1、SHARKS:DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED?010203 LearningObjectivesTo raise awareness of wildlife protection.To learn the basic structure of the text.To use critical thinking to analyze peoples attitudes to What do you know about sharks?Whats your impression of sharks?Activity Tick the words that you would use
2、 to describe sharks.dangerouspowerful endangeredinterestingman-eatingterrifyingcuteintelligenthugeAdd any more you can think 1.Watch and describe the scene from the film Jaws?Activity Why did the author describe the opening scene of the film Jaws in para.1?Sharks are described in the film as dangero
3、us and bad animals that eat humans.The opening scene of the film Jaws is used to introduce the topic of the passage.2.Read the passage and find out how sharks are described in the film J 3.Are sharks really dangerous?How is the situation of sharks after 1975?The number fell.fear of sharksfinningWhat
4、Howinfluencechanges?What are the More people want to protect them from Summary-StructurePara.1&2dangerousPara.3&4endangeredPara.5:More people want to protect sharks from People have a normal fear of sharks.People are more frightened of sharks.The number of sharks fell greatly.Peter Bs diving experie
5、nce changed his attitude.Evidence from experts.More people want to protect them from 1.To criticize 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 p
6、eople about sharks and recommend the film and the book to them.Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage.Activity If we can figure out the authors purpose,then we can understand the text more deeply.作者写作有三个基本目的:说服读者(to persuade)，告知读者(to inform)，娱乐读者(to entertain)。Learning to 可以通过文章可以通过文章的体裁来
7、大致确定作者的写作目的的体裁来大致确定作者的写作目的。例如：。例如：P(Persuade)P(Persuade):报纸上的社论或广告大多以说服报纸上的社论或广告大多以说服读者为目的；读者为目的；I(Inform)I(Inform):教科书、百科全书、字典、食谱或教科书、百科全书、字典、食谱或产品说明书等图书或文章多以告知读者信息为目产品说明书等图书或文章多以告知读者信息为目的；的；E(Entertain)E(Entertain):童话、漫画或小说等图书多以娱童话、漫画或小说等图书多以娱乐读者为目的。乐读者为目的。还可以通过一些问题来确定作者的写作目的：P(Persuade):Did the a
8、uthor try to change your mind?Did the author try to make you do or believe something?I(Inform):Did the author try to share information with you?Did the author teach you something new?Did the author tell you how to do something?E(Entertain):Did the author try to make you laugh?Did the author make you
9、 relax&enjoy the story?as dangerous animalsswimming in the seafish for sharksfear of sharks and finning6.was wrong about sharks behaviourto protectsharks do not see people as foodprotect sharks from extinction2.sharks were bad animals that ate humansunderstanding dive v.(通常指用通常指用呼吸设备的呼吸设备的)潜水潜水Peter
10、 Benchley might feel sad for the sharks being killed.Or he might feel regretful for depicting the great white shark as a dangerous animal in his book.Or he might also feel angry about finning.1.How do you think Peter Benchley felt after diving in 1980?2.What other films or books do you know that fea
11、ture wild animals?Do they“paint”a good or bad picture of these animals?Say how the animals are Post reading(critical thinking)Do you think the passage will relieve peoples fear of sharks?What might people do or how might people feel after reading the passage?Its us to decide together what happens next.We must take action right now!Take action now!AssignmentAssignment 结合大聚焦结合大聚焦精讲篇精讲篇，学习重点词汇和，学习重点词汇和句型的用法；句型的用法；
