Unit6

Nurturing

natureWhichnaturalheritagesiteisintroducedinthevideo?Lead-inPre-readingLookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Predictwhatthepassageisabout.whatwhyhowwhereNowreadthepassageandcheckyourprediction.Post-readinga.LocatedoffthecoastofNorth-eastAustralia,theGreatBarrierReefisthelargestlivingthingontheplanet.b.Whetheritwasagenuinejobofferoraneye-catchingmarketingeventisn’treallyimportant.c.Thiscallforanislandcaretakerattractedinterestfromallovertheworld.d.Ben

didalotduringhistimeasanislandcaretaker.Matchthetopicsentencewitheachparagraph

位于

無論，是否，不管

adj.真正的

引人注目的，吸引眼球的營銷活動

n.看管者，守護(hù)者，看門人Nowreadthepassageandcheckyourprediction.Activity2c.Whether

it

was

a

genuine

job

offer

or

an

eye-catching

marketing

event

isn’t

really

important.Ben

did

a

lot

duringhis

time

as

an

islandcaretaker.

This

call

for

an

island

caretaker

attracted

interest

from

all

over

the

world.b.a.d.Located

off

the

coast

of

North-eastAustralia,

the

GreatBarrier

Reef

is

the

largest

living

thing

on

the

planet.While-readingReadtofigureoutwhatthepassageisabout.Thepassageintroducesthe____oftheGreatBarrierReef’s________andsomebasic_________________abouttheGreatBarrierReefin_________,soastoarousepeople’s_________ofprotectingthereefandmarineecologicalbalance.jobfacts/informationawarenesscaretakerAustraliaTheGreatBarrierReefneedsyou!workinghoursflexibleandaccommodationprovidedexploringtheislands;findingoutnaturalresources;reportingback;promotingtheislandsFinishtheformaccordingtotheexpressionsofPara1.someonelookingaftertheReeftheGreatBarrierReefWhile-reading1.HowwouldyouliketospendsixmonthslivingonanislandandlookingaftertheGreatBarrierReef?

Theworkinghoursareflexibleandaccommodationisprovided.

Keydutiesincludeexploringtheislandsofthereefandfindingoutwhattheareahastooffer.

You'llneedtoreportbackviaweeklyblogs,photodiariesandvideoupdates.You'llalsobeaskedtopromotetheislandsthroughnewspapers,magazinesandTVinterviews.spend+時間+（in）doingsth.花費時間做某事照顧/看n.障礙；壁壘n.礁，暗礁n.住宿，住處dutyn.

職責(zé)，任務(wù)have/hassth.tooffer能提供某物prep.

借助，通過v.宣傳；促進(jìn)；推銷While-readingWhile-reading1.AccordingtoPara.2，whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthiscall?A．Unconcerned. B．Positive.C．Doubtful. D．Critical.ReadPara2andanswerthequestions.2.What’sthepurposeofthisjob?A.Toimprovethedreamjob.B.ToadvertiseAustralia.C.Topresentthedreamjob.D.ToprotecttheGreatBarrierReef.2..

ItwasactuallyaveryclevermeanstohighlighttheimportanceoftheGreatBarrierReefandtheneedtoprotectit.ameanstodosth.做某事的方法v.突出，強調(diào)highlighttheimportanceof...強調(diào).......的重要性While-reading1.HowlargeistheGreatBarrierReef?A.LargerthanJapan.B.SmallerthanJapan.

C.AboutthesizeofJapan.

D.About25millionsquaremeters

ReadPara3andanswerthequestion.2.WhatproblemistheGreatBarrierReeffacedwith?A．Lackoftourists.B．Naturaldisaster.C．Pollutionandclimatechange.D．Disappearanceoftheislands.While-reading3.

.AboutthesizeofJapan,itevencanbeseenfromouterspace.

Morethan25millionyearsold,theGreatBarrierReefismadeupoflivingcoralgrowingondeadcoral.

Itishosttomanyspeciesofbirdsandseacreatures.

Butthisuniqueanddelicateplaceisnowunderthreatfrompollutionandclimatechange.adj.外面的；外部的bemadeupof由......組成=becomposedofn.珊瑚是......的棲息地=behometoadj.脆弱的，易碎的受到威脅“under+抽象名詞”表示“正在......,正遭受......”While-readingReadPara4andanswerthefollowingquestion.WhatcanweinferfromParagraph4?A.Togetthejob,thecandidateshadtohandintheirwrittenresumes.B.Manypeopleallovertheworldbecameinterestedinitanditwasafiercecompetition.C.ThejobwasofferedtoBenSouthallbecausehewasfromtheUK.D.Thecandidateshadtohaveatalentformakingashortvideo.While-readingReadPara4andanswerthefollowingquestion.Togetthisjob,thecandidateshadtomakeashortvideoshowinghowmuchtheyknewaboutthereef.Theyalsoneededtoprovewhytheywerethebestpersontodothejob.Outofthethousandsofapplicants,elevenwereselected,includingayoungwomanfromChina.Eventually,thejobwasofferedtoBenSouthallfromtheUK.

n.申請者在成千上萬中n.申請人offersth.tosb.=offersb.sth提供給某人某物ThingsBendidasanislandcaretaker1._______,tookphotosandwrotearticlesaboutthereef2.madeappearancesontelevisiontoargue_____________thedefenceofthereef3.workedasa________fortheNationalGeographicChannel4.wasgoingtowriteabookabouthis______________Benjoked:itwasthe“_______jobintheworld”！bloggedinfavourofpresenterexperiencesbusiestPara.5While-reading5...Inadditiontoblogging,takingphotosandwritingarticlesaboutthereef,hemadeanumberofappearancesontelevisiontoargueinfavourofitsdefence.HealsoworkedasapresenterfortheNationalGeographicChannel,beforegoingontowriteabookabouthisexperiences.Benlaterjokedthatthejobshouldhavebeenadvertisednotasthe“best”,butthe“busiestjobintheworld”!除......之外許多，若干多次露面認(rèn)為，主張，辯論支持，贊同favourableadj.

有利的，贊同的，支持的n.保護(hù)/衛(wèi)擔(dān)任節(jié)目主持人n.頻道shouldhavedonesth.本應(yīng)該做某事While-reading7.Inthelastparagraph,WhatisthemostimportantthingthatwecandofortheGreatBarrierReef?A.Toworkandaccommodateontheisland.B.Tomakepeopleknowthebeautythereandprotectit.

C.Toadvertisetoemploymoreandmoreemployees.

D.TogiveBenmoresalaryto