(共60张PPT)
Reading
Warming up
Benthal world
Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea Where did you see them
On a snorkeling trip
At an aquarium
On a boat tour
In books
In films
On TM nature programmes
On the internet
Watch the photos and try to write down the name of the animal or the plant in your exercise books.
shark
dolphin
anemone
anemone fish
coral
sea star
turtle
sea horse
coral
jellyfish
Diver 潜水员
Pre-reading
Do you know about whales
such as
sharks
the baleen whales
the killer whales
killer whales
baleen whales
halieutics
shark
Reading
Teaching task 1: (listening and speaking)
Please listen to the reading, and then in groups, describe the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers. What other animals help out humans in hunting
task 2: (Reading and speaking)
Please read the reading again, and in pairs, answer the following questions.
1. What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping out the whalers
Evidence of helping the whalers
throw itself out of the water and crash down again.
Telling the whalers there’s a whale out there
swim by the boat
Showing the whalers
the way to the hunt
Work as a team
A pack of killers are
throwing themselves
on top of the whale’s
blow-hole to stop it
breathing; and some
others are stopping it
fleeing out to sea.
The killers started
racing between our
boat and the whale
just like a pack of
excited dogs.
Then the harpoon was ready and the man in the bow of the boat aimed it at the whale and let it go, then it hit the spot.
2. What other animals did the author compare the killer whales with
3. Why did George think that the killer whales worked as a team
4. How did Old Tom help James Why do you think he did this
Dogs
Because they knew that, together with the whalers, they would soon kill the baleen whale and get a good feed.
Old Tom prevented James from drowning.
Old Tom wanted to help his human friends.
主旨大意
1. The author mainly tells us in the text that____.
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
task 3: (Discussing)
B
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
3. Why did the men 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. According to the text, the killer whales can protect men from being attacked by____. A. whales B. tigers C. enemies D. sharks
D
推理判断：
5.We can infer from the text that____.
A. The killer whales may be trained by the whalers.
B. The killer whales want to help man catch the whales themselves
C. The killer whales need no training for helping the whalers
D. The killer whales want to eat the whales after killing them
A
6. The last whaling station in Australia closed in 1978.Whales are now an endangered species and protected by an international ban, but some countries oppose the ban. In groups discuss the reasons for and against banning whaling.
task 4:
(Word study)
1. Police have appealed for ________ (证人) to come forward.
2. The travel agent fixed up our _____________ (住处).
witnesses
accommodation
3. They’re both called Smith, but there’s no ___________(血缘关系) between them.
4. What’s your ______ salary (年薪）？
relationship
annual
5. Karl Marx was forced to f___ his home country for political reasons.
6. He a _________ his wife and children.
7. Every summer I r___ a room near the beach for a week.
lee
bandoned
ent
Language points
1. I thought , at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times.
at the time “那时候”，位置应在story之后，作时间状语， 提前是为了强调，that this was just a story作thought的宾语。
2. On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my accommodation, I heard a huge noise coming from the bay.
在我到达捕鲸场的那个下午，正当我准备膳宿时，我听到一声巨响从海湾传来。
1) as 强调主从句中谓语动词所表示的动作同时发生。 从句表示“随时间推移”连词能用as，不用when 或while。
As the day went on, the weather got worse. 日子一天天过去，天气越变越坏。
as, when和while
2) when 可表示瞬间、时间段，主从句动作同时发生，也可以先后发生。当从句的动作发生于主句动作之前，只能用when 引导这个从句，不可用as 或 while。
When you have finished your work, you may have a rest.
3) as, when 引导短暂性动作的动词。
Just as / Just when / When I stopped my car, a man came up to me.
4) while 用于同时进行的两个延续性动作相伴发生，常对同类动作进行对比。
accommodation
1) rooms, esp, for living in
房间，住所
2) lodgings, rooms and food
膳宿（常用复数）
accommodate v.
accommodating adj.
accommodator n.
