Unit 3 Under the sea(Reading)课件

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 On TV nature programmes In films At an aquarium On a boat tour In books

Watch the photos and try to write down the name of the animal or the plant in your exercise books.

dolphin

shark

sea anemone

anemone fish coral sea star

turtle

sea horse

killer whales

baleen whales

Do you know about whales? such as sharks the killer whalesking of the sea, biggest carnivore(食肉动 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.

the baleen whales

Pre-readingWhat do you think is happening in the picture ? Killer whales are attacking a whale with whalers waiting by in their boat, harpoon at the ready.

Reading Old Tom the killer whale

New words annual witness每年的

v. 目击，做证 目击， n. 目击者，证人，证词 目击者，证人，

accommodation: somewhere to live or stay, often also 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 flee pack abandon 逃跑, 逃跑 消失 打包, 打包 收拾行李 遗弃, 遗弃 抛弃

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.

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.

Writer Occupation

An old man called Clancy A whaler

Type of the anecdotes article (文体 文体) 文体 Australia Place Time Main idea At the beginning of the 20th century Killer whales helped whalers catch baleen whales

Teaching task 2:Put the events in the reading passage into this timeline.