UnitUnit 55Oxford EnglishModule 3 AnimalsPeriod 1Period 1Getting readyGetting readyReading (I)Reading (I)Save the endangered animalsSave the endangered animals大熊猫已在地球上生存了至少800 万年，被誉为“活化石”。据第三次全国大熊猫野外种群调查，全世界野生大熊猫不足1600 只，属于中国国家一级保护动物。野生大熊猫的主要栖息地是中国四川、陕西和甘肃的山区。Getting readyGetting ready1 Look at the cartoon and answer the questions.Look at the cartoon and tell what giant pandas look like.What do you know about What do you know about …?…?2How much do you know about pandas? Try the short quiz below. Circle the correctanswers.Before you readBefore you readLook at the pictures, the title, the introduction and the sub-headings of the article on page 67. Then answer the questions below. Where does this article most probably come from? a A novel. b A science magazine. What information about pandas can you get from the article? a Their numbers. b Their behaviour. c Their food. d Their relationship with humans. e Their future. f Their uses. g Their looks.Look at the article on page 67. Complete the facts about pandas.Think and learnThink and learnThere are not many giant pandas living in the wild because there is not enough food for them.a a natural environment not controlled by peopleb a dangerous place3Pandas are endangered animals.Vocabulary Vocabulary C1 The words in italics are from the article on page 67. Circle their correct meanings.C2 Complete the passage with the words from the box. Change their forms if necessary.D1 Mandy wrote a passage about pandas for the school newspaper, but she has madesome mistakes. Read the article on page 67 and help her correct the mistakes.ComprehensionComprehension4HHomework Homework 1. 模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。2. 抄写单词和短语： endangered ， file ， giant panda ， wild ， bamboo ， adult ， weight ， kilogram ， population ， behaviour ， birth ， patch ， shoulder ， central ， menu ， fur ； in the wild ， at birth 。3. 完成下列有关大熊猫的表格。 About pandas4. 完成《练习册》第 66 页 Vocabulary 和第 73 页 Reading A 的练习。
