牛津译林版八年级上册Reading教学ppt课件

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先通过一个猜动物名称的游戏引出野生动物的话题，带领学生复习前一课时所学的野生动物的名称及其特征，也为学习大熊猫“希望”的成长过程做铺垫。通过让学生听和读来训练其根据上下文猜测文章大意的方法，同时学习新的词汇。之后通过精读、结合题目讲解知识点让学生提取文章细节并对文章中重点短语和句型进行记忆和理解。最后让学生通过对课文的学习，增强保护野生动物的意识。

教学目标

通过本课节的教学，让学生达成以下目标：

1.知识目标

掌握词汇：mean, beginning, sadly, face, serious, mainly, however, result, danger, action, reserve, law, none, be born, in the beginning, live on, as a result, in danger, take action, right away, at birth

2.能力目标

(1)能够了解大熊猫的成长过程及保护大熊猫的措施； 

(2)能够根据上下文猜测词义；

(3)能够用适当的英语表达方式向他人介绍大熊猫的情况。 

3.情感目标

增强保护野生动物的意识，从自我做起，保护生态环境。

重点难点

重点：理解文章内容，获取文章细节信息。

难点：学会用英语谈论大熊猫的成长过程及保护大熊猫的措施。

教学准备

PPT 课件；相关图片。

授课时数

2课时

教学过程

Step 1  Warming up

Present some pictures of wild animals, but each picture just shows part of the animal. Ask students to guess what they are.

   T: What animal is this?

S: This is a(an) giraffe/dolphin/zebra/kangaroo/panda/ elephant/tiger/camel.

Step 2  Presentation

1. Ask students to guess what the teacher’s favourite wild animal is.

   T: My favourite wild animal is very lovely. It looks like a bear. It likes eating bamboo. It lives in China. Can you guess what it is?

   S: The panda.

2. Present three pictures of the panda and describe the pictures with some new words and phrases.

   T: Pandas are very cute. They look like white mice when they are born. In the beginning, they drink their mother’s milk. Six months later, they begin to eat bamboo. They mainly live on bamboo. Sadly, giant pandas face serious problems in the wild. They are in danger. We must take action to protect them right away.

   Write the words and phrases underlined on the blackboard and teach them.

3. Ask students to read the passage and complete the exercise in part B1.

1  be born (line 3)          　　　   a  do something

2  in the beginning (line 9)   　　　   b  not any

3  serious (line 12)         　　　   c  bad or dangerous

4  mainly (line 14)         　　　   d  at first

5  take action (line 19)      　　　   e  more than anything else

6  none (line 25)           　　　   f  come into the world as a baby

Answers: f, d, c, e, a, b

Step 3  Reading

Task 1  Scanning

1. Ask students to read the story and match each part with the main idea.

Answers:

Task 2  Further reading

Para. 1~Para. 3

1. Listen to the recording from paragraph 1 to paragraph 3 and fill in blanks.

Answers: 100 grams;  about 8 kilograms;  over 35 kilograms;  her mother’s milk; bamboo

2. Read paragraph 1 to paragraph 3 again and complete the chart.

a. She learnt to look after herself.

b. She was about eight kilograms and started to go outside.

c. She looked like a white mouse.

d. She began to eat bamboo.

e. She weighed 100 grams.

f. She weighed over 35 kilograms.

Answer: e, c, b, d, f, a

Para.4

1. Listen to the recording about paragraph 4 and circle the topic sentence.

2. Read and complete what Millie says about the serious problems that giant pandas are facing.

Now giant pandas face serious problems (1) ________. They’re (2) ________. For example, giant pandas do not have many babies during their lives, and it’s easy for baby pandas to get sick and die when they’re (3) ________. Also, giant pandas mainly (4) ________ a special kind of bamboo, so the bamboo forests are very important to them. However, the bamboo forests are becoming smaller and smaller. (5) ________, giant pandas may not have a place to live or food to eat. So we need to do something for giant pandas.

Answers: (1) in the wild    (2) in danger    (3) very young    (4) live on

        (5) As a result  

Para.5~Para. 6

1. Read the last part of the story and answer the following question.

What action can we take to protect giant pandas?

Answers: We can help pandas have more babies, build more panda reserves and make laws to protect pandas.

Task 3  Post reading

Ask students to read the passage and complete the conversation.

