Unit 1 Nature in the balance Integrated skills 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版(2020)必修第三册

牛津译林版高中英语必修三课件 Unit 1 Nature in the balance Integrated skills Calling for the protection of animals 制作者：桂东一中　李宇平 ◆  内容分析 本板块围绕单元话题，以“保护动物”创设情境，通过一系列读、看、说、写的活动来培养语言能力，提升学科素养。教学活动从阅读一篇有关人类活动对动物负面影响的新闻报道开始，旨在了解动物保护所面临的现实困难；再观看一段有关动物保护的视频，了解动物保护的重要性和保护动物的方式方法；在此基础上，就“动物保护”的话题展开讨论，最后完成一篇号召人们保护动物的校报文章。 ◆  教学目标 By the end of this section, we will be able to: 1. learn about how human activities have caused harm to animals; 2. be aware of the importance of animals and come up with ways to protect animals; 3. write an article for the school newspaper calling for everyone to protect animals. A. Reading 1. Look at some pictures of endangered animals and ask them to answer the following questions. (1) Do you know these animals? (2) What do they have in common? Yes, South China tiger, whales, Tibetan antelope [tɪˈbetn ˈæntɪləʊp] They are all endangered. They are close to extinction. (3) Why are they close to extinction? 2. Finish part A on page 8. A. Jim is reading a news report about how human activities are harming animals. Read the news report and answer the questions below. Because of natural disasters, human activities ... Human activities cause increasing harm to animals When you think of a fearsome(可怕的;骇人的;令人生畏的) hunter, images of lions and sharks may spring to mind. Recent research by environmental scientists, however, shows that in fact, humans are the most fearsome hunters who have the greatest impact on animal populations. -some A. (构成形容词) 引起（或易于）…的 troublesome 令人烦恼的，讨厌的quarrelsome爱争吵 B. (构成名词) 人（或…个）一组 a foursome四人组合 Human activities have brought (使处于某种状况；使到某地) many animals close to extinction. In the last 500 years, over 300 species of animals have gone extinct. Some activities, such as hunting and fishing, directly harm animals, while other activities, such as development in towns and cities, impact indirectly on animal populations. Hunting and fishing have directly influenced the world’s animal populations. Som