Jobs课件5

shing a traditional Chinese skill fifty year ago? How many people are interested in doing this job? Few young people What are now widely used? Modern fishing methods are now widely used.
dive _______
Cormorants’ large feet are used to push them quickly through the water.
black Cormorants are large, _______ long birds, about a metre _______. catching They are good at ___________ fish _________ because they can swim well under water. Their push large feet are used to ________ through the water. them quickly _______ They can _______ down 25 dive metres, and stay under water for ____ up ____ to two minutes.
Damin sets off on his bamboo raft with his birds in the late afternoon.
It is eating. It is swallowing the fish. swallow: make food, drink, etc. go down your throat into your stomach. What should Damin do if the fish were swallowed? He tied around the neck of each bird with a piece of grass.
Unit 6 Jobs Reading
Who is he?
He is Wang Damin.
Where is he?
He is on the side of the river. What is he doing? He is cooking a meal. What is it? It is a large bird. It is a cormorant.
require---need traditional---being part of a group’s way of life for many years in the same way.
Who do the job for him?
His cormorants do the job for him.
Some of the fish are sold and the rest are 8 d_____ between his family and the birds. In China, you will see many sites like this. But few young people have 9 i_____ in doing this type of work any more. Later, perhaps cormorant fisherman will no longer 50 e____ In the world.
tie: hold two or more things together with string, rope,etc. What is the cormorant doing?
What is it? It is a light Where is it hung? It is hung from the front of the raft. Why did he hang a light there? Because this enables him to see better . and also attracts the fish. enable: make able; allow something to happen
课文缩写填空: An old t 1 job in China is still used today in many areas. Damin is an example. He is a f 2 who fish with birds. his birds are called 3 c___. They have large feet and use them to push quickly through the water. The fisherman works every day with his birds on his raft. He fishes at night having their cormorants 4 d_____and catching fish off their small rafts. He even doesn’t 5 r___ net or fishing rod. The birds dive into water for up to two minutes and bring up some fish. A piece of grass is 6 t__ to their throat so they can not 7 s_____ the fish; but it does not hurt the bird. They seem to enjoy their diving and bringing back fish to the raft and of course they get a reward from the fisherman too.
4. removed from a. put into b. dropped from 5. rest a. a period of doing nothing b. a period of silence c. the part left
Who remove the fish from the birds’ mouths The fisherman remove the fish from the birds’ mouths and throw them into a big basket. The fish are removed from the birds’ mouths by the fisherman and thrown into a big basket.
Wang Damin sits on the side of the river. He is cooking a meal, with a large bird on his head.
Is Damin young or old?
He is old. He is elderly.
How old is he?
Label this picture with the words in the box.
a fishing rod
a pole
a cormorant a raft
bamboo
a fishing rod a cormorant bamboo a pole a raft
What color is the cormorant? It is black.
By whom is the job done for him?
The job is done for him by his cormorants
How many birds?
Twelve
They set off in the late afternoon? set off : start (a journey).
C1. Find these words in the artclie on the pages 86 and 87. Then read the words around them and choose the best meaning. 1. fisherman a. a person who catches fish as a job b. a person who sells fish as a job c. a person who cooks fish as a job 2. require a. make b. sell c. need 3. attracts a. makes something become bigger b. makes something become popular c. makes something come somewhere
Eg: The new lamp enables me to read much better.
How do the cormorants catch the fish?
They swim down and catch the fish, and bring then back to the raft.
What does Damin do with the fish? He sells the fish The fish are sold by Damin
Some of the fish are sold, and the rest are divided between Damin’s family and the cormorants.
Does Damin fish with a fishing rod?
VS
Damin does not require nets or a fishing rod to catch fish. He uses his cormorants. Cormorant fishing is a traditional Chinese skill.