Unit 7Whats the highest mountain in the world?1a. Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.Example sentence: 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)This elephant is 200 cm taller than this panda.This elephant weighs 50 times than this panda.This elephant eat much more than this panda.1b. Listen and check () the numbers you hear._100 _ 16 _ 20_ 50 _ 120 _ 0.1_ 0.2 _ 1501. At birth, a baby panda is about _to _ kilos. 2. At birth, a baby panda is about _ cm long. 3. A baby panda is not black. It is _ and it has no _. 4. A panda can live up to _ to _ years.1c. Listen again and complete the sentences.pink0.2 150.1teeth 20301d. Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.A: A baby panda cannot see.B: An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.big bamboo zoo popular cute black and white Sichuanfamous endangered beautiful forest protect2a. Talk about pandas in your class. Use these words to help you2b. Scan the article to find out what these numbers mean:10,12, 200，2,000.Scanning This means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find specific information.1. be awake 醒着 2.die from 死于 3.spend doing 花费时间做某事 4. run over with excitement 兴奋地跑过去 5. walk into sb. 撞到某人 6. fall over 摔倒 7.or so 大约 8. take care of 照顾;照料 9.preparefor 为准备 10.In the remaining of forests 再现存的森林里 11. every two years 每两年 12. cut down the forests 砍伐林木 13. endangered animals 濒危动物 14. fewer and fewer pandas 大熊猫越来越少 15. be in danger 处于危险之中It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandasbreakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.When the babies see the keepers, they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!“Theyre so cute and lovely. I take care of them like theyre my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. Theyre very special to me.”Lin Wei loves her job, but it is a difficult one.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 forests. Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.An education program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals. Teaching children is one way to help save pandas. The Chinese government is also planting more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas than now.1.What is Lin Weis job?2. What do the baby pandas eat for breakfast?2c. Scan the article again and write short answers to the questions.He is responsible for taking care of the pandas, Including washing, feeding, playing with them.They drink milk for breakfast.3. What do adult pandas eat?4. Why are pandas endangered?5. What is one way of saving pandas?They eat bamboo.On one hand, the baby pandas dont live long because of illnesses; On the other hand, pandas feed on bamboo, but humans cut down the bamboo forests.Teaching children the importance of saving pandas / Planting more bamboo trees.1. The panda _ at the Chengdu Research Base are awake very early in the morning to _ breakfast for the baby pandas.2. Adult pandas do not have babies very _ , and some of the babies only live for a short time because of _.2d. Complete the sentences using words and phrases from the passage.keepersprepareoften illnesses3. Another reason for fewer and fewer pandas is because people are cutting down _ so pandas have fewer places to live. 4. A special program in Chengdu teaches _ about why pandas are _and how to save them. 5. The_ is also helping to save the pandas. It is _ more trees to make more homes for the p