Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? Section B(2a-2d )Reading Koalas in AustraliaElephants in ThailandDo you know more about pandas?Think： What animal is a symbol of China？Free talkTalk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you. big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuan famous endangered beautiful forest protectPre-readingReading skillScan the text forkey words and phrases, dates, numbers and so on Don’t need to read the whole text. scanning(扫读）While-readingScanning means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific(具体的） information.?. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries. Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down the for |
