1) ________ was 16 years of age when he went to work at the whaling station.

2) ________ ordered Clancy to go to the boat as there was a whale out there in the bay.

3) ________ was swimming by the boat, showing the whales the way.

4) ________ told Clancy that they would return the next day to bring in the body of the hale.

5) ________ was carried by the waves further away from the whalers.

6) ________ knew that Old Tom would protect James.

(Suggested answers: Clancy; George; Old Tom; Jack; James; Red)

2. Reading aloud and underlining expressions:

at the times; at the whaling station在捕鲸站; hear of听说; witness it with my own eyes亲眼目睹; sort out my accommodation整理我的床铺; an enormous animal一个庞然大物; throw itself out of the water猛地跃出水面; crash down坠落; call out to sb.高声对某人说; yell out大声喊叫; ahead of在.....的前面; head out into the bay朝向海湾方向驶去; circle back转回来; a pack of一群; in the bow of the boat在船头; aim at; hit the spot击中要害; within a moment or two片刻之后; the depth of the sea深海中; float up to the surface跃出水面; in the meantime同时; have a good feed on sth.跑餐一顿; wash off冲走; man overboard有人落水; the sea was rough波涛汹涌; be terrified of doing sth.害怕做什么; be abandoned by sb.被某人遗弃; hold up举起; pull back拉回;

Step 5 Careful reading

Story part 1: the hunt------before------after------during

1. Ask the students to read the part 1 of the reading passage and find out before the hunt, what did Old Tom do and how did the whalers react?

(Suggested answers:

Old Tom threw itself out of the water, then crashed down again and swam by the boat, showing the whalers the way.

One whaler yelled out and George ran ahead of Clancy. Clancy raced after him. They jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed out into the bay.)

Next, find out during the hunt and after the hunt, what did the killer whales do and how did the whalers react?

(Suggested answers:

a pack of killers are throwing themselves on top of the whale's blow-hole to stop it breathing; and some others are stopping it fleeing out to sea. The killers started racing between the whalers' boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs. Within a moment or two, the whale's body was dragged down into the depth of the sea.

The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale and then let it go to hit the spot.)