Unit 3 Under the sea 江汉油田广华中学-苏美琴

a dog a hunter

They are a team!

the whalers (捕鲸人) the killer whale (虎鲸) the whale (鲸鱼)

What is happening in the picture? What can you see?

A C 1.Who is old Tom? ( ) A. The killer whale B. The whaler Fast- reading Listen and read after the tape. Then answer the questions 1.Who is old Tom? ( ) A. The killer whale B. The whaler C. The baleen whale 2.What role does old Tom play in the whale hunt?( ) A.Friend and master B.Enemy and slaver C.Helper and protector A C

Clancy was sorting out his accommodation. Careful- reading: Read again,and number them in time order. 6 George started beating the water with his oar. Clancy raced after George to the boat. Clancy arrived at the whaling station. The killers started racing between our boat and the whale. Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay. Clancy was sorting out his accommodation. Clancy ran down to the shore. The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale. 5 1 7 3 2 4 8

B 1. The text is mainly about ____. Careful- reading Answer the questions below. B 1. The text is mainly about ____. A. the killer whales are easily trained B. the killer whales can help the whalers catch the huge whales C. the killer whales kill the whales for their food D. the killer whales drag the whales under the water

A 2. 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

D 3. _____ killed the whale at last. A. Old Tom B. The killer whales C. The author D. The whalers

4. 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

C 5. 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

Summary The first story describes a hunting experience about how the killer whales helped the whalers to hunt a whale. The second one tells about how a killer whale protected and saved James, a whaler.

1...... of the whalers, George, me. 2. Another whaler ＂Rush-oo... Appreciate phrases Compelte the blanks: 1...... of the whalers, George, me. 2. Another whaler ＂Rush-oo... 3.＂Man overboard! Turn the boat around! " George, . 4.＂Look, there's a shark out there, " I . 5......and the others are having a good feed on its lips and tongue,” Red,laughing. called out to yelled out urged shouting loudly screamed added

call out to shout loudly yell out scream add urge

Appreciate phrases Replace the underline phrase with a better one (from the passage) 1....... an enormous animal oppsite us jumping out of the water and falling into the water again. 2.we jumped into the boat with the other whalers and drove the ship to the bay. throwing itself out of crashing down headed out into

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Homework Write a short passage about the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers.