unit 4 earthquake单元教案
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Teaching Plan for NSEFC Module 1
Unit 4 Earthquake
Teaching Aims and demands
I. Topics:
* Basic knowledge about earthquakes
* How to protect oneself and help others in disasters
II. Vocabulary
Words earthquake quake well pipe burst nation canal stream dirt ruin suffering extreme injure destroy brick dam track useless shock rescue trap electricity disaster bury mine miner shelter title reporter bar frighten frightening frightened congratulation judge express outline headline cyclist
Expression right away as if at an end in ruins dig out a (great) number of
III. Function
1. Talking about past experiences
It was terrible when…
It seemed as if…
I remember…
I felt…
No longer after that…
Luckily,…
2.
3. Expressing thanks
I would like to express my thanks to…who…
Here, I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts…
I’d also like to thank…
No words are strong enough to express our…
IV. Grammar
The Attributive Clause(I) (that, which, who, whose)
A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty kilometers wide cut across houses, roads and canals.
Later that afternoon, another big quake which was as strong as the first shook Tangshan.
The number of the people who were killed or injured reached more than 40,000.
V. Time Allotment
Period 1 Listening (WB), Warming Up
Period 2 Pre-reading, Reading and comprehending
Period 3-4 Reading comprehension and language points
Period 5 Reading Task & Listening Task ( WB)
Period 6 Using Language (Reading & speaking, Listening)
Period 7 Grammar
Period 8 Using Structures (WB)
Period 9 Review of the whole unit
Period 1—Listening ( WB ) & Warming up
Goals:
1. Get students to know some background knowledge of earthquake.
2. Get students to know different kinds of disasters.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Listening ( WB ) P62
Pre-listening—Ask Ss to talk about any information they know about earthquake.
(the cause of the earthquake, some earthquakes that happened in China and abroad, the result of earthquake…)
Listening – 1st time, listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
2nd time, listen to the text and answer the questions in Part 2.
3rd time, listen and check the answer.
Post-listening—Discussion: What made Wenchuan Earthquake a devastating one
Suggested answers: It is located in mountainous area. It is densely-populated. The houses could not withstand earthquake. (too fragile) People were at work and students were all studying at school when the earthquake happened. People didn’t know anything about the coming disaster so they didn’t get any preparation. ….
II. Warming up
1. T: Besides earthquake, what other kinds of disaster do you know (show Ss some pictures of disasters)
landslide ( happened in Zhouqu county in Gansu Province on Aug.8th)
typhoon (which is quite usual nowadays)
eruption of volcano ( happened in Iceland in April)
flood ( which destroyed a lot of places in Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Shannxi Provinces this summer)
2. About Earthquake
Ask Ss for their understanding of the proverb “ It is always calm before a storm.”
Discuss about some signs before an earthquake.
Show Ss a video clip from the film “Tangshan Earthquake”.
Ask Ss to list the unusual things before the earthquake.
III. Homework
Preview the reading passage—A night the earth didn’t sleep.
Period 2—Reading and Comprehending
Goals:
1. Get the students to read and understand the text so as to get to know Tangshan earthquake and how they recovered from it.
2. Develop students’ reading skills such as skimming and scanning.
3. Develop students’ ability to appreciate the language with some literary devices.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Lead in
Show the video clip (If it wasn’t shown to students in the first period) of Tangshan earthquake.
Ask Ss to list the unusual signs before the big earthquake.
Ss can get some idea with the help of the pictures on P25.
II. Reading
1. Skim the text and find the answers to the following questions:
.
2. Divide the text into three parts and get the main idea of each part.
Para.1 before the quake (Signs before the earthquake)
Para.2-3 during the quake(What happened during the earthquake and the damage )
Para.4 after the quake(The rescue work after the earthquake.)
3. T or F statements:
① People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night.
② People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.
③ More than 400 000 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.
Suggested Answers:
① False. People thought little of the unusual phenomena before the quake, and went to bed as usual that night.
② True.
③ False. More than 400 000 people were killed or injured in the quake.
④ True.
⑤ False. Fresh water was taken to the city of Tangshan by train, tuck and plane.
4. Read the passage again carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences.
① The chickens didn’t eat because A. the army came to help them
② The people didn’t worry because B. the quake happened while they were sleeping
③ Such a great number of people C. they were nervous.
died because
④ Water was needed because D. dams and wells were useless.
⑤ The people did not lose hope because E. they didn’t know what the strange events meant.
