Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading - Pre­reading

　　OLD TOM THE KILLER WHALE

　　I was 16 when I began work in June 1902 at the whaling station. I had heard of① the killers that every year helped whalers catch huge whales②. I thought, at the time, that this was just a story③ but then I witnessed④ it with my own eyes many times.

　　On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting⑤ out my accommodation⑥， I heard a loud noise coming from the bay⑦. We ran down to the shore⑧ in time⑨ to see an enormous animal opposite⑩ us throwing itself out of⑪ the water and then crashing⑫ down again. It was black and white and fish­shaped. But I knew it wasn't a fish.

　　"That's Old Tom, the killer⑬，" one of the whalers, George, called out⑭ to me. "He's telling us there's a whale out there for us."

　　Another whaler yelled⑮ out, "Rush­oo ... rush­oo." This was the call that announced there was about to⑯ be a whale hunt⑰.

①hear of 听说(＝hear about)

②关系代词 that 引导的定语从句，修饰 the killers。 that 在定语从句中作主语。

③that 引导宾语从句。句中带有插入语时，宾语从句的引导词 that 不可省略。

④witness /'wItnIs/ vt.当场见到；目击n.目击者；证人；证据

⑤sort vt.整理，分类n.种类

⑥accommodation /əˌkɒmə'deIʃn/ n．住所；住宿

⑦as 引导时间状语从句，主句是"hear＋宾语＋宾补"结构。

⑧shore /ʃɔː/ n．岸；海滨

⑨in time及时；迟早

⑩opposite /'ɒpəzIt/ prep.在......对面； adj.相对的；相反的

⑪throw oneself out of 跃出

⑫crash v．猛撞，猛击

⑬the killer 是 Old Tom 的同位语。

⑭call out 高声喊叫

⑮yell /jel/ vi.大叫；呼喊；n.叫声；喊声

⑯be about to do sth. 即将做某事

⑰that 引导定语从句，修饰 the call；其中 there was about to be ... 是 announced 的宾语从句。

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