UsingLanguageⅠ.ppt

Unit3AustraliaReading2AUSTRALIA SDANGEROUSCREATURES Australia sdangerousanimals Afunnelwebspider Aboxjellyfish Abrownsnake Agreatwhiteshark Asaltwatercrocodile FastReading snake spider shark jellyfish crocodile venom poison widemouthsandsharpteeth Whatdotheyusetoattackothers Choosethecorrectanswer 1 Howmanykindsofdangerouscreaturesarementionedinthepassage A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 2 Whichoneofthefollowingisprobablythemostpoisonousanimalintheworldaccordingtothepassage A Thebrownsnake B Thefunnelwebspider C Theboxjellyfish D Thesaltwatercrocodile Careful reading Choosethecorrectanswer 3 Whydon twesayAustraliaisanunsafeplacetoliveinorvisit A Becausemostofthedangerousanimalsarefarfrompeople B Becausemostofthedangerousanimalsarekeptinspecialplaces C Becausethereareonlyafewdeathsfromthedangerouscreatureseveryyear D BecausetheAustraliagovernmenttrieshardtoprotectpeoplefrombeingkilled Choosethecorrectanswer 4 WhichofthefollowingstatementsisWRONG A Mostofthespidershavenoeffectonhumans B Mostofthesharksareharmlesstohumans C Thereare115differentkindsofsnakethatcankillpeople D TherearetwotypesofcrocodilelivinginAustralia Detailed reading Readthepassagecarefullyandfillinthefollowingtable name totalnumber numberofpoisonous dangerouskinds possibleresultscausedbythemajority worstresults snake spider shark jellyfish crocodile morethan170 approximately2000 160 notmentioned 2 115 most 2or3 most 1 killorparalyzesmallcreatures noeffectormildsickness harmless causeseverepain killhumans killhumans killhumans killhumans killhumans killhumans recentreporteddeaths 3 none 3 3 2 IfyouaretravellinginAustralia howtoprotectyourselffromthedangerousanimalsinthereadingpassage Theinformationonpage28mayhelpyou Post reading Discussion Howtoprotectyourselffromthedangerousanimals IfyouareinthefarnorthofAustraliaalongwayfromcivilization keepalookoutforsignsaboutcrocodilesandstayawayfromriverswherethesesignsappear Crocodiles Trytoswiminplacesthathavesharknets Ifyouhearasharkwarning getoutofthewaterimmediately sharks Unlessyouarewearinggloves don tputyourhandsintodark dryplaces understonesoramongstrubbish Ifyoudogetbitten goimmediatelytothehospital spiders Ifyouseejellyfishwasheduponthebeach don tgointhewater Ifyouarestungbyajellyfishandhavetroublebreathing goimmediatelytothehospital jellyfish Consolidation Australiaishome morethan170differentkindsofsnakeand115oftheseare poison luck thepoisonofmostsnakescankill paralyzeonlysmall Itisjust wellthatsnakesareveryshyandusuallyattackonlyiftheyare disturb andfeel threaten Mostspidershaveapoisonousbite themajorityhavenoeffect humansorcauseonlymildsickness poisonous to Luckily or creatures as disturbed threatened However on Consolidation Thesharksvary size just20centimetres over14metres All twoorthreekindsare harm tohumans Another potential dangerousseaanimalisthejellyfish Itisprobablythemostpoisonousanimalintheworld Thereisone dangerousanimalinAustraliaworth mention Fromtime timeacrocodilehas snatch someonebeforeheorsheisevenaware thecrocodileisthere in from to but harmless potentially other more mentioning to snatched that Consolidation Youmightthinkthat allthesedangerousanimalsAustraliaisanunsafeplacetolive orvisit However thisisfar thetr