新版新目标八年级英语下册UnitSectionBae

新版新目标八年级英语下册UnitSectionBae

Unit 7 Unit 7 What's the highest mountain in the world? Section B 1 1a-2e New words weigh v. 称重 adult n. 成人 adj. 成年的 bamboo n. 竹子 endangered adj. 濒危的 research n.&v. 调查；研究 keeper n. 饲养员 awake adj. 醒着 excitement n. 激动 illness n. 疾病 artwork n. 插图 wild adj. 野生的 government n. 政府 Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences. 1a Elephant — is 350 cm tall — weighs 5,000 kilos — eats 150 kilos of food a day Discussion Panda — is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs) — weighs 100 kilos — eats 10 kilos of food a day Example sentences: This elephant weighs many times more than this panda. (200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more) 大熊猫最奇特的一点是新生儿在出生时相当的不成熟，体重仅是它母亲体重的 0.1% ，平均为 145 克左右，约为成年的千分之一。照顾孩子是一项非常艰巨的任务，通常历时 18 个月，有时长达两年，直到她的下一个孩子出生。 大象是现存世界最大的陆栖动物，主要外部特征为柔韧而肌肉发达的长鼻和扇大的耳朵，具缠卷的功能，是象自卫和取食的有力工具。象肩高约 2 米，体重 3 ～ 7 吨。非洲象耳大，体型较大，体重较重。亚洲象耳小，身体较小，体重较轻。 Listen and check( √ ) the numbers you hear. Listening 100 16 20 50 120 0.1 0.2 150 √ √ √ √ √ 1b Listen again and complete the sentences . 1. At birth, a baby panda is about ___ to ___ kilos. 2. At birth, a baby panda is about ___ cm long. 3. A baby panda is not black. It is ____ and it has no _____. 4. A panda can live up to ___ to ___ years. 0.1 0.2 15 pink teeth 20 30 1c Take turns telling your classmates about pandas. Practice A: A baby panda cannot see. B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda. 1d Here are some facts about koala, use the information above to make sentences. Discussion Koala — is 75 cm tall — weighs 10 kilos — eats leaves — sleeps 20 hours a day Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you. Reading 2a big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white, Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect 阅读策略： Scanning This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information. 略读时，只需读每一段第一句话（较长的段落，读前两句）。 第一句话常是整段讨论的主题。在结论段，重点可能在最后一句。 阅读时，把文本标出来，是帮助回答问题好方法。可将关键词画线或在段落旁写下本段主题，一两个字就够了，关键在于涵盖全文的速度。 　 略读时遇到不懂单词，试观察前后字来猜出意思。比如，在不懂的单字前面是形容词，那么这个字可能会是名词；在不懂的单字之前是副词，那么这个字可能会是动词。只要了解段落大意就好了。 Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean. 10, 12, 200, 2000 2b Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions. What is Lin Wei’s job? 2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast? 3. What do adult pandas eat? A panda keeper. Milk. Bamboos. 2c 4. Why are pandas endangered? 5. What is one way of saving pandas? Less forest for pandas to live. Teaching children. Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage. The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _______ breakfast for the baby pandas. keepers prepare 2. Adult pandas do not have babies very ____, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _______. often illnesses 2d 4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _______ about why pandas are __________ and how to save them. endangered 5. The __________________ is also helping to save the pandas. It’s _______________ more trees to make more homes for the pandas. Chinese government necessary to plant 3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down ____ so pandas have fewer places to live. trees children Discussion Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas. 2e Important phrases prepare for be awake run over fall over take care of play with one’s own be special to sb. every two years die from illness spend time doing sth. cut down an education program endangered animals the way to in the future 1. At birth , a baby panda is about… birth v. 出生 at birth 出生时 e.g. Man’s nature  at birth  is good. 人之初，性本善。 give birth to… 生（孩子）；产生 e.g. My aunt  gave birth to  a beautiful baby girl yesterday. 昨天我婶婶生下一个漂亮的小女孩。 Language points 2. A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years. up to 到达（数量，程度等）；不多于 e.g. In some area of Africa, children get educated up to 12 years old. 在非洲的一些地区，孩子最多受教 育到 12 岁。 3. …they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over ! run over 跑上前去 over adv. 穿越；从 …… 的一边到另一边 e.g. She ran over to say hello, but I didn’t recognize her. 她跑过来打招呼，但我没有认出她 来。 walk into （走路时意外）撞上 e.g. As he was thinking too deeply and not playing attention to where he was going, he walked straight into a tree. 由于他陷入深思，没有注意看路，径直撞到了一棵树上。 fall over 摔倒；倒下 e.g. Don’t run too fast, or you might fall over . 别跑的太快，要不你会摔跤的。 fall over something 被某物绊倒 e.g. Tommy fell over the dog and broke his front teeth. Tommy 被那只狗绊了一跤，磕断了 门牙。 4. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests . living in the remaining forests 是一个现在 分词短语，用做定语，修饰 pandas 。 e.g. the girls singing under the tree 树下唱歌的女孩们 the women washing clothes by the river 河边洗衣服的女人们 Summary 1. …cm taller/shorter 2. much /even/a little/less + 比较级 …times more than …. Talk about how to protect pandas. Make a list about how to save pandas.