Warming up & Reading

1. Warming up & Reading unit 3 Under the sea 莆田三中 04

2. Warming up Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea? Where did you see them?

3. On a snorkeling trip On the Internet At an aquarium On TV nature programmes On a boat tour In films In books

4. Let's enjoy a video What can you see in the video?

5. 2 3 1 coral 珊瑚 turtle 海龟 sea star海星 jellyfish 水母 anemone fish 海葵鱼 5 4

6. Watch the photos and try to write down the names of the animals. shark dolphin

7. whale 鲸鱼

8. Killer whale虎鲸

9. Diver 潜水员

10. Pre-reading What do you think is happening in the picture? Killer whales are attacking a baleen whale with whalers waiting by in their boat, harpoon at the ready.

11. Do you know about whales? • the killer whales King of the sea,biggest carnivore (食肉动物) of the sea,killing all kinds of animals in the sea,even the huge blue whale,like tiger on land,working in a team. • the baleen whales

12. Reading Old Tom the killer whale Teaching task: Read the introduction of the text on page 19 and fill in the following table.

13. An old man called Clancy A whaler Anecdotes Australia At the beginning of the 20th century Killer whales helped whalers catch baleen whales

14. Fast-reading Task 1: Fill in the blanks with names mentioned in the text. 1._______ was 16 years of age when he went to work at the whaling station. 2. _______ ordered Clancy to go to the boat as there was a whale out there in the bay. Clancy George

15. 3. _______ was swimming by the boat, showing the whalers the way. 4. _______ told Clancy that they would return the next day to bring in the body of the whale. Old Tom Jack

16. Task 2: Put the sentences into the right order. ( ) 1. Clancy jumped into the boat with the whalers. ( ) 2. Clancy arrived at the whaling station. ( ) 3. The killers started racing between ourboat andthe whale. 4 1 5 ( ) 4. Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay. ( ) 5. Clancy ran down to the shore. ( ) 6. The man in the bow of the boat aimedthe harpoonat the whale. 2 3 6

17. Careful-reading Task 3: Please listen the passage carefully, and in pairs, answer the following question. What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping the whalers out?

18. Tell the whalers there’s a ________ out there. whale _________itself out of the ______and then ______________again. Throwing water crashing down

19. Lead the whalers to the hunt. Swimming__________ showing the whalers ________. by the boat the way

20. Help the whalers kill the whale. Throwing themselves _________________________________________; Stopping it______ and ________________. on top of the whale’s blow hole to stop it breathing diving fleeing out to sea

21. have a good feed on its_____ and ________ lips tongue drag the body swiftly down to the ______ of the sea. depths

22. swim by the boat Showing the whalers the way to the hunt

23. Task 4: Read the text carefully again and choose the best answer. 1. What happened to James after he was washed off the boat? A. He got hurt by a shark. B. He was abandoned by the other whalers and felt terrified. C. He dropped his hope and was nearly dying. D. He was held up in the water by Old Tom and rescued.

24. 2. Why did George beat the water with his oar? A. To frighten the whales away B. To call back Old Tom to lead the way C. To attract the attention of huge whales D. To send signals to other whales.

25. 3. The killers threw themselves on top of the huge whale’s blow-hole in order to ______. A. make it sink B. play with it C. stop it breathing D. stop it diving

26. 4. What does the word “it” in the sentence “He let it go and the harpoon hit the spot” refer to? A. The whale. B. The boat. C. The harpoon. D. The killer.

27. 5. According to the text, the killer whales can protect men from being attacked by ____. A. whales B. tigers C. enemies D. sharks

28. Post-reading Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Working at the _______ (whale) station, I had _________ whales killed many times with my own eyes. On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I _____________ (sort 短语) my accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. Running down to the shore in time, we saw an _________ (huge同义词)animal. whaling witnessed was sorting out enormous

29. “It is called Old Tom, the killer.” George said as he ran ahead ___ me. __ the distance we could see that something was happening. As we ___________ (draw短语), I could see a whale ____________ by a _____ of about six killers. Being badly wounded, the whale soon died. Very soon, its body was dragged by the killers down into the ________ of the sea. of In drew closer being attacked pack depths

30. Homework • Go over the text and learn the • useful new words and expressions in • this part by heart. • 2. Write down an anecdote in the name • of Old Tom, the baleen whale or James. Thank you for listening