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Unit 5 Understanding ideas
Learning objectives:
At the end of the class, you will be able to
1. learn to get the main idea of each paragraph;
2. change your attitude towards sharks;
3. raise the awareness of shark protection.
What’s this?
What do you think of sharks?
Tick the words that you would use to describe sharks. Add any more you can think of.
dangerous
powerful
endangered
interesting
man-eating
terrifying
cute
intelligent
huge
More:________
Have you heard about this film? Share some information with your classmates.
1. release time:_____
2. director: ________
3. Actors: _________
4. Plot: ___________
___________
In 1975.
Steven Spielberg.
Fast reading
A. Finning and the fear of sharks have reduced the global population of large sharks greatly.
B. The danger of sharks is described in the movie Jaws.
C. More and more people want to protect sharks.
D. Jaws has increased the fear of sharks, leading to an increase in killing.
E. The author of the book on which Jaws is based sets out to protect sharks.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
B. The danger of sharks is described in the movie Jaws.
D. Jaws has increased the fear of sharks, leading to an increase in killing.
A. Finning and the fear of sharks have reduced the global population of large sharks greatly.
E. The author of the book on which Jaws is based sets out to protect sharks.
C. More and more people want to protect sharks.
Careful reading
Read Para 1 and finish the following questions.
1. When was the film Jaws released?
2. Why did the author say the film was a great success?
3. What is Jaws mainly about?
In 1975.
Because it attracted huge audiences and winning many awards.
It is mainly about a great white shark attacking and killing swimmers.
Read Para 2
1. What effects did Jaws have on people?
Many people
Some people
Other people
started to believe that sharks were bad animals.
stopped swimming in the sea.
started fishing for sharks and killing them.
Read Para 3
The number of larg