Reading

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welcome
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Have you seen plants and animals that live
under the sea? Where did you see them?
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• On a snorkeling trip

• On the internet

• At an aquarium

• On TV nature programmes

• On a boat tour

• In books

• In films

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Plants and fish under the sea

• Benthal world

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Watch the photos and try to write down the name
of the animal or the plant in your exercise books.
shark
dolphin
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anemone
anemone fish
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sea-star??
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sea star
coral
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sea horse
turtle
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coral


jellyfish
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Butterfly fish
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shark
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Diver ???
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Reading
Old Tom the killer whale
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Pre-reading
Do you know which animal is cruellest among them?

• sharks

• the killer whales

king of the sea, biggest carnivore(????) 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----blue whale

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killer whales
baleen whales
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Comprehending
Teaching task 1
Please scan the reading, and then in groups,
describe the relationship between Old Tom and the
whalers and then fill in the form.
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Writer
Occupation
Type of the article (??)
Place
Time
Main idea
An old man called Clancy
A whaler
anecdotes
Australia
At the beginning of the 20th century
Killer whales helped whalers catch baleen whales
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Teaching task 2 (Reading and speaking)
Please read the reading again, and in pairs,
answer the following questions. 1. What evidence
was there that Old Tom was helping the whalers
out?
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Evidence of helping the whalers
throw itself out of the water and crash down
again.
Let the whalers know that there was a baleen
whale nearby.
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swim by the boat
Showing the whalers the way to the hunt
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2. What other animals did the author compare the
killer whales with? Why do you think the killer
whales behaved like this?
Dogs. Because they knew that, together with the
whalers, they would soon kill the baleen whale
and get a good feed.
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3. Why did George think that the killer
whales worked as a team?
Because he could see that some of the killers
were throwing themselves on top of the whales
blowhole while others were preventing it from
diving or fleeing out to sea.
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4. Why did the whalers allow the killer whales to
drag the whale away?
Because they knew the killer whales would
leave the rest of the body to them.
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5. How did Old Tom help James? Why do you think
he did this?
Old Tom prevented James from drowning. Old Tom
wanted to help his human friends.
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Teaching task 3 Read the text carefully and
fill in the blanks.
Before the hunt The killer whale threw itself out of the _____ and then _______ down again. It swam by the_____, showing the whalers the way.
water
crashed
boat
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During the hunt The killers were working as a _____. Some were throwing themselves on ___ of the whales blow-hole to stop it _________. Others were stopping it _______ out to sea.
After the hunt The killers _______ the dead body down into the ______ of the sea, having a good feed on its lips and ______ .
team
top
breathing
fleeing
dragged
depths
tongue
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Skim the text and put the following
sentences into a right order.

• A George started beating the water with his
  oar.
• B Clancy grabbed his boots and raced after
  George to the boat.
• C Clancy arrived at the whaling station.
• D The killers started racing between our
  boat and the whale.
• E Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the
  bay.
• F Clancy was sorting out his accommodation.
• G Clancy ran down to the shore.
• H The man in the bow of the boat aimed the
  harpoon at the whale.

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Teaching task 5 (Discussing)
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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 whales C. the
killer whales kill the whales for their
food D. the killer whales drag the whales
under the water
B
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• 2. According to the text, which of the following
  is TRUE?
• A. The fierce killers would attack people when
  they were hungry.
• B. The author didnt believe the killers helped
  the whalers catch whales at first.
• C. One of the whalers, George, liked being kept
  waiting.
• D. The killers could race whales as well as
  excited dogs.

B
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3. Old Tom throws itself out of the water and
then crashes down in order to ___. A. give
the whalers the information about a
whale
B. tell the
whalers it is hungry
C. help the whalers catch the whale
D. inform the whalers to run away
A
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4.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.
B
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• 5. What does the word it in the 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.

C
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• 6. Whats the main idea of the second anecdote?
• A. Fierce killers, like Old Tom, could protect
  people.
• B. James was washed off the boat.
• C. It was hard to handle the boat in rough sea.
• D. Old Tom rescued James from other killers.

A
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• 7. 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
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8. According to the text, the killer whales can
protect men from being attacked by____.

A. whales B. tigers
C. enemies D.
sharks
D
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9.We can infer from the text that____. A. The
killer whales may be trained by the whalers. B.
The killer whales want to help man catch the
whales themselves C. The killer whales need no
training for helping the whalers D. The killer
whales want to eat the whales after killing them
A
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Discussion
Discussion
From the reading ,what can you learn
form?Do you know how to deal with the
relationship between humans and animals?
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Homework 2
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Thank you