Unit 6 Earth First Understanding ideas 阅读课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 6 Earth first Understanding ideas by Ada Understanding ideas 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 Understanding ideas Now compare your choices with he class. Share what you know about sharks. Now let’s watch a video and learn something more about sharks. Understanding ideas JAWS JAWS《大白鲨》 1 Read the passage and find out how sharks are described in the film Jaws. Sharks are described in the film as dangerous and bad animals that eat humans. Understanding ideas 2 Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage. 1 To criticise Peter Benchley’s misleading description of sharks in his book and advocate the protection of sharks. 2 To explain people’s misunderstanding of sharks and raise awareness of shark protection. 3 To inform people about sharks and recommend the film and the book to them. Understanding ideas 3 Complete the chart showing how attitudes towards sharks have changed with words and expressions from the passage. People have a nomal fear of sharks. People have always been scared of sharks because they are considered 1 . People are more frightened of sharks. People who saw the film Jaws believed 2 . . Some people stopped 3 while others started to4 . The number of large sharks fell quickly due to 5 . . as dangerous animals sharks were bad animals that eat people swimming in the sea fish for sharks fear of sharks and finning. Understanding ideas More people are against finning and wish to protect sharks Peter Benchley admitted that his book 6