 Reading 1. Pre-readingTalk about panda in your class. Use these words to help you.big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white,Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect,2. Reading tasks 2b Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 20002c Read the article again and write short answers to the questions. 1. What is Lin Weis job? 2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast? 3. Why are pandas endangered? 4. What does the education program in Chengdu do? 5. Why are scientists doing research? 2d Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage. 1. The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas. 2. In _, pandas have become so _ that they are now a symbol of China. 3. Adult pandas do not have babies very _, and some of the babiesonly live for a short time because of _.4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _ about why pandas are _.5. The Chinese government is helping to _ the pandas. Scientistsalso want to better _ the habits of pandas.2e Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.Step 5 Language points1. At birth, a baby panda is aboutbirth v. 出生 at birth 出生时e.g. Mans natureat birthis good. 人之初，性本善。give birth to 生（孩子）；产生e.g. My auntgave birth toa beautiful baby girl yesterday. 昨天我婶婶生下一个漂亮的小女孩。2. A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years.up to 到达（数量，程度等）；不多于e.g. In some area of Africa, children get educated up to 12 years old. 在非洲的一些地区，孩子最多受教育到12岁。3. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. 英语中，awake常用于be, stay, keep, lie之后，作表语；但也可与shake等动词搭配，表示“某人摇醒他人”等。 e.g. You should have to shake her awake.注意，awake不用于名词前，因此用作定语时要后置。 e.g. She was the last person awake.另外，awake不与very搭配使用，表示“完全醒来；十分清醒”用fully awake, wide awake。e.g. He was wide awake by the time we reached my flat. 等我们到达我们的住所时，他已经完全醒过来了。4. they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!run over 跑上前去 over adv.穿越；从的一边到另一边e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didnt recognize her.她跑过来打招呼，但我没有认出她来。walk into （走路时意外）撞上e.g. As he was thinking too deeply and not playing attention to where he was going, he walked straight into a tree.由于他陷入深思，没有注意看路，径直撞到了一棵树上。fall over 摔倒；倒下e.g. Dont run too fast, or you might fall over. 别跑的太快，要不你会摔跤的。fall over something 被某物绊倒e.g. Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth.Tommy被那只狗绊了一跤，磕断了门牙。5. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in forests.living in th