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8A Unit 5 Reading II

The story of Xi Wang

Jin ChaohuaWujiang Experimental Junior Middle School

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• You should know something about giant pandas.

• Answer the following questions to test your knowledge about giant pandas.

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• 1. What does Xi Wang mean in English?

• 2. What food do giant pandas live on?

• 3. How much did Xi Wang weigh at birth/ at 4 months/ at 12 months?

• 4. What problems do they face?

• 5. What action should people take to help them?

Q1. What does Xi Wang mean in English?

• Xi Wang means “hope”.

• The meaning of Xi Wang is “hope” in English.n. ( 名词）

We do believe that

where there is Xi Wang, there is hope.

v. ( 动词）

English pun ( 英语双关语）one word with two meanings

emphasis ( 强调）

Q2. What food do giant pandas live on?

mother’s milk bamboo

in the beginning live mainly on

in the beginning

at the beginning of……

==at first

这节课一开始的时候，我就知道熊猫主要以竹子为生。____________________, I have known ____________________.

但是，一开始，我以为熊猫出生就吃竹子。

But, ______________, I thought __________________________.in the beginning giant pandas ate bamboo at birth

At the beginning of the class giant pandas live mainly on bamboo

Q3. How much did Xi Wang weigh at birth/ at 4 months/ at 12 months?

just 100 grams

about 8 kilograms

over 35 kilograms

Ask and answer:

How much did she weigh…?

She weighed …

What’s the weight of Xi Wang ….?

Her weight was …..

Q4. What problems do they face?

• It’s difficult for giant pandas to have babies.It’s adj. for sb. to do sth. 对于某人来说，做某事是……

• Pandas may not have a place to live or food to eat.

It’s difficult for pandas to have a place to live or food to eat.

difficulteasy

possibleimpossiblenecessaryimportant

rightwrong

• It’s adj. for sb. to do/ to do/ notnot to do to do sth.

pandashunters

studentspeople

government

take action to protect themdo something to help thembuild panda reserveshave many babies at a timecut down bamboo to build

houseshunt pandas any morestop catching them for funstop people feeding them in

the zoowrite to newspapers

About giant pandas.

Giant pandas are in danger. in danger

in need

in trouble n. ( 名词）

处于危险中有需要

惹麻烦，有麻烦

We must know the fact that giant pandas are _________ of dying out. If we don’t take action, we’ll be ___________. That is, a lot of problems will follow. But remember, actions speak louder than words when others are _________ of help.

in dangerin trouble

in need

Find the missing words and tell the difference.

Conjunctions ( 连接词） make the passage more logical （逻辑性的） .

Q5. What action should people take to help them?

take action(s) to do sth.

• help pandas have more babies

• build more panda reserves

• make laws to protect pandas

Brainstorm

We students also should take action to help pandas.

What action should we take?

Join some clubs and organizations like WWF.Donate money to help protect pandas.Don’t buy things made of animal fur.Call on more people to join you.…

If we do nothing, soon there may be none left ！nothing 是泛指“没有任何东西”；none 是特指某物或者人数量上“没有”。

Panda A: I'm hungry, but I can find ________ to eat in the forest.Panda B: I want some bamboo, but there is ________ left in the forest. Panda A: What's in the bottle? Panda B: __________.Panda A: How much milk is there in the bottle? Panda B:_________.

nothing

none

Nothing

None

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• Finish the following 2 activities to show you can be the next Chengdu Pambassador( 熊猫大使）

Activity 1 ： The sharp learner

Activity 2: The best reporter

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Giant pandas are beautiful black-and-white animals. They live only in China. Giant pandas have only one or two babies ________. ______, they look like white mice. Adult pandas usually _______ 85 to 125 kilograms. That’s more than ____________a man.

They ___________ bamboo. But __________, baby giant pandas spend a lot of time drinking their mums’ ______— _______ fourteen hours a day!

milk

at a time

in the beginning

live mainly on at birth up to

the weight ofweigh

• Sadly, there are only about 1000 giant pandas in the world now. And the number is getting smaller and smaller. If farmers keep cutting down bamboo forests, ______________________________________. ( 对于熊猫来说，找到食物吃很难） Also, people hunt them for their fur.

• So, _____________________________________ （我们应该采取措施保护他们） Our government should ___________________ ( 制定法律来阻止这事 ) We students can write to newspapers and magazines to let more people know about their problems. ________________________________________ （如果我们什么也不做，可能很快就一头也没有了！）

It’s difficult for pandas to find food to eat

we should take action to protect them

make laws to stop this

If we do nothing, soon there may be none left!

My new life

Work in groups of 4.

1. Use as many new words, phrases or structurnew words, phrases or structureses as you can to get more points

2. Add conjunctionsconjunctions( 连接词） to make it more logical( 逻辑性的）

3. Add your own ideasown ideas to make it different

Give a report.

new words, phrases, structures

For all For youmean/ the meaning of

in the beginning/at the beginning of…

live mainly on

weigh/ the weight of

in danger/ in need/ in trouble

It’s adj. for sb. to do sth.

take action to do

none/ nothing

Use as many new words, phrases or structures as you can to get more points

Hello, my name is Xi Wang. ….

Dangers we meet______________________

____________________________________

Actions by the Chinese government and Chinese people________________________

_____________________________________

My life now (food, weight…)______________

___________________________________

So, I’m living a happy life in China now. Welcome to Sichuan to visit us.

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Homework1. Try to recite the text.2. Finish the Exercise paper. 3. Finish writing about Xi Wang’s new life.