Unit 3 Under the sea Reading

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Unit 3 Reading
OLD TOM
THE KILLER WHALE
Read the explanation and speak out the word it explains.
accommodation
n. 住所；住宿
a place to live, work, stay, etc. in
pause
vi. & n. 暂停；终止
a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting again;
to stop doing something for a short time
depth
n. 深（度）；深处
the distance down either from the top of something to the bottom, or to a distance below the top surface of something
opposite
prep. 在……对面
adj. 相对的；相反的
completely different
being in a position on the other side;
yell
vi. 大叫；呼喊
n. 叫声；喊声
to shout something or make a loud noise, usually when you are angry, in pain or excited
urge
vt. 催促；极力主张；驱策
to strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing
the land along the edge of a sea, lake or
wide river
offshore
shore
adv. & adj. 近海的；离岸的
n. 岸；海滨
away from or at a distance from the coast
witness
vt. 当场见到；目击
n. 目击者；证人；证据
to see something happen;
a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident
abandon
vt. 放弃；遗弃；抛弃
to leave a place, thing or person forever
dive
vi. & n. 跳水；潜水；俯冲
flee
to jump into water, especially with your head and arms going in first, or to move down under the water
drag
vi. 逃避；逃跑 vt. 逃离
vi. 拖；拉；扯
to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear
to move something by pulling it along a surface, usually the ground
teamwork
n. 协作；配合
when a group of people work well together
Skimming
to get
general ideas
1. The first story is mainly about ____.
A. a hunting experience of Old Tom
B. how Old Tom helped with whale
hunting
C. how the whalers killed a whale
D. how killer whales killed a whale
2. The second story was told to _____.
A. show killer whales were cruel hunters
B. entertain readers
C. show killer whales could protect and
save people in danger
D. show killer whales never harmed or
attacked people.
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
3. According to the second story, the
killer whales can protect men from
being attacked by____.
A. whales B. tigers
C. enemies D. sharks
4. _____ killed the whale at last.
A. Old Tom B. The killer whales
D. The whalers C. The author
( ) Using a telescope we could see that
something was happening.
( ) The killers started racing between our
boat and the whale.
( ) Clancy arrived at the station.
( ) The men started turning the boat
around to go home.
Put the following sentences into correct order.
Skimming
Reading Comprehension II
( ) Clancy heard a huge noise coming
from the bay.
( ) The whale yelled out.
( ) We jumped into the boat with the
other whalers and headed out into the
bay.
( ) The man in the bow of the boat aimed
the harpoon at the whale.
Answer: 5 6 1 8 2 3 4 7
Careful reading
to solve
difficult points
1. witness
(1) vt. 亲眼看到
Did you witness the accident
你亲眼看到那场事故了吗？
(2) vi. 作证; 证明
witness to sth./doing sth.
He witnessed to having seen the man enter
the building.
他作证说他看到那个人进入大楼的。
(3) witness n. 目击者; 证人
She was called as a defense witness.
她被传唤作被告证人。
2. flee – fled – fled 逃跑；逃避；逃离
(1) vt. flee
They were forced to flee the country.
(2) vi. flee from
The prisoner attempted to flee from the
prison, but he failed.
The alarmed people fled from the fire.
恐慌的人们从火里逃出。
3. drag vi. 拖；拉；扯
Why drag me in 干么把我拉扯进去？
drag sb. out to a concert
硬拖某人去听音乐
drag the negotiation out for three months
把谈判拖长到三个月
drag on 拖延; 拖长(声调、字眼等)
drag oneself along (慢吞吞地) 拖着脚走
4. abandon vt. 放弃；抛弃；遗弃
Many people were killed by the
chemical weapons abandoned by
the Japanese during the World War II.
abandon one’s friend 背弃朋友
abandon a bad habit 革除恶习
abandon one’s hope 放弃希望
abandon one’s idea 放弃主意
This was the call that announced there
was about to be a whale hunt.
这是宣告猎鲸行动马上就要开始的声音。
“that announced there was about to be a
whale hunt”为关系代词that引导的定语从
句，修饰先行词the call。从句中用到“be
about to do sth.”结构，表示将来，意为
“即将，将要”。
课文难句精析
【拓展】
英语中有很多表示将来时的方法，在具体
运用中表达的内容又不尽相同，现将各种
表达法归纳如下：
①“be going to＋动词原形”，be going to
相当于一个助动词(其中be有人称和数的变
化)，与它后面的动词原形一起构成谓语。
用来表示打算、计划或安排要做的事情，
或在说话时已有迹象预示会在将来发生的
事情。
例如：
Look! It’s going to rain.
There is going to be a parents’ meeting
tomorrow.
②“will / shall＋动词原形”，用来表示说话
时认为或预测会在将来发生的动作或存在
的状态。will用于各种人称；shall只用于第
一人称。例如：
What time shall we go there tomorrow
I will / shall go to visit her next week.
③按计划或安排即将发生的动作可以用“现
在进行时”来表示。这些动作往往都与移
动、方向、启动等有关。如： come，go，
arrive，leave，move，fly等。
例如：Mr. Brown is leaving for Beijing
tomorrow.
④在时间或条件状语从句中，表示将来的
动作常用“一般现在时”。例如：
I won’t leave here until you come back.
⑤“be about to＋动词原形”意为“正要做某
事、正准备做某事”，通常不接时间状语。
“be to＋动词原形”表示按计划或安排即将
发生的动作，或可能、一定会发生某种情
况。例如：
They are to come to Guangzhou in
November.
