UNIT 6 PROBLEMS AND ADVICE

1 BEFORE YOU WATCH

a Look at the picture of a great white shark. Choose three words in the box that you would use to describe the shark.
amazing beautiful clever dangerous exciting friendly
frightening important peaceful powerful sociable

b Work in pairs. Tell your partner the words you chose and why.

2 WHILE YOU WATCH

a Watch the video. What is the best summary?
1 Great white sharks are a big tourist attraction, but they can be dangerous, so you need to be careful.
2 Great white sharks are an important species because they help keep the ocean healthy, but their numbers are decreasing.
3 Great white sharks don’t have enough to eat because of fishing, but people are trying to help them.
4 Great white sharks are a sociable species, and they are also very clever, but most people don’t understand them.

b Work in pairs. Look at pictures 1–3. Describe what is happening in the pictures using the words in the box.

beach boat divers food help local people

metal cage scientist shark study tourists

1 2 3

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c Watch again. Complete the notes with the words you hear.
1 Great white shark:
• the 1 species of shark in the world
2 In Gansbaii, South Africa:
• great white sharks are a big 2
• tourists go 3 in metal cages
3 Great white sharks are an important species because:
• they keep the 4 healthy
• they feed on 5 animals
• they help other species to 6
4 New things we know about great white sharks:
• they’re 7
• they’re also very 8
5 Scientists are worried about shark numbers in Gansbaii:
• only about 9 sharks every year
• problem could be because of 10 or 11
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6 Local people know sharks are :
• they’re trying to help them

3 AFTER YOU WATCH

a Work in groups. Choose another wild animal that you think is important. Go online to research it and write notes
in the chart.

Things we know about Things we don’t know about Why is important

b Tell the class about the animal you chose. Ask and answer questions about each other’s animals.

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