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课件网) Unit 5 Save the endangered animals（第一课时） 年 级：八年级 上册 学 科：英语（统编版） 主讲人： 学 校： **初中部 P67 8BU5 Session 1 handout Warm-up: Free-talk What do you think of giant pandas Learning objectives retell how people protect them. describe what they are by reading a fact file. After this class, you will be able to... find out what a “panda guardian” will say to us. Warm-up: Brainstorming What else do you want to know about them Where is this article from A. A novel B. An advertisement C. A newspaper D. A science magazine A Pre-reading: Skimming sub-headings Clearer Easier to read B 1. What kind of article is it A fact file. Pre-reading: Skimming 2. What information can you get from the fact file a. Their numbers. b. Their uses. c. Their behaviour. d. Their food. e. Their relationship with humans. f. Their future. √ √ √ √ sub-headings Scan and fill in the blanks. Panda facts Population: There are almost _____ pandas in the wild. Weight at birth: Its weight at birth is about _____ grams. Adult weight: It weighs about _____ kilograms. Home: Pandas live high up in the bamboo forests of_____. Behaviour: Pandas spend more than _____ a day eating to keep healthy. They are good at _____. They like to_____. Food: A panda eats as much as_____ of bamboo a day. Sub-headings & numbers! While-reading: Scanning Population: There are almost _____ pandas in the wild. Weight at birth: Its weight at birth is about _____ grams. Adult weight: It weighs about _____ kilograms. 1,900 100 to 150 100 to 200 While-reading: Scanning Ms. Shen & Student F Which is heavier Behaviour Pandas like to live on their own. They need to eat a lot to stay healthy, so they spend more than 12 hours a day eating. Although they are big and heavy, it is not difficult for them to climb trees. They are strong enough to protect themselves. Home Pandas live high up in the mountains of Central and Western China. They live in the bamboo forests there. Home: Pandas live high up in the bamboo forests of _____. Behaviour: Pandas spend more than _____ a day eating to keep healthy. They are good at _____. They like to_____. 12 hours Central and Western China climbing trees live alone While-reading: Scanning Food Pandas in the wild usually eat bamboo. In zoos, their menu includes bamboo, apples and carrots. A giant panda can eat as much as 30 kilograms of bamboo a day. Life Pandas live for about 20 years in the wild, but in zoos they can live for up to 38 years. Aspect In the wild In the zoo Food They usually eat_____. Their menu includes _____. Life They live for about _____. They live for up to_____. bamboo 20 years 38 years bamboo,apples and carrots Food: A panda eats as much as _____ of bamboo a day. 30 kilograms While-reading: Scanning The future People are cutting down forests, so the pandas are losing their homes. Some people are killing them for their fur. It is cruel of them to do so. There are not many panda ... ...
