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ProtectingtheGreatBarrierBeforeyoustart(1-3)Glancequicklyatthethreetextsinthisunit.Eachisadifferentkindoftextandhasadifferentpurpose.Matcheachreadingwithatexttypeandapurpose.TextTypeoftextPurposeReading(1)alettertotheeditortotellreadersaboutasetofrolesReading(2)anewspaperarticletopersuadereaderstodosomethingReading(3)apostertogiveinformationaboutacurrenteventReading(1)MorefundsforCrownofThornsresearchTheQueenslandGovernmenttodayannounceditwouldgive$1millionforresearchintohowtocontrolthespreadoftheCrownofThornsStarfish.TheCrownofThornsStarfish,whicheatscoral,wasfirstidentifiedasamenaceinthe1960s."Thestarfishhasalwaysbeenpresentonthereef,"saidMr.Singer,ascientistwiththeCrownofThornsResearchInstitute."Inlownumbers,thestarfishdamagesonlysmallareasofcoralandtheReefquicklyrecovers.However,overthepast40yearsorso,numbersofthestarfishhaveincreaseddramatically,andtheyarenoweatingthecoralfasterthanitcangrowandreproduce."Theaimoftheresearchistofindreasonsforthehugeincreaseinstarfishnumbersandtodiscoverawaytodecreasethesenumbers."Itispossiblethatthislargeincreaseisanaturallyoccurringeventthathappenseverysooften.Ontheotherhand,itcouldbeduetosomethinglikeincreasedpollutiononthereef-oritcouldevenbetheresultofglobalwarming,"saidMr.Singer.ItisimportantthatwefindawaytostopthedestructionofhugepartsoftheReefasquicklyaspossiblebecausethelossofcoralisaffectingthewholeoftheReefecosystem.TheGreatBarrierReefbecameQueensland'sfirstWorldHeritageAreain1981andearnstheStateover$billionayearfromtourism.(242words/_______minutes)Vocabularycrownofthorns長棘海星spread擴散,蔓延identify確定(生物體的)類別menace威脅recover恢復原狀dramatically顯著地,引人注目地reproduce生殖,繁殖decrease減少occur發(fā)生dueto由于,因為destruction破壞ecosystem生態(tài)系統(tǒng)earn使得到,(為……)賺得Notes1.WorldHeritageArea(世界遺產(chǎn)保護區(qū)):Thistitleisgiventoplacesintheworldthathaveecologicalandbiologicalimportancetotheworld.2.everysooften(有時):Thisexpressionisusedfortimesthatareirregularanddonothappenveryoften.Itisavaguemeasureoftime.Exercise11.WhatproblemisdescribedinReading2.Forhowlonghasitbeenaproblem?3.Whoistryingtofindasolutiontotheproblem?4.Wherearetheygettingthemoneyfrom?5.WhoisMr.Singer?6.WhyistheGreatBarrierReefimportanttoQueensland?Reading(2)PLEASETAKECAREOFTHEREEFPOLLUTIONDEGRADESTHEREEFENVIRONMENT.●Donotthrowrubbishintothesea.●Donotdischargeoil,fuel,sewage,metalorplasticsintothesea.ANCHORSANDCHAINSCANDAMAGECORAL.●Becarefulwhereandhowyouanchoryourboat.●Trytoanchorinsandormudawayfromthecoral.●Usepublicmooringswhereavailable.●Makesurethebottomofyourboatdoesnotscrapeacrossthecoral.OVERFISHINGCANENDANGERAWHOLESPECIES.●Fishonlyinlegalfishingareas(refertoamap).●Takeonlyasmanyfishasyouneed.●Carefullyreturnundersizedfishtothewaterwithoutinjuringthem.HUMANFOODISNOTSUITABLEFORFISH.●Pleasedonotfeedthefish,itmaydamagetheirhealth.●PleasedonotfeedthefishasitmaydamageYOURhealth-somelargefishareaggressive.CARELESSDIVERSANDSNORKELERSCANDAMAGETHEREEF.●Donotstandonthecoral.●Pleaseavoidtouchingcoralwithyourswimfins.●Lookatbutpleasedon'ttouchthemarineanimals.ITISILLEGALTOCOLLECTCORAL,WHETHERDEADORALIVE.