1、weigh v.称重adult n.成人adj.成年的bamboo n.竹子endangered adj.濒危的research n.&v.调查；研究keeper n.饲养员awake adj.醒着excitement n.激动illness n.疾病artwork n.插图wild adj.野生的government n.政府Compare facts about these two animals.Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.1aElephant is 350 cm tall weighs 5,000 kil
2、os eats 150 kilos of food a dayPanda is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs)weighs 100 kilos eats 10 kilos of food a dayExample sentences: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)大熊猫最奇特的一点是新生儿在出生时相当的不成熟，体重仅是
3、它母亲体重的0.1%，平均为145克左右，约为成年的千分之一。照顾孩子是一项非常艰巨的任务，通常历时18个月，有时长达两年，直到她的下一个孩子出生。大象是现存世界最大的陆栖动物，主要外部特征为柔韧而肌肉发达的长鼻和扇大的耳朵，具缠卷的功能，是象自卫和取食的有力工具。象肩高约2米，体重37吨。非洲象耳大，体型较大，体重较重。亚洲象耳小，身体较小，体重较轻。Listen and check()the numbers you hear.100 16 20 50120 0.1 0.2 150 1bListen again and complete thesentences.1.At birth,a b
4、aby 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 live up to _ to _ years.0.10.215pinkteeth20301cTake turns telling your classmates about pandas.A:A baby panda cannot see.B:An adult panda weighs many times more
5、 than a baby panda.1dHere 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 dayTalk about pandas in your class.Use these words to help you.2abig,bamboo,zoo,popular,cute,black and white,Sichuan,famous,endangered,be
6、autiful,forest,protectThis means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.略读时，只需读每一段第一句话（较长的段落，读前两句）。第一句话常是整段讨论的主题。在结论段，重点可能在最后一句。阅读时，把文本标出来，是帮助回答问题的好方法。可将关键词画线或在段落旁写下本段主题，一两个字就够了，关键在于涵盖全文的速度。略读时遇到不懂单词，试观察前后字来猜出意思。比如，在不懂的单字前面是形容词，那么这个字可能会是名词；在不懂的单词之前是副词，那么这个字可能会是动词。只要了解段落大
7、意就好了。Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean.10,12,200,20002bScan 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 pandas eat?A panda keeper.Milk.Bamboos.2c4.Why are pandas endangered?5.What is
8、one way of saving pandas?Less forest for pandas to live.Teaching children.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.keepersprepare2.Adult pandas do not have babies
9、very _,and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _.oftenillnesses2d4.A special program in Chengdu teaches_ about why pandas are _ and how to save them.endangered5.The _ is also helping to save the pandas.Its _ more trees to make more homes for the pandas.Chinese governmentnecessar
10、y to plant 3.Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places to live.treeschildrenDiscuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas.2eprepare for be awakerun overfall overtake care ofplay withones ownbe special to sb.eve
11、ry two yearsdie from illnessspend time doing sth.cut downan education programendangered animalsthe way toin the future1.At birth,a baby panda is aboutbirth v.出生 at birth 出生时e.g.Mans nature at birth is good.人之初，性本善。give birth to 生（孩子）；产生e.g.My aunt gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday.昨天我婶婶生
12、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 12 years 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over adv.穿越；从的一边到另一边e.g.She ran over
13、 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 paying 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 som
14、ething 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 the river河边洗衣服的女人们1.cm taller/shorter 2.much/even/a little/less+比较级3.times more than.4.Talk about how to protect pandas.Make a list about how to save pandas.
