牛津初中英语二年级课文UNIT4

00:07.89]Oh,your food looks delicious!Can I have some?
[00:14.34]No!If you eat my food,I won't talk to you.
[00:20.58]If I don't have food,I die.Eddie,please.
[00:26.93]Sorry,Hobo.If I don't have food,I die too.
[00:33.41]If I die,no one will look after you.
[00:38.27]Reading        A Giant pandas
[00:45.71]Millie found a report on giant pandas on the Internet.
[00:50.57]She printed it out so that she could read it later.
[00:55.25]Here is the report.
[00:58.72]The story of Xi Wang
[01:02.38]I first saw the baby panda when she was only 10 days old.
[01:08.91]She looked like a white mouse.We called her Xi Wang.
[01:15.15]It means¹ 'hope'.When Xi Wang was born,she weighed just 100 grams².
[01:22.91]Af four months,she weighed about 10 kilograms³
[01:28.37]and she started to go outside her home for the first time.
[01:33.94]Eight months later,she was not a small baby any more.
[01:39.68]She grew into a healthy young giant panda and weighed 35 kilograms.
[01:47.13]At the very beginning,Xi Wang drank her monther's milk for up to 14 hours a day.
[01:54.78]When she was six months old,she started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.
[02:02.72]When Xi Wang was 20 months old,
[02:07.48]she had to look after herself because her mother had another baby.
[02:13.83]Sadly,it is very difficult for giant pandas to survive in the wild.
[02:20.49]Here are some of the problems that Xi Want may have in the future.
[02:26.36]If hunters catch a giant panda,they will kill it for its fur.
[02:32.42]If farmers cut down trees and forests,giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
[02:40.29]Monthers often leave baby pandas for two whole days on their own.
[02:46.64]If people find baby pandas alone,they will often take them away.
[02:53.48]They think that the baby pandas need help.
[02:57.92]If giant pandas are in danger,what can we do?
[03:03.28]We can take the following actions to protect giant pandas:
[03:08.84].make giant panda reserves⁴ bigger       .build more reserves
[03:15.11].encourage farmers to leave the giant panda reserves.
[03:20.75]If we do nothing,soon there will be no giant pandas in the world!
[03:26.99]Integrated skills         A Helping⁵ wild animals
[03:33.94]Amy and Millie want to help wild animals.
[03:41.99]They are reading a book about animals.
[03:46.38]Listen to their conversation.Help them complete the fact sheets.
[05:19.95]B Speak up:expressing opinions
[05:29.40]Your aunt likes buying animal fur.
[05:34.26]You want her to stop.Work in pairs.
[05:39.41]Use Millie's conversation with her mum as a model.
[05:44.69]Replace the underlined⁶ words with your own ideas.
[05:50.33]Mum,I think you should not buy clothes made of animals fur.
[05:57.80]Why?They look lovely on me.
[06:02.24]Many animals lose their lives because people buy animal fur.
[06:08.30]I don't think that's right.People should protect animals.
[06:14.26]If I don't buy them,someone else will buy them.
[06:19.22]If no one buys animal fur,then people won't kill wild animals any more.
[06:26.48]Maybe you're right.OK.I will not buy animal fur any more.
[06:33.64]Pronunciation   Say conditional⁷ sentences
[06:41.82]A Listen to Simon's report on wolves.
[06:48.27]1 Many wild animals will die if we don't help.
[06:54.75]2 Wolves won't survive if we don't give them good forest areas.
[07:03.00]3 They're peaceful animals if they live in family groups.
[07:11.26]4 If we continue to build roads,they won't have suitable⁸ homes.
[07:19.51]5 If farmers continue to make new farmaland,wild animals won't get enough food.
[07:29.25]B Listen to Millie's report on elephants.
[07:35.92]Put a rising arrow⁹ () above the words where her voice rises.
[07:42.11]Put a falling arrow ()above the words where her voice falls.
[07:48.64]1 If hunters see an elephant in the wild,they'll kill it.
[07:56.19]2 Hunters will make a lot of money if they sell elephants'tusks.
[08:04.36]3 Elephants help farmers if people train them. [08:10.71]4 There won't be any elephants if we don't protect them.
[08:18.29]5 If we don't help these wild animals,they'll all die soon.
[08:26.83]Main task   Writing a report
[08:33.18]A Many wild animals are in danger.
[08:41.85]The Wild Animals Club
[08:45.51]is asking its members to write about this problem for the club newsletter.
[08:52.27]Here is Millie's report on giant pandas.
[08:57.73]Report:Giant pandas are in danger!
[09:03.69]Giant pandas are beautiful black and white animals.
[09:09.33]They look like bears.They live in China.
[09:14.79]They are very quiet and peaceful.
[09:18.94]They eat bamboo shoots and leaves.They never eat meat.
[09:25.50]Baby giant pandas spend a lot of time drinking their mums'milk
[09:32.47]-up to fourteen hours a day!
[09:36.52]Mother giant pandas have only one or two babies at a time.
[09:43.08]When the babies are born,they look like little white mice.
[09:49.56]There are only about a thousand giant pandas in the world now.
[09:55.91]Their number is getting smaller and smaller
[10:00.97]because their living areas are becoming farmlands¹⁰.
[10:06.82]If farmers keep taking the land,giant pandas will have nowhere to live.
[10:14.37]Also,people hunt them for their fur.
[10:19.52]If this continues,then there will be no giant pandas in the world.
[10:26.89]So,what action can the club take?
[10:31.33]We should write to newspapers and magazines about the giant pandas in China.
[10:38.77]We should tell them about the problems for giant pandas.
[10:44.70]If more people know about these problems,
[10:49.56]then maybe they will do something to help.

