高中英语Unit 3 Australia Using Language
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Unit 3 Australia
Part One: Teaching Design
Period 3: A sample lesson plan for Using Language
(AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUS CREATURES)
Aims
To help students read the passage AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUS CREATURES
To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing
Procedures
I. Warming up by reading online about going camping
When I was younger I went camping all the time but now I never go and every summer I say that
I’m going to and it never happens, so I’m hoping this summer I finally do it. My and my boyfriend
want to go hiking up in the white mountains and I would really like to go camping up there as
well. We’ll see….
I can’t wait! To be at the lake and cooking around the fire. Sleeping in the tent(on an air mattress)
MMMM the coffee! LOL
I went camping all over Southern Ireland. I’ve had a fantastic time. you meet really nice people,
and the cost is better.
It’s a great way to see the country.
I need to get out of town for a mini-vacation, probably over the weekend. I’d like my boyfriend to
come with me. I’m not sure where I’m going. I might even leave w/o a destination in mind. Fun,
fun. I’d probably sleep in the car. It’s not camping only. I could do everything else though. Like go
to a lake, have a bonfire, and be stinky w/o a shower. Good times. II. Listening about camping
Go to page 26, please. We shall listen to a conversation between Bob and Wei Ping about their
would- be going camping in the summer holiday.
III. Reading for forms
Read the text AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUS CREATURES on page 27 to: cut/ the sentence into
thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful
expressions.
AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUS CREATURES
Australia is home to more than 170 different kinds of snake/ and 115 of these are poisonous.In
fact,Australia has more kinds of venomous snake /than any other country /in the world.Luckily,
the poison of most snakes can kill/ or paralyze only small creatures. A few varieties,however,can kill humans,so it is just as well /that snakes are very shy /and usually attack /only if they are
disturbed/ and feel threatened.
There are also approximately 2,000 different kinds of spider/ in Australia /and,1ike snakes,most have a poisonous bite.However,the majority have no effect on humans/ or cause only mild
sickness.Only a few have venom/ that is powerful enough /to kill a human being.While a small
number of Australians are bitten by spiders each year, most recover without any medical
treatment.
The seas /around Australia/ contain over 160 different kinds of shark, which vary in size
/from just 20 centimetres/ to over 14 metres.However,although they look dangerous/ because of
their wide mouths /and sharp teeth, all /but two/ or three kinds are harmless to humans.
Another potentially dangerous sea animal is the jellyfish. Most kinds of poisonous jellyfish can cause severe pain to anyone /who touches them /but the poison of the box jellyfish can
actually kill a human,especially if that person has a weak heart.The tiniest amount of poison
/from a box jellyfish can kill in less than five minutes /and it is
probably the most poisonous
animal/ in the world.
There is one other dangerous animal/ in Australia/ worth mentioning,and that is the
crocodile.Although two types of crocodile live in Australia,only the saltwater crocodile has been
known to kill humans.This crocodile moves very quickly /when it sees something/ it considers to
be food,and /from time to time a crocodile has snatched someone/ before he/ or she is even
aware that/ the crocodile is there.
You might think that/ with all these dangerous animals/ Australia is an unsafe
place /to live in /or visit.However, this is far from the truth.There are no more
than a handful of shark attacks each year/ and only three deaths have been reported
/in the last five years.Similarly,in the last three years /there have been only
two reported deaths/ from crocodile attacks.Since 1956,when an anti-venom treatment
/for redback spider bites was developed,there have been no deaths from redbacks,and /since 1981/ when a treatment was developed for funnelweb spider poison,there
have been no deaths /from this spider/ either.Treatments for jellyfish stings /and
snakebites have also been developed /and /in the last five years/ there have been
only three deaths/ from jellyfish stings /and about the same number /from snakebites.
IV. Copying useful expressions and making sentences
Australia’s dangerous creatures, be home to…, more than, different kinds of, in fact,have
more…than any other country in the world, the poison of most snakes, be disturbed and feel