(共34张PPT)
Unit3 Under the sea
Reading
Warming up
Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea?
Where did you see them?
at an aquarium
on a snorkelling trip
On a snorkeling trip
At an aquarium
On a boat tour
In books
In films
On TV nature programmes
On the Internet
Benthal world
Plants and animals under the sea
sea-star海星
coral
jellyfish
Butterfly
fish
parrotfish 鹦鹉鱼
anemone
anemone fish
sea-turtle 海龟
sea horse 海马
clam 蛤
Coral 珊瑚
dolphin 海豚
Shark 鲨鱼
White whale白鲸
Killer whale虎鲸
Video
What is happening in the picture?
baleen whale
Pre-reading
Clancy
A whaler
The killer whale help people to kill baleen whale.
Australia
At the beginning of the 20th century
Anecdotes
Author
Job
Style
time
Place
Main idea
Reading
The passage is mainly about ____ parts.
Skimming
Old Tom ________
the whaler from the shark
Old Tom ______
the whalers to hunt the whales.
helped
protected
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Scanning
Scan the text, and put the events in the right order according to the timeline.
( ) George started beating the water with his oar
( ) Clancy jumped into the boat with the whalers.
( ) 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
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5
1
7
3
2
4
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Careful reading
Listen to the tape carefully and answer the questions on P21 in pairs.
1. What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping out the whalers?
Old Tom let the whalers know that there
was a baleen whale nearby;
he showed them the way to the whale
Work as a team
2. What other animals did the author compare the killer whales with? Why do you think the killer whales behave like this?
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 protectes James from drowning. Old Tom wanted to help his human friends.
Discussion
Role-play
Post-reading:
There are three roles, the whaler, the baleen whale, and the killer whale. Make a dialigue in groups.
Watch a short video, and have a discusion on whether human being should be allowed to kill the whales and how to protect the whales.
DISCUSION
video
Homework
Set a positive activity to protect animals by group
Thank you!
Bye-bye