1、Unit 7,Unit 7 Whats the highest mountain in the world?,Section B 1 1a-2e,New words,weigh v. 稱重,adult n. 成人 adj. 成年的,bamboo n. 竹子,endangered adj. 瀕危的,research n.&v. 調(diào)查；研究,keeper n. 飼養(yǎng)員,awake adj. 醒著,excitement n. 激動,illness n. 疾病,artwork n. 插圖,wild adj. 野生的,government n. 政府,Compare facts about these

2、two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.,1a,Elephant is 350 cm tall weighs 5,000 kilos eats 150 kilos of food a day,Discussion,Panda is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs) weighs 100 kilos eats 10 kilos of food a day,Example sentences: This elephant weighs many times more

3、than this panda. (200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more),大熊貓最奇特的一點是新生兒在出生時相當(dāng)?shù)牟怀墒欤w重僅是它母親體重的0.1%，平均為145克左右，約為成年的千分之一。照顧孩子是一項非常艱巨的任務(wù)，通常歷時18個月，有時長達兩年，直到她的下一個孩子出生。,大象是現(xiàn)存世界最大的陸棲動物，主要外部特征為柔韌而肌肉發(fā)達的長鼻和扇大的耳朵，具纏卷的功能，是象自衛(wèi)和取食的有力工具。象肩高約2米，體重37噸。非洲象耳大，體型較大，體重較重。亞洲象耳小

4、，身體較小，體重較輕。,Listen and check() the numbers you hear.,Listening,100 16 20 50 120 0.1 0.2 150,1b,Listen again and complete the sentences.,1. At birth, a baby panda is about _ to _ kilos. 2. At birth, a baby panda is about _ cm long. 3. A baby panda is not black. It is _ and it has no _. 4. A panda can

5、 live up to _ to _ years.,0.1,0.2,15,pink,teeth,20,30,1c,Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.,Practice,A: A baby panda cannot see. B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.,1d,Here are some facts about koala, use the information above to make sentences.,Discussion,Koala

6、 is 75 cm tall weighs 10 kilos eats leaves sleeps 20 hours a day,Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you.,Reading,2a,big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white, Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect,閱讀策略：Scanning,This means moving your eyes quickly down t

7、he page to find specific information.,略讀時，只需讀每一段第一句話（較長的段落，讀前兩句）。第一句話常是整段討論的主題。在結(jié)論段，重點可能在最后一句。閱讀時，把文本標出來，是幫助回答問題好方法?？蓪㈥P(guān)鍵詞畫線或在段落旁寫下本段主題，一兩個字就夠了，關(guān)鍵在于涵蓋全文的速度。 略讀時遇到不懂單詞，試觀察前后字來猜出意思。比如，在不懂的單字前面是形容詞，那么這個字可能會是名詞；在不懂的單字之前是副詞，那么這個字可能會是動詞。只要了解段落大意就好了。,Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean.,10,

8、 12, 200, 2000,2b,Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.,What is Lin Weis job?,2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?,3. What do adult pandas eat?,A panda keeper.,Milk.,Bamboos.,2c,4. Why are pandas endangered?,5. What is one way of saving pandas?,Less forest for pan

9、das to live.,Teaching children.,Complete the sentences using 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. Adult pandas do not have babies very _, and some of the babies only liv

10、e for a short time because of _.,often,illnesses,2d,4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _ about why pandas are _ and how to save them.,endangered,5. The _ is also helping to save the pandas. Its _ more trees to make more homes for the pandas.,Chinese government,necessary to plant,3. Another reas

11、on for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places to live.,trees,children,Discussion,Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.,2e,Important phrases,prepare for be awake run over fall over take care of play with ones own be sp

12、ecial to sb.,every two years die from illness spend time doing sth. cut down an education program endangered animals the way to in the future,1. At birth, a baby panda is about birth v. 出生 at birth 出生時 e.g. Mans natureat birthis good. 人之初，性本善。 give birth to 生（孩子）；產(chǎn)生 e.g. My auntgave birth toa beauti

13、ful baby girl yesterday. 昨天我嬸嬸生下一個漂亮的小女孩。,Language points,2. A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years. up to 到達（數(shù)量，程度等）；不多于 e.g. In some area of Africa, children get educated up to 12 years old. 在非洲的一些地區(qū)，孩子最多受教 育到12歲。,3. they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fa

14、ll over! run over 跑上前去 over adv.穿越；從的一邊到另一邊 e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didnt recognize her. 她跑過來打招呼，但我沒有認出她 來。,walk into （走路時意外）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，沒有注意看路，徑直撞到了一棵樹上。,fall over 摔倒；倒下

15、e.g. Dont run too fast, or you might fall over. 別跑的太快，要不你會摔跤的。 fall over something 被某物絆倒 e.g. Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth. Tommy被那只狗絆了一跤，磕斷了 門牙。,4. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. living in the remaining forests 是一個現(xiàn)在 分詞短語，用做定語，修飾pandas。 e.g. the g