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课件网) B2U6 Earth first fin [f n] Leading in What’s the animal shown in the picture True or False Sharks kill more people than coconuts every year. Most sharks are dangerous to humans. Sharks existed before dinosaurs. Sharks can smell one drop of blood from miles away. Some sharks are smaller than your hand. Sharks are always hunting humans. False Coconuts actually cause more deaths than sharks each year. False Only a small number of shark species are dangerous to humans. True Sharks have existed for over 400 million years—before dinosaurs. False Sharks have a strong sense of smell, but not that extreme. True Some sharks are very small—smaller than your hand. False Sharks do not usually hunt humans; they prefer other prey. Tick the words that you would use to describe sharks. Add any more you can think of. Leading in Sharks: dangerous or endangered B2U6 Understanding ideas A. Finning kills millions of sharks a year. Para.1 B. The opening scene from the 1975 film Jaws. Para.2 C. More people want to protect sharks from extinction. Para.3 D. Benchley came across an awful sight of dead sharks and fought to protect sharks. Para.4 E. Jaws made people more scared of sharks and people killed as many sharks as they could. Para.5 1. Read and match the main idea of each paragraph. Try to find out the key sentences in each paragraph to get the main idea. A. Finning kills millions of sharks a year. B. The opening scene from the 1975 film Jaws. C. More people want to protect sharks from extinction. Para.3 D. Benchley came across an awful sight of dead sharks and fought to protect sharks. Para.4 E. Jaws made people more scared of sharks and people killed as many sharks as they could. Para.5 Para.2 Para.1 1. Read and match the main idea of each paragraph. SHARKS: DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED Part 1: ( para. _____ ) Sharks are _____ Part 2: ( para. _____ ) Sharks are _____ Part 3: ( para. _____ ) Sharks are being _____ dangerous 1-2 3-4 5 endangerous protected What is the structure of this passage Reading Read the passage again and answer the questions: How did people’s attitudes towards sharks change What caused the changes a long-held idea: a dangerous animal strengthened attitude : more frightened of sharks “Jaws was a great success, attracting huge audiences and winning many awards. It strengthened people’s long-held idea of the great white shark as a dangerous animal.” (Para. 1) as dangerous animals sharks were bad animals that ate humans swimming in the sea fish for sharks fear of sharks and finning a long-held idea: a dangerous animal strengthened attitude : more frightened of sharks new attitude: fighting to protect sharks finning “Finning would have an unexpected effect upon Peter Benchley, the man who wrote the book the film Jaws was based on. …when he came across an awful sight. …the sea floor was covered with dead sharks. ... He came to see people as a danger to sharks, rather than the oth ... ...
