1、Unit 1 Nature in the balance Integrated skills (I) Do you like animals? Why? Can animals live in nature free from harm and fear? Why? In your opinion, who is the most fearsome hunter in the food chain? Free talk Step 1 Task 1 Read the news report in part A on page 8 and answer the following question
2、s: What is the news report about? Human activities cause increasing harm to animals. How does the news report develop? Thesis statementDeduction Reading and understanding Step 2 Task 2 Read the news report again and answer more detailed questions: In the first paragraph, which sentence can best summ
3、arize the main idea? How many aspects of impacts about human activities are mentioned to support the main idea? What are they? What are the three main reasons why people hunt animals? How do human activities indirectly influence animals? Task 2 Read the news report again and answer more detailed que
4、stions: Human activities have brought many animals close to extinction. Two. Direct impact and indirect impact. In the first paragraph, which sentence can best summarize the main idea? How many aspects of impacts about human activities are mentioned to support the main idea? What are they? Task 2 Re
5、ad the news report again and answer more detailed questions: People hunt animals for food, for fashion and for fun. We destroy their habitats when we build farms or factories. Air, water, noise and light pollution can have an impact on animals. What are the three main reasons why people hunt animals
6、? How do human activities indirectly influence animals? Task 3 Retell the key points of the news report. Human activities have brought many animals close to extinction. Thesis statement: Deduction: Impacts on animals due to human activities Direct Due to building farms or factories, animals habitats
7、 are destroyed. Air, water, noise and light pollution can all have an impact. Indirect For food For fashion For fun What do you think of humans behaviour? Why? Whats the significance of protecting animals? In terms of the impacts caused by human activities mentioned in the news report, what should w
8、e do accordingly? Reflecting and thinking Step 3 Questions:Questions: Before watching Read the questions in part B1 on page 9, and make some reasonable predictions about the answers. Tips: When watching the video, remember to take notes of key information. Watching Step 4 Tips thesis statement key i
9、nformation key words key phrases While watchingWhile watching Task 1 Watch the video and answer the questions in part B1 on page 9. 1. What happened to several whale species in the last century? They were hunted near to extinction. 2. What can protected areas ensure? They can ensure water and food s
10、upplies are safe. 3. What causes the loss of animal habitats in the Amazon rainforest? People cutting down trees. 4. What will we be better able to do if we learn more about how human activities harm the environment? We will be better able to change our behaviour. Task 2 Watch the video again and co
11、mplete the notes in part B2 on page 9. They make our world more (1) _. They provide (2) _ for us. They play a role in (3) _ of our ecosystem. beautiful and lively food and medicine maintaining the balance Importance of animals Task 2 Watch the video again and complete the notes in part B2 on page 9.
12、 Make hunting endangered animals (4) _. Protect (5) _. Create well-planned and well managed protected areas. Take small actions, like (6) _. Make people understand the problems faced by animals. against the law animal habitats using less paper Ways to protect animals After watchingAfter watching Why
13、 are whale species mentioned in the video? What aspects about animal protection are mentioned in the video? Questions:Questions: Review some useful expressions learned while watching the video. Consolidation Step 5 1. Significance of animal protection to make our world more beautiful and lively to p
14、rovide food and medicine for us to play a role in maintaining the balance of our ecosystem 2. Ways to protect animals to make hunting endangered animals against the law to protect animal habitats to make people understand the problems faced by animals Accumulate more expressions and ideas about animal protection by referring to dictionaries and surfing the Internet. Homework Step 6
