发布时间 : 星期日 文章新版人教新目标版2018学年八年级英语下册Unit7What’sthehighestmountainintheworld教案更新完毕开始阅读58b6b649854769eae009581b6bd97f192279bffa
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.
big much popular long old high 1) The Amazon River is one of the _______ rivers in the world. It’s a little _______ than the Yangtze River.
2) Qomolangma is 8,844.43 meters _____. It’s one of the most ________ places for serious mountain climbers.
3) No ocean in the world is as _____ as the Pacific Ocean. 4) Although Japan is _______ than Canada, it is _______ smaller. 2. Write two comparisons about two topics. Write true facts. e.g. Two rivers: the Yangtze River and the Amazon River The Yangtze River is almost as long as the Amazon River.
The Amazon is longer than the Yangtze, but the Yangtze River is the longest river in China.
Two cities: ___________ and ___________
1. _______________________________________________________________. 2. _______________________________________________________________. Two animals: ___________ and ___________
1. ______________________________________________________________. 2. ______________________________________________________________.
3. Write five questions using comparisons. Then ask your partner your questions. 1) What is the highest building in our city? 2) What is the busiest subway station in out city? 3) What is the largest shopping mall in our city? 4) Which is the biggest park in our city? 5) Which is the longest road in our city? Step 5 Exercises Step 6 Homework
1. Memorize the important structure.
2. Make some sentences using as … as,... times … than, less than, more than.
Section B 1 (1a-2e)
Step 1 New words
1. weigh v. 称重 2. adult n. 成人 adj. 成年的 3. bamboo n. 竹子 4. endangered adj. 濒危的 5. research n.&v. 调查；研究
6. keeper n. 饲养员 7. awake adj. 醒着 8. excitement n. 激动 9. illness n. 疾病 10. artwork n. 插图 11. wild adj. 野生的 12. government n. 政府 Step 2 Discussion
1. Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.
e.g. 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)
2. Discuss in pairs. Compare the panda and the elephant. 3. Do 1a.Make more sentences using the information in 1a. Step 3 Listening
1. 1b Listen and check (√) the numbers you hear. 1c Listen again and complete the sentences.
2. Practice. Take turns telling your classmates about pandas. A: A baby panda can not see.
B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda. Step 4 Reading 1. Pre-reading
Talk about panda in your class. Use these words to help you. big, bamboo, zoo, popular, cute, black and white, Sichuan, famous, endangered, beautiful, forest, protect, 2. Reading tasks
2b Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean: 10, 12, 300, 2000
2c Read the article again and write short answers to the questions. 1. What is Lin Wei’s job?
2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast? 3. Why are pandas endangered?
4. What does the education program in Chengdu do? 5. Why are scientists doing research? 3. Post-reading
2d Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.
1. The panda _______ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _______ breakfast for the baby pandas.
2. In _______, pandas have become so _________ that they are now a symbol
of China.
3. Adult pandas do not have babies very _____, and some of the babies
only live for a short time because of ________.
4. A special program in Chengdu teaches ________ about why pandas are ___________.
5. The Chinese government is helping to _____ the pandas. Scientists
also want to better __________ the habits of pandas.
以下是一只熊猫宝宝的自述，请根据课文内容填空，每空不超过三个词。
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Chengdu Research Base. I’m a baby panda. My name is Lingling. It’s 9:00 a.m. now and most of the babies including me are awake and hungry. Look, the keepers are coming with our breakfast — (1) ______. How excited we are!
Lin Wei is one of our keepers and she takes good care of us. Unluckily, we pandas are in great danger now. Mother pandas maybe have one baby (2) _____________. And we baby pandas often die from illnesses. Also, we don’t have enough food because humans (3) ________________. But I know many people have realized it. An education program in Chengdu teaches children about us and other endangered wild animals. And the Chinese government is trying hard to help (4) ______ us. Scientists are doing research to better understand our (5) _______.
I believe, with your help, my family will become larger and larger.
2e Discuss what other ways you think children can help to save the pandas. Step 5 Language points
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。 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. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby panda’s breakfast.
prepare sth. for sb. 意为“为某人准备某物”，相当于prepare sb. sth.。如： We’re preparing a surprise party for Mike. =We’re preparing Mike a surprise party. 【运用】汉译英
妈妈刚刚给我们准备好了晚饭。
____________________________________________________________________ Mom prepared dinner for us just now. / Mom prepared us dinner just now. 4. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. 英语中，awake常用于be, stay, keep, lie之后，作表语；但也可与shake等动词搭配，表示“某人摇醒他人”等。
e.g. You should have to shake her awake. 注意，awake不用于名词前，因此用作定语时要后置。 e.g. She was the last person awake.
另外，awake不与very搭配使用，表示“完全醒来；十分清醒”用fully awake, wide awake。
e.g. He was wide awake by the time we reached my flat. 等我们到达我的住所时，他已经完全醒过来了。