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Unit 6 Earth first
Understanding ideas
SHARKS:
DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED?
What do you think of sharks?
Tick the words that you would use to describe sharks.
dangerous
powerful
endangered
interesting
man-eating
terrifying
cute
intelligent
huge
Have you watched the film Jaws? Scan the passage and find out the opening scene from the film.
Activity 2
A woman is swimming at night in a dark sea. Suddenly, she is pulled underwater.
She surfaces, cries in fear, then disappears forever.
jaw 下巴,下颚
(口,狭口,咽喉,鬼门关)
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1. What ’s your feeling about sharks after watching this video clip?
This is the opening scene from the 1975 film Jaws, showing a shark attack.
Read para. 1
2. What does Jaws mainly talk about?
3. What do the last two sentences tell us?
influence
/ impact
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1. Release time: _____
2. Director: ________________
3. Bgd: __________________________
________________________________
_______________________________
________________________
1975
Steven Spielberg
an adapatation of Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name
Background information
Sharks:
Dangerous or Endangered?
Para _________
Sharks are dangerous.
Para ________
Sharks are _____________.
Para ______
More people want to
_________________.
1&2
3&4
endangered
protect sharks from extinction
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Read for the structure
Question 问题
Analysis 分析
Conclusion 总结
Q: What's the genre of the passage?
A. exposition
B. argumentation
C. narration
=
explaining
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage. P84
1 To criticise(批评) Peter Benchley‘s misleading description of sharks in his book and advocate(提倡) the protection of sharks.
2 To explain people's misunderstanding of sharks and raise awareness of shark protection.
3 To inform(告知;使了解) people about sharks and recommend the film and the book to them.
Read for the purpose
Match each paragraph with its main idea.
Para.1 A. Benchley realized his mistakes and began to fight to protect sharks.
Para.2 B. Introduce the topic by describing the opening scene of the film Jaws.
Para.3 C. People have always been scared of sharks, but Jaws made things worse.
Para.4 D. More people start to protect sharks.
Para.5 E. The number of sharks around America fell quickly due to finning.
Read for the main idea
How did people’s attitudes towards sharks change?
More words about attitudes
赞同
1. positive adj.肯定的, 实际的, 积极的, 确实的
2. favorable adj.赞成的, 有利的, 赞许的, 良好的
3. approval n. 赞成, 承认, 正式批准
4. enthusiasm n.狂热, 热心, 积极性
5. supportive adj.支持的,支援的
怀疑
1. suspicious adj.(~ of) 可疑的, 怀疑的
2. doubtful adj.可疑的, 不确的, 疑心的
3. question v.质疑
4. puzzling adj.使迷惑的, 使莫明其妙的
否定
1. negative adj.否定的, 消极的, 负的, 阴性的
2. disapproval n.不赞成
3. opposition n.反对
4. critical adj.批评的
5. criticism n.批评,批判
客观 (即好的坏的都说,选的可能性极大)
1. objective adj.客观的
2. neutral adj.中立的
3. unprejudiced adj.没有偏见的
表示态度的相关词汇
2. Complete the chart showing how attitudes towards sharks have changed with words and expressions from the passage. (P85)
as dangerous animals
sharks were bad animals that
ate humans
swimming in the sea
fish for sharks
fear of sharks and finning
Finning is a type of fishing where sharks are caught and their fins (are) cut off.
Sharks are thrown back into the sea where they die slowly and painfully. The fins are used in shark fin soup. Finning kills millions of sharks a year.
A life
A bowl
They die slowly and painfully.
6. was wrong about sharks’ behavior
7. to protect
8. sharks do not see people as food
9. understanding sharks
10. protect sharks from extinction
Sharks don’t target humans.
灭绝,no longer in existence
In movie
In reality
It is humans who are a danger to sharks, not the other way around.
Discussion. How can we protect sharks?
Government
Experts
People
Useful expressions:
It is a good idea to do sth...
I find it important/necessary to do sth.
In order to do sth, we should...
It is high time that we did/should do sth.
Discussion: How can we protect sharks?
Government
Experts
People
say no to shark fin soup
raise our awareness of protecting them
stop polluting the ocean
......
pass laws to stop illegal killing
establish reserves
......
do more researches
offer more findings about sharks
......
Look dangerous but in fact endangered
pangolin(穿山甲)
Chinese alligator (扬子鳄)
South China Tiger (华南虎)
African Elephants(非洲象)
No trading, no killing!
Only when we protect the wildlife can we live in harmony with nature.
Please remember, no matter what we do, the earth comes first.
Heal The World (铃声)
Michael Jackson
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Blues
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