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Book2Unit 6　 Earth first
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the class,you will be able to:
1.learn the basic structure of the text.
2.use critical thinking to analyze people’s attitudes to sharks
3.raise awareness of wildlife protection.
Starting out
Watch the video and answer the questions.
Which of the facts in the video do you find most alarming
2　What does the video want to tell us
2. What does the video want to tell us
It tells that severe environmental problems we are facing nowadays make our future uncertain. It's time for everyone to take action now and make our planet a greener and safer place for our future generations.
1. Which of the facts in the video do you find most alarming
Deforstration.
Activity 2 Look at the cartoons and answer the questions.
1. What environmental problem
does each cartoon refer to
2. What are the causes of these
problems
3. What do you think is the most
serious environmental problem
we face today What should
be done to help solve it
water pollution
deforestation
滥伐森林
1. What environmental problem does each cartoon refer to
air pollution
global warming
The burning of fossil fuels, agricultural activities, exhaust from factories and industries, mining operations, indoor air pollution.
2. What are the causes of these problems
3. What do you think is the most serious environmental problem we face today What should be done to help solve it
Air pollution;
taking public transportation;conserving energy;
reuse and recycle;
using energy efficient devices.
延迟符
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
What is it？
Ocean giant
dangerous
endangered
people-eating
powerful
sharp teeth
terrifying
smart
fierce
Do you know some words to describe sharks
flexible
Understanding ideas
dangerous or endangered ？
What does the title Sharks: Dangerous Or Endangered mean
People normally think sharks are ___________ but actually they are____________
dangerous
endangered
Pre-reading
Task1.Read the passage quickly and find out the answers.
What’s the passage mainly about
2. How sharks are described in the film Jaws
3. What does the author think of the 1975 film Jaw
Find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Fast reading
Sharks are described in the film as dangerous and bad animals that eat humans.
What’s the passage mainly about
How sharks are described in the film Jaws
What does the author think of the 1975 film Jaw
The passage mainly explains people’s misunderstanding of sharks and raises awareness of shark protection.
It was very successful, but made people more frightened of sharks, which made things worse.
Fast reading
4. Match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
A. The reason why the number of sharks become smaller.
B. Introduce the topic by describing the opening scene of the film Jaws.
C. Good changes about the protection of the endangered animals.
D. The terrible influence on people made by the film.
E. The background about the book which the film Jaws was based on.
Fast reading
延迟符
Activity1 Choose the author's purpose in writing the passage.
plete the chart (P64) showing how attitudes towards sharks have changed with words and expressions from the passage.
Intensive reading
1 To criticise Peter Benchley's misleading
description of sharks in his book and advocate the protection of sharks.
2 To explain people's misunderstanding of sharks and raise awareness of shark protection.
3 To inform people about sharks and recommend the film and the book to them.
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Activity1 Choose the author's purpose in writing the passage.
Intensive reading
plete the chart (P64) showing how attitudes towards sharks have changed with words and expressions from the passage.
● People have always been scared of sharks
because they are considered 1 _________
_________.
People have a normal fear of sharks.
as dangerous
animals
Intensive reading
People who saw the film Jaws believed
2 _____________________________________.
Some people stopped 3 ____________________
while others started to 4 _____________.
The number of large sharks fell quickly due to
5________________________.
sharks were bad animals that ate humans
swimming in the sea
fish for sharks
People are more frightened of sharks.
fear of sharks and finning
Intensive reading
Peter Benchley admitted that his book 6 _______________
________________ and fought 7 _________ them.
Experts have proved that 8 _________________________
_______ and they attack us by mistake.
Some people became interested in 9 __________________ and more are willing to 10 ___________________________.
More people are against finning and wish to protect sharks.
was wrong about
sharks’ behaviour
to protect
sharks do not see people as
food
understanding sharks
protect sharks from extinction
Intensive reading
Activity3 Work out the structure of the text.
Sharks:
Dangerous or Endangered
Para 1 + Para 2
_____________
Para 3 + Para 4
_____________
Para 5
______________________________________________________________________________
dangerous
endangered
More people want to protect sharks from extinction.
How do you think Peter Benchley felt after diving in 1980
What can be done to protect sharks
Post reading
1.How do you think Peter Benchley felt after diving in 1980
Peter Benchley might feel sad for the sharks being killed; he might feel regretful for describing the great white shark as a dangerous animal in his book; he might also feel angry about finning.
Post reading
do more research and offer more findings about sharks
set up laws about marine conservation
say no to shark fin soup;
develop an awareness of protecting them
Protecting animals means protecting ourselves.
保护动物就是保护我们自己。
experts governments people
2.What can be done to protect sharks
Homework
Write an essay about a particular kind of endangered species and express your opinion on how to protect it.
Thank you！

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