Unit13九年级英语学案.doc

Unit13 We’re trying to save the earth! Section A (3a-3b) 教师寄语：To protect environment is to protect ourselves. （保护环境就是保护我们自己。） I. Learning aims：（学习目标） 1.(1) To learn and master the new words and expressions: cruel, harmful, law, scientific be harmful to, at the top of, the food chain (2) To learn the target languages: We should help save the sharks. No scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for health. 2. To understand the reading material, and improve reading skills. 3. To know the importance of protecting animals and our environment. II. Learning guide:（学习导航） 1. If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life。 如果它们（鲨鱼）的数目降至过低，会给所有海洋生物带来危险。 此句复数形式的numbers表达全球海洋中鲨鱼的总量。当表示数值的高或低时，number要用high或low修饰。 The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20-30 years. 在过去的20到30年，某些品种的鲨鱼数量下降了超过90%。 常与number搭配的动词有grow, fall等。 2.WildAid和WWF组织： WildAid（美国野生救援协会）是保护野生动物及栖息地环境的一个非营利性的机构，1999年注册成立，其宗旨是保护及救助世界范围内的野生动物；WWF（世界自然基金会）英文全称为World Wide Fund For Nature, 成立于1961年，是享有国际声誉，全球最大的独立性非政府环境保护组织之一。 III. Warming up: （课前热身） Read the passage and match the phrases with their meanings. hear of 不再 at the top of 对…有害 cut off 例如，比如 the food chain 到目前为止 in fact 听说 not only, but also 食物链 such as 切除，切割 be harmful to 在…的顶端 no longer 事实上 so far 不但，而且 IV. Classroom inquiry: (课堂探究) 1. 3a. Read the passage about sharks and complete the fact sheet below. 2. 3b. Read the passage again and fill in the blanks with the words in the box. 3. Fill in the blanks according to the text. Some people like to eat shark soup, but getting the shark’s fin is very . When people catch sharks, they their fins and throw the sharks back into the ocean. The shark slowly dies because it can’t swim without a fin. And it is also to the environment. Sharks are at the of the foo