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课件网) Period 5 Section B（2a-2e） Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world 2a Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you. big bamboo/b m'bu / zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered/ n'de nd (r)d/ beautiful forest protect 2b Read the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2,000. Scanning This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information. It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research/r 's (r)t / Base. ① Panda keepers/'ki p (r)z/ are preparing milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast. ② At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake/ 'we k/ and hungry. ③ When the babies see the keepers, they run over to them with excitement/ k'sa tm nt/ and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over! ④ 体裁：说明文 Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says, “They’re so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they’re my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They’re very special to me.” In fact, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests. ⑤ 数词：文章中出现的数字10、12、300、2 000 等，运用了列数字的说明方法，这使说明更加准确，同时增强了说明效果。 Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries. ⑥ Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses/' ln s z/ and do not live very long. ⑦ Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down these forests. 由形容词ill+ 后缀-ness 构成, 既可作可数名词，也可作不可数名词。 As the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies. An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild /wa ld/ animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. And the Chinese government /'ɡ v (r)nm nt/ is trying hard to help save the pandas. ⑧ Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas. 写作方法：短文用递进法来写。先开门见山地引出大熊猫，说明大熊猫在成都研究基地的现状；接着说明保护大熊猫的原因；最后描述保护大熊猫的措施。 句子：总结全文， 表达作者的愿望。 文章结构： 引出大熊猫 Para. 1 林薇的工作及大熊猫的重要性 Para. 2 保护大熊猫的措施 Para. 4 保护大熊猫的原因 Para. 3 2c Read the article again and write short answers to the questions. 1. What is Lin Wei’s job _____ 2. What do the baby pandas have for breakfast _____ Lin Wei is a panda keeper. Milk. 3. Why are pandas endangered _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ ... ...
