《Unit15We’retryingtosavethemanatees!-TopicReading》教案Pandas’problem憨态可掬的熊猫是中国的国宝。可它的食物——竹子正在一天天减少。我们该怎么做呢？SupposeeverypersononEarthateonlyonekindoffood.Andmaybethatfoodcouldn’tbefoundinoneyear.Ifthathappened,manwouldsoondie.Luckily,mandoesn’thavetofacethatproblem.Butanotheranimalmay.Itisthepanda,oneoftheworld’smost-lovedanimals.DrThomasSoderstrom,ascientist,hasfoundforthefirsttimethatthe(1)bamboothatpandasonlyeatisdying.Asaresult,manypandasarealsodyingofhunger.Scientistsestimate(估计)thatsofarmorethan140pandashavedied.Thisnumbermaybealmostonequarteroftheworld’spandapopulation.Between400and1,000pandasarethoughttoliveinthemountains.PandasweremorecommoninmanypartsofAsiainthepast.ButnowtheyareonlyinsmallpartsofChina.Canthe(2)wildpandabekept?Scientistswanttofindoutmoreabouttheanimal’sfood.Theywanttoseewhetherpandasareabletochangetheirfood.Chinesescientistsaretryingto(3)raisemorepandasinzoos.ThefirstbabypandawasbornintheBeijingZoointheautumnof1978.【Enrichyourcollection】diev.死亡其现在分词形式是dying，也作形容词(临死的；快要灭绝的)；过去式、过去分词是died；death是名词，意为“死亡”；dead是形容词，意为“已死的”。如：I’msosorryforyourgrandfather’sdeath.Jim’sdogdiedthreehoursago.Thedyingwomanonlywishedtohavealastlookatherson.Marywasscaredbythedeadmouse.【Tasksforyou】1.Guessthemeaningsoftheunderlinedwordsinthepassage.(1)____________________________________________(2)____________________________________________(3)____________________________________________2.TellthefollowingstatementsareTrue(T)orFalse(F)accordingtothepassage.(1)Man’sfoodisgettinglessandless.()(2)Ascientisthasfoundmanypandasarealsodyingofhunger.()(3)PandasonlyliveinAsiaandAmerica.()(4)Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthewildpandacan’tbekept.()(5)Inordertomakepandashaveenoughfood,scientistsaretryingtoraisemorepandasinzoos.()TopicReading1.(1)竹子(2)野生的(3)饲养2.(1)-(5)FTFFT
