Unit 4 Reading

上冈中学 刘德亚

A riddle We are beautiful black and white animals .We look like bears. We live only in China . Our favourite food is bamboo shoots and leaves . our greatest hope is to take a colour photo. Who are we?

Pandas

a baby panda

a giant panda

bamboo shoots and leaves

the weight of Xi Wang

the 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.

milk

14 hours

When she was six months old, she started to eat , and .

bamboo shoots leaves

When she was old, she had to look after herself.

20 months

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

hunter

farmer

fur

forestreserve

Discussion: Why is Xi Wang crying?

Hunters catch them for their fur.

Farmers cut down forests and pandas have nowhere to live.

People take baby pandas away if they find them alone.

Dangers:

What other actions can we take to help them?

Discussion

Actions: Protecting giant pandas

We should make giant panda reserves bigger.

We should encourage farmers to leave the panda reserves.

We should build more reserves.

Make some laws to protect them.

Hunters should not kill giant pandas for their fur .

Farmers should not work in panda reserves.

People should not take baby pandas away.

…

Can you have a play show?

Let’s try together.

Play1. A giant panda 、 a hunter and a worker

Play2. A giant panda 、 a farmer and a worker

Play3 .A baby panda 、 a villager and a worker

Homework:

Write a letter to newspapers or magazines about the giant pandas in China. Try our best to encourage more and more people to protect them.