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Unit 6 Earth first
understanding ideas
(外研版高中英语2019)必修第二册
SHARKS: DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED
What’s your favorite sea animal Do you know anything about sharks Share them in the class.
Warming up
dangerous
man-eating
terrifying
fierce
What’s your feeling about sharks
horrible
scary
Now look at the title and the picture. Predict what will be talked in the passage.
fin
Predict
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
1. To criticize (v.批评) Peter Benchley’s misleading (adj.误导的) description of sharks in his book and advocate the protection of sharks.
2. To explain people’s misunderstanding (n.误解) of sharks and raise
awareness of shark protection.
3. To inform (v.告知) people about sharks and recommend (v.推荐) the film and the book to them.
Pre-reading
可以通过文章的体裁来大致确定作者的写作目的。例如:
P (Persuade): 报纸上的社论或广告大多以说服读者为目的;
I (Inform): 教科书、百科全书、字典、食谱或产品说明书等图书或文章多以告知读者信息为目的;
E (Entertain): 童话、漫画或小说等图书多以娱乐读者为目的。
para. 1
para. 2
para. 3
para. 4
para. 5
e. The film—Jaws
Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
a. The effect of killing
b. Finning’s effect on Peter Benchley
c. The effect of Jaws
d. Understand and protect sharks
Fast reading
Complete the chart showing how attitudes towards sharks have changed with words and expressions from the passage.
Careful reading
Read para.1 and find out how sharks are described in the film Jaws.
● People have always been scared of sharks
because they are considered 1 _________
_________.
People have a normal fear of sharks.
as dangerous
animals
What’s the influence that Jaws had on people
Many people got frightened of sharks and started
to believe that sharks were bad animals.
What was the people’s reaction
People were more of sharks.
frightened
Some people stopped swimming in the sea
while others started fishing for sharks.
Read para. 2 and answer the following questions.
Why did the number of sharks fall quickly
This was not only due to fear of sharks,
but also finning.
finning
People caught sharks and cut off their fins.
What will happen to the sharks without their fins
The sharks are thrown back into the sea where they die slowly and painfully.
A bowl of
shark fin soup
A life of
a shark
Read para. 3 and answer the following questions.
Peter Benchley
decline
1975
1980
His book was made
into the film Jaws.
Sharks were_________.
He was ________ when
he saw sharks___________.
Sharks were___________.
dangerous
diving
being killed
endangered
misunderstanding
protect sharks
from extinction
Event
Opinion
Read para. 4&5 and answer the following questions.
How does people’s attitude towards sharks change
Read para. 5 and answer the following question.
be more
frightened
want to protect
be scared
learn more,understand and protect
normal fear-frightened
more frightened-kill
protect
Sharks:
Dangerous or Endangered
Para.____ +Para.____
__________
Para.____ + Para. ___
____________
Para.____
More people want to
_________________________.
1
2
3
endangered
protect sharks from extinction
dangerous
5
4
Summary
The basic structure of the article
Problem
Analyze
Conclusion
Do you think it is right to totally believe what a film tells us How should we learn about unknown species
We should believe ______________________________
instead of ____________________________________.
authority (权威) and science
misleading or uncertain information
Absolutely not.
Think and share
In movie
In reality
We should
take action !
Think about: how can we protect sharks
People The government Experts
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 research and offer more findings about sharks
Discussion
心怀敬畏 善待万物
Each and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you and me.
Assignment
1. Write down your initiative and polish it.
2. Make a poster about endangered animals and call on people to protect them. (including situation, reasons, measures)
Suggested websites:
1. 中国珍惜野生动物现状
https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/
2. 中国野生动物保护协会
http://www.cwca.
3. 保护生态的公益活动
http://www.earthhour.
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