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Unit 3 Conservation
Writing Workshop Period 1
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Brainstorm.
Farm animals kept : cows, sheep, pigs, deer, donkey, rabbit, poultry (chickens, ducks, geese), fish, quail (鹌鹑) …
Others: feed, fodder (饲料), on a large scale, automatic, have no freedom, cruel (cruelty), kill/slaughter, market, high production, meat (pork, beef, mutton, chicken, etc.), environmental problems …
How many words/phrases related to factory farming can you come up with?
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1 What can you see from the pictures?
2 How do you feel after seeing them?
3 Are you for or against farming factory? Why?
Pair Work: take turns to ask and answer questions.
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Watch the video clip and then discuss the last two questions again to see whether you will change your mind.
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Are you for or against farming factory? Why?
How does the video present its idea?
What impresses you most? / Which part impresses you most?
After watching the video clip, discuss the questions with your partner. If you’ve changed your answer(s), state your reasons why you change your mind.
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• What impresses you most? / Which part impresses you most?
☆ The presenter chased her career path from being an police officer
to an animal advocate.
☆ The simple joy in life that we take for granted: freedom, sunshine,
fresh air and exercise have been denied to millions of living beings inhuman care.
☆ We are not supposed to know because the industry can only exist
if they are hidden from public view.
☆ These animals are no difference from the pets at home.
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• How does the video present its idea?
At the very beginning, a newly-born baby is shown to the audience, which emphasizes the close, kind relationship between humans and animals. Then the cherished pets come into sight, whose feelings like joy, pain and suffering are shared by humans. Finally comes the animal disaster—factory farms, a sharp contrast, which shocked us to think questions we’ve never thought before. Several celebrities are inv