适应，调节
亲切的，易打交道的
调节者
3. We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again.
我们及时赶到岸边，看到一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面，然后又坠落到水面。
与throw相关的短语：
throw cold water on 泼冷水
throw off 抛弃，摆脱
throw over 回棋，变换
throw away 浪费，拒绝
throw down 打倒，推翻
throw up 呕吐
与out of 相关的短语：
out of breath 上气不接下气
out of date 过时的
out of control 失控
out of question 可能的
out of the question 不可能的
out of repair 失修
4. Another whaler yelled out,...This was the call that announced there was about to be a whale hunt.
yell v.& n.
1) 叫喊
She yelled with surprise when
she saw the present.
2) 叫声，喊声
The crowd let out a yell of delight.
辨析: be going to, be to do和be about
to be going to 表示打算或计划做某事或根据某种迹象判断将要发生的事。
be to do表示预先安排好的计划或约定。
be about to 表示即将发生的动作
意为 “be about to do sth.
准备, 将要, 正打算 ”, 不与具体的表将来时间的副词或副词性短语连用，但可以与as或when引导的时间状语连用。
Exemple:
I was just about ___ road ___ a ship came to us.
A. traveling on; while
B. to travel on; while
C. traveling by; when
D. to travel by; when
D
5. “Come on, Clancy. To the boat”, George said as he ran ahead of me.
1) 表示劝说，不耐烦，催促
Come on, we’ll be late for concert.
2) 开始
The rain has just come on.
come on
与come相关的短语：
come about 发生
come across 偶然遇见
come forth 出来，涌现
come out 出版，（花）开
come through （电话）接通
come up 走近，上升
come to 总计
come up with 赶上，补充
6. I looked down into the water and could see Old Tom swimming by the boat, showing us the way.
我低头朝水中看去，看到老汤姆正在船边游着，为我们引路。
swimming by the boat 在句中作宾语补足语，与宾语Old Tom 存在逻辑上的主谓头系。
I saw Jack crossing the street.
7. A few minutes later, there was no Tom, so George started beating the water with his oar and there was Tom, circling back to the boat, leading us to the hunt again.
circling back to the boat; leading us to the hunt again是现在分词短语作状语。
8. In the distance we could see that something was happening. As we drew closer, I could see a whale being attacked by a pack of about six other killers.
distance
distant adj.
distantly adv.
n. 距离；远处
v. 保持距离, 关系疏远或冷淡
遥远的
遥远地
与distance 相关的短语：
at/ from a distance 离一段距离；从远处
at a respectful distance 敬而远之
be out of distance 太远
in the distance 在远处；在远方
within distance 在......距离内
9. He let it go and the harpoon hit the spot. Being badly wounded, the whale soon died.
辨析：wound, injury, hurt, harm与damage
wound 是战斗中刀枪的创伤、伤口
His brother was wounded in that battle .
injury 是平时的大小创伤和伤害
He got serious injuries to the legs at work . He got his finger injured .
大家注意了！
hurt 是指精神上的伤害和肉体的伤痛。
The hurt to his feelings is more serious than the hurt in his body .
harm 指使有生命或者无生命的东西不再完整、美丽，或者具有原来的价值。
Smoking a lot of cigarettes can harm and even kill over a long period of time .
damage “车辆、船只、房屋”等的损坏。 The bus was badly damaged when it hit the wall . This storm did great harm / damage to the crops .
这是一个it作形式主语的句子，真正的主语是不定式to handle the boat。在用不定式、动名词从句作主语的句子里，通常用it作形式主语，而把真正的主语后置以避免头重脚轻。这样的句式通常有：
10. … it was difficult to handle the boat. …… 划船很困难。
It（形式主语）+v.
It is + adj.
to + v.
that（主语）+ v.
wh- 等词（主语）+ v.
of
sb. to do sth.
for
seems （好像……）
It + appears（看上去……）+ that(主语+v.)
happens（碰巧……）
It is no use v.–ing
做……没有用
It is said (reported) that …
据说，据报道……
It is believed that …
人们相信……
It is thought that …
人们认为……
It has been proved that …
事实证明……
It is well-known that …
众所周知……
11. It took over half an hour to get the boat back to James.用了半个多小时的时间才把船划回到詹姆斯身边。
这是一个It takes (sb.) some time/sth. to do sth. 的固定句式，take 意为“花费、需要”，take 前也可用具体名词作主语。
It takes him three hours to do his homework everyday.
We took extra time to do the job properly.
