8A Unit5
Reading(1)
学习目标1. 阅读有关大熊猫的文章 , 从上下文猜测文章大意。
2. 学习新单词 , 了解大熊猫的成长过程及保护大熊猫的一些措施。
3. 通过文章学习来增强我们保护野生动物的意识。
wild animals
giant panda
bear giraffe
kangaroo squirrel
monkey
elephant
tiger
Giant pandas
forest 森林reserve 自然保护区
bamboo shoots and
leaves
The story of Xi Wang
survive 活下来hunter 猎人kill 杀死nowhere 无处take actions 采取措施protect 保护encourage 鼓励thick 厚的continue 继续
New words:
Read the story and match the main idea with each part.
c. The growth of Xi Wang
a. The problems giant
pandas meet
b. The actions we can take
( )Part One
(Line 1- Line 14)
( )Part Two
(Line 15- Line 22)
( )Part Three
(Line 23- Line 30)
c
a
b
The growth of Xi Wang
The problems giant pandas meet
The actions we can take
Part One
(Line 1- Line 14)
Part Two
(Line 15- Line 22)
Part Three
(Line 23- Line 30)
Let’s learn the story more carefully.
First, read Part One together and try to answer the following questions:
1. What did the baby panda look like
when she was only 10 days old ?
2. When did she start to go outside her
home for the first time ?
A white mouse.
At four months old.
When she was born,
she weighed just .
At four months,
she weighed about .
Eight months later,
She weighed .
At the very beginning, Xi Wangdrank her mother’s __________for upto ___________a day.
When she was six months old, she started to eat _____ and .
The weight of Xi Wang and things she eats
When she was born,
she weighed just .
100 grams
At four months,
she weighed about .
10 kilograms
Eight months later,
She weighed .
35 kilograms
The weight of Xi Wang
At the very beginning, Xi Wangdrank her mother’s_______for upto________a day.
milk14 hours
When she was six months old,she started to eat__________,and .
bamboo shoots leaves
Things she eats
The growth of Xi Wang
1 day 10 days
20 months
12 months
6 months4 months
a She started to look after herself.
b She was about 10 kilograms and started
to go outside her home.
c She looked like a white mouse.
d She began to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.
e She weighed 100 grams.
f She weighed 35 kilograms.
e
a
f
dbc
There are three problems Xi Wang may have in the future, what are they?Read Part Two , then fill in the blanks.
1.________catch them for their____.
cut down forests and the pandas have__________to live.
Hunters
Farmers
fur
nowhere
People them_______when they arealone.
take away
2.3.
How can we protect them?
Read the rest of the story, and find out the actions we can take to protect giant pandas.
* make giant panda reserves bigger* build more reserves* encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves
( ) 1 When the writer saw Xi Wang, she weighed
only 10 kilograms.
( ) 2 When she went outside for the first time,
she started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.
( ) 3 Eight months later, she weighed 35 kilograms.
( ) 4 Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk for up to
14 hours a day at the beginning.
( ) 5 Farmers kill giant pandas for their fur.
( ) 6 Making bigger reserves for giant pandas will help
to protect them.
T
F
F
T
F
T
Read the story fast .write a T if the sentence is true.write an F if it is false.
The story of Xi Wang When Xi Wang was ,she looked like a
little _______, at four months ,she weighed 10 kgs and went outside her home for the first time.
When she was 6 months, she started to eat bamboo _______ and leaves,she must take care of herself when she was months old.
But it is hard for giant pandas to_______. Because hunters catch them for their fur,and farmers cut down trees and______, they have
______to live.We must take some to protect them.We should build more ________,and encourage farmers to the reserves.
bornmouse
20survive
forestsnowhere actions
reserves leave
shoots
Love wild animals!
Love yourselves!
What can we
learn from the story?
Homework
Finish 自主检测 Reading1 。
Read the story three times after the tape.
Surf on the Internet to find more information about giant pandas.