On a snorkeling tripOn a snorkeling trip

At an aquariumAt an aquarium

On a boat tourOn a boat tour

In booksIn booksIn filmsIn films

On TV nature

programs

On TV nature

programs

On the InternetOn the Internet

Warming-up

ways to see

ocean plants

and animals

In what ways can you enjoy seeing oceanic plants and an

imals?

Have you dived into the sea to see what are there in person ( 亲

自 )?Let’s dive into the sea to have a look at these plants and animals!

jellyfish 水母

dolphin 海豚

seal 海豹

seagull 海鸥

sea star 海星

cracrabb lobster lobster 龙龙

虾虾octopus octopus 章章鱼鱼

oyster oyster 牡牡蛎蛎

Do you know me?

Pre-readingDo you know about whales?such as the baleen whales 须鲸

the killer whales 虎鲸

Baleen whales have no teeth but instead have baleen plates with which the whales can filter the food out of the water.

Writer

Occupation

Place

Time

Scan for information

An old man called Clancy

A whaler

Australia

At the beginning of the 20th century

Scanning

1.________ 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.

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.

5.________ was carried by the waves further away from the whalers.

6.________ knew that Old Tom would protect James.

Clancy

George

Old Tom

Jack

JamesRed

Skimming

Para. 1•What do you think is the purpose of

the first paragraph?• It is used as an introduction.Anecdote 1

•Who is Old Tom? What is the first anecdote about?

•Old Tom is the name of killer whales.

•A hunting experience about how the killer whales helped the whalers to hunt a whale.

Careful reading

•Anecdote 1Old Tom helped catch the whales

• An enormous animal _____ itself _____ _____ the water and _______ down again to _____ that _____ was a _____ there. ________ swam by the boat, ________ us the ____. As we got closer, I could see a ______ being attacked by a pack of about ___ other ______. They were working as a team. The killers stopped it _________. And others were stopping it ______. The man used the _______ to hit it.

threw out ofcrashed show

there whale Old Tomshowing way

whale killers

breathingfleei

ngharpoon

six

Put the sentences in correct order• George started beating the water with his

oar.• Clancy grabbed his boots and races after

George to the boat.• Clancy arrived at the whaling station.• The killers started racing between our boat

and the whale.• Clancy heard a huge noise coming from

the bay. • Clancy was sorting out his accommodation.• Clancy ran down to the shore.• The man in the bow of the boat aimed the

harpoon at the whale.

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1

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Careful reading •Anecdote 2

• What’s the second anecdote about?• How a killer whale protected and

saved James, a whaler.

•Old Tom saved the whaler — James • One day, ______ was washed off the

boat. The sea was rough. The waves were carrying him _______ and _______. It took over ___________ to get the boat back to ______. And when we ___________ him, I saw him being ____ up in the water by _________.

James

further further

half an hourJames

approached heldOld Tom

Read and answer.• What evidence was there that Old Tom

was helping out the whalers?

• “The killers started racing between our boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.” Why do you think the killer whales behave like this?

• Why did George think that the killer whales worked as a team?

• Why did the whalers return home without the whale’s body?

• What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping out the whalers?

• Old Tom let the whalers know that there was a baleen whale nearby; he showed them the way to the whale.

• “The killers started racing between our boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.” Why do you think the killer whales behave like this?

• Because they knew that , together with the whalers, they would soon kill the baleen whale and get a good feed.

• 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 whale’s blow hole while others were preventing it from swimming out to sea.

• Why did the whalers return home without the whale’s body?

• Because the body would not float to the surface until about 24 hours later.

How the relationship between killer whales and human beings is made?

coral

clam

sea-slug

parrotfish

A shark is coming! Danger!

• Glance quickly through the diary and then number the paragraph topics in the correct order.

Topic Paragraph number

• colors and shapes• dangers• reflecting• the reef’s edge• a final thought• some sea creatures

Fast reading

241563

• Read carefully and fill in the blanks.

• During the _________ trip, the writer first became ______ of the _____ colors and the fantastic corals. He saw small fish ______ in the long seaweed, a parrotfish _______ upside down, a sea-slug _______ by a sea-star, a turtle _______ so close to him, an eel ________ its head from a hole, a clam ________ for something and 2 reef sharks __________ from behind some corals. He was _______ to death. It is a wonderful and ________ world under the sea.

snorkelingaware vivid

hidinghanging

sliding passingshowing

waitingappearingscared

limitless

• In the diary, the author mainly wants to tell us that ___. A. what he saw in the seaB. how the fish eat in the seaC. the vivid colors in the seaD. all the plants in the sea are poisonous

• How many kinds of creatures didn’t the author want to get too close to according to the fourth paragraph? A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

Comprehension

• Complete these noun groups from the diary. Note the use of adjectives.

• _____________________ air • _____________________ seaweed• _____________________ mouth • _____________________ sea-slug • _____________________ turtle• _____________________ teeth • _____________________ lips• _____________________ reef sharks

warm night

the waving long thin

thick green

two grey

strong sharp

hard bird-likea yellow-spotted red

a large wise-looking

• Make a dialogue with your deskmate and talk about various sea animals and plants according to this passage.

Useful expressions and sentences

pure magic extraordinary beautywonderful and limitless world deep clear water

• Read the advertisement on P25, and discuss these questions.

• What can you experience on this tour?• You can see whales, listen to whales

singing, watch them underwater, see other marine animals such as dolphins, seals and penguins.

• When would you get a refund?• If you don’t see a whale, you would get

half the fare back.

Listening P25

•Dialogue 1• Result wanted:

• Actual result:

• I’m sorry but ____________________ with the tour.

• Well, it was ___________________ outside … My two kids ___________________.

we weren’t very happy

so wet we couldn’t goare very

disappointed

Not stated by the tourist although she did say she wanted to speak to the manager.Not stated although the tourist probably would not get another tour or a refund.

•Dialogue 1• TOUR GUIDE: I’m sorry but we ____

_______ the weather and you ____ ____ the whales.

• ANGELA: Well, I’m afraid that’s not ____ _______. I’d like to talk to the manager.

• TOUR GUIDE: I’m sure that won’t ___ ____ ____ _____ . I know he’ll _____ with me. The ___ is that you ___ ____ whales.

can’t

controldi

dseegoodenoug

hdo yo

uany

goodagr

eefactdi

dsee

•Dialogue 2• Result wanted:

• Actual result:

• Yes, the whales were awesome but ____________ ____________.

• I’m sorry but ____________________, I now have to make another airline booking and I have no idea whether there’ll be any seats available. _____ ______________.

A full refund

A full refund

I’m feeling very annoyed

that’s not good enough

I’d like a full refund

•Dialogue 3• Result wanted:

• Actual result:

• Excuse me, the tour ________________________ _____________ and we’d ___________ please.

• ___________________________ as we’re visitors to this area and we’re leaving tomorrow morning.

• Well, actually, ___________________.

A full refund

A refund of half of the fare.

wasn’t what my husband and I had expectedlike a

refundI’m afraid that’s no good for us

we’d like a full refund