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课件网) Unit 6 UNIT 6 Earth first SHARKS: DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED To read for the main idea of the passage To read for details and figure out author's purposes To understand the changes of the author's attitudes towards sharks To express ideas on how to protect endangered sharks based on the understanding of the text Do you know anything about sharks Share them in the class. What's your first impression of sharks There are over three hundred different species of shark. The unusual thing about all these fish is the fact that they have no bones! Their entire skeleton (骨架) is made up of cartilage (软骨). Different sharks have different shapes of teeth. The great white shark has very sharp teeth that are able to tear big pieces of its prey (猎物). Most of sharks feed on sea creatures like fish, squid and crabs. The great white shark has been known to eat seals. Sharks have excellent sight. They also have a very good sense of hearing and pick up sounds of struggling fish far away, sounds that would not be heard to the human ear. They also have a very keen sense of smell and are attracted by the smell of blood coming from an injured fish. Tick the words that you would use to describe sharks. □ dangerous □ powerful □ endangered □ interesting □ man-eating □ terrifying □ cute □ intelligent □ huge Add any more words you can think of to describe sharks and compare your choices with the class. Share what you know about sharks. More words: flexible, fierce, ocean giant, sharp teeth ... Have you ever seen the film Jaws Introduce the plot of the film. Director: Steven Allan Spielberg Writers: Peter Benchley (screenplay), Carl Gottlieb (screenplay) Read the passage 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. Jaws The release time 1. _____ Based on the novel by Peter Benchley The opening scene While a woman is swimming at 2. _____ in a dark sea, she is attacked by a shark. 1975 night The plot A great white shark attacks and kills swimmers. The result It was a great success, attracting huge 3. _____ and winning many 4. _____. The influences ★ People became more 5. _____ of sharks. ★ Many people believed that sharks were bad animals. ★ Some people stopped 6. _____ in the sea. ★ Other people started fishing and killing sharks. audiences awards frightened swimming Match the main idea with its corresponding paragraph. Paragraph 1 A. Jaws caused people to react differently to sharks. Paragraph 2 B. Finning speeds up the drop in the number of sharks. Paragraph 3 C. Peter Benchley changed his attitude towards sharks. Paragraph 4 D. Jaws was a great success but strengthened people's fear of sharks. Paragraph 5 E. More and more people want to protect sharks from extinction today. Sharks: Dangerous or Endangered Para. 1 + Para. 2 _____ Para. 3 + Para. 4 _____ Para. 5 _____ dangerous endangered More people want to ... ...
