1、Unit 6 Earth firstUnit 6 Earth first Sharks: dangerous or endangered? Sharks: dangerous or endangered?Which words would you use to describe sharks?dangerouspowerfulendangeredinterestingman-eatingterrifyingcuteintelligenthugesharpWhat does the title Sharks: Dangerous Or Endangered? mean?People normal
2、ly thinks sharks are _ but actually they are_ dangerousendangered 1 To criticise Peter Benchleys misleading description of sharks in his book and advocate the protection of sharks.2 To explain peoples misunderstanding of sharks and raise awareness of shark protection.3 To inform people about sharks
3、and recommend the film and the book to them. Read paragraph 1&2 and choose the best answer.1.The writer described the opening scene of the film Jaws in order to _.A.introduce the topic B.make people aware of sharksC.tell sharks are dangerous D.show his angry to the film2.Which of the following was l
4、ed to by the film?A.Many sharks were killed for fin.B.Children were more frightened of sharks.C.Most of people stop swimming in the sea.D.People believe shark are horrible animals.How are sharks described in the film Jaws? Sharks are described in the film as dangerous and bad animals that eat humans
5、.What did people do after watching the movie?Some stopped swimming in the sea. Others started fishing for sharks, killing as many as they could.Read paragraph 3 and choose the best answer.3.The third paragraph mainly tells .A.Finning led to sharks number falling.B.Finning should be forbidden by the
6、law.C.Its cruel for the sharks to be killed for profit.D.Its the film that makes finning popular.finused for swimming and keeping balance1.What is finning?2.What are fins used to do by humans?Read paragraph 4&5 and choose the best answer.4.When Peter Benchley saw so many dead sharks,he began to_.A.f
7、eel sorry for sharksB.become ashamed of his lack of knowledgeC.admit his misunderstanding of sharksD.give up writing to protect sharks5.How does the writer feel about the future of the sharks?A.Worried. B.Pessimistic. C.Unconcerned. D.Optimistic.Read para 4-5 carefully and answer the questions.1.Who
8、 is Peter Benchley?2.What did he see in 1980?3.What was the effect of the finning on him?True or False 1. Jaws changed peoples idea of the great white shark as a dangerous animals.2. Some people are afraid of swimming in the sea because they saw Jaws.3. After 1975, the number of large sharks around
9、South America fell quickly. 4. People cut off the fins and then throw sharks onto the beach where sharks die slowly and painfully. 5. Benchley began to protect sharks after he realized that his book was wrong about sharks behaviour.FFTComplete the chart showing how attitudes towards sharks have chan
10、ged with words and expressions from the passage. People have a normal fear of sharks.People have always been scared of sharks because they are considered 1_.People are more frightened of sharks.People who saw the film Jaws believed 2_.Some people stopped 3_ while others started to 4_.The number of l
11、arge sharks fell quickly due to 5_.as dangerous animalssharks were bad animals that ate humansswimming in the sea fish for sharks fear of sharks and finningMore people are against finning and wish to protect sharks.Peter Benchley admitted that his book 6_ and fought 7_ them.Experts have proved that
12、8_, and they attack us by mistake.Some people became intersted in 9_ and more are willing to 10_.was wrong about sharks behaviourto protectsharks do not see people as food understanding sharks protect sharks from extinctionCloze testJaws,1_(attract) huge audiences and winning many awards, tells the
13、story of a great white shark that attacks and kills swimmers.It misled people to see sharks 2_horrible animals, which made more sharks 3_(kill).Besides this, because of finning,4_ large sharks around America fell quickly, and soon fell around the world.In 1980,Peter Benchley, the man who wrote the b
14、ook the film Jaws 5_ (base) on came across the awful sight 6_ the sea floor was covered with dead sharks.He admitted that his book was wrong about sharks7_(behave) and began to fight to protect sharks.8_(fortunate)，more and more people became interested in 9_(understand)them and protect them from10_ (extinct). attractingaskilledwas basedunderstanding Fill in the following chart to clarify the structure of the article.Sharks:Dangerous of Endangered?Para._ + Para._dangerous Para._ + Para. 4_Para. 5More people want to _. 1 2 3 endangered protect Sharks from extinction
