1、Sharks:Dangerous or Endangered?Unit 6 Earth First adj.濒临灭绝的Pre-readingWatch and think:What do you think of sharks?What do you think of sharks?Tick the words that you would use to describe sharks.While-readingRead the passage and find out how sharks are described in the film Jaws.Sharks are described
2、 in the film as dangerous and bad animals that eat humans.Match each paragraph with its main idea.Para.1A.Finning,a cruel way people treat sharks.Para.2 B.Brief introduction of the film Jaws.Para.3 C.More people want to protect sharks from extinction.Para.4 D.Finning had a great effect on Peter Benc
3、hley.Para.5 E.Jaws made people more scared of sharks and people killed sharks.Careful-readingChoose the authors purpose in writing the passage.A.To criticise(v.批评）批评）Peter Benchleys misleading（adj.误导的）误导的）description of sharks in his books and advocate（v.倡导）倡导）the protection of sharks.B.To explain p
4、eoples misunderstanding（n.误解）误解）of sharks and raise awareness of shark protection.C.To inform（v.告知）告知）people about sharks and recommend（v.推荐）推荐）the film and the book to them.B（提高的意识）Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage.People have a normal fear of sharks.People have always
5、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 large sharks fell quickly due to 5_.as dangerous animalssharks were bad animals that ate humans.swimming i
6、n the sea fish for sharks fear of sharks and finningCareful-readingKonw more about finning.More people are against finning and wish to protect sharks.Peter Benchley admitted that his book 6_ and fought 7_ them.Experts have proved that 8_,and they attack us by mistake.Some people became intersted in
7、9_ and more are willing to 10_.was wrong about sharks behaviourto protectsharks do not see people as food understanding sharks protect sharks from extinctionThink Share:Post-reading How do you think Peter Benchley felt after diving in 1980?Peter Benchley might feel sad for the sharks being killed;He might feel regretful(adj.后悔的）for depicting（v.描绘）the great white shark as a dangerous animal in his book;He might also feel angry about finning.
