(课件网) 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. ... ...