(184words/_____minutes)Vocabularydegrade使降級;使衰變rubbish垃圾discharge排出,使流出sewage污水,陰溝水a(chǎn)nchor錨mooring停泊區(qū),泊地scrape刮,擦legal合法的aggressive挑釁的,有攻擊行為的snorkeler使用水下通氣管的潛水者fin(常用復數(shù))(潛水員穿的)腳蹼marine海洋的Exercise21.Whydoyouthinkthisposter(Reading(2))waswritten?2.Whoisitwrittento?3.Whyisitimportantthatpeoplefollowtherulesontheposter?4.Thesentencesincapitallettershaveadifferentfunctiontotheothersentences.Whatisthefunctionofthesentencesincapitalletters?5.Whatisthefunctionoftheothersentences?Exercise3Readthetextonpage12(Reading(3))andtheVocabularyandNotesatthebottomofthispage.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.1.Aboutwhatplaceisthisletterwritten?2.Whatproblemistheletterwriterdescribing?3.Whatdoestheletterwriterthinkshouldbedonetosolvetheproblem?4.Whatdoestheletterwriterwantpeoplereadingthelettertodo?VocabularyforReading(3)(page12)concerned憂慮的,不安的,擔心的prawntrawlingindustry拖網(wǎng)捕蝦工業(yè)treasure財富,珍寶drag拖,拉chain鏈rot腐爛vulnerable易受傷的,脆弱的dugong儒艮(一種像鯨的海獸)endangered有滅種危險的,瀕于滅絕的sanctuary禁捕區(qū),保護區(qū)biodiversity生物多樣性(又稱為biologicaldiversity)deplete耗盡,大大減少stunning極好的,絕妙的;令人震驚的urge力勸,敦促,催促NotesLetters'totheeditor(讀者來信):Peoplewriteletterstotheeditorofanewspapertoexpresstheirviewsonissuesofpublicconcern.Theselettersarethenpublishedinthenewspaperforotherpeopletoread.Reading(3)DearSirIamveryconcernedaboutthecontinuingdestructioncausedbytheprawntrawlingindustrytoourmostimportantandbeautifulnationaltreasure-theGreatBarrierReef.Atpresent,prawntrawlingboatsarecausingtremendousdamagetotheReefbydraggingchainsacrosstheseafloortocatchprawns.Fish,plantsandothermarinelifearecaughtupwiththeprawns.Thisunwantedcatchisthenthrownoverboard,androttingfishenduppollutingourbeaches.Inaddition,vulnerabledugongs,endangeredturtlesandraredolphinsareatriskfromfishingboats,netsandtrawlequipment.Icanseeonlyonewaytostopthisdestruction.WeneedtocreatemoremarinesanctuarieswithintheReef.Atpresentlessthan5%oftheMarineParkisprotectedfromfishingandthisistotallyinadequatetopreservetheextraordinarybiodiversityoftheReef.Worldwidestudieshaveshownthat●provideprotectionfromfishing.●allowfishpopulationsthathavebeendepletedbyoverfishingtorecover.●allowtheseafloorthathasbeendamagedbyprawntrawlingtorecover.AnetworkofmarinesanctuariesintheGreatBarrierReefwouldalsomeanmoreandbiggerfishtoattractvisitorstoourshores.TheGreatBarrierReefisastunningareaofbeautyandbiologicaldiversity.A$billiontourismindustry(alongwiththousandsofAustralianjobs)reliesonitswellbeing.IaskallyourreaderstojoinmeinurginggovernmentsandtheGreatBarrierReefMarineParkAuthoritytoestablishmoremarinesanctuariesalongthelengthoftheGreatBarrierReef.LVincent(259words/__minutes)Keys:Beforeyoustart(1-3)TextTypeoftextPurposeReading(1)anewspaperarticletogiveinformationaboutacurrenteventReading(2)apostertotellreadersaboutasetofrolesReading(3)alettertotheeditortopersuadereaderstodosomethingExercise11.TheCrownofThornsStarfishiseatingthecoralfasterthanitcanrecover.2.Sincethe1960s.3.TheCrownofThornsResearchInstitute.4.Thegovernmentisgivingthemoneytothem.5.Mr.SingerisascientistattheCrownofThornsResearchInstitute.6.TheGreatBarrierReefbringsinalotofmoneyfromtourism.Exe
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