高中英语选修7 unit3 under the sea大课文 warming up and reading

A person who hunts whales
What is a killer?
A
(1)Which kinds of whale eat meat? A.killer whale B. Blue whale C. Humpback whale（驼背鲸） D. Baleen whale
turtle 海龟
dolphin 海豚
coral 珊瑚
jellyfish 水母
seal 海豹
anemone 海葵
whale
shark
sea lion (海狮)
clams 蛤
Sea-slug 海蛞蝓
killer whales
baleen whales
Warming up
Where did you see them?
6. 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.
Pre-reading
What do you think is happening in the picture ? blow--hole Killer whales are killer whales\killers attacking a whale with baleen whale whalers waiting by in their boat, catch\ kill harpoon at ready.
Clancy was 16 years of age when he went to work 1._______ at the whaling station. George ordered Clancy to go to the boat as there 2._______ was a whale out there in the bay. Old Tom was swimming by the boat , showing the 3._________ whalers the way. Jack told Clancy that they would return the next 4._____ day to bring in the body of the whale. James was carried by the waves further and 5.______ further away from the whalers. Red knew that Old Tom would protect James. 6._____
5. The killers threw themselves on top of the huge whale’s blow-hole in order to______. A. make it sink B. play with it C. stop it breathing D. stop it diving
Reading
Background of the story
Writer
Career
Clancy
a whaler
the beginning of the 20th century
Time
Place
Australia
The killers helped the whalers catch the baleen whales
D. sharks
11.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
What is a killer whale?
killer whales , king of the sea, biggest and one of the top carnivore(食肉动物) in the sea, killing all kinds of animals in the sea, like fish, squid, seals, sea lions, penguins, other whales, even the huge blue whale, like tiger on land, working in a team.
(2)Which family do killer whales belong to? A. shark B. dolphin C. whale (3) The killer whale is sometimes called the “_____ of the sea” because they worked as a team and they were very fierce. A. wolf B. dog C. tiger
Unit3 Under the sea
Warming up and Reading
Warming up
Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea?
sea star 海星 butterfly fish 蝴蝶鱼
anemone fish 海葵鱼
7. What does the word “it” in the
sentence “He let it go and the
harpoon hit the spot” refer to?
A. The whale. B. The boat.
C. The harpoon. D. The killer.
8. What’s the main idea of the second anecdote? A. Fierce killers, like Old Tom, could protect people. B. James was washed off the boat. C. It was hard to handle the boat in rough sea. D. Old Tom rescued James from other killers.
4. Why did George beat the water with his oar ?______ A. To frighten the whales away B. To call back Old Tom to lead the way C. To attract the attention of huge whales D. To send signals to other whales.
2. According to the text, which of the following is NOT right? A. The killers like Old Tom are fierce yet always ready to help the whalers. B. The writer didn’t believe the killers could help the whalers catch whales before working at the whaling station. C. The whalers left the body of the whale eaten up by the killers. D. It was hard to handle the boat in the rough sea.
3. 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
9. Why did the whalers go home
without bringing in the body of the whale? A. They just did the hunting for fun. B. They left it eaten up by the killers. C. It was dragged to the depths of the sea.
snorkeling trip on a __________
aquarium at an __________
•On a snorkeling trip •On the internet •On TV nature programmes •In films •At an aquarium •On a boat tour •In books
主旨大意
1. What happened to James after he was washed off the boat? A. He got hurt by a shark. B. He was abandoned by the other whalers and felt terrified. C. He dropped his hope and was nearly dying. D. He was held up in the water by Old Tom and rescued.
D. They just waited for it to float up.
10. According to the text, the killer
whales can protect men from being
attacked by____.
A. whales B. tigers
C. enemies
Main idea
Style
anecdotes
Get the main ideas of the two anecdotes. • The first anecdote 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.
(4) Who will be the leader of the team among the killer whalers? A. male whales B. female whales C. baby whales (5) Are killer whales likely to attack people and people? A .Yes B. No