【人教课标选修7】Unit 3 Under the sea
Unit 3 Under the sea
Period One for Warming up
Teaching Aims: 1. Let the Ss know something under the sea, including some animals and plants that live under the sea.
2. Ask the students to make a list of the animals and plants that live under the sea to help them.
Contents: 1. Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea?
2. Where did you see them?
3. Do you have any favourite sea plants or animals? Share what you know about these plants and animals.
4. Find out from your classmates where they have seen them. Use the list below to help you:
on a snorkelling trip at an aquarium on a boat tour
on TV nature programmes in books in films
on the Internet
5. Give the following names of the animals and plants living in the sea:
white whale白鲸 anemone海葵 sea star海星 shark鲨鱼 coral珊瑚 butterfly fish蝴蝶鱼 sea horse海马 turtle海龟 parrot fish鹦鹉鱼 kelp海带 eel 海鳗 angel fish天使鱼 anemone fish海葵鱼 dolphin海豚 jellyfish水母
Period Two for
Teaching Aims: Learn something about the sea in the passage.
Contents: Learn something about the sea and some sentences and phrases.
Questions and answers:
1.What did the writer do in the morning on 19th, January?
2.what did he think after seeing such extraordinary beauty?
He thought every cell in his body woke up and it was like discovering a whole new dimension of life.
1.What is the first thing he became aware of?
All the vivid colours surrounding him.
2.Does he think the corals are fantastic? why?
Yes .Because they were shaped strangely like fans, plates, brains, lace and so on.
1.Did he frighten the fish when he swam among then?
No, he didn’t. The fish didn’t seem to mind him swimming among them.
2.What fishes did he see under the sea?
He saw many beautiful fish such as anemonefish, parrotfish, angelfish and so on.
Para4
1.Were there anything that made him feel frightened? What were they?
Yes ,there were .He didn’t want to get too close to the eel, the giant clam. And the grey reef sharks made him scared to death.
2.Do the sharks he mentioned hurt people?
No, they don’t. They are not dangerous.
Para5
Why did he say he was very brave?
Because he swam over the edge of the reef and hung there looking down into depths of the ocean.
New words
1. witness v. 目击,做证 n. 目击者,证人,证词
2. pack 打包,收拾行李
3. flee 逃跑,消失
4. abandon 遗弃,抛弃
5. annual 每年的
Period Three for Learning about Language
Teaching Aims: Learning about the language points in this part:
Contents:
1. I thought , at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times.
at the time “那时候”,位置应在story之后,作时间状语, 提前是为了强调,that this was just a story作thought的宾语。
2. On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my accommodation, I heard a huge noise coming from the bay.
在我到达捕鲸场的那个下午,正当我准备膳宿时,我听到一声巨响从海湾传来。
accommodation
1) rooms, esp, for living in
房间,住所
2) lodgings, rooms and food
膳宿(常用复数)
accommodate v. 适应,调节
accommodating adj. 亲切的,易打交道的
accommodator n. 调节者
3. We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again.
我们及时赶到岸边,看到一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面,然后又坠落到水面。
throw cold water on 泼冷水
out of breath 上气不接下气
4. yell v.& n.
1) 叫喊 She yelled with surprise when she saw the present.
2) 叫声,喊声 The crowd let out a yell of delight.
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