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课件网) Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world？ Section B (2a~2e) 新课导入 Do you know Chengdu Research Base 成都大熊猫繁育研究基地(Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding)位于成都北郊斧头山，距市区10公里，是一个专门从事濒危野生动物研究、繁育、保护教育和教育旅游的非营利性机构。该基地建有一座大熊猫博物馆，存有珍贵的资料和丰富的展品。除大熊猫外，该基地还从事对小熊猫、黑颈鹤等珍稀濒危动物的研究及繁育工作。 2 1 能熟悉并正确运用本课时的重点单词和短语 能用英语说出大熊猫的现状和保护情况 预习检测 1. The zoo keepers are _____ the milk _____ the baby pandas’ lunch. A. prepare; to B. preparing; for C. preparing; with D. prepare; to 2. I hope there will be more forests for animals_____. A. to live B. to live on C. live in D. to live in 3.We all hope that in the future there will be _____ more pandas than now. A. a lot B. a little C. few D. little B D A 4. He drank a lot of coffee to keep himself _____. A.wake B.awake C.waking D.waken 5. The old woman was much too weak because of her serious_____. A.ill B.illness C.to be ill D.be ill B B 知识梳理 Language points 1. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas' breakfast. prepare...for “为...准备…” e.g. I'll prepare some drinks and snacks for you. prepare for “为...做准备” e.g. The students are busy preparing for the final exam. 学生们忙于为期末考试做准备。 2. ...they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. awake “醒着的”，常用于be,stay, keep之后，做表语。其反义词为asleep“睡着的” e.g. It's twelve at night. He is still awake. 晚上12点了，他还是醒着的。 注意：awake不用于名词前做定语。 e.g. I was so excited that I was awake (wake) the whole night. 我太兴奋了以至于整晚都是醒着的。 3. …they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over! run over “跑上前去,跑过去” over adv.穿越；从……的一边到另一边 e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didn't 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. 4.Another 300 or so live in zoos or ... another “另一；又一”，常放在数词之前。another +基数词+名词 =基数词+other/more+名词。 e.g. We stayed there for another three days.=We stayed there for three other/more days. 我们在那儿又待了三天。 or so “大约”，位于数词或者表示时间的名词之后，相当于about或around（常放于数词或表示时间的名词之前） e.g. There are 40 students or so in the playground. 大约有四十名学生在操场。 5.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. die from 通常指由于外部原因（事故、缺乏食物等）造成的死亡 e.g. He died from an accident. 他死于一场车祸。 die of 通常指由于人体自身原因（年老、忧伤等）造成的死亡 e.g. His mother died of sorrow. 他的母亲因过度悲伤而亡。 illness “疾病；病”，通常指因病而导致的不健康的状态 e.g. He cannot come because of illness.他因病不能来。 ill(adj.生病的)+ne ... ...
