My favourite pet

Wild animals

giant

panda

polar bear

giraffe

zebrakangaroo

camel

Giant panda

forest

reserve

bamboo shoots and

leaves

the weight of Xi Wang

the things she eats

When she was born,

she weighed just .

100 grams

At four months,

she weighed about .

10 kilograms

Eight months later,

She weighed .

35 kilograms

The weight of Xi Wang

At the very beginning, Xi Wangdrank her mother’s for upto a day.

milk

14 hours

When she was six months old, she started to eat , and .

bamboo shoots leaves

When she was old, she had to look after herself.

20 months

Things she eats

The growth of Xi Wang

1 day 10 days

20 months

12 months

6 months4 months

a She started to look after herself.

b She was about 10 kilograms and started

to go outside her home.

c She looked like a white mouse.

d She began to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.

e She weighed 100 grams.

f She weighed 35 kilograms.

e

a

f

dbc

Protecting giant pandasDangers:

catch them for their .

cut down forests and the pandas have to live.

People take baby pandas if they are left alone.

away

Hunters

Farmers

fur

nowhere

Actions:

Protecting giant pandas

Giant pandas are in .we must help them .

Hunters should not kill giant pandas for their .

Farmers should not work in panda .

We should encourage farmers to the panda

reserves.

And people should not take pandas away.

baby

danger

survive

fur

reserves

leave

Matching game

1 bamboo shoots

2 survive

3 fur

4 forests

5 protect

6 reserves

7 encourage

a keep someone/something safe from danger

b thick hair of animals

c support

d giant pandas’ favourite food

e large areas of land with trees

f special areas for wild animals

g stay alive

True (T) or false (F)

( ) 1 When the writer saw Xi Wang, she weighed

only 10 kilograms.

( ) 2 When she went outside for the first time,

she started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves.

( ) 3 Eight months later, she weighed 35 kilograms.

( ) 4 Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk for up to

14 hours a day at the beginning.

( ) 5 Farmers kill giant pandas for their fur.

( ) 6 Making bigger reserves for giant pandas will help

to protect them.

T

F

F

T

F

T