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/set/ set up /neIt??/ nature park /dIvel?p/ /fi:d/（fed/fed） /sImbl / 设置；设定 v. set 开办；设立；创办；建立 大自然；自然界n. danger 自然公园 研制；制定v. nature 喂养；饲养 symbol 象征；标志n. develop feed Look at the pictures. Say what you know about pandas. Sometimes you can learn new words through translation. For example, when you learn “government”, you can take a card and write the English word on one side and the Chinese on the other. Practice saying the English words and check that you remember the meaning. a) Nature parks for pandas b) WWF and animas in danger c) The panda’s home d) An animal in danger Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs. 1__________ Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,600 pandas in the wild today. Zoos and research centers are looking after about 340 pandas. Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is getting very difficult. Scientists are doing a lot of research to help pandas produce more babies and help baby pandas live. d 2_________ Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home. And there are not many pandas left. 3_________ In order to protect pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed c a the pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks. 4_______ The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals. And it chose the panda to be its symbol. We do not want to lose tigers, elephants or any other animals, so the WWF is working hard to save them all. b Read paragraph 1 and answer the following questions: How many pandas are living in the wild today? About 1,600. To help pandas produce more babies and help baby panda