初中英语人教版八年级下册section B 2a-2e.doc

Step 1 New words1. weighv.称重 2. adultn.成人adj.成年的 3. bamboon.竹子4. endangeredadj.濒危的 5. researchn.&v.调查；研究6. keepern.饲养员 7. awakeadj.醒着 8. excitementn.激动9. illnessn.疾病 10. artworkn.插图 11. wildadj.野生的12. governmentn.政府Step 2Discussion1. 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.Step4 DiscussionHere are some facts about koala, use the information above to make sentences.Koala is 75 cm tall weighs 10 kilos eats leaves sleeps 20 hours a dayStep5 Reading1.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 guidance: scanningThis means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.3. Reading tasks1. 2b Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean:10, 12, 200, 20002. 2c Scan 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. What do adult panda seat? 4. Why are pandas endangered?5. What is one way of saving pandas? Key: 1. A panda keeper. 2. Milk. 3. Bamboos. 4. Less forest for pandas to live. 5. Teaching children. 3. 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. Adult pandas do not have babies very _, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _. 3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places to live. 4. A special program in Chengdu teaches_ about why pandas are _ and how to save them. 5. The_ is also helping to save the pandas. Its _ more trees to make more homes for the pandas. Keys: keepers,prepare, often, illnesses, trees, children, endangered, Chinese government, necessary to plant2e Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.Step 6 Language points1. At birth, a baby panda is aboutbirthv.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 12years old. 在非洲的一些地区，孩子最多受教育到12岁。3. they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!run over跑上前去 overadv.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。4.Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests.living in the remaining forests是一个现在分词短语，用做定语，修饰pandas。e.g. the girls singing under the tree 树下唱歌的女孩们 the women washing clothes by t