英語人教版八年級下冊unit-7--section-B-ReadingPairwork

Talkaboutpandaswithyourpartner.Usethesewordstohelpyou.bigbamboozoopopularcuteblackandwhiteSichuanfamousendangeredbeautifulforestprotectAnswerthequestionsWhatdoesapandalooklike?Whatdoesapandaeat?Wheredoesitlive?Aretherealotofpandasnow?Watchavideo.Readingstrategyskimmingscanningageneralidea

certaininformationtitlesandheadingsthefirstandlastsentencesofparagraphsthefirstandlastparagraphspicturesandchartsScanthetextforkeywordsandphrases,dates,etc.Donotneedtoreadthewholetext.

Thismeansmovingyoureyesquicklydownthepagetofindspecificinformation.閱讀策略：Scanning2bReadthearticletofindoutwhatthesenumbersmean:10,12,300,2,000.Itis8:30a.m.attheChengduResearchBase.Pandakeepersarepreparingmilkforthebabypandas’breakfast.At9:00a.m.,theyfindthatmostofthebabiesarealreadyawakeandhungry.Whenthebabiesseethekeepers,theyrunovertothemwithexcitementandsomeoftheyoungpandasevenwalkintotheirfriendsandfallover!LinWei,oneofthepandakeepers,says,“They’resocuteandlovely.Itakecareof

themlikethey’remyownbabies.Iwash,feedandplaywiththemeveryday.They’reveryspecialtome.”Infact,manypeoplearoundtheworldlovetheseblackandwhiteanimals.PandashavebecomesopopularthattheyarenowasymbolofChina.Scientistssaytherearenowfewerthan2,000pandaslivingintheforests.Another300orsoliveinzoosorresearchcentersinChinaandothercountries.Pandasdonothavemanybabies,maybeonlyoneeverytwoyears.Thebabiesoftendiefromillnessesanddonotliveverylong.Adultpandasspendmorethan12hoursadayeatingabout10kilosofbamboo.Manyyearsago,therewerealotmorebambooforestsandpandasinChina,butthenhumansstartedtocutdowntheseforests.Astheforestsgetsmallerandotherhumanactivitiescausemoreproblems,pandascannotfindenoughtoeatandtheyarehavingfewerbabies.AneducationprograminChengduteacheschildrenaboutpandasandotherendangeredwild

animals.Theysendpeopletoschoolstotellchildrenabouttheimportanceofsavingtheseanimals.AndtheChinesegovernmentistryinghardtohelpsavethepandas.Scientistsaredoingresearchtobetterunderstandthehabitsofpandas.Weallhopethatinthefuturetherewillbealotmorepandas.WhatisLinWei’sjob?

2.Whatdothebabypandaseatforbreakfast?

2cScanthearticleagainandwriteshortanswerstothequestions.Heisresponsiblefortakingcareofthepandas,includingwashing,feedingandplayingwiththem.Theydrinkmilkforbreakfast.3.Whatdoadultpandaseat?

4.Whyarepandasendangered?

5.Whatisonewayofsavingpandas?Theyeatbamboo.Ononehand,thebabypandasdon’tlivelongbecauseofillnesses;Ontheotherhand,pandasfeedonbamboo,buthumanscutdownthebambooforests.Teachingchildrentheimportanceofsavingpandas/Plantingmorebambootrees.1.Thepanda__________ attheChengduResearchBaseareawakeveryearlyinthemorningto_________breakfastforthebabypandas.2.Adultpandasdonothavebabiesvery__________,andsomeofthebabiesonlyliveforashorttimebecauseof________.2dCompletethesentencesusingwordsandphrasesfromthepassage.keepersprepareoftenillnesses3.Anotherreasonforfewerandfewerpandasisbecausepeoplearecuttingdown_________sopandashavefewerplacestolive.4.AspecialprograminChengduteaches_______aboutwhypandasare_________andhowtosavethem.5.The____________________isalsohelpingtosavethepandas.Itis_________moretreestomakemorehomesforthepandas.forestschildrenendangeredChinesegovernmentplanting2