1. Unit 3
Under the sea
江汉油田广华中学-苏美琴

2. a dog
a hunter

3. They are a team!

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 1...... of the whalers, George, me. 2. Another whaler ＂Rush-oo...
Appreciate phrases
Compelte the blanks:
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
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

15. call out to
shout loudly
yell out
scream
add
urge

16. Appreciate phrases
Replace the underline phrase with a better one (from the passage)
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

17. Speaking

18. Have a try: Please retell what happened to you today!
Speaking
Have a try: Please retell what happened to you today!

19. Speaking

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