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Unit 8
We’re trying to save the earth!
Section A(3a-4c)
Learning aims
1.掌握记忆以下重点词汇、短语:shark, fin, cruel, harmful, be harmful to at the top of , the food chain, ecosystem, industry, law, scientific, take part in, afford, turn off, reusable, pay for, take action, transportation
2. 熟练掌握并运用以下句型:
No scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for health.
We should help save the sharks.
If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life.
Environmental protection groups around the world, such as WildAid and the WWF, are teaching the public about “finning”.
3.通过预习,运用正确的语言谈论有关鱼翅的知识和观点看法,怎样做到更好的保护鲨鱼,增强保护野生动物的意识。
Let’s enjoy a video!
1. Have you ever seen
a shark(鲨鱼)?
2. What do you know
about sharks?
Leading-in
3. Have you ever eaten shark fin soup(鲨鱼鱼翅汤)?
4. What do you know about it?
Leading-in
鱼翅,就是鲨鱼鳍中的细丝状软骨,它一直都被称之为美食珍品。人类大量食用鱼翅正使全球鲨鱼种群遭遇绝灭之灾……
3a
Save the Sharks!
Listening and answer. (T or F)
Shark’s fin soup is famous and expensive all around
the world.
2. We have to kill a whole shark to get a bowl of shark’s fin soup.
F
T
3. People cut off sharks’ fins and throw the sharks back
into the ocean.
T
4. Sharks are in the bottom of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem.
F
食物链
n. 生态系统
5.WildAid and the WWF are environmental protection
groups in China.
F
3a
Read the passage about sharks and
complete the fact sheet below.
Where shark fin soup is popular
Number of sharks caught and traded every year
how much the numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen in the last 20-30 years
Two environmental groups against "finning"
被捕捉和贸易
下降了
鲨鱼鱼翅汤
反对割鳍
in southern China
around 70 million
over 90 percent
WildAid and the WWF
野生救援协会和世界自然基金会
Read the passage again and fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
Many people do not realize they are killing a whole shark ___________ they enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup.
Sharks are at the top of the food chain, ____ if their numbers drop, the ocean’s ecosystem wil