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高中英语模块七
Unit 3 Under the Sea
Reading
Have you ever seen animals and plants that under the sea? Do you know what they are?
sea horse
sea turtle
dolphin
starfish
seal
sea lion
shark
coral
clown fish
Where did you see them?
on a snorkeling trip
at an aquarium
on a boat tour
in books
in films
on TV nature programmes
on the Internet
What’s this? How much do you know about them?
Is Old Tom an old man?
Can you guess what happened to him?
Predicting
What’s the main idea of the passage?
The text consists of two ____________ written by Clancy. They are mainly about how Old Tom helped the whalers ____________ a whale and saved James from the ____________.
While reading
anecdotes
hunt
shark
Read the first story again and finish the chart.
water
crashed
boat
team
top
breathing
fleeing
dragged
depths
tongue
careful reading
a whale hunt Before the hunt The killer whale threw itself out of the ________ and then ________ down again.
It swam by the ________, showing the whalers the way.
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 ________.
Discuss in pairs and answer the following questions.
1.How did Old Tom help the whalers? What evidence can you find?
2. What other animals did the author compare the killer whales with? Why did he compare them with that?
3.Why did the whalers allow the killer whales to drag the whale away?
4. What’s the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers?
Discussing & speaking
Evidence of helping the whalers
throw itself out of the water and crash down again.
Let the whalers know that there was a baleen whale nearby.
Discussing & speaking
swim by the boat
showing the whalers the way to the whale
Discussing & speaking
Discussing & speaking
2. What other animals did the author compare the killer whales with? Why did he compare them with that?
Dogs. They behaved in a similar way, in a crazy way while hunting. They were eager to catch the prey.
3. Why did the whalers allow the killer whales to drag the whale away?
Because they knew the killer whales would leave the rest of the body to them.
Discussing & speaking
4. What’s the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers?
Old Tom had a strong relationship with the whalers. There was obviously a great deal of understanding and cooperation between them
Discussing & speaking
Read the second story again and finish the chart.
careful reading
washed
off
shark
held
a rescue During a hunt, James was ________ ________ the boat.
He was carried further and further by the waves and terrified of being abandoned and then suddenly a ________ appeared.
After over half an hour when other whalers drew close to James, they found he was firmly ________ up in the water by Old Tom.
Read the second story and answer the following questions:
1. Why did Red reply “Don’t worry, Old Tom won’t let it near”?
2. How did Old Tom help James?
careful reading
As far as you know , what other animals ever help out human beings in history?
Discussing & speaking
Discussing & speaking
What conclusion can we come to?
From these moving stories, we can draw a conclusion that Humans and animals should depend on each other and be kind to each other. Only in that way, can the world be more harmonious and more beautiful.
Discussing & speaking
In the first story, what sentences do you think best described the scene of the whale hunt and in the second story what impressed you most?
We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again.
我们及时赶到岸边,看到对面有一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面,然后又坠落到水里。
throwing itself out of the water 形象地表现了鲸跃出水面的动作。
Language appreciation
throw 的用法很灵活,能表达出丰富的含义。如:
I felt discouraged when he threw cold water on my idea.
他给我的想法泼冷水时,我感到很沮丧。
She threw herself into a chair and began to cry.
她倒在椅子上,哭了起来。
The fire threw hundreds of workers out of work.
大火使几百个工人失业。
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.
汤姆出现了,转回到船边,又领着我们前往捕猎处。
The killers started racing between our boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.
虎鲸们在我们的渔船和那头鲸之间开始追逐了,就像一群发狂的猎狗一样。
…when we approached him, I saw James being firmly held up in the water by Old Tom.
当我们靠近他的时候,我看到老汤姆在水中稳稳地托着詹姆斯。
Homework
Surf the Internet and learn more about the killer whale and other marine animals.
Try to retell the story in your own words.
谢谢!