(共16张PPT)
Unit13 We’re trying to save the earth!
Section A Reading
Learning objects (学习目标)
By the end of the class, you will be able to …
1. Learn curriculum words and useful expressions:
shark, fin, cruel, harmful, chain, ecosystem...
2. Read the article Save the Sharks! and understand
the general idea of the article.
3. Improve your reading skills through this lesson.
I live in the ocean
I am fierce (凶猛)
I have fins(鳍)
People use my fins to make soup
— I'm a
Have a guess:
Who am I
shark
food chain
/t e n/
食物链
ocean
ecosystem
/’i k s st m/
生态系统
Sharks are at the top of the food chain
in the ocean ecosystem
What
Brainstorming
Where
Why
How
Pre - reading
are my fins
’s the result Will I die
do humans hurt me
many sharks die like me every year
Talk about shark fin soup.
Sharks are endangered
because of people’s killing.
While -reading
Read and match the main idea of each paragraph
We should save the sharks.
Read Para.1 and answer
1.Why do homans hurt the sharks
2.Can sharks live without fins
Because they use their fins to
make shark fin soup.
No,they can’t.
While -reading
Read Para.1&2. Find the reason why the number of sharks falls and fill in the chart.
People enjoy _____________________
Fishermen ___________, ______________,
then _____________________________.
________________________________ have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.
a bowl of shark fin soup
catch sharks
cut off their fins
throw them back into the ocean
The numbers of some kinds of sharks
While -reading
cruel
残忍的
This is not only , but also harmful to the environment.
shark finning
Read Para. 2 and find the results of killing sharks.
Results of
killing sharks
For a shark
For shark groups
For ocean
ecosystem
Without a fin, a shark can ______________________________.
The numbers of some kinds of sharks _____________in the last 20 to 30 years.
If the numbers of sharks drop too low, it will bring _______to all ocean life.
no longer swim and slowly dies
have fallen
danger
While -reading
It’s __________ to save sharks.
improtant
They are teaching the public about " finning ."
They have asked governments to develop laws .
They have developed laws .
WildAid
WWF
Government
Groups against “finning”
Actions have been taken
While -reading
Read Para.3 and find out the names of the groups
世界野生动物救援协会
世界自然基金会
政府
Who is the real killer
A . The fishermen .
B . The sellers .
C . The cooks in the restaurant .
D.The customers .
Think and Analyse
Post -reading
No dealing ,
No killing!
Retell the story
Thank you ! I ’m really appreciate
that you ’ve done a lot to help my family .
Can you help to tell my story to more
people
Post -reading
I ' m a shark . I used to lived in a peaceful ______ . But one day ,
I was _______ by a huge ship . My fins were________ and my body was ___________into the sea . Without fins , I can no longer ________ and slowly ______.
People killed us for our fins . Every year , around ___________sharks are caught and traded and over ______of the numbers of some kinds of us have fallen .
But thanks to _________ , ________and the ____________ , posters are made and videos are shot to call on people stop having shark fin soup .
ocean
caught
thrown back
cut off
WildAid
swim
die
90%
government
70 million
WWF
Retell the story
Dear humans:
Post -reading
I hope we can live in peace.
You can choose either one of the two tasks :
1. Can you polish (润色) the poster of
" Protecting Sharks "
2. Can you make a poster to protect other endangered animals
Homework