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Under the Sea
Unit 3
killer whale
baleen whale
the baleen whales----blue whale
the killer whales
The killer whales are one of the top predators(食
肉动物) in the sea. As a group, killer whales are
known to eat fish,, seals（海豹）, sea lions, even
other whales.
Baleen whales have no teeth but instead have
baleen plates(鲸须板) with which the whales can
filter(过滤) the food out of the water.
Read the introduction of the passage on
page 19 and then fill in the chart below.
What is happening in the picture ?
killer whales
a baleen whale
whalers
Writer
Job
Type of the
article (文体)
Place
Time
What
happened
an old man called Clancy
a whaler
anecdotes
on the south eastern coast of
Australia
at the beginning of the
20th century
Killer whales helped whalers
catch the baleen whales.
Background Information
Fast reading
（完成《同步练习册》
P42 Ex1）
1. The killers threw themselves on the 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
Para.9 line 1-3 “Well , it’s teamwork-the
killers over there throwing themselves
on the top of the whale’s blow-hole to
stop it breathing .
2. Why did the men start turning the boat
around to go home after the whale died?
A. Because they didn’t need a dead whale.
B. Because they couldn’t find the whale’s
body.
C. Because they knew that the dead whale
wouldn’t float up to the surface for
around 24 hours.
D. They had to do this because it was too
late.
Para.12 line 1-3 “We’ll return tomorrow to
bring in the body. It won’t float up to
the surface for around 24 hours.”
3.What happened to James after he was
washed off the boat?
A. He got hunt 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 helped up in the water by Old
Tom and rescued.
line 40 I saw James being firmly held up in
the water by Old Tom.
4.We can infer from the text that____.
A. the killer whales may be trained by
the whalers
B. the killer whales want to help man
catch the whales themselves
C. the killer whales need no training
for helping the whalers
D. the killer whales want to eat the
whales after killing them
line 34-37 A few minutes later, there was
no Tom, so George started beating the
water with his oar and there was Tom,
circling back to the boat…
5. The passage is mainly about__________.
A.Clancy’s stories when he was at the
whale station
B.the killer whale’s life
C. how Old Tom helped catch whales and
protected and saved the whales
D.how Clancy and his fellows caught
whales
Careful reading
Read the passage again and
complete the timeline in each of
the boxes.
1 Clancy
_______ at
the whaling
station.
2 He _____ a
loud noise
coming from
the bay.
3 He ____ a huge
animal in the water,
which was Old Tom,
the killer whale.
4 The men _____
into the boat and
headed out for a
whale hunt.
5 The killer
whale led the
whalers to the
hunt.
6 Clancy and his
men _______ the
baleen whale
with the help of
the killers.
7 The killers ____ the lips and
tongue of the baleen whale
with the help of the killers.
8 The men
returned for the
baleen whale the
next day.
arrived
heard saw
went
killed
ate
Summary
1.Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
《同步练习册》P42 Ex2
1.___________(work) at the whaling station, I
witnessed huge whales 2.__________(kill) many
times with my own eyes. 3._____ the afternoon I
arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my
4._____________(accommodate), I heard a
loud noise coming from the bay. Running down
to the shore in time, we saw 5.____enormous
animal. “It is called Old Tom, the killer,” one of
the whalers, George, said as he ran ahead
6.___ me.
On
being killed
Working
accommodation
an
of
We then jumped into the boat and headed out
into the bay. As we drew 7._______(close), I
could see a whale 8.____________(attack) by a
pack of about six other killers. Being badly
wounded, the whale soon died. Very soon, its
body was dragged by the killers down into the
9._______(deep) of the sea.
Another day, James was washed off the boat
and was carried further and further away from us
by the waves. Old Tom saved him, and then
went back to the hunt 10.________ the other
killers were still attacking the whale.
closer
being attacked
depths
where
A George started beating the water with his oar.
B Clancy didn’t have the right clothes on and raced
after George to the boat.
C Clancy arrived at the whaling station.
D The killers started racing between our boat and
the whale.
E Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay.
F Clancy was sorting out his accommodation.
G Clancy ran down to the shore.
H The man in the bow of the boat aimed the
harpoon at the whale.
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AB C D E F G H
2.Put the following sentences into a right order.
1.Retell the story using your own
words.
2.Go over the text and learn all the
new words and expressions.
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