⑥用系动词be的一般现在时表示将来。
例如：Are you free tomorrow
2. I had already heard that George didn’t
like being kept waiting, so even though I
didn’t have the right clothes on, I raced
after him. 我已经听说乔治不喜欢等人，所以尽管我还没有穿上合适的衣服却
跟在他后面跑起来。
句中连词so引导结果状语从句，该从句中
含有一个连词even though引导的让步状语
从句。主句中含有一个由连词that引导的
宾语从句，作谓语had heard的宾语。
even though意为“即使，纵然，虽然，
尽管”，其引导的让步状语从句既可置
于主句之前，也可置于主句之后。例如：
a. Even though I have to walk all the way,
I will get there.
b. I can still remember, even though it
was so long ago.
【拓展】
和even though具有同样意思和用法的是
“even if”。 连词as though=as if意为“好
像，似乎，仿佛”，引导方式状语从句。
例如：He behaved as though / as if
nothing had happened.
Scanning
to get
detail information
scanning
Reading Comprehension III
Review the timeline of the passage.
Write a sentence in each of the boxes.
Three sentences have been given.
1 Clancy arrived at the whaling station.
2 Clancy heard a huge
noise coming from
the bay.
3 He saw a huge animal in the water, which was Old Tom, the killer whale.
4 The men went to the boat and headed out for a whale hunt.
5 The killer whale guided the team to hunt.
6 Clancy and his men killed the baleen whale with the help of the killers.
7 The killers ate the lips and tongue of the baleen whale.
8 The men returned for the baleen whale the next day.
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
scanning
Reading Comprehension IV
2. Why did the men start turning the boat around to go home after the whale died
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.
3. Which of the following might be true
The author was for banning(禁止)
whaling(捕鲸).
B. The author was against banning
whaling.
C. Whaling was not banned at the beginning of the 20th century.
D. The author thought it was Old Tom’s
duty to protect James.
4. 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 help whales after being killed
1. What evidence was there that Old Tom
was helping the whalers out
2. What other animals did the author
compare the killer whales with Why
do you think the killer whales behaved
like this
3. Why did George think that the killer
whales worked as a team
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
In pairs answer the following questions.
scanning
Reading Comprehension V
1. What evidence was there that Old Tom
was helping the whalers out
2. What other animals did the author
compare the killer whales with Why
do you think the killer whales behaved
like this
Old Tom let the whalers know that
there was a baleen whale nearby; he
showed them the way to the whale.
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 prevented James from
drowning. Old Tom wanted to help his
human friends.
In groups, describe the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers. What other animals help out humans in hunting
Group work
Old Tom had a strong relationship with the whalers. There was obviously a great deal of understanding and cooperation between them.
There are many other animals that help out humans in hunting such as dogs, cormorants(鸬鹚), otters(水獭) and ferrets(雪貂). In the past, raptors(肉食动物) were used to hunt rabbits, and cheetahs(猎豹) were used to hunt wild animals.
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.
Discussion
Quiz
Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
I. Summary
Working at the _____ station, I had
_____ whales being attacked many times.
On the afternoon I arrived at the station,
as I _____ (sort 短语) my accommodation,
I heard a loud noise coming from the bay.
Running down to the shore in time, we saw
an ____ (huge 同义词) animal.
“It is called Old Tom, the killer,” George
said as he ran ahead of me. _____ the
distance we could see that something was
happening. As we _________ (draw), I
could see a whale_________ by a _____
of about six killers. Being badly wounded,
the whale soon died. Very soon, its body
was ______ by the killers down into the
________ of the sea.
Working at the _______ station, I had
________ whales being attacked many
times. On the afternoon I arrived at the
station, as I _____________ (sort 短语)
my accommodation, I heard a loud noise
coming from the bay. Running down to the
shore in time, we saw an _________
(huge 同义词) animal.
Answer:
whaling
witnessed
was sorting out
enormous
“It is called Old Tom, the killer,” George
said as he ran ahead of me. ____ the
distance we could see that something was
happening. As we ____________ (draw),
I could see a whale______________ by a
_____ of about six killers. Being badly
wounded, the whale soon died. Very soon,
its body was ________ by the killers down
into the _______ of the sea.
In
drew nearer
being attacked
pack
depths
dragged
plete the following sentences with
proper words.
1. The police are appealing to the public for
any driver who may have ___________
(目击) the accident.
2. The professor _________ (暂停) for a
moment, and then continued his speech.
3. Before cleaning the bedroom, you’d better
d________ the carpet out of it.
4. One week ago, my parents u_______
that I (should) apologize to him.
witnessed
paused
rag
rged
5. The childless old lady offered to adopt
one of the children _____________ (遗弃)
by their parents.
6. You do not have to y____; I can hear
you clearly.
7. Have you heard of the frogmen _______
(潜水) for the sunken treasure
8. Many German artists f_____ to America
at the beginning of World War II.
led
abandoned
ell
diving
III. Translation
I had already heard that George didn’t
like _________________ (等人).
2. I could see a whale _____________ (被攻 击) by a pack of about six other killers.
3. ____________________(受了重伤), the
whale soon died.
4. From James’s face, I could see he was
terrified of ________________(被遗弃)
by us.
being kept waiting
Being badly wounded
being attacked
being abandoned
5. I ________________________ (把这个消息告诉她) as soon as she comes back.
6. She looks __________________________
_________. (好像玩得挺开心).
7. He arrived home just in time to _______
__________________________ (他的兄弟被带走) by the police.
8. The broken bike was found ___________
______________ (被弃在河边).
will / shall tell her the news
as though / as if she has had a
good time
witness
his brother being taken away
abandoned
by the river side
1. Surf the Internet to learn more
about whale.
2. 发挥想象，连词成文(50-100字).
Homework
drag, witness, abandon, yell,
depth, flee, opposite, pause.