a. How big are whales? Whales range in size from the 2.

6 metres
(8.5 ft) and 135 kilograms (298 lb) dwarf sperm whale to the 29.9
metres (98 ft) and 190 metric tons (210 short tons) blue whale, which is the
largest known creature that has ever lived.

b. What do we get from whales? The products harvested from commercial

whaling included oil, baleen, and ambergris. Americans depended on candles
and oil-filled lamps to light their homes in the years before electricity. Whales
provided both the best oil and the best candle wax for home illumination.

c. What do whalers use when they kill whales? Traditional whalers in the
United States use hand-held harpoons to ensnare whales, and then kill them
with high-powered rifles. They have also used penthrite bombs and black
powder.

d. What other dangerous animal lives in the ocean?

• Pufferfish.
• Blue-ringed octopus.
• Stonefish.
• Great white shark.
• Lionfish.
• Box jellyfish.
• Tiger sharks.
• If you want to be a sailor, you must approve a test where you have to sail a
small ship through the ocean.
• When people die, their families and doctors have to find out the reason of
death.
• Every time I sleep with my father, I dream of him.
• “And remember, every time you look at the sky, count every star your eyes
can see.”
• People who own gold or have it somewhere in their house, must be rich.
Don’t you think so?

3. Read the introduction to the book and the first five sentences from Chapter 1
and answer the questions.
a. Who or what is Moby Dick? A white whale.
b. How does Captain Ahab feel about Moby Dick? He is hating the white whale;
he says he has to find Moby Dick and kill him/it.
c. Who is Ishmael? Ishmael is a young sailor doing his first whaling job.
d. How do you think Ishmael feels about Moby Dick? Why? Maybe he feels
worried, because he doesn’t know how the whale looks like. And since this is his
first time doing whaling, he may be excited of what is going to happen during the
trip.
e. Do you think this story will be: Exciting.

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Strange
Afraid
Happy
interesting
angry

excited

crazy
 Fedallah
Stubb
Starbuck
Ishmael
Captain Boomer
Captain Ahab
Fedallah
Fedallah

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Y