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 grams   

n.克( gram的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• People were existing on a hundred grams of bread a day. 人一天靠100克面包就能继续存活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The gross weight of the box of chocolates is 500 grams. 那盒巧克力的全部重量是500克。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 kilograms   

n.千克( kilogram的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 2 kilograms of rice 2公斤大米
• Every tonne of coal contains,on average,30 kilograms of nitrogen. 每吨煤平均含30公斤氮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 reserves   

n.储量；谨慎( reserve的名词复数 )；保护区；替补队；替补队员v.保留[储备]某物( reserve的第三人称单数 )；预订或保留（座位、住处等）；推迟；具有或保持（某种权利）

参考例句：

• The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances. 本公司保留在一定条件下取消这项协议的权利。
• untapped reserves of oil 未开采的石油储量

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 underlined   

v.在…下面画线( underline的过去式和过去分词 )；加强，强调

参考例句：

• She underlined her disapproval of the proceedings by walking out. 她退席以表示不赞成这些做法。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In his speech he underlined several points. 他在讲话中强调了几点。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 conditional   

adj.条件的，带有条件的

参考例句：

• My agreement is conditional on your help.你肯帮助我才同意。
• There are two forms of most-favored-nation treatment:conditional and unconditional.最惠国待遇有两种形式:有条件的和无条件的。

8 suitable   

adj.合适的，适当的，适宜的

参考例句：

• Tomorrow will be quite suitable.明天挺合适。
• Is she suitable for the job?她适于做这工作吗？

9 arrow   

n.箭，矢；箭状物，箭头符号

参考例句：

• He was shot in the shoulder with an arrow.他的肩膀被箭射中。
• The letter was nailed to the wall with an arrow.一支箭把信钉在了墙上。

10 farmlands   

n.农田，耕地，牧地( farmland的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The first railways were built across these mountains to the new farmlands and towns. 最早的铁路是穿过山脉区到新农场和小镇的。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）
• In the wedge-shaped plateau are great old cities supported by rich farmlands. 在梯形状的高地上，有肥沃农田赡养的著名古城。 来自互联网