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unit 6
Earth first---
Understanding ideas
Watch the video and answer the questions.
What is the main idea of this video
Background information
Peter Benchley (1940–2006) was an American author and screenwriter. He is best known for his best-selling novel Jaws, which was later adapted as a film by Steven Spielberg. Some of his other works were also adapted for cinema,
including The Deep, The Island and White Shark. Benchley later regretted
writing sensationalist works about sharks, and became a strong advocate for marine conservation.
Tick the words that you want to describe sharks.
dangerous
powerful
endangered
interesting
man-eating
terrifying
cute
intelligent
huge
Do you agree with them
Compare your choices with
tothers. Share with others.
Before reading this passage , please try to make a prediction of this passage.
SHARKS:DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED
1. What is the main idea of this paragraph
1.We see a woman swimming at night in a dark sea. Suddenly, she is pulled underwater. She surfaces, cries in fear, then disappears forever. This is the opening scene from the 1975 film Jaws, showing a shark attack. It tells the story of a great white shark that attacks and kills swimmers. Jaws was a great success, attracting huge audiences and winning many awards. It strengthened people’s long-held idea of the great white shark as a dangerous animal.
People had a idea that the great white shark is dangerous
.
SHARKS:DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED
2. People have always been scared of sharks, but Jaws made things worse. It made people frightened of sharks, especially of the great white shark. Many people who saw the film started to believe that sharks were bad animals that ate humans. Some people stopped swimming in the sea, afraid of the horrible creature from the film. Other people started fishing for sharks, killing as many as they could. At that time, nobody cared if sharks were killed, or how many were killed. People just wanted them killed.
People became more scared of sharks.
3. After 1975, the number of large sharks around America fell quickly, and soon fell around the world. This was not only due to fear of sharks, but also finning. Finning is a type of fishing where sharks are caught and their fins cut off. The sharks are thrown back into the sea where they die slowly and painfully. The fins are used in shark fin soup. Finning kills millions of sharks a year.
Sharks decreased because people fear of sharks and finning.
SHARKS:DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED
4. Finning would have an unexpected effect upon Peter Benchley, the man who wrote the book the film Jaws was based on. In 1980, Benchley was diving when he came across an awful sight. It was an area where fishermen were finning, and the sea floor was covered with dead sharks. Benchley saw sharks being killed and this caused a deep change in him. He came to see people as a danger to sharks, rather than the other way round. From that day on, he fought to protect sharks. He admitted that his book was wrong about sharks’ behaviour.“Sharks don’t target humans,”he said. Experts have proved that sharks
do not see people as food, and they attack us by mistake. Only around six people are killed by sharks every year.
Peter Benchley admitted that his book was wrong about sharks’ behaviour.
4. Finning would have an unexpected effect upon Peter Benchley, the man who wrote the book the film Jaws was based on. In 1980, Benchley was diving when he came across an awful sight. It was an area where fishermen were finning, and the sea floor was covered with dead sharks. Benchley saw sharks being killed and this caused a deep change in him. He came to see people as a danger to sharks, rather than the other way round. From that day on, he fought to protect sharks. He admitted that his book was wrong about sharks’ behaviour.“Sharks don’t target humans,”he said. Experts have proved that sharks
do not see people as food, and they attack us by mistake. Only around six people are killed by sharks every year.
My opinions
5. Fortunately, not everyone who watched the film Jaws became afraid of sharks – some became interested in understanding them. Today, as we learn more about sharks, more people than ever want to protect them from extinction.
More people wnat to protect the sharks from extinction.
Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of this passage.
Before the film Jaws：
After the film Jaws：
Today：
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:
People have a normal fear of sharks.
People are more frightened of sharks.
More people are against fnning and wish to protect sharks.
Para.1
　
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
A. Finning is a cruel way for sharks.
B. Introduction
C. People want to protect sharks.
D. Finning had an influence on Peter Benchley.
E. Jaws made people killed sharks.
Matching.
How do you think Peter Benchley felt after diving in 1980
About your opinions
What other flms or books do you know that feature wild animals
Do they “paint” a good or bad picture of these animals
Complete this blanks.
People have a normal
fear of sharks.
People is alwaysscared of sharks because they are 1_____________________.
dangerous animals
Complete this blanks.
People are frightened of sharks.
People saw the film and believed 2______________________________________
Some people stopped 3_____________________ while others started to 4_______________.
The number of sharks fell due to 5_________________________.
sharks were bad animals.
swimming
fish sharks
fearness and finning
Complete this blanks.
More people are against finning and wish to protect sharks.
Peter Benchley admitted that his book 6____________
Experts have proved that 8_______________________________, and they attack us by mistake.
Some people were intersted in 9___________ and are willing to 10____________________.
was wrong
sharks do not see people as food
sharks
protect sharks
Share your opinions with the class.
Thank you

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