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.