2016八年级英语下册 Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in th

Unit 7

What's the highest mountain in the world?R 八年级下册

Section B 2a-2d

bamboo n. 竹子

endangered adj.濒危的

keeper n.饲养员

awake adj.醒着

excitement n. 激动illness n. 疾病

remaining adj. 遗留的；剩余的

artwork n. 插图

wild adj. 野生的

government n. 政府

2a. Talk about pandas in your class.Use these words to help you.bigpopular Sichuan beautiful

bamboocute famous forest

zooblack and white endangered protect

2b

Reading

Scan the article to find outwhat these numbers mean: 10, 12, 200, 2000

ScanningThis means moving your eyes quickly down the page to find

specific information.

Language points1. At 9:00 a.m.,they find that most of thebabies are already awake and hungry.

awake是形容词，意为“醒着的”。如：Give him the letter as soon as he's awake. 他一醒就把这封信给他。 The wide awake patients heard the strange sound. 那些十分清醒的病人听到这奇怪的声音。

Language points2. When the babies see the keepers,they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!

excitement是名词，意为“激动；兴奋”。如：His eyes were wild with excitement.

他眼中流露出极度兴奋的神情。He has a weak heart, and should avoid excitement. 他心脏衰弱,应当避免激动。

Language points3. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. (1)die from是动词词组，意为“死于……, 因……而死。”。 如：In big cities during cold winter months, many old people die from the polluted air. 在大城市里，在寒冷的冬季，许多老年人死于污 染的空气。 Many villagers die every year from snake bites. 每年都有许多村民死因被蛇咬而死亡。

Language points(2)illness是可数名词，意为“疾病；病”, 其复数形式是illnesses。 如：Fever is a symptom of many illnesses. 发烧是许多疾病的症兆。 That doctor specializes in children's illnesses. 那位医生专门研究儿科疾病。

Language points4. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. (1)adult是形容词，意为“成年的；成年人”。

如：We should do our best to develop theadult education. 我们应当努力发展成人教育。

Aren't you adult enough to know that thereare two sides to every issue? 长这么大了,你难道还不懂每一件事都有两面性吗?

Language points(2)bamboo是不可数名词，意为“竹子；竹”, 特指“某些竹子”或强调种类时可数；表示“竹材” 时不可数；表示“竹竿；竹棍”时可数；可用于其

他名词前作定语。如：Bamboos are widely grown in southern parts of our country. 竹子在我国南部种植很广。 Bamboo is not a tree, but a kind of grass.

竹不是一种树，而是一种草。

1. She prepared a nice breakfast ____ B us.

A. to

B. for

C. at

D. with

2. He couldn't

help jumping with ____ A when he heard the good news. A. excitement C. exciting B. excited D. excite