八年级下册Unit7 SectionB.ppt

1、Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section B,Reading,2a,big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white, Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect,Talk about pandas in your Class. Use these words to help you. Before talking, lets watch a video first! the pandas.mp4,2b,Read

2、 the article to find out what these numbers mean.,10, 12, 300, 2000,It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Panda keepers are preparing the 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 ru

3、n over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over! 幻 7,Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says, “Theyre so 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 fa

4、ct, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China. 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

5、do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend 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 cu

6、t down the forests. As the,forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.,An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered animals. They send people to schools to tell children a

7、bout the importance of saving these animals. And the Chinese government is trying hard to help save the pandas. Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas. 幻 7,10 /12 Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a

8、day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.,300 Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.,2000 Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests.,2b,2c,Read the article again and write short answers to the questions.,What is Lin Weis job?,2. W

9、hat do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?,3. Why are pandas endangered? 2b,A panda keeper.,Milk.,Because the baby pandas often die from illnesses. And because humans cut down the bamboo forests, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.,4. What does the education program in

10、Chengdu do?,It teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals.,5. Why are scientists doing research?,Because they want to better understand the habits of pandas.,2d,Complete the sentences usin

11、g words and phrases from the passage.,The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas.,keepers,prepare,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 babie

12、s only live for a short time because of _.,fact,popular,often,illnesses,4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _ about why pandas are _.,children,save,5. The Chinese government is helping to _the pandas. Scientists also want to better _ the habits of pandas.,endangered,understand,Language points,1.

13、 they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over! （P91） 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。,2. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests. living in the forests 是一个现在分词短语，用做定语，修饰名词pandas。 e.g. the girls singi