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The Best Job In The World
Developing ideas
本课重点词汇
1. crystal-clear [ kr stl] 晶莹的；清澈透明的;
2. Great Barrier Reef 大堡礁
reef [ri f] n.[C]礁，礁脉
coral reef [ k r l] [ri f] 珊瑚礁
3. illegal fishing 不合法的捕鱼
4. algae [ ld i ] 藻类
5. acidic [ s d k] adj. 成酸的；酸式的; 酸味的;
6. combat [ k mb t] v. 与…作斗争；打击；与…搏斗
7. reproduce [ ri pr dju s] v. 使繁殖；使生殖; 再现
8. conserve [k n s v] vt. 保护; 保护
Important facts about the Great Barrier Reef
The largest and longest coral reef group in the world
Location
Northeastern Australia
Southern hemisphere
in the Pacific Ocean
Length
2011 kilometers
Number of reefs
2900
Width
161 kilomters at the widest part
Climate
Tropical climate
Best time to visit
All year round
Award
Listed in the World Heritage List in 1981
adj "热带的;
What can you see in the Great Barrier Reef
Over 400 species of reefs
Over 1,500 tropical fishes
Over 4,000 species of
marine（海洋的） life
Leading in
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. Which natural heritage site is introduced
2. What kind of threat is it facing
Activity 1
1. Which natural heritage site is introduced in the video
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
2. What kind of threat is it facing
The reef is threatened by human activities :
Industry along the coast pollutes its waters;
Illegal fishing is reducing the number of fish;
Climate change caused by human activities has many negative effects on the coral.
Pre-reading
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about.
Activity 2 2
A．The importance of protecting the Great Barrier Reef
B．Job requirements.
C．The applicant Ben Southall.
D．A tourism advertisement.
What the passage is mainly about
Read para1 : Basic Information about the Job Working place :
Working hours:
Accommodation
Permanent/ Temporary:
Key duties: 1.______________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
Flexible
the Great Barrier Reef
The job will last 6 months.
exploring the islands of the reef and finding out what the area has to offer
reporting back via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates
promoting the islands through newspapers, magazines and TV interviews
Provided
住宿
Basic information of this job
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
The requirements of the job
Para. 5
Para. 6
Part 2. match the paragraphs with the main idea of para1, para4.
While-reading
Choose the topic sentences for the paragraphs and write them on the lines to complete the passage. Underline the clues (线索).
Activity 3
a. Located off the coast of North-east Australia, the Great Barrier
Reef is the largest living thing on the planet.
b Whether it was a genuine job offer or an eye-catching marketing
event isn’t really important.
c This call for an island caretaker attracted interest from all over the world.
d Ben did a lot during his time as an island caretaker.
大堡礁位于澳大利亚东北海岸外，是地球上最大的活体生物。
这究竟是一份真正的工作邀约，还是一场引人注目的营销活动，其实并不重要。
这则岛屿管理员的招募启事吸引了来自世界各地的关注。
本在担任岛屿管理员期间做了很多事。
c This call for an island caretaker attracted interest from all over the world.
Para. 1: “How would you like to spend six months living on an island and looking after the Great Barrier Reef ”
依据：词汇复现——与上文存在词汇近义照应。
Para. 2
Clues
这则岛屿管理员的招聘广告吸引了全世界的兴趣。
a Located off the coast of North-east Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living thing on the planet.
Para. 3: “About the size of Japan, … More than 25 million years old, … the Great Barrier Reef is made up of… It is host to…”
依据：词汇共现——划线词与粗体词经常在同一语境出现，用于对某物进行简要描述和介绍。
Para. 3
Clues
d Ben did a lot during his time as an island caretaker.
Para. 5: “In addition to blogging, taking photos and writing articles about the reef, he made a number of appearances on television to argue in favour of its defence. He also worked as a presenter for the National Geographic Channel, before going on to write a book about his experiences. Ben later joked that the job should have been advertised not as the “best”, but the “busiest job in the world”!
依据：衔接和照应（整体与细节）
Para. 5
Clues
b Whether it was a genuine job offer or an eye-catching marketing event isn’t really important.
Para. 6: The most important thing was that… What’s more, ...
依据：前后构成转折和对比的逻辑关系。
Para. 6
Clues
Learning to learn
Good transitions (衔接过渡手段) highlight the ideas that connect different paragraphs and bring the text together as a whole. Transitions can help readers understand how paragraphs work together, how they relate to one another, and how they build to a larger point.
Fast- reading: Can you find more transitions in the passage
Some examples:
Para 1 : You’ll need to…,
You’ll also be asked…
Para 3: But this unique and delicate place…
Para 5: In addition to …
He also worked as…
Para 6: What’s more …
过渡词
Think and share
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
1. What are the requirements of the job
To get the job, the candidates have to make a short video showing how much they know about the reef. They also need to prove why they are the best person to do the job.
4. How is the theme of nurturing nature presented differently in the
two reading passages of this unit
In the first reading passage the author uses his own experience to describe the challenges of building the railway and the solutions to these problems. In this way, the author wants to tell us that we should protect nature while constructing and developing human society.
In the second reading passage the author explains threquirementse best job in the world, its and its duty to raise the public awareness of the beauty of nature, and to understand the delicate balance of nature.
Both of these passages stress that human beings should protect our environment and live in harmony with nature.

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