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Unit 6
Earth first
Starting out & Understanding ideas
01. Lead in
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. What does the video want to tell us?
2. Which of the facts in the video do you find most alarming?
1.What does the video want to tell us?
deforestation[ˌdiːˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn] 砍伐树木
species’ extinction
ocean pollution
plastic pollution
shortage of fresh water
loss of glaciers [ˈɡleɪʃərz]
2. Which of the facts in the video do you find most alarming?
3.What words would you use to describe sharks ?
dangerous
terrifying
frightening
man-eating食人的
fierce
aggressive
endangered
interesting
cute
intelligent
powerful
huge
or
02. Pre-reading
SHARKS:
DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED?
Pre-reading
Look and predict.
1. What did you first notice?
A shark fin 鲨鱼鱼鳍
2. What does the title Sharks: Dangerous Or Endangered? mean?
03.While-reading
Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Skimming
Match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
A. The reason why the number of sharks become smaller.
B. Introduce the topic by describing the opening scene of the film Jaws.
C. Good changes about the protection of the endangered animals.
D. The terrible influence on people made by the film.
E. The background about the book which the film Jaws was based on.
Careful reading
Read Para.1 and answer the questions.
1. What does the movie Jaws mainly talk about?
2. What idea is strengthen by the movie Jaws?
We see a woman swimming at night in the dark sea. Suddenly, she is pulled underwater. She surfaces, cries in fear, then disappears forever.
Careful reading
Read Para.1 and answer the questions.
1. What does the movie Jaws mainly talk about?
2. What idea is strengthen by the movie Jaws?
It tells the story of a great white shark that attacks and kills swimmers.
Sharks are dangerous animals.
Careful reading
Read Para.2 and answer the question.
What happened to sharks when this idea is strengthen?
At that time, nobody cared if sharks were killed, or how many were killed. People just wanted them killed.
Careful reading
Read Para.3 and answer the questions.
What caused the number of large sharks fall so quickly around the world?
Careful reading
Read Para.4 and answer the questions.
Having seen sharks being killed, what changes of Peter Benchley were caused by it?
Careful reading
4.Read para. 5 and answer the question.
How does people’s attitude towards sharks change?
The change of people’s attitude to sharks
At first After the movie Know the fact
afraid
more frightened
want to protect
Today, as we learn more about sharks, more people than ever want to protect sharks from extinction.
04.Post-reading
Discussion
As a students what can people do to protect endangered sharks?
For reference:
④Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
①Learn as much as you can about sharks and educate your friends and family.
③Do not use shark products.
②Spread awareness on social media.
05. Homework
Homework
环境污染问题日益严峻,作为中学生,我们应该为环境保护贡献自己的一份力量,请以“How to Protect the environment”为题写一篇不少于80词的英语短文,就目前环境存在的问题谈谈你的看法和建议。要点包括:
1、目前环境存在的问题;
2、作为中学生应该采取的措施(至少三条);
3、号召和呼吁大家共同行动。
Thank you
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