Unit1Theworldofoursenses●ProjectProducingaTVshowBoysandgirls,Doyoulikeanimals?Theyarefriendlybutsometimes,ontheotherhand,roughanddangeroustopeople.Doyouknowwhatthisis?Let’swatchavideoandseewhatishappening.TheprojectinthisunitisdesignedtohelpyoulearnanduseEnglishthroughdoingaproject.ThereadingarticleaboutsharkattacksinPartAwillhelpyoulearnhowsharksusetheirsensestosurvivedangersintheirenvironment.Thearticleisalsoasampleforyoutolearnhowtotalkaboutanimalsandtheiruniquesenses.YourjobistodevelopaTVshowabouthowananimalusesitssenses.Thepurposeofthissectionistohelpyouusewhatyouhavelearnttofinishaprojectbyworkingtogether.Inthecourseofdoingtheproject,youwilldiscussthesubjectofyourTVshowandhowtheTVshowwillbeproduced,anddecidewhateachofyouwilldointheproject.YouwillresearchandselectinformationfortheTVshow,anddosomewritinganddrawingYoucanalsouseavideocameratoshootsomescenesabouttheanimal.Inordertofinishtheproject,youareexpectedtoknowhowtocooperateandhowtofulfilleachpartofthetask.Reading1.NowreadthearticleSharkattacksandfindoutasmuchinformationasyoucanaboutsharks:Informationaboutsharks:Para.1Therearenearly400typesofsharksAbout30typesattackhumans.Somewell-knowntypesofsharksthatattackhumansaregreatwhiteshark,tigersharkandbullshark.Para.2Sharksdonotfeedonhumans?Para.3Threetypesofsharkattacksarehitandrun;bumpandbiteandsneakFourtipsonhowtoavoidbeingattackedbysharksare:don’tswiminthedarkorwhenyouhaveafreshwound;don’twearcolorfulorshiningthings;stayingroups.Para.4Anincreaseinwatersportshasledtoanincreaseinsharkattacks.Para.5Threetipsonwhattodoifasharkattacksare:don’tpanic;hitthesharkonthenoseandstickyourfingerintheshark’seyes.Para.6Don’tbefrightenedbysharks.2.Readthearticleagainandfindoutwhatuniquesensessharkshave,whatsensessharksusetoattackhumansandwhatpeoplecandotoprotectthemselves.用心爱心专心116号编辑Sharkscanseeinthedark.Tosurvive:stickyourfingerintheshark'seyewhenitattacksyou.Sharkscansmellbloodfaraway.Tosurvive:hitthesharkonthenosewhenitattacksyou.3.DoPartsB1andB2onpage85inyourWorkbooktohaveabetterunderstandingoftheusageofwordsandphraseslearntinthissection.PartsD1andD2onpage87willleaveasyourhomework.ProducingaTVshowPlanningWorkingroupsoffourtodiscussandchoosewhichanimalyouwouldliketofocuson,andthenwritedownthenameoftheanimalandoneofitsuniquesenses.Eachofyoucanberesponsibleforresearchinginformationaboutoneaspectoftheanimal.PreparingYoumaygotoazoo,watchananimaldocumentary,readsomebooksorsurftheInternettogettheinformationyouneed.Whileyouaredoingsuchthings,youneedtotakenotes.Youwillgettogethertodiscusswhatshouldincludedinyourshow.Youwillmakealistwhichfocusesonhowtheanimalusesitssensesandthinkabouthowtopresenttheinformation.ProducingYoueachworkonadifferentpartoftheTVshow.Whenthedifferentpartsareputtogether,readthewritingcarefully,correctthemistakesandaddsomenewideas.PresentingEachgroupwilltaketurnspresentingyourTVshowtotheclassbyshowingyourworkandnarrating.Haveadiscussiontodecidewhichgroup’sTVshowisthebest,andwhoisthebeststoryteller.●Self-assessmentThissectionaimstoallowyoutodeterminetheprogressyouhavemade,andlearnwhatyoucandotoimproveyourstudy.Inthisunit,15itemsarerated,eachwithapossiblescoreof5,withatotalpossiblescoreof75.Theseitemscoverthemainstudytargetsinthisunit,suchasskillsinreading,listening,speaking,writing,theusagesofvocabularyandgrammaritems,aswellasdoingactivitiesinEnglish.Throughassessingyourselvesaslearners,youwillrealizewhetheryouhaveachievedthegoalsforthisunit.Thecolorbarwithfivelevelsshowshowconfidentyoufeelaboutwhatyouhavelearnt.InpartA,someitemsarepresentedtoyouandyouareaskedtocheckhowwellyouthinkyouhavedevelopedtheseskills.Eachitemcorrespondswithoneormorepartsinthisunit.Forexample,bygoingoverPartEonpage5,youwillknowwhetheryouareabletousethevocabularylearntintheunitornot.YouhavetheopportunitytoevaluateyourownskillsandabilitiesinEnglish.Ifyoufeelveryconfidentaboutanitem,yougiveyourselfascoreof5.Ifyoufeelslightlyconfidentaboutanitem,yougiveyourselfascoreof2.Byaddingallthescores,youwillgetapercentage,whichgivesyouanideaofyourlevel.Ifyoufeeltherearesomeareasinwhichyouarenotconfidentorjustslightlyconfident,youcanthinkabouthowtoimproveinthem.InPartB,youareaskedtomakeanactionplan,sothatyouwillknowwhattodotoimprove.TheassessmentcanalsogivemeabetterunderstandingofyouastohelpyoustudyEnglishmoreeffectively.用心爱心专心116号编辑用心爱心专心116号编辑
