Unit 3
Under the sea
熟记单词
1. (n.) 轶事,奇闻
2. (adj.& n.) 每年的,按年度计
算的;年刊
3. (n.& vt.) 目击者,证人,证据;
目击
4. (n.) 住所,住宿
5. (vi.& n.) 大叫,呼喊;叫声,喊
声
anecdote
annual
witness
accommodation
yell
Review words
6. (vt.) 催促,极力主张,驱策
7. (v.) 逃跑;逃离
8. (vt.) 拖,拉,扯
9. (vi.) 暂停 中止
10. (vt.) 放弃,遗弃,抛弃
urge
flee
drag
pause
abandon
Review words
What are those?
What’s this?
He is noticing us~ We must go
now. ^^^^^^^
We are safe now.
And I catch a sea
star near the shore.
snorkeling
aquarium
If you like, you can go to see more
about the ocean life at an aquarium.
Pre-reading
Do you know about whales ?
such as
the baleen whales
the killer whales
killer whale
虎鲸
baleen whale
须鲸
Which one is crueler?
baleen
killer blow-hole
whalers
______
whale
_______whales
catch/killhelp
The whaler hunting at the beginning of 20th century
__________
___________
____________
______
Reading
Old Tom
the killer whale
Fast-reading
Task : skim the text and find out the main
idea.
The passage is mainly about ____ parts.
Main idea
Old Tom ________
the whaler from
the shark
Old Tom ______
the whalers to
hunt the whales.
helped protected
2
Careful-reading
1. ________was 16 years of age when
he went to work at the whaling
station.
2._________orderd Clancy to go to
the boat as there was a whale out
there in the bay.
3. _________was swimming by the
boat showing the whalers the way.
4._______told Clancy that they would
return the next day to bring in the
body of the whale.
_________itself
out of the
_______and then
_______________
again.
Tell the whalers
there’s a ________
out there.
Throwing
water
crashing down
whale
Questions:
What did the killer whale do in the whale-hunt?
Swimming
____________
showing the
whalers________
by the boat
the way
Lead the whalers
to the hunt.
Help the whalers
kill the whale
Throwing themselves
_____________________
____________________;
Stopping it______ and
________________
on top of the whale’s blow
hole to stop it breathing
divin
gfleeing out to sea
drag the body swiftly
down to the ______
of the sea.
depth
s
have a good
feed on its_____
and ________
lips
tongue
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
T or F
F
T
F
Conclusion
Although the killers were ________hunters,
they never ________ or _________ people.
In fact, they ________ them.
However, whales are now in _______.
They are _______ out.
Fill in the forms according to the text
fierce
harmed attacked
protected
danger
dying
Discussion
Do you like killer whales?
Why ?
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
Write down the useful new
words and expressions,
then learn them by heart.