1、Leading-in 围绕下列话题展示：围绕下列话题展示：(1）Where do killer whale live?(2)how mang killer whale are there?(3)How can you identify a killer whale?(4)How do killer whale see or hear?(5)What do killer whale eat?(6)How do killer whales have their young?(7)How long do killer whales live?Pre-reading看图片，讨论看图片，讨论1 What
2、 can you get from the pictures?2 How do killer whales help whalers to hunt?3 How do Old Tom save James?Read the introduction of the text on page 19 and fill in the following table.WriterOccupationType of the article(文体文体)PlaceTimeMain ideaAn old man called ClancyA whaleranecdotesAustralia At the beg
3、inning of the 20th centuryKiller whales helped whalers catch baleen whales1._ was 16 years of age when he went to work at the whaling station.2._ ordered Clancy to go to the boat as there was a whale out there in the bay.ClancyGeorgeTask 1:Fill in the blanks with names mentioned in the text.3._ was
4、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.Old TomJackTask 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.3 He s
5、aw a huge animal in the water,which was Old Tom,the killer whale.4 The men went to the boat and headed out for a whale hunt.5 The killer whale guided the team to the hunt.6 Clancy and his men killed the baleen whale with the help of the killers.7 The killers ate the lips and tongue of the baleen wha
6、le.8 The men returned for the baleen whale the next day.Task 3:(Reading and choosing)1.The author mainly tells us in the text that_.A.the killer whales are easily trained B.the killer whales can help the whalers catch the huge whalesC.the killer whales kill the whales for their food D.the killer wha
7、les drag the whales under the water2.What is the main idea of the first anecdote?A.About a hunting experience of old Tom.B.About how the killer whales helps the whalers to hunt a whale.C.About how the whalers killed Old Tom.D.About how the killer whales killed the whales.3 What does the word“it”in t
8、he sentence“He let it go and the harpoon hit the spot”refer to?A.The whale.B.The boat.C.The harpoon.D.The killer.4.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 se
9、a.D.They just waited for it to float up.Working at the _(whale)station,I had _ whales killed many times with my own eyes.On the afternoon I arrived at the station,as I _(sort 短语短语)my accommodation,I heard a loud noise coming from the bay.whalingwitnessedwas sorting outFill in the blanks according to
10、 the passage.Running down to the shore in time,we saw an _(huge同义词同义词)animal.“It is called Old Tom,the killer.”George said as he ran ahead _ me._ the distance we could see that something was happening.ofIn enormousAs we _(draw短语短语),I could see a whale _ by a _ of about six sharks.Being badly wounded
11、,the whale soon died.Very soon,its body was dragged by the sharks down into the _ of the sea.depthspackbeing attackeddrew nearerGet 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 oneRetell the story using your own words.
