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课件网) Integrated skills Unit 1 Nature in the balance Do you know these animals Yangtze finless porpoise golden monkey Tibetan antelope They are endangered, even close to extinction. Lead-in What are the causes for their being endangered Climate change Natural disasters Human activities ... What’s the message of the video What’s the message of the video Calling for the protection of animals. A Jim is reading a news report about how human activities are harming animals. Read the news report and answer the following questions. Reading Human activities cause increasing harm to animals Figure out the structure and main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Human activities have brought many animals close to extinction. Hunting and fishing have directly influenced the world’s animal populations. Human activities that have indirect effects on animals can be just as harmful. 2. What is the main idea of the news report Human activities cause increasing harm to animals. Para.1 When you think of a fearsome hunter, images of lions and sharks may spring to mind. Recent research by environmental scientists, however, shows that in fact, humans are the most fearsome hunters who have the greatest impact on animal populations. Human acctivities have brought many animals close to extinction. In the last 500 years, over 300 species of animals have gone extinct. Some activities, such as hunting and fishing, directly harm animals, while other activities, such as development in towns and cities, impact indirectly on animal populations. 想到 可怕的 图像 涌入脑海 在……方面有巨大的影响 濒临灭绝 而 事实上 在……过去的500年里 走向灭绝 直接地 间接地 鲨鱼 捕猎 发展 使…… 1 对…造成了越来越多的伤害 2 出现在脑海；突然想起 3 事实上 4 对…有影响 5 使…濒临灭绝 6 走向灭绝 cause increasing harm to... spring to mind in fact have an impact / influence / effect on bring … close to extinction go extinct Go over the phrases. 1. In the last 500 years, over 300 species of animals have gone extinct. 语法功能：_____ Over the past 50 years, about 17 per cent of the rainforest_____ (disappear) due to human activities such as agriculture and cattle farming. 语法功能：_____ 现在完成时 Important sentences has disappeared 现在完成时 2. Some activities such as hunting and fishing, directly harm animals, while other activities, such as development in towns and cities, impact indirectly on animal populations. 语法功能：_____ _____ a significant number of jaguars survive here, they are only one element of this forest’s food chain. 语法功能：_____ while引导让步状语从句，“尽管，虽然” While while 引导的并列句表示对比、转折 Hunting and fishing have directly influenced the world's animal populations. Some people hunt animals for food: whale meat is eaten in some parts of the world. Some people hunt animals for fashion: animal skin is used to make coats and bags. Still others hunt animals just for fun: deer are tracked and shot b ... ...
