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新外研社高中英语选择性必修一Unit 6 Nurturing Nature
Developing Ideas
1. find out some information about the Great Barrier Reef by viewing and reading.
2. conclude the author’s and Ben’s views about the job by analyzing.
3. share our views about the creative ways of protecting the reef.
Learning objectives
By the end of the class, we will be able to:
Activity 1 Review and answer
Recall and answer the questions.
What did we learn in the “vocabulary and listening” ?
3
Activity 3 Watch and answer
Watch a video and take notes of your answers.
From what aspects does the video introduce the Great Barrier Reef?
What is the detailed information of each aspect?
Which natural heritage site is introduced in the video?
What kind of threat is it facing?
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
The reef is threatened by human activities:
industry along the coast pollutes its waters;
illegal fishing is reducing the number of fish;
climate change caused by human activities has many negative effects on the coral.
Look at the title and pictures, predict(预测) what the passage is about.
where
what
why
how
Activity 4 Predict
what
why
how
Para. 1
Para. 1
Para. 4
What happened in Para 2, 3, 5, 6 ?
Tips: First, read the topic sentences on P92. Then, according to the topic sentences, guess what will probably be discussed next.
Activity 5 Read and answer
Located off the coast of North-east Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living thing on the planet.
Whether it was a genuine job offer or an eye-catching marketing event isn’t really important.
This call for an island caretaker attracted interest from all over the world.
Ben did a lot during his time as an island caretaker.
a. The Great
Barrier Reef
genuine=real
What does these sentences tell us ?
b. What is really
important
c. The benefits
of this call
d. What Ben did
Para.3
Para.6
Para.2
Para.5
Activity 5 Read and answer
Ex. 3 on P92
Para. 4-6
Find more transitions(过渡) in the passage.
Some transitions
Para 1: also
Para