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1、1975 Steven SpielbergSharks:Dangerous or Endangered?How are sharks described in the film?Whats the impact of this movie?What caused the number of sharks to fall?Who is Benchley?How did his attitude to sharks change?Whats the authors tone in the last paragraph?Answer the question in the title.Sharks:
2、Dangerous or Endangered?1 We see a woman swimming at night in a dark sea.Suddenly,she is pulled underwater.She surfaces,cries in fear,then disappears forever.This is the opening scene from the 1975 film Jaws,showing a shark attack.It tells the story of a great white shark that attacks and kills swim
3、mers.Jaws was a great success,attracting huge audiences and winning many awards.It strengthened peoples long-held idea of the great white shark as a dangerous animals.2 People have always been scared of sharks,but Jaws made things worse.It made people frightened of sharks,especially of the great whi
4、te shark.Many people who saw the film started to believe that sharks were bad animals that ate humans.Some people stopped swimming in the sea,afraid of the horrible creature from the film.Other people started fishing for sharks,killing as many as they could.At that time,nobody cared if sharks were k
5、illed,or how many were killed.People just wanted them killed.3 After 1975,the number of large sharks around America fell quickly,and soon fell around the world.This was not only due to fear of sharks,but also finning.Finning is a type of fishing where sharks are caught and their fins cut off.The sha
6、rks are thrown back into the sea where they die slowly and painfully.The fins are used in shark fin soup.Finning kills millions of sharks a year.4 Finning would have an unexpected effect upon Peter Benchley,the man who wrote the book the film Jaws was based on.In 1980,Benchley was diving when he cam
7、e across an awful sight.It was an area where fishermen were finning,and the sea floor was covered with dead sharks.Benchley saw sharks being killed and this caused a deep change in him.He came to see people as a danger to sharks,rather than the other way round.From that day on,he fought to protect s
8、harks.He admitted that his book was wrong about sharks behaviour.“Sharks dont target humans,”he said.Experts have proved that sharks do not see people as food,and they attack us by mistake.Only around six people are killed by sharks every year.5 Fortunately,not everyone who watched the film Jaws bec
9、ame afraid of sharks-some became interested in understanding them.Today,as we learn more about sharks,more people than ever want to protect them from extinction.positive and optimisticChoose the authors purpose in writing the passage.（P64）1 To criticise Peter Benchleys misleading description of shar
10、ks 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 and recommend the film and the book to them.Complete the chart showing how attitudes towards sharks have changed with words and
11、 expressions from the passage.（P64）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 large sharks fe
12、ll quickly due to 5_.as dangerous animalssharks were bad animals that ate humansswimming in the sea fish for sharks fear of sharks and finningComplete the chart showing how attitudes towards sharks have changed with words and expressions from the passage.More people are against finning and wish to p
13、rotect 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 9_ and more are willing to 10_.was wrong about sharks behaviourto protectsharks do not see people as food understanding sharks protect sharks from extinction Message？Protect animalsLive in harmony with nature