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Book 1 Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Period 2 Reading and Thinking
Skill objectives
Emotional
objectives
Learn some words and phrases to describe an earthquake.
Grasp some reading strategies such as skimming and scanning.
Learn more information about earthquake; raise awareness of how to protect ourselves from disasters.
Learning objectives学习目标
Knowledge objectives
n. 裂纹;裂缝 vt. & vi.(使)破裂
似乎;好像;仿佛
n. & vt. 破坏;毁坏
严重受损;破败不堪
n. 百分之…… adj.&adv. 每一百中
n. 砖;砖块
n. 金属
n. 震惊;令人震惊的事;休克
vt.(使)震惊
震惊;吃惊
crack
as if
ruin
in ruins
percent
brick
metal
shock
in shock
Words Review
Words Review
electricity
trap
bury
breathe
revive
revival
effort
unify
wisdom
context
suffer
n. 电;电能
vt. 使落入险境;使陷入圈套
n. 险境,陷阱
vt. 埋葬;安葬
vi. & vt. 呼吸
vt. & vi. 复活;(使)苏醒
n. 振兴;复苏
n. 努力;艰难的尝试;尽力
vi. & vt. 统一;(使)成一体
n. 智慧;才智
n. 上下文;语境;背景
vt. 遭受;蒙受
vi. (因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等)受苦
Review: Look at the pictures and think out some new words relating to the natural disasters.
tornado
drought
wildfire
tsunami
flood
volcanic eruption
earthquake
Lead-in
Step 1.Lead-in
Do you know some earthquakes that happened in China
青海 玉树
河北
唐山
汶川
雅安
Tangshan,
July 28th, 1976
Wenchuan, May12th, 2008
Yushu,
April 14th, 2010
Ya’an,
April 20th, 2013
Work in pairs. Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake.
Thousands of buildings will ____________.
Many people will be dead or ________________.
fall down
badly injured
The bridge will be too dangerous to cross.
The railway tracks will be ________________.
useless piece of metal
People will be _________.
The city will be _________.
in shock
in ruins
What is the text about
Look at the title and photos below and guess what the text is about
The text is about ___________
earthquake
Pre-reading
Then read and check if you are right
Step 2.Fast-Reading
What’s the main idea of the passage
The passage mainly talks about a/an ___________(what) that happened in
_________ (where) in ______(when).
earthquake
Tangshan
1976
event
place
time
Skim and find out the topic sentences.
Paragraph Topic sentence
1
2
3
4
5
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.
Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end.
There was nothing but ruins.
But hope was not lost.
Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.
Listen to the tape carefully and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Reading for main ideas(5 mins)
E.The revival of the city.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
A.The immediate effects of the earthquake .
B.The happening of the big earthquake .
C.The resue work.
D.Warning signs before the earthquake.
To get the main idea, pay attention to the beginning sentence in each paragraph.
Find out the writing order of this text
Time order
Fast reading
several days ago
at 3:00am
at 3:42am
later that afternoon
after the quakes
before earthquake (Para.1)
during earthquake (Para.2.3)
after earthquake (Para.4.5)
damages
signs
rescue
Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text.
Details about Para.1 ---- the signs before the earthquake.
What happened
wells
animals
Light and sound
Strange things
Water--rose and fell, walls--cracks
Chickens and pigs didn’t eat;Dogs refused to do inside; Mice ran out; Fish jumped out.
Could be seen and heard
Reading for details
Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text.
Details about Para. 2-3 —— the ruins during the earthquake
a huge crack
cut across
Hard hills of rock
became rivers of dirt
A large city
lay in ruins
Factories and buildings
gone
Bricks
Bridges
The railway tracks
Cows,pigs and chickens
Water,food,electricity
covered the ground like the red autumn leaves
fell down/not safe to cross
were now useless
were dead
were hard to get
Reading for details
1) _________of the nation felt the earthquake .
2) A huge crack that was____kilometres long and _____ metres wide cut across houses.
3) In less than ____ minute, a large city lay in ruins.
4)__________of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
5) The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than__________ .
6) _____of its factories and buildings, _____ of its homes and all of the city's hospitals were gone.
One third
8
30
1
Two thirds
400,000
75%
90%
Fill in the blanks using the data(数据) in para 2-3
1 minute
150
kilometres
8 & 30
2/3
75%, 90%
400,000
3:42 am
11
kilometres
Why did the writer use so many numbers in the text
To show the earthquake was very serious.
To make the text more credible(可信的).
Reading for details
Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text.
Details about Para.4-5 --- rescue and revival after the earthquake
The army.....
Doctors and nurses...
Workers...
Water and food...
How did the city begin to breathe
Who and what came to the city?
Hope was not lost.
Tang shan’s new look
With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of people, Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.
What has Tangshan City proved to China and the rest of the world
A. In times of disaster, people must not go to sleep so early.
B. In times of disaster, people must try their best to stay awake during the night.
C. In times of disaster, people must begin to breathe again quickly.
D. In times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.
D
Thinking
Thinking
What can we learn from the passage
Disasters are .We should take notice of the
warning or the would be extreme. In front of disaster, life is weak, but if we are and show to stay positive, we’ll have a brighter future.
powerful signs damage unified wisdom
powerful
signs
damage
unified
wisdom
Explore the figure of speech(修辞格) in the following sentences.
The night the earth didn’t sleep.(title)
For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. (L2)
It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!(L13)
Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.(L20)
Slowly, the city began to breathe again.(L37)
Personification(拟人)
Simile(明喻)
Exaggeration(夸张)
Repetition (反复)
Retell the story according to the mind map
hopeful
well, chicken and pigs, dogs, mice, lights, loud noise
Summary
signs damage rescue & revival
———|——————|——————|———→ before → during → after
(Para.1) (Para.2.3) (Para.4.5)
1/3 of the whole nation, 2/3 of the people, thousands of children, nothing but ruins, nearly everything..., in shock, later that afternoon...
army, doctor and nurses, workers, government...
Language points: Important phrases (P50)
2 rise and fall
3 deep cracks
4 smelly gas
5 come out of sth
6 too nervous to do sth
7 refuse to do sth
8 run out of the fields
9 jump out of the water
10 as usual
11 it seems/appears that
难闻的气体
深深的裂缝
拒绝做某事
从……中出来
从田野里跑出来
太紧张而不能做某事
起起落落
从水里跳出来
像往常一样
似乎 / 好像
12 as if
13 come to an end
17 cut across
18 hard hills of rock
20 lie in ruins
22 be left without parents
the number of
be gone
blow away
millions of
instead of
Language points: Important phrases (P50)
仿佛;好像
冲破;抄近路;穿过
坚硬的岩石山
结束
沦为废墟
失去父母
……的数量
消失不见
吹散;吹走
数以百万的
而不是
23 be in shock
24 fall down
25 dig out
28 bury the dead
29 provide medical care
30 get back up on its feet again
31 the tireless efforts
32 in times of disaster
33 stay positive
rebuild a brighter future
Language points: Important phrases (P50 )
处于一片震惊之中
倒下;摔倒;倒塌
挖掘;挖出;探索
埋葬逝者
提供医疗服务
再次站了起来
不懈的努力
在灾害的时刻
保持乐观
重建一个更美好的未来
Translate the following sentences.
1. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water.
2. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!
3. Soon after the quake, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.
4. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.
5. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.
6. Tangshan has proved to China and the rest of the world that in times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.
主语+谓语(动词)
简单句 (1个谓语)
1. 一个句子的基本结构:
2. 判断句子类型:
并列句 (>=2个谓语+并列连词FANBOYS)
主从复合句 (>=2个谓语+从属连词)
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