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课件网) Unit 6 Earth First Starting out & Understanding ideas BY MICHELLE Warming up Enjoy a song and answer: How many animals in the video What are they Baby animals are lovely. However, some of them are in danger. Brainstorming What other animals are in danger Endangerd Animals Golden Monkey Dolphin Polar Bear Penguin Yangtze Alligator Panda ... Zebra Koala butterfly Antelope Starting out 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. Which of the facts in the video do you find most alarming What does the video want to tell us Several environmental problems we are facing nowadays make our future uncertain. It’s time for everyone to take action now and make our planet a greener and safer place for our future generations. Starting out 2 Look at the cartoons and answer the questions. What environmental problem does each cartoon refer to What are the causes of these problems What do you think is the most serious environmental problem we face today What should be done to help solve it water pollution deforestation air pollution global warming SHARKS: DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED Pre-reading Watch and think Tick the words that you would use to describe sharks. Add any more you can think of. What do you think of sharks dangerous powerful endangered interesting man-eating terrifying cute intelligent huge More:_____ Now compare your choices with the class. Share what you know about sharks. Prediction: Will sharks be dangerous or endangered What is your opinion Why dangerous endangered fin 鱼鳍 大白鲨 disappear surface Look at the pictures and the title. Read para.1 and find out how sharks are described in the film Jaws. Sharks are described in the film as dangerous and bad animals that eat humans. We see a woman swimming at night in a dark sea. Suddenly, she is pulled underwater. She surfaces,cries in fear, then disappears forever. What is the function of para.1 by describing the opening scene of the film Jaws To introduce the topic. While-reading What was the film’s impact on sharks after it was on in 1975 made people frightened of sharks . sharks were bad animals. started fishing for sharks and killed as many as they could. The number of large sharks around American fell quickly, and soon fell around the world. What's the result (After 1975, ...) Read para.2 and answer the questions. Why did people kill so many sharks Why did people do finning to the sharks fin finning Read para.3 and answer the questions. People believed sharks were bad animals and ate humans. So they killed so many sharks. People finned sharks to make shark fin soup to enjoy and make money. How many sharks are killed by finning around the year 1975 A bowl of fin soup= The life of a whole shark Can the shark live long in the sea Finning kills millions of sharks every year. How did people feel when they killed sharks Read para.4, think about the questions and complete the table. Time before 1975 after 1980 Things Peter Benchley did Pe ... ...
