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课件网) Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas Unit 6 Earth First Learning aims To understand the main idea of the passage. To learn the changes of people’s attitudes to sharks . To master the useful words and phrases. To raise student's awareness of protecting wild animals. Leading-in What is the video about Leading-in Look at the title and pictures. What will the passage talk about 1.How are sharks described in the film Jaws Sharks are described in the film as dangerous and bad animals that eat humans. 2.Choose the author's purpose in writing the passage. To criticise Peter Benchley's misleading description of sharks in his book and advocate the protection of sharks. To explain people's misunderstanding of sharks and raise awareness of shark protection. To inform people about sharks and recommend the film and the book to them. FAST READING Task 1: Read the passage quickly and answer the questions. Sharks: Dangerous or Endangerd Para _____ dangerous. Para ___ +Para 4 _____. Para 5 More people want to _____. 1 and 2 3 endangerd protect sharks from extinction FAST READING Task2:Read the passage quickly and organize the structure of the passage. 1. Jaws changed people’s idea of the great white shark as a dangerous animal. 2. Some people are afraid of swimming in the sea because they saw Jaws. 3. After 1975, the number of large sharks around South America fell quickly. 4. People cut off the fins and then throw sharks onto the beach where sharks die slowly and painfully. 5. Benchley began to protect sharks after he realized that his book was wrong about sharks' behaviour. T F F F T CAREFUL READING Task1: Read the passage carefully and do the T or F questions. Task 2: Complete the chart showing how attitudes towards sharks have changed with words and expressions from the passage. People have a normal 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 to 4_____. The number of large sharks fell quickly due to 5_____. as dangerous animals sharks were bad animals that ate humans swimming in the sea fish for sharks fear of sharks and finning More people are against finning and wish to protect sharks. Peter Benchley admitted that his book 6_____ and fought 7_____ them. Experts have proved that 8_____, and they attack us by mistake. Some people became intersted in 9_____ and more are willing to 10_____. was wrong about sharks' behaviour to protect sharks do not see people as food understanding sharks protect sharks from extinction The 1975 film Jaws was a great success, 1. (attract) huge audiences and winning many awards. People have always been 2. (scare) of sharks, but Jaws made things worse. Many people 3. saw the film considered sharks as bad animals. Some even began to fish for sharks. As 4. result, the number of ... ...
