Unit 3 Under the sea

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

at an aquarium in films on a boat tour in books

on a snorkeling trip on the Internet on TV nature programmes

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

sea horse turtle

[ə'nemənɪ] coral sea star

whale 鲸鱼

diver 潜水员

影片欣赏

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.

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

killer whales baleen whales

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

Writer Occupation Type of the article (文体) Place Time Main idea An old man called Clancy A whaler anecdotes Australia At the beginning of the 20th century Killer whales helped whalers catch baleen whales

Fast-reading 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

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

Read the text carefully again and fill in the blanks. Before the hunt The killer whale threw itself out of the ______ and then _______ down again. It swam by the _____, showing the whalers the way. water crashed boat

During the hunt The killers were working as a _____. Some were throwing themselves on ____ of the whale’s blow-hole to stop it _________. Others were stopping it _______ out to sea. After the hunt The killers ________ the dead body down into the ______ of the sea, having a good feed on its lips and _______. team top breathing fleeing dragged depths tongue

Consolidation 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

“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 sharks. Being badly wounded, the whale soon died. Very soon, its body was dragged by the sharks down into the ______ of the sea. of In drew nearer being attacked pack depths

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