人教版-英语-选修七-unit3-Reading

swim by the boat
Showing the whalers the way to the hunt
2. What other animals did the author compare the killer whales with? Why do you think the killer whales behaved like this?
Writer
An old man called Clancy
Occupation A whaler
Type of the anecdotes article (文体)
Place
Australia
Time Main idea
At the beginning of the 20th century
Killer whales helped whalers catch baleen whales
providing food or other services 住宿
• depths: distance from the top to the down 深度 the depth of the ocean 海洋深处
• shore: the land along the edge of the sea or ocean 岸，滨
•At an aquarium
•On TM nature programmes
•On a boat tour
•In films •In books
Watch the photos and try to write down the name of the animal or the plant in your exercise books.
Teaching task 3: (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 the whalers out?
Evidence of Βιβλιοθήκη Baiduelping the whalers
throw itself out of the water and crash down again.
Let the whalers know that there was a baleen whale nearby.
4. The men went to the boat and headed out for a whale hunt.
3. He saw a huge animal in the water, which was Old Tom, the killer whale.
5. The killer whale guided the team to the hunt.
• the baleen whales
killer whales baleen whales
Reading Old Tom the killer whale
New words
• annual • witness
每年的
v. 目击，做证 n. 目击者，证人，证词
• accommodation: somewhere to live or stay, often also
dolphin
shark
anemone
coral
anemone fish sea star
turtle
sea horse
Diver 潜水员
Pre-reading
What do you think is happening in the picture ?
Killer whales are attacking a baleen whale with whalers waiting by in their boat, harpoon at the ready.
6.Clancy and his men killed the baleen whale with the help of the killers.
8. The men returned for the baleen whale the next day.
7. The killers ate the lips and tongue of the baleen whale.
Teaching task 2: Put the events in the reading passage into this timeline.
1. Clancy arrived at the whaling station.
2. He heard a loud noise coming from the bay.
• flee • pack • abandon
逃跑, 消失 打包, 收拾行李 遗弃, 抛弃
Teaching task 1:
Please listen to the reading, and then in groups, describe the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers and then fill in the form.
Do you know about whales? such as
• sharks
• the killer whales
king of the sea, biggest carnivore(食肉动 物) of the sea, killing all kinds of animals in the sea, even the huge blue whale, like tiger on land, working in a team.
人教课标版 高二 选修 7
Unit 3
Reading
Warming up
Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea? Where did you see them?
•On a snorkeling trip
•On the internet