Period 1　Vocabulary and Warming Up

Teaching aims

1．Learn to pronounce the new words correctly and know their exact meanings in the context.

2．Guide students to use the new words in complete sentences with the help of pictures.

3．Learn to use the correct forms of the new words according to the context.

Teaching procedures

Step 1　Warming up

1．What is it in the second picture？And where are the watchers？(an aquarium)

2．Why do people buy aquariums or visit aquariums？(to decorate rooms/raise pets/watch sea creatures，etc.)

3．So in general what is an aquarium?

(An aquarium is a place where people can enjoy a great diversity of creatures on the earth.)

4．Where can you find these creatures？(oceans/seas/coral reefs...)

5．What words would you like to use to describe them？ (beautiful/wonderful/marvelous/splendid...)

Step 2　Get familiar with the new words

Show pictures—lead students to output the new words—to make a complete sentence.

Picture 1

1．What special equipment is the man wearing？(a snorkel)

2．What is the man doing？(go/be snorkelling)

3．Do you think it is very deep？Guess the depth of the water. What word will you use to describe the water？(deep/shallow/...in depth)

Suggested answers：A man is snorkelling in shallow water which is probably 0.5 meter in_depth.

Picture 2

1．Where is the photo taken？(under the water)

2．What is it in the dark？(a cave)

3．Look at the entry of the cave；what word will you use to describe it？(a narrow entry)

Suggested answers：A camera is falling into a cave with a narrow entry.

Picture 3

1．Where are the people？(near the shore/at the seaside)

2．Suppose you were one of them，what would be your feeling or reaction when facing a whale?

(yell/be scared to death/flee from the shore)

3．Suppose these are local people and the whale has difficulty returning to the sea，what will they do in your opinion？(help...out)

4．Suppose the next day a news reporter gets the scoop and interviews them，what is the relationship between them？(interviewer and witnesses/interviewees)

5．According to the information you get，say something to describe the picture.

Suggested answers：At the seaside，there is a crowd of people yelling when facing a whale and some of them are scared to death，even trying to flee.Or Near the shore a whale gets stuck and some local people want to help the whale out. The next day a news reporter interviews them. The relationship between them is interviewer and witnesses.

Picture 4

1．What is the animal called in English？(seals)

2．Usually，where do you suppose we can find seals and penguins？(in Antarctic)

3．What word will you use to describe the snow and the whole scenery？(pure white/beauty)　

4．What will they do next according to the picture？(leap)

5．Say something to describe the scenery.

Suggested answers：Seals are common animals in Antarctic.Isn't it a real beauty when you see a pack of seals are leaping from the ice，against the pure white background?

Picture 5

1．What is it？(a sea－slug)

2．What can you see on the back of the sea－slug？(with vivid colors and stripes/it is a striped sea－slug)

3．In general，animals and plants with vivid colors are dangerous.They are...(poisonous)

4．Say something about the picture.

Suggested answers：The ocean is a place full of magic where you can find animals and plants with vivid colors and different shapes，but generally speaking，animals and plants with vivid colors are poisonous.

Picture 6

1．Is the fish swimming in the normal way？(hang upside down)

2．What do you suppose it is doing？(eating tasty plants)

Suggested answers：The fish，hanging upside down，is eating some tasty plants in the ocean.

Step 3　Consolidation

One afternoon I was sorting out my a______ when I heard a huge noise coming from the bay.As we ran down to the s______，we saw an enormous animal jumping in the water up and down in order to inform the whalers of a whale out there for them.

With Old Tom guiding the way，we soon got close to the hunt，astonished to see a whale being a______ by about six other killers.Some t______ themselves on top of the whale's blow－hole to stop it b______ while others tried to stop it f______ out to sea.Then a whale hunter in the boat a______ the harpoon at the whale and hit it.Soon the whale died.The killer whales d______ the body of the whale down into the sea.The body would f______ up to the surface of the sea about 24 hours later after Old Tom and the others enjoyed its lips and t______.

On another occasion，James，a whaler，was w______ off the boat.I was terrified to see a shark a______.Fortunately，Old Tom held James up in the water while the other killers were still attacking the whale.

Suggested answers：accommodation；shore；attacked；threw；breathing；fleeing；aimed；dragged；float；tongue；washed；approaching

Step 4　Homework

Get more information about sea creatures on the Internet.