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                 Module 6    Cultural corner学案
                              WWF
Step 1: lead in.
Step 2: fast reading.
Q 1: What is WWF?
Q 2: What is the aim of it?
Q 3: When and where was it founded?
Q4: Who designed the famous panda logo?
Q 5: What did the organization do in China in 1980 and 1995?
Step 3: careful reading. Fill in the chart below.
WWF  Aim: to protect the natural habitat of wild animals in danger of 1._________________
 2._________________ of the famous panda logo: Peter Scott.
 Development:
a. It was founded in the U.K and opened an international office in Switzerland in 3.____________
b. Today the organization has 4._________________ in 90 countries and has thousands of volunteers and more than 5 million _______________.
c. It is world’s largest organization for 5._______________________
 Focus of attention.
a. in the 1980s, it became interested in all activities which have an effect on the 6._______________________
b. it started working with government to introduce 7.______________________________ into school.
WWF in China  It has worked with Chinese government since 8._______________
 It set up a(an)9._________________in Beijing in 1995.
 Today, there are more than 10.________________staff working on the 20 projects all over the country.
Step 4: T or F.
1. The organization WWF was founded in Switzerland in the year 1961.
2. At present it has branches in 130 countries.
3. The WWF only pays attention to protecting wild animals in danger.
4. IT was Dr George Shaller who set up an office of WWF in Beijing.
5.  Saving the panda is one of the projects that the WWF is carrying out in China.
Step 5: important sentences.
1. It was founded in the UK in1961and opened an international office in Switzerland in the same year.
Found(vt): 成立，创立
译：中华人民共和国于1949年成立。

2. The WWF believes that our world has a future only if people learn to conserve nature and not waste energy.
Only if : 只有，假如。用来引导条件状语从句，比if 语气更强。位于句首时，句子要用部分倒装。
译：只有找到了一份工作，我才有足够的钱上学。

3.For 15 years WWF China staff had been based in Switzerland but came to China to monitor the project.
Be based in sp: 以……为基地       
译： 这个国际大公司的基地在纽约。
    

3．Nature conservation               conserve nature
   An international office            面临绝种的危险
   代表                对……有影响           浪费能源
   把……引入……       Work with sb on sth         建立        
Step 6: writing.
Write a small passage about panda, using the information on the screen.