内容正文:
SHARKS:
DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED?
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Learning
Objectives
To raise awareness of
wildlife protection.
To learn the basic structure
of the text.
To use critical thinking
to analyze people’s
attitudes to sharks.
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What do you know about sharks? What's your impression of sharks?
Activity 1
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Tick the words that you would use to
describe sharks.
dangerous
powerful
endangered
interesting
man-eating
terrifying
cute
intelligent
huge
flexible
fierce
ocean giant
sharp teeth
...
Add any more you can think of.
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1. Watch and describe the scene
from the film Jaws ?
Activity 2
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Why did the author describe the opening scene of the film Jaws in para.1?
Sharks are described in the film as dangerous and bad animals that eat humans.
The opening scene of the film Jaws is used to introduce the topic of the passage.
2. Read the passage and find out how sharks are described in the film Jaws.
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3. Are sharks really dangerous ?
How is the situation of sharks after 1975 ?
The number fell .
fear of sharks
finning
What
How
influence
changes?
What are the
More people want to protect them from extinction.
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Summary-- Structure
Sharks: Dangerous or Endangered?
Para. 1&2
dangerous
Para. 3&4
endangered
Para. 5:
More people want to protect sharks from extinction.
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People have a normal fear of sharks.
People are more frightened of sharks.
The number of sharks fell greatly.
Peter B’s diving experience changed his attitude.
Evidence from experts .
More people want to protect them from extinction.
dangered
endangered
protected
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1. To criticize Peter Benchley’s misleading description of sharks in his book and advocate the protection of sharks.
2. To explain peoples' misunderstanding of sharks and raise awareness of shark protection.
3. To inform people about sharks and recommend the film and the book to them.
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the