Angel fish
天使鱼
parrotfish 鹦
鹉鱼
Sea Star海星
jellyfish
水母
sea-slug
(海蛞蝓 /海兔)
Anemone fish海葵鱼
Sea anemone 海葵
Coral 珊瑚
sea horse 海马
clam 蛤
gull
海鸥
seal
海豹
sea-turtle 海龟
Dolphins 海豚
Shark 鲨鱼
Baleen whale
须鲸
White whale白鲸Killer whale虎鲸
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
Names of some living things under the sea
1.jellyfish 水母
2.Seal 海狮
3.sea-slug 海兔(海蛞蝓)
4.sea-gull 海鸥
5. Anemone fish 海葵鱼
6.Sea anemone 海葵
7.Shark 鲨鱼
8.Turtle 海龟
10.sea star 海星
11.Whale 鲸
12.Coral 珊瑚
13. parrot fish鹦鹉鱼
14.Clam 蛤
15.Dolphin 海豚
16.Angelfish天使鱼
17.Baleen whale须鲸
18.Killer whaler虎鲸
19.White whale白鲸
Old Tom the Killer Whale
Pre-reading
Do you know about whales ?
such as
the baleen whales
the killer whales
Baleen whale 须鲸
须鲸体长约为15~20米,体重25吨左右。体形细长。背部黑色,
腹部白色,交界线波状或云状,过渡区呈灰色。喷出的水柱又
高又细,垂直。
须鲸类动物的体形巨大,最小的种类体长也大于6米。口中没有
牙齿,只有在胚胎发育时可以看到退化的牙齿,但上颌左右两
侧的腭部至咽部各生有150-400枚呈梳齿状排列的角质须。
须鲸的牙齿犹如巨大的毛发,与面部的绝大多数毛发一样。它
们的"毛牙"能够捕获猎物。捕猎时,它们张开大嘴,吞入海水、
磷虾和其他美味,而后享用被"毛牙"捕获的猎物。
Killer whale 虎鲸
虎鲸是一种大型齿鲸,身长为8-10米,体重9吨左右,
头部略圆,具有不明显的喙;背鳍高而直立,弯曲长达1
米;身体黑、白两色。嘴巴细长,牙齿锋利,性情凶猛,
食肉动物,善于进攻猎物,是企鹅、海豹等动物的天敌。
有时它们还袭击其它鲸类,甚至是大白鲨,可称得上是
“海上霸王”。虎鲸能发出62种不同的声音,而且这些声
音有着不同的含义,因此被称为鲸类中的“语言大师”。
Know more about killer whale
• 1) Will the killer whales attack people and eat them?
No.
• 2) Does a female killer whale give birth to a baby
whale or lay egg?
Give birth to a baby whale.
• 3) What does a newly-born baby killer whale feed on?
C
A. Small sea animals.
B.sea plants.
C. its mother’s milk
• 4) Do the killers belong to the family of dolphins or
whales?
Dolphins.
• 5)Male killer whales have a life expectancy(平均寿命)
of ____ years,while females can live as long as ____
years.
B D
A.40-50 B.50-60
C.60-70 D.80-90
• 6)Killers are highly social animals that travel in groups
called pods(群).Pods usually consist of ____ whales.
A.2-50 B.20-50 C.30-60
A
baleen
whale
killer whales blow-hole
whalers
whale
whales
People who hunt whales
Writer
Career
Writing style
Time
Place
Main
character
Main idea
Background Information
1. When did Clancy begin to believe that the
killer whales would help the whalers to
catch the huge whales?
2. Why did Old Tom throw itself out of the
water and then crash down again?
3. why did George think that the killer whales
worked as a team?
4. Why did the whalers return home
without the whale’s body?
5. What’s the relationship between Old Tom
and the whalers?
1. When did Clancy begin to believe
that the killer whales would help
the whalers to catch the huge
whales?
2. Why did Old Tom throw itself out of
the water and then crash down again?
3. why did George think that the
killer whales worked as a team?
4. Why did the whalers return home
without the whale’s body?
5. What’s the relationship between
Old Tom and the whalers?
What’s the first story mainly about?
be present and see
afterbefore
grabbed
jumped
into
headed out
raced
yelled out
ran ahead of throw itself out
of … and crash
down again
swim by the boat/
lead …to the hunt
___________killers are________ themselves on the
top of the whale’s blow-hole to stop it
_________; and some others are stopping it
_______ out to sea. The killers started ________
between our boat and the whale just like a
pack of _______ dogs. Within a moment or two,
its body was _________ down into the depths of
the sea.
throwing
breathing
fleeing
A pack of
racing
excited
拖沓
pulleddragged
with effort
___________killers are
________ themselves on the
top of the whale’s blow-
hole to stop it __________;
and some others are
stopping it _______ out to
sea. The killers started
________ between our boat
and the whale just like a
pack of _______ dogs.
Within a moment or two, its
body was _________ down
into the depths of the sea.
throwing
breathing
fleeing
A pack of
racing
excited
dragged
• Which was Not the danger facing James?
A. being washed off the boat.
B. being carried away by rough waves.
C. a shark out there.
D. being attacked by another killer whale.
summary
Get the main ideas of the two anecdotes.
describes a hunting
experience about how the killer whales
helped the whalers to hunt a whale.
tells about how a
killer whale protected and saved
James, a whaler.
• The first anecdote
• The second one
Although the killers were
f_____hunters , they never
h _____ or a_______ people.
In fact , they p _______ them.
However, whales are now in
d______ . They are dying o___.
ierce
ttacked
rotected
armed
anger ut
• Word Filling