高二选修7-Unit-3-Under-the-sea-Old-Tom-the-killer-whale[阅读课件].pptVIP

虎鲸（学名：Orcinus orca）是一种大型齿鲸，身长为8-10米，体重9吨左右，头部略圆，具有不明显的喙；背鳍高而直立，弯曲长达1米；身体黑、白两色。两翼骨远隔开。颞窝大。下颌骨相对较短。在上、下颌每齿列有10-12枚圆锥形的齿。嘴巴细长，牙齿锋利，性情凶猛，食肉动物，善于进攻猎物，是企鹅、海豚、海豹等动物的天敌。有时它们还袭击其它鲸类，甚至是大白鲨，可称得上是海上霸王。虎鲸是一种高度社会化的动物，有一些群体组成的家族是动物界中最稳定的家族。虎鲸的一些复杂社会行为，捕猎技巧，和声音交流，被认为是虎鲸拥有自己的文化的证据。分布于几乎所有的海洋区域，从赤道到极地水域。水温或深度没有限制其范围。分布延伸到许多封闭或半封闭的海域，如阿拉斯加湾，地中海，鄂霍次克海，加利福尼亚湾，墨西哥湾，红海和波斯湾。 虎鲸成年雄性身长最大记录是9.75 米，体重9524千克。是海豚科中体型最大的一种。身体大小、鳍肢大小和背鳍高度有明显的性二型。雌性最大体长达7.70米，雄性体长达9米。雄性成体的背鳍直立，高可达1.0-1.8米，雌性的背鳍明显地镰刀形，高不及0.7 米。头部略带圆，具有不明显的喙。椭圆形的鳍肢位于体全长的前1/4处。雄性的鳍肢长可达体全长的20%，雌性的达11%-13%。尾叶宽可超过体全长的1/5。体背面黑色，在背鳍后方有1个浅灰色的鞍斑。下颌及从下颌前端到尿殖区的体腹面白色。有1个白色的叶状斑从尿殖区向上伸到背鳍后的体侧。尾叶的腹面白色或浅灰色，可能具黑色边缘。在每侧眼的后上方各有1个白色椭圆形斑。 须鲸（学名：Balaenoptera）是须鲸类动物总称，包括蓝鲸、长须鲸、大翅鲸（座头鲸）、露脊鲸、灰鲸等，全世界现生种类一共15种，其中，中国发现的有9种。须鲸类动物体长约为15～20米，体重25吨左右，身体细长、背部黑色、腹部白色，交界线波状或云状，过渡区呈灰色，鳍肢和尾鳍的下面为灰色，背鳍呈镰刀形，向后倾斜。每侧的须板为黑色，约300～400枚，故称“黑板须鲸”。喷出的水柱又高又细，垂直。 Reading The passage is mainly about ____ parts. Watch a short video, and have a discusion on whether human being should be allowed to kill the whales and how to protect the whales. Homework Set a positive activity to protect animals by group Careful reading Listen to the tape carefully and answer the questions on P21 in pairs. 1. What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping out the whalers? Old Tom let the whalers know that there was a baleen whale nearby; he showed them the way to the whale Work as a team 2. What other animals did the author compare the killer whales with? Why do you think the killer whales behave like this? Dogs. Because they knew that, together with the whalers, they would soon kill the baleen whale and get a good feed. 3. Why did George think that the killer whales worked as a team? Because he could see that some of the killers were throwing themselves on top of the whale’s blow hole while others were preventing it from diving or fleeing out to sea. 4. Why did the whalers allow the killer whales to drag the whale away? 5. How did Old Tom help James? Why do you think he did th