1、Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.【教学目标】l Knowledge objectiveKey vocabularyresearch, baby, situation, scientist, produce, feed,government, nature, develop, symbolKey structuresnature parkl Moral objective1. To help students know the importance of protecting animals and our environment.
2、2. Improve their sense of duty to love and protect animals. 【教学重点】1. To get information from the reading material about pandas.2. To learn some new words.【教学难点】To understand the main idea of each paragraph of the article.【教学方法】PWP method, task-based method 【教学手段】A tape recorder, multimedia and some
3、pictures【教学过程】Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Warming up1. Look at the pictures and guess what the animal is.2. Look at the pictures and answer the questions about the panda.Step 2 Consolidate new wordsLook and say. The teachers shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as po
4、ssible.Step 3 Say what you know about pandas Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and say something about pandas.Step 4 Listen and answer the questions1. How many pandas are there in the wild today?There are only about 1,600 pandas.2. Whats the symbol of the WWF? The panda.Step 5 Read the passage and
5、 match the headings with the paragraphs Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.Step 6 Read the passage and answer the questions1. What are scientists studying? They are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live.2. Are there many of pand
6、as left?No, there arent.3. What is the government doing to protect pandas in the wild? The government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans.4. Is the panda the symbol of all animals in danger? Yes, it is.Step 7 Read the passage and complete the sentences1. Scientists do a lot of rese
7、arch _.2. The government is setting up nature parks _.3. The WWF chose the panda _.4. The WWF is working hard _.Step 8 Complete the sentences with the words in the box Read the passage carefully and get the main idea and choose the words from the box, then use the correct form to fill in the blanks.
8、baby government nature produce save Scientists situation symbol Zoos and research centers protect animals. (1) _ do a lot of research to help pandas (2) _ more babies. Very few (3) _ pandas are born outside zoos. Many people are worried about the pandas (4) _. Luckily, the (5) _ is developing plans
9、to (6) _ pandas, and is setting up (7) _ parks to protect them. People all over the world love pandas, and the panda has become a (8) _ of China.Step 9 Language points1. Scientists are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies do a lot of research表示“做大量研究”。 research是不可数名词。 produce表示
10、“生育，繁殖”。 e.g. produce more babies2. Each pandas needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. every 和 each的区别。every “每”“各”，指三者或三者以上的整体，含有全体之意。e.g. Every boy is here. 所有男孩都在这儿。each “每一”“每个”，指两个或两个以上的每一个，着重于个别，如团体中一个的人或物。e.g. He spoke to each member of the team. 他和队里的每个队员都说了话。3. In order to protect pandas i
11、n the wild, the government is setting up nature parks set up 创建，创办e.g. He wants to set up a school for the poor children. 他想为贫困地区的孩子创办一所学校。In order (not) to do sth. 为了（不）做e.g. In order to be a doctor, you have to study for five years in a college. 要当一 名医生，你需要在大学学习五年。 They need to raise 5,000,000 US
12、dollars in order to pay for the repairs. 为了支付修理费用，他们需要筹集500万美元。Step 10 Choose an animal in danger and answer the questions1. What is the animal?2. Where does it live?3. What does it feed on?4. Why is it in danger?5. How difficult is the situation?6. How could we save it?Step 11 Write a passage about
13、 an animal in danger. Use your answers in Activity 5 and the following example to help you Pandas live the southwest of China. They are in danger and the situation is getting very difficult. First, pandas dont have many babies and baby pandas often die. Second, pandas eat bamboo and the bamboo fores
14、ts are getting smaller. But the government is creating nature parks with a lot of bamboo to help protect pandas.Step 12 Exercises1. Please tell the children _ in their homework on time. A. to hand B. hand C. handing2. The doctor is helping the lady _ her baby. A. produce B. create C. feed3. The sign
15、 is the _ of danger. You must be careful. A. research B. situation C. symbol4. Mr. Brown always makes his class _ and keeps his students _ in class. A. alive; interesting B. lively; interesting C. alive; interested D. lively; interested5. We all worked hard and _ we found out what had really happened. A. at first B. by the way C. at last D. in fact Keys: A, A, C, D, CStep 13 HomeworkMake a poster about protecting animals in danger.
