人教课标选修7第三单元讲义

Unit 3 Under the sea 

Pre-reading

1.      Have you ever heard of killer whales?

2.      Have you ever read any books, or seen any films on whale hunting? Please say something about it to your classmates.

3.      Can you think of any dangers whale hunters have to face at sea?

 

Reading Comprehension

1.      What is the passage mainly about?

2.      How did the whalers know the information about a whale?

3.      ______ killed the whale at last.

A. Old Tom      B. The killer whales   C. The author  D. The whalers

4. After the whale died, the whalers turned the boat around and went home because _____.

A. they knew it would float up tomorrow          B. the abandoned it

C. the killer whales would drag it back soon       D. a dead whale is useless

5. The killer whale protected James by ______.

A. fighting the shark                 B. Killing the shark

C. preventing the shark going closer     D. dragging him back

6. From the story we learn that ______.

A. the whalers needn’t train the killer whales

B. the whalers may train the killer whales

C. the killer whales lived on other whales

D. The author worked in the whale station for a long time

 

Organization

 

1. How the killers sent the message to the whalers	_________themselves out of the ______ and then _______ again. Another whale ________out
2. How the Old Tom led the way	Swimming _________, showing the whalers _________.
3. How did the killers helped the whalers kill the whale	Working  _________ Throwing themselves __________. Stopping it __________
4. How Old Tom protected James	Not let the shark _________. Hold James ______ and ______ James  ________.

 

Discussion

  Where would you like to see the ocean fish, in the ocean world in some parks or diving into the ocean?

aquarium

Paraphrase

1.      We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal throwing it self out of the water and then crashing down again.( Page 20,  Para 2)

 

2.      He let it go and the harpoon hit the spot. (Page 20, Para2)

 

3.      stop sb/ sth (from)doing

prevent sb/ sth (from)doing;  keep sb/ sth from doing

We must stop / prevent her (from) doing that silly thing. / We must keep her from doing that silly thing.

The factory must be stopped / prevented / keep from doing that silly thing.

我们必须防止这样严重的污染再度发生。­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                                                   

4.      I witness it with my own eyes many times.

v.           n.

Did you witness the accident?

He witnessed to having seen the man enter the building.

The police found the witness to the murder case.

He was called as a defense witness.

7. I was sorting out my accommodation.

 

Sort through He was sorting through a pile of paper on his desk Put away    We ‘ve put a bit of money away in the bank.              Put the toys away

1)  Sort out

 ①­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                  

②­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                  

 

I was just sorting out the paper that can be thrown away.

We’ve got a few little problems to sort out.

2)        accommodation             

The high cost of accommodation makes life difficult for students in London.

这所大学为夏季来访者提供了很好的住宿。（C---E）

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                                                

 

 

go ahead of ?

8．George said he ran ahead of me.

   ahead of:

Time here is nine hours ahead of London.

He is ahead of me in Chinese.

 

9. George didn’t like being kept waiting.

 

10. We jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed out into the bay.

head out

①.  go toward

 

head  vt. 带领

 

 

②.  (infml.) start out, leave

 

 

11. And those others are stopping it fleeing out to sea.

flee (fled, fled)

The frightened people fled from the fire.

He fled the kidnappers and phoned the police.

Why does she always flee any kind of responsibility?

 

12．Its body was dragged by the killer down into the depth of the sea.

1) drag 拖

 

drag 相关的短短联想 drag down 把人拖垮 drag one’s feet 故意拖延 drag in       拉进去 drag on       拖延，拉长

He dragged the table into the corner.

2) depth表示底层，深处，如

  the depth(s) of the ocean

  the depth(s) of the jungle

  the depth(s) of the country

  the depth(s) of  winter

  the depth(s) of one’s heart

  the depth(s) of despair

13. In the meantime, Old Tom, and the others are having a good feed on its lips and tongue.

   1) in the mean time

     The conference will begin in an hour; ______________, let’s have a coffee.

   2) feed on __________­___

     Cows feed on hay during winter

     We feed our dog on meat./ We feed meat to our dog.

     feed … with/ feed … into  给… 添加

     __________­_____________________________________________________.

14. From James’s face ,I could see he was terrified of being abandoned by us.

  abandon放弃，抛弃

Many people were killed by the chemical weapons abandoned by the Japanese during the World WarⅡ.

 Phrases: abandon one’s country       abandon  one’s family

    abandon one’s friend        abandon a bad habit

          abandon one’s post          abandon one’s hope/ plan

15. I saw James being held up in the water by Old Tom.

hold up ①_________; ②________

I held up my hand to show that I had a question.

We were held up on our way to the airport in a traffic jam.

16. help out

He is always willing to help out.

When I bought the house, my sister helped me out with a loan.

help 相关短语：

help sb. with

with the help of sb.

help oneself to

can’t help doing

can’t help to do

17. reflect 反射（光，热）（镜子、水等）映现；反映/显露（思想）；想一想，反省

White clothes are cooler for they reflect the heat.

She could see her face reflected in the water.

Does this letter really reflect how you really feel?

I reflected that there wasn’t much point in continuing with my plans now that Al was gone.

Take time to reflect on important things.  _________________

18. be/ become aware ﹤of (doing)sth.  —knowing or realizing 知道，明白，注意到

                     ﹤that                                  意识到，觉察到

   C-E: 他们突然意识到有人瞧着他们。

______________________________________________________________________。

C-E: 大家都清楚地意识到他们处于困境中。

______________________________________________________________________。

19．up side down 颠倒，倒置地，乱七八糟地 上下翻转

C-E：独木舟底朝天漂在湖面上。_______________________________________________。

C-E：他把整个房间弄得乱七八糟找他的书。_______________________________________。

20. The water was quite shallow but where the reef ended, there was a sharp drop to the sandy ocean floor.

Exercise

1.      Complete the following sentences, using appropriate words and phrases in their proper forms.

 

witness   yell  flee   drag   abandon  reflect  abandon  pure

 

 

 

1)      Did anyone ___________ the car accident yesterday?

2)      The clouds ___________ in the lake. Didn’t you see them?

3)  Don’t _________ at me like that.

4) The sailors had to _________ the sinking ship.

5) They all _________ from the burning building last night.

6) He _________ his suitcase along the platform. They were too heavy to carry.

7) Is this garment made of ________wool, or of wool mixed with nylon?

8) The research plan _____________ because of the poor condition.

 

2.      Complete the following sentences using appropriate phrases in the bracket.

ahead of      in the mean time    help out     be aware of   upside down     scare to death    sort out      a pack of

 

 

 

 

1) There was a roadblock straight _____________ of us.

2) Women are often more ____________ their feelings than men.

3) I’ll phone for a taxi. _____________, you must get packed.

4) They were _____________ by the unexpected wolves.

5) The cook’s ill, so I ______________ this week..

6) They met ______________ wolves in the forest.

7) We’ve got a few little problems to ______________.

8) Everything is ______________ in this house.