Reading
Enjoy the photos and try to tell the
names of the animals.
sharkdolphin
turtle sea horse
killer
whales
a baleen
whale
Do you know about whales? such as
• the baleen whales
• the killer whales
The killer whales are almost the
most fierce animals in the sea.But
they are often friendly to the humans.
Baleen whales have no teeth but instead have
baleens with which the whales can filter(过滤)
the food out of the water.
What do you think is happening in
the picture ?
Killer whales are______
a baleen whale .
Whalers are__________
in the boat_________
harpoons.
Pre-reading
attacking
waiting
with
?
What
’s this
passage about?
Read the text in page 19 and
then complete the chart.
type of the
article : (文体)
writer :
job :
place :
time :
Plot :(情节)
anecdote
an old man called Clancy
a whaler
on the southeastern coast ofAustralia
at the beginning of the 20th century
Killer whales helped whalers catch
the baleen whales.
Pre-reading
The passage is mainly about ___ anecdotes
of the killer whale.
Skim for the main idea
Old Tom ________
the whaler from
the shark
Old Tom ______
the whalers to
hunt the whales.
helped protected
2
Careful-reading
( ) He ran down to the shore and saw a huge animal in
the water, which was Old Tom, the killer whale.
( ) The killer whale guided the team to the hunt.
( ) The killers ate the lips and tongue of the baleen
whale.
( ) Clancy arrived at the whaling station.
( ) He heard a loud noise coming from the bay as he
was sorting out his accommodation.
( ) The men went to the boat and headed out for a
whale hunt.
( ) Clancy and his men killed the baleen whale with
the help of the killers.
( ) The men returned for the baleen whale the next day.
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5
7
1
4
6
2
8
Put the following sentences in order.
Q1: In what order was the passage
written?
Time
Order
before
during
after
the
hunt
Para.2-6
Para.7-10
Para.11-12
1. What does the word “it” in the sentence
“I thought ,at the time,that this was just
a story but then I witnessed it with my
own eyes many times” refer to?
A. The whale B. The killers helped whalers
catch huge whales
C. The harpoon D. The killer whale
B
be present and see
Careful -reading
Please find out evidence
of helping the whalers.
_________itself out
of the water and
then ____________
again.
Throwing
crashing down
Part 1 How old Tom let
the whalers know
that there was a
baleen whale
nearby.
____________ by the
boat
_______ the whalers
the way
. How Old Tom led the way
swimming
showing
How the killers helped the
whalers kill the whale
Working as a team
__________themselves____
______the whale’s blow
hole to_________
it__________,
Stopping it_____________
or__________to sea
throwing
on top of
stop breathing
diving
fleeing out
2. What other animals did the author
compare the killer whales with? Why
do you think the killer whales
behaved like this?
Dogs
kill
whalers
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.
D. They just waited for it to float up.
D
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.the killer whale is near. D
6. How did Old Tom help James? Why do
you think he did this?
Discussion
From the reading ,what
can you learn from?Do you
know how to deal with the
relationship between humans
and animals?Give your
opinions.
Discussion
Useful expressions
• As far as I’m concerned,
• In my opinion,
• From my point of view,
• Personally, I think,
• It would seem to me that…
• As far as I’m able to judge,
• As I see it,
• Frankly, I think,
Homework
1.Review the learnt lesson and sort out the
new words and phrases in the text.
2. 发挥想象,连词成文(50-100字).
drag, witness, abandon, yell,depth, flee,
opposite, pause.
summ
What is an anecdote?
Think again
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
jumped
into
headed out
raced
yelled out
ran ahead of____ itself _____the
water and
______down again
______by the boat
______ us the way
______ us to the hunt
throw out of
crash
swim
show
lead
___________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
It means pulled with effort
拖沓
What is an anecdote?