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Under the Sea
Unit 3
Today, we’re going to take a look
at the world under the sea.
Now, we are on a snorkeling trip
under the sea.
We’ll come across a great variety of
marine animals.
Dolphins 海豚
What are they?
Turtle 海龟
Look. It’s coming towards us.
Sea horse
海马
What’s this?
Squid 鱿鱼
Sea star 海星
This looks beautiful!
Jellyfish 水母
Coral 珊瑚
Angel fish 天使鱼
Different kinds of little fish
Anemone fish 海葵鱼
Clown fish
A shark is coming.
Look out!
It’s dangerous.
If you like, where can you go to see more
about the ocean life?
on a boat trip
in books, on the
Internet, in the Ocean
Park, on TV etc.
at an aquarium
What’s happening in the pictures?
A Killer Whale
Average lifespan: 50 to 80 years
Size: 7 to 9.7 m
Weight: up to 6 tons
Killer whales
Baleen whales
baleen
whale
•killer whales blow-hole
•whalers
•People who hunt whales
•What is happening in the picture ?
Writer
Career
Writing style
Time
Place
Main
character
Main idea
• Background Information
Skimming
to get
general ideas
1. The first story is mainly about ____.
A. a hunting experience of Old Tom
B. how Old Tom helped with whale hunting
C. how the whalers killed a whale
D. how killer whales killed a whale
2. The second story was told to _____.
A. show killer whales were cruel hunters
B. entertain readers
C. show killer whales could protect and
save people in danger
D. show killer whales never harmed or
attacked people.
Reading Comprehension
3. According to the second story, the
killer whales can protect men from
being attacked by____.
A. whales B. tigers
C. enemies D. sharks
4. _____ killed the whale at last.
A. Old Tom B. The killer whales
D. The whalers C. The author
Careful -reading
Please find out evidence of helping
the whalers.
Reading Comprehension
Review the timeline of the passage.
Write a sentence in each of the boxes.
Three sentences have been given.
1 Clancy
arrived at
the whaling
station.
2 Clancy heard a huge
noise coming from
the bay.
3 He saw a huge
animal in the
water, which
was Old Tom,
the killer whale.
4 The men went
to the boat and
headed out for a
whale hunt.
5 The killer whale
guided the team
to hunt.
6 Clancy and his
men killed the
baleen whale
with the help of
the killers.
7 The killers ate
the lips and
tongue of the
baleen whale.
8 The men
returned for the
baleen whale
the next day.
1. What evidence was there that Old Tom
was helping the whalers out?
2. What other animals did the author
compare the killer whales with? Why
do you think the killer whales behaved
like this?
3. Why did George think that the killer
whales worked as a team?
4. Why did the whalers allow the killer
whales to drag the whale away?
5. How did Old Tom help James? Why do
you think he did this?
In pairs answer the following questions.
1. What evidence was there that Old Tom
was helping the whalers out?
2. What other animals did the author
compare the killer whales with? Why
do you think the killer whales behaved
like this?
Old Tom let the whalers know that
there was a baleen whale nearby; he
showed them the way to the whale.
Dogs. Because they knew that,
together with the whalers, they would soon
kill the baleen whale and get a good feed.
3. Why did George think that the killer
whales worked as a team?
Because he could see that some of the
killers were throwing themselves on top
of the whale’s blow-hole while others
were preventing it from diving or
fleeing out to sea.
4. Why did the whalers allow the killer
whales to drag the whale away?
5. How did Old Tom help James? Why do
you think he did this?
Because they knew the killer whales
would leave the rest of the body to them.
Old Tom prevented James from
drowning. Old Tom wanted to help his
human friends.
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