2018年高中人教版英语选修七课件：unit 3 under the sea Period One .pptxVIP

Unit 3　Under the sea话题导入“The noise made by boats of whale watching tourists may be causing communication problems for the animals，” British researchers said last week.Whale watching is a popular tourist activity in places where groups of killer whales live.Every day，dozens of boats filled with tourists go to watch the beautiful animals.Unfortunately，the engines of the boats make a lot of noise，and that may be causing problems for the whales，according to a report in the US science magazine Nature.The whales travel in groups，and communicate with each other through sonic(声波的) calls that some scientists refer to as singing.The sounds of the boat engines may be creating too much background noise for the whales to be able to hear each other.The researchers listened to recordings of whale calls made between 15 and 25 years ago，before whale watching became popular.These were compared to more recent recordings.　They found that the animals have started to sing for longer than they used to，like a person shouting to a friend across a noisy room.It is believed that the whales are trying to communicate hunting or breeding information.Scientists said that，if this is prevented，the future of the world’s whale population could be in danger. “Animals become slow in mind and repeat themselves in noisy areas，” said Volker Deecke，a Canadian biologist.“They have to say things twice or three times in order to be understood.”The killer whales studied were living off the coast of northwestern America.The number of killer whales in this area has been falling for several years，but scientists are not sure why.根据上文完成下列各题1.The underlined word “breeding” in Paragraph 6 means “ ”.2.The passage mainly tells us .3.Why do whales sing? .producing young communication problems of the killer whales caused by whale watchingTo communicate with each other./To communicate hunting or breeding information答案Period One　Warming Up，Pre--reading Reading基础自测 自主学习 落实基础知识课文预读 回归教材 萃取文本主旨要点探究 探究重点 互动撞击思维基础自测 自主