Unit3UndertheseaHaveyouseenplantsandanimalsthatliveunderthesea?Doyoulikethem?Doyouknowtheirnames?sharkdolphinAnemone（?？゛nemonefishcoralseastarturtlebaleenwhales（須鯨）killerwhales（虎鯨）kingofthesea,

biggestcarnivore(食肉動(dòng)物)ofthesea,

killingallkindsofanimalsinthesea,

eventhehugebluewhale,

liketigeronland,

workinginateam.Reading

OldTomTheKillerWhale

捕鯨(whalehunting)，將系有繩索的铦或叉、鏢等，采用射擊或投擲方式刺入鯨體進(jìn)行獵捕。獵捕對(duì)象有須鯨和齒鯨兩類，以藍(lán)鯨、長(zhǎng)須鯨、露脊鯨、抹香鯨、座頭鯨、北極鯨、灰鯨、鳁鯨、小鳁鯨等為主。由于鯨油是貴重的工業(yè)原料，歷史上歐洲和美洲一些國(guó)家的捕鯨活動(dòng)長(zhǎng)盛不衰。自20世紀(jì)中葉起，由于過(guò)度獵捕導(dǎo)致資源衰退以及國(guó)際上對(duì)捕鯨的限制，捕鯨業(yè)已趨衰落。

Background（背景知識(shí)）在日本，鯨魚(yú)則主要是作為一種食物而存在的。日本從很早就開(kāi)始捕殺鯨魚(yú)獲取食物，在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)前后的困難時(shí)期，鯨魚(yú)肉大大緩解了日本的糧食危機(jī)，并為當(dāng)時(shí)貧瘠的日本百姓提供了寶貴的蛋白質(zhì)。很多日本人公開(kāi)贊美鯨肉的美味，認(rèn)為可以強(qiáng)身健體，對(duì)國(guó)際上的反對(duì)聲音置若罔聞.國(guó)際愛(ài)護(hù)動(dòng)物基金會(huì)報(bào)告說(shuō)，日本市場(chǎng)銷(xiāo)售多種瀕危鯨種，包括座頭鯨、長(zhǎng)須鯨、灰鯨等。killerwhales(虎鯨）blow-holewhalers捕鯨者Whaleswhohelppeoplecatch/huntthebaleenwhales

Peoplewhohuntwhales須鯨It‘sforbreathing.1.Whoarethey?2.Whatishappening?StoryPart1Doyoubelieve

Killerwhalescouldhelppeoplehuntbaleenwhales?DidClancybelieveit?

Ithought,atthetime,thatthiswasjustastorybutthenIwitnesseditwithmyowneyesmanytimes.bepresentandseeStoryPart1HowtohelpafterbeforeduringthehuntClancywitnessedWhatOldTomdid:helperWhatwhalersdid:BeforethehuntReadPara2toPara6Q1:HowdidOldTomtellthewhalerstherewasawhale?Anenormousanimaloppositeus________itself______thewaterandthen____________again.Heistellingusthere’swhale___thereforus.Q2:HowdidOldTomshowwhalerstheway?OldTomswambytheboat,showingustheway/leadingustothehuntthrowingout

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downoutPutwhatthewhalersdidintotheorder()Georgestartedbeatingthewaterwithhisoar()George,calledouttome,”that’sOldTom,thekiller.”()Withoutpausing,theyjumpedintotheboatandheadedoutintothebay.(

)GeorgeranaheadofClancy,soClancyracedafterhim.()Anotherwhaleryelledout,“Rush—oo..Rush-oo.”()Whensortingouthisaccomodation,Clancyheardahugenoisycomingfromthebay.6

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OldTomledthewhalerstothehunt.Duringandafterthehuntreadpara7-11Whatkillerwhalesdid:Whatwhalersreacted:___________killersare________themselvesonthetopofthewhale’sblow-holetostopit__________;andsomeothersarestoppingit_______outtosea.Thekillersstarted________betweenourboatandthewhalejustlikeapackof_______dogs.Withinamomentortwo,itsbodywas_________downintothedepthsofthesea.throwingbreathingfleeingApackofDuringandafterthehuntracingexciteddraggedwhalers'reaction

1.Themaninthebowoftheboat______theharpoon___thewhaleandthenletitgoandtheharpoon____thespot.aimedKillerwhales’doingathitDuringandafterthehuntPicturedescription12WorkasateamAswedrewcloser,Icouldseeawhale_____________________aboutsixotherkillers._________________,thebaleenwhalesoondied.Beingbadlywoundedbeingattackedbyapackof

WhichwasnotthedangerdidJamesface?beingwashedofftheboat.beingcarriedawaybyroughwaves.asharkoutthere.BeingattackedbyanotherkillerwhaleHowdidOldTomhelphimout?StoryPart2JameswasfirmlyheldupinthewaterbyOldTom.StoryPart2

OldTomandtheotherskillersnever______________people.Infact,they__________people.

harmedorattackedprotectedComplementarymaterialThelastwhalingstationinAustraliaclosedin1978.Whalesarenowanendangeredspeciesandinneedofconservation.Theyarenowprotectedbyaninternationalbanonwhaling.However,somecountriesopposetheban.Ingroups,discusswhatyouthinkweshoulddotoprotecttheendangeredseaanimals.Weshouldstop“buyingandeating”.Weshouldurgethegovernmenttopasslawstoprotecttheanimals.Weshouldmakepeoplerealizetheimportanceoftheirexistence.WecanbuildanEndangeredAnimals’Fund