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Unit 3: Under the Sea
Reading
How many kinds of whales
do you know?
Baby Blue Whale
Killer Whale
White WhaleSperm Whale
Minke
Different kinds of whales
A Killer Whale !
What any other aspects do you know
about the killer whale?
Øking of the sea;
Øthe biggest meat-
eater of the sea;
Økilling all kinds of
animals in the sea;
Øworking in a team.
Supplementary
materials: Page49
What do you think is happening in the
picture ?
Pre-reading
Hints:
1. How many different
kinds of animals can you
see? What are they?
2. What are the black
whales doing?
3. What are the men trying
to do?
Killer whales are
attacking a baleen
whale with whalers
waiting by in their
boat, harpoon at the
ready.
Writer
Occupation
Type of the
article (文体)
Place
Time
An old man called Clancy
A whaler
anecdotes
On the southeast coast
of Australia
At the beginning of the
20th century
OLD TOM
THE KILL WHALE
New Words/Expressions:
The first part
Para 1: hear of
witness
Para 2: sort out…accommodation
opposite
Para 6: pause
Para 9: teamwork
flee
Para 10: aim…at
drag
Para 12: in the meantime
have a good feed on…
The second part
Para 2: overboard
urge
Para 3: be terrified of
abandon
Fast - reading
the name of a killer whale
1. Who is Old Tom?
2. What are the first and the second anecdotes
about respectively?
What is the first anecdote about?
A. About a hunting experience of old Tom.
B. About how the killer whales helps the whalers to
hunt a whale.
C. About how the whalers killed Old Tom.
D. About how the killer whales killed the whales.
B
What is the second anecdote about?
A. About how a killer whale protected and saved James.
B. About how James was washed off the boat.
C. About how hard it was to handle the boat in rough
sea.
D. About how Old Tom rescued James from other
killers.
A
Careful - reading (1)
Put the events in the reading passage in order.
a. The men returned for the baleen whale the next day.
b. Clancy arrived at the whaling station.
c. The men went to the boat and headed out for a whale hunt.
d. He saw a huge animal in the water, which was Old Tom, the
killer whale.
e. He heard a loud noise coming from the bay.
f. Clancy and his men killed the baleen whale with the help of the
killers.
g. The killers ate the lips and tongue of the baleen whale.
h. The killer whale guided the team to the hunt.
b→e → d → c → h → f → g → a
1. Old Tom throws itself out of the water and
then crashes down in order to ___.
A. give the whalers the information about a
whale
B. tell the whalers it is hungry
C. help the whalers catch the whale
D. inform the whalers to run away
A
Careful reading (2)
Read and choose the best answer.
2. _____ killed the whale at last.
A. Old Tom
B. The killer whales
C. The author
D. The whalers
D
3. Why did the whalers 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.
C
4. The killer whale protected James by
_____.
A. fighting the shark
B. killing the shark
C. preventing the shark going closer
D. dragging him back
C
How is the relationship between Old
Tom and the whalers?
Old Tom had a strong relationship with
the whalers. There was obviously a great
deal of understanding and cooperation
between them.
Thinking
The last whaling station in
Australia closed in 1978. Whales
are now an endangered species
and in need of conservation.
They are now protected by an
international ban on whaling.
However, some countries oppose
the ban. In groups, discuss the
reasons for and against banning
whaling.
Group work: Discussion 1
Group work: Discussion 2
What can we do to help
marine life like whales?
ØNever release balloons outside as they can travel hundreds
of miles and land in rivers, creeks(海湾), and oceans. Whales,
dolphins and turtles can be killed by ingesting balloons
mistaken for jellyfish.
For example:
ØNever dump (倾倒)anything in the street as it goes into the
storm drains (雨水沟) which travel straight to rivers, creeks,
and eventually the oceans without being cleaned.
ØParticipate in some certain community organizations such
as Save the Whales’ Petitions (请愿书)
1. Review the new words/phrases
in the reading passage and finish
the exercises on page 22.
2. Collect more materials about
whaling in the world.
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