1、Unit 6 Earth first Unit 6 Earth firstStarting out & Understanding ideasLeadin Look at the cartoons and answer the questions. 1. What environmental problem does each cartoon refer to?water pollutiondeforestationair pollutionglobal warming/climate changeWhich of the problem do you find most alarming?d

2、angerous or endangered ？s. Please match the words with their proper meanings.1diveAn.鯊魚2attitudeBv.使(某人)驚恐，嚇唬3targetCv.潛水4sharkDv.把作為目標5extinctionEadv.幸運地6scareFn.滅絕，絕種7fortunatelyGn.看法，態度8frightenedHadj.害怕的；受驚的；受恐嚇的答案15CGDAF68BEHStep 1Pre-readingAsk and Answer!. Please tick the words that you would

3、 use to describe sharks. dangerous powerful endangered interesting man-eating terrifying cute intelligent huge 構詞法：n.+v.-ing 食人的. Fast reading（速讀）1. Read the passage on Pages 6263 and complete the sentence. The passage is mainly about people changing views on _, explain peoples _ of sharks and _ awa

4、reness of shark protection.Step 2While-readingsharksmisunderstanding raisePara.1 A. Benchley realized his mistakes and began to fight to protect sharks.Para.2 B. The author describes the films plot and achievement.Para.3 C. The film made people frightened of sharks and killed a lot of sharks.Para.4

5、D. More people start to protect sharks.Para.5 E. The number of sharks around America fell quickly due to finning.2. Please match the main idea with each paragraph. Careful reading（細讀）1. Read the passage again and complete the chart.1. as dangerous animals2. sharks were bad animals that ate humans3.

6、swimming in the sea4. fish for sharks5. fear of sharks and finning6. was wrong about sharks behaviour7. to protect8. sharks do not see people as food9. understanding sharks10. protect sharks from extinctionDicussion!The number of large sharks around the world fell quickly after 1975. (F)People catch

7、 sharks to get their fins. (T)Expert have proved that sharks attack humans for food. (F)The sharks are thrown back into the sea where they die quickly and painfully. (F)2. Read and decide whether the statements are True(T) or False (F).Americaslowlydo not see people as food.The movie, Jaws filmed in

8、 1975, mainly tells a story that a shark attacks and kills 1._ (swim). The film was 2._great success, but it 3._(strength) peoples longheld idea of the great white shark as a dangerous animal. As a result, people have always been 4._(scare) of sharks.To make the matter worse, many people wanted them

9、 5._ (kill). After 1975, the number of large sharks fell quickly due 6. _fear of sharks and finning. Finning had an unexpected effect on Peter Benchley 7._ wrote the book the film Jaws was based on. He was aware of his mistake and fought 8._ (protect) sharks. Experts have also proved that sharks don

10、t see people as food and they attack us by mistake. 9._ (fortunate)，today，with people learning more about sharks, they start to protect them from 10._ (extinct)Step 3Post readingswimmersastrengthenedscared killedtowho to protect FortunatelyextinctionThink and ShareStep 4 SummaryWhat can be done to p

11、rotect sharks?do more research and offer more findings about sharksset up laws about marine conservationsay no to shark fin soup; develop an awareness of protecting them Protecting animals means protecting ourselves.保護動物就是保護我們自己。experts governments peopleVideo: Save Life on EarthSave the environment Changing your Bad habitsSaving ener