Kitty: What did Xi Wang eat when she was born?

Millie: She (1) _______________ in the beginning, but half a year later,

      she began to (2)______________.

Simon: Did Xi Wang grow very quickly after she was born?

Millie: Yes. She weighed only (3) _____________ at birth, but she weighed over

(4) _____________when she was one year old.

Sandy: Is it easy for giant pandas to live in the wild?

Millie: No, it isn’t. They face (5)_______________.

Daniel: So what should we do?

Millie: We should help pandas (6) ___________________________, build more

(7)___________________ and (8) __________________ to protect them.

Answers: (1) drank her mother’s milk     (2) eat bamboo

        (3) 100 grams                (4) 35 kilograms

        (5) serious problems           (6) have more babies

        (7) panda reserves             (8) make laws

Step 4  Practice

Ask students to work in groups of three and each member tries to retell one part of Xi Wang.

Step 5  Language points

1. When Xi Wang was born, she weighed just 100 grams and looked like a white mouse.

当(大熊猫)希望出生时，她只有100克重并且看起来像一只白色的老鼠。

be born 意为“出生，出世”，后可接时间或地点状语，说明出生的时间和地点。

She was born in a small town. 她出生在一个小镇上。

【拓展】birth用作名词，意为“出生” 。

常见短语：at birth    在出生时

            from birth  从出生起

  The baby weighed 3 kilos at birth.

这个婴儿出生时体重为3千克。

2. Also, giant pandas live mainly on a special kind of bamboo.

另外，大熊猫主要以食用一种特殊种类的竹子为生。

(1) live on 意为“以食……为生”。

Tigers live on meat.老虎以食肉为生。

(2) mainly 副词，意为“主要地, 大部分”，突出在一系列事物中的相对重要性。其形容词形式main，意为“主要的”。

We had a talk mainly about the new story. 

我们主要谈论了一下这个新故事。

3. Sadly, giant pandas face serious problems in the wild.

令人悲伤的是，野生大熊猫们正面临着严重的问题。

serious 形容词，意为“严重的，严肃的” 。be serious about 意为“对……认真/严肃”。

Are the problems serious? 那些问题严重吗？

Mr Wu always puts on a serious look.吴老师总是面容严肃。

4. We should take action right away.

我们应该立刻采取行动。

(1) action 名词，意为“行动，行为”。take action意为“采取行动”。

take action to do sth. 意为“采取行动做某事”。

You had better give a reason for your action.

你最好为你的行为说明原因。

You must take action to improve your English.

你必须采取行动来提高你的英语水平。

(2) right away 意为“立刻，马上”，相当于at once或right now。

Let’s solve the problem right away.

  咱们立刻解决这个问题吧。

5. If we do nothing, soon there may be none left!

如果我们什么都不做，可能很快（世界上）就一只熊猫也不剩了！

 none代词，意为“没有一个（人或物） ”，指三者或三者以上中一个也没有，其反义词为all。none of... 意为“……中一个也没有”，后接复数概念的名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词单、复数皆可；后接不可数名词作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。

There are four men in the hall, but I know none.

大厅里有四个人，但我一个也不认识。

None of the furniture in the room is new.

房间里没有一件家具是新的。

Step 6  Homework

1. Tell the story of Xi Wang in English to more people.

2. Search the Internet to find more ways to protect wild animals.

当堂达标

Ⅰ. 单项选择。

1.—Most of the wild animals are _________ because of their bad living      environment.

—So we must do something to protect them.

A. in need        B. on duty      C. at birth      D. in danger

2. You will see many aunts dancing together on the square if it _________ in the evening.

A. doesn’t rain    B. rains        C. will rain     D. won’t rain

3. We must _________ now to protect the wildlife.

A. be born        B. act as       C.live on       D. take action

Ⅱ. 用括号内所给的提示完成句子。

1. He thinks it’s easy __________（learn） English.

2. The boy became __________ (interest) in history at six years old.

3. __________(sad), more and more animals in the world are losing their homes.

4. Giant pandas __________（主要）live on a special kind of bamboo.

5. Tom didn’t realize the danger in the __________ (begin).

Answers：

Ⅰ. 1. D     2. A     3. D

Ⅱ. 1.to learn    2. interested    3. Sadly    4. mainly    5. beginning

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