Unit 4 Earthquakes
The First Period Warming up and Pre-reading
学习目标：
1. 语言目标：Learn the use of the following words and phrases.
right away well(n) burst as if at an end ruin in ruins injure destroy shock rescue trap dig out bury a (great) number of useless 2. 能力目标：Talk about earthquake and other disasters in English. Try to finish the following according to your experiences;
1. Have you ever experienced any natural disasters? Give the names of the natural
disasters you know. (____________________________________________________ ) 2. Imagine there is a big earthquake. What might happen to all the things? (Houses will _______; roads will get _________; bridges will be ________; people will be ________or________)
4. Imagine there is an earthquake now. Your home begins to shake and you must
leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why? (discussion)
5. Look at the pictures of new Tangshan, do you know what happened to it in 1976?
(_______________________________________________)
Look at the pictures on Page 25. What do you think will happen before an earthquake.
A. The water in the wells ____ and ____. And some deep ______ could be seen in the
well walls. A ______ gas came out the cracks.
B. Mice ran out of the fields __________ places to hide. Fish _________out of bows and ponds.
C. The chickens and even pigs were ______ nervous _____eat. The dog was ________ loudly again and again.
D. People could see _______lights in the sky. Homework:
I. Read and recite the following patterns. Try to make sentences with them.
表达谢意,感激之情：
1. I would like to express my thanks to …..who…
2. Here, I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts…..
3. I’d also like to thank……
4. No words are strong enough to express our….
II. Finish the following words and phrases:1. 骑自行车的人_____________ 2. 祝贺v.___________ n.___________ 3. 地震_______________ 4. 立刻，马上______________ 5. 井_________ 6. 爆发_____________
7. 百万_____________千_________ 百____________
15. 破坏，毁坏_____________
8. 事件，大事__________ 9. 结束，终结___________ 10. 民族，国家_______________ 11. 严重受损，破败不堪_____________ 12. 苦难，痛苦n._______________ 13. 极度的adj.______________ 极度地adv. ___________ 14. 损害，伤害______________ 22. 埋葬，掩埋__________________
16. 无用的，无益的____________ 23. 矿井 ____________ 17. 震惊_______________ 18. 援救，营救____________ 19. 使陷入困境，陷阱_____________ 20. 电，电流，电学____________ 21. 掘出，发现__________________
矿工_______________ 24. 许多，大量的___________ 25. 记者__________________ 26. 损失，损害_______________ 27. 使惊吓，吓唬______________
受惊吓的，受恐吓的_________ 令人恐惧的______________ 28. 法官，判断_____________
29. 表达，快车____________ 30. 避身处___________
31. 真诚地，真挚地______________
32. 死难者_______________ 33. 准备，预备______________ Ⅲ短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
I am anxiously expecting your letter, and at last 76．_______ it reached to me. I'm very glad to know that 77．_______ everyone at home is enjoying good health as usually. 78．_______ Things here are same now as they were before. 79．_______ The final examination will take place in next week. 80．_______ So I am now busy prepare my lessons. It's nice 81．_______ to think that the summer vacation is coming near. 82．_______ I can't say now how many I want to see you all again. 83．_______ I'm looking forward to spend summer days with you. 84．_______ Give my loves to father, mother and others at home. 85．_______ 答案：76．am→was 77．去掉 reached后的to 78．usually→usual 79．same之前加the 80．去掉介词in 81．prepare→preparing 82．√ 83．many→much 84．spend→spending 85．loves→love ⅣRemember the following words:
earthquake snowslide tornado fire mudflow flood typhoon volcano sandstorm hurricane
Teaching and Learning design for Unit 4 Earthquakes
The Second Period Reading
学习目标：Get the students to learn to use some reading strategies such as guessing, key sentences, skimmimg, scanning and so on so as to get the main idea and find some detail information of the reading quickly.
学习难点：Comprehending of the passage.
教学步骤：
I. Skimming: Skim the whole text to find out the topic sentences of each paragraph.
Pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph. Part1 (Para___________)
Topic sentence: Strange things were happening in northeast Hebei Main idea: warning signs before the earthquake Part2 (Para2—3)
Para2: _________________________________________________________________ Para3:__________________________________________________________________ Main idea: _____________________________________________________________ Part3 (Para4)
Topic sentence: All hope was not lost
Main idea: _____________________________________________________________ II. Tape listening: Listen to Part1 and try to answer the following questions: Part1 (Signs)
(1) What kind of strange things happened?
the water in the wells --- _____________________________________________ the well walls---______________________________________________________ a smelly gas --- _____________________________________________________ the chickens and pigs --- ______________________________________________ mice--- _____________________________________________________________ fish--- ______________________________________________________________ the sound of planes--- ________________________________________________ the water pipes---_____________________________________________________ (2) What did people think of these events?
( __________________________________________________________________) (3) When did the earthquake happen?
(___________________________________________________________________) Listen to Part2 and try to answer the following questions: Part2 (damage)
(1) What did people do when the earthquake happened?
(___________________________________________________________________) (2) Was the earthquake serious? Find the evidence (证据)to support you. (It was the ____________ in the 20th century. It was heard ___________________away.
_________________of the nation felt it.) (3) What could be seen in the earthquake? A huge crack______________________ houses… ______________________ burst from holes in the ground.
Hard hills of the rock became rivers of ______________________ Two ____________ and most of the bridges __________________________ The railway tracks were now_______________________________ _________________now filled the wells instead of water.
_______________, food and_________________ were hard to get. (4) Data (数据) of the damage
In __________ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. ____________ of the people died or were injured. Exactly, __________ people were killed or injured. ______hospitals, ___________of factories and buildings and __________ of homes were gone. Water, food and electricity were hard to get. Listen to Part3 and try to answer the following questions: Part3 (rescue)
(1) Who were sent to rescue the people after the earthquake? (2) How did they rescue the people? III. Retell the story: Read aloud the story