课件32张PPT。Unit 4PERIOD 1
Warming-up and Reading1
EARTHQUAKE三维目标1. Knowledge:
(1) Get a general idea of earthquakes and some other natural disasters.
(2) Know the cause of an earthquake.
2. Ability:
(1)Train the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
(2)Train the students’ listening ability. (on page62)
(3)Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
3. Emotion:
Know the damage that the earthquake and other natural disasters could bring about. 教学重点
Train the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
教学难点
Training the students’ speaking ability.
Talk about the following questions with your desk mate .
Do you know what happened in the Indian Ocean at the end of the year before last year?
Do you know any other natural disasters?Pair WorktsunamidroughtvolcanoFirehurricanefloodnatural disastersfireearthquakesfloodsdroughthurricanevolcanic eruptionssand stormssnow stormsthunderstormsland slides
diseases --- Sars火山爆发滑坡earthquakeCity after earthquakesThe whole city was in ruins.became useless pieces of steel.The railway tracksHuge crack cut across houses,roads,and canals.Do you know what an earthquake is ?The earthquake is a disaster. It causes great damages.
Can we foretell(预言)an earthquake so
that we can reduce the damages?
What can we see before an earthquake? find out the answers to the following questions:
1.When did the earthquake happen?
2. How many people died or injured in this disaster?
400,000On July28, 1976 Fast reading: SkimmingNumber each of these things during the Tangshan earthquake. Give a “1” to the first thing that happened and a “5” to the last thing that happened. ___Brick buildings were destroyed.
___ The walls of the village wells had
cracks in them.
___ Shelters were put up for those with no
homes.
___Road got huge cracks.
___ The army helped the survivors. 123451. People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed. ( )
2.People in Beijing also felt the earthquake .
( )
3. More than 400000 people were killed in the quake. ( )
4. Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. ( )
5.People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan. ( )
TFFTFT or F statements What strange things had happened before the earthquake?rose and fellhad deep crackstoo nervous to eatran , looking forjumpedcould be seen and heardcracked and burst
1.How do you think the earthquake
was? Why?
2.What was the city like after the earthquake?
3.How did people do to help the city?
Careful reading: Could be heardfeltCut acrossburstbecameLay in ruindied and injuredwere killedwere leftIt was the biggest earthquake of the worldbackwere lostcoveredfelluseless steelNever give milkdiedWere filled with sandwere hard to getEverything in the city was destroyedbackwere sent to Organized to dig out and burybuilt shelterswas taken to the cityAll hope was not lost. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.Discussion:1.Why do we say it was “A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep”?
2.What does the sentence “The city began to breathe again” mean?Unit 4 Earthquake Period 2
Summary and Language points for Reading1