Suggested Answers: ①–C; ②–E; ③–B; ④–D; ⑤–A
5. Read the passage again and make a timeline.
Time Events
For three days water in the village wells rose and fellwell walls developed deep cracksa smelly gas came out of the cracksmice ran out of the fieldsfish jumped out of their bowls and ponds
At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976 bright lights appeared in the skythe sound of planes could be heard although there were no planessome water pipes burst
At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976 everything began to shakehuge cracks appeared in the roads steam burst from holes in the groundrock turned into rivers of dirt75% buildings and 90%of homes were gonemore than 400,000 people killed or injured
Afternoon of July 28, 1976 a second quake almost as strong as the first onemore damage to buildings and rescuers
Soon after the quake the army arrivedshelters built for survivorswater suppliers brought in
III. Learning of literary devices
1. A night the earth didn’t sleep.
Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Personification: giving human qualities to things. It is a literary device intended to form a vivid image in the reader’s mind.
2. The water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.
Repetition: repeated to make the point that what happened was very repetitious. It is a literary device to make a deeper impression on the reader.
3. It seemed as if the world was at an end!
Exaggeration: It is used to show the devastating effect of the quake.
IV. Homework
1. Read the passage and try to retell the story of Tangshan quake.
2. Do the Comprehending exercise 3 on P27 ( writing the summary of the passage)
Period 3&4 —Language Study
Goals:
1. Check the comprehending of the passage.
2. Language points of the passage
Teaching Procedures:
I. Review
1. Check Ss to read the passage.
2. Ask some Ss to retell Tangshan earthquake from 3 parts ( before the quake, during the quake, after the quake)
3. Check the summary of each paragraph (homework)
Suggested answers:
Para.1 Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one paid attention to them.
Para.2 The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan.
Para.3 The people were very shocked at the destruction.
Para.4 The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.
4. Blank-filling: The summary of the passage
Several days before July 28, 1976, many s_______ things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e__________. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m________ of these. At 3:42 a.m. that day, the earth began to s________, which d________ the city. Many people, including workers and doctors, came to r________ those t_______ under the ruins. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more building f________ down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. T______ were organized to dig out the trapped and b_______ the dead.
Suggested Answer: strange; earthquake; much; shake; destroyed; rescue; trapped; fell; Teams; bury
II. Language study
1.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away.
shake : vi /vt (shook ,shaken)
Shake hands with sb
Shake one’s head over /at sth
eg.The whole house shook during the explosion.
The explosion shook the house.
Please shake the bottle before taking.
The host shook hands with all the guests.
Nothing can shake our determination to overcome the difficulty.
He shook his head in answer to my question.
2. For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.
rise (rose, risen) vi.: go up; get higher; (of the sun, moon, stars,etc.) come above the horizon; stand up , get out of bed
raise vt. raise a hand, raise a family…
eg. The flood has risen two feet.
She usually rises early in the morning.
He _____from his chair when the door bell rang. (rose)
Her job is _______chickens. (raising)
Her temperature is still ______. (rising)
The sun _____ in the east. (rises)
3. A smelly gas came out of the cracks.
smelly adj. 发臭的 formation of the words: n.+y—adj.
wind----windy dream----dreamy
ice----icy health ---- healthy
wealth ---- wealthy wind ---- windy
4. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.
burst (burst, burst)
1) vi. break open or in pieces suddenly;
When he was riding, the tire burst.
2) e or go suddenly or violently
The house burst into flames.
The girl burst into tear.
3) n. bursting, outbreak
a burst of laughter/applause
5. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.
event 用作名词，意为“（重要的、不同寻常的）事件”。又如：
eg. Leaving home was a major event in his life.
This is one of the most important events in the history of mankind.
event 用作名词，意思还有“（事先安排好的）演出，赛事，聚会”，“（体育比赛的）运动项目”等.
eg.The meeting was an important social event.
The 800 metres is not his best event.
event构成的常用短语有：
in any/either event = at all events不管怎样，无论如何；
in the event结果，到头来；
in the event of sth/in the event that …万一，假如发生……的情况；
field event田赛项目；track event径赛项目；three-day event三日马术赛。
eg. In any event, the worst that she can do is say “NO”.
In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors.
Lily didn’t like Tom, but in the event she married him.
He leaves a letter for me to read in the event that he will die.
6.It seemed as if the world was at an end.
1) seem
a. 似乎；好像
① Seem + to do sth
He seems to like this gift.
② Seem+ to have done sth
We seem to have seenyou somewhere before.
③ Seem + to be doing
Several people in the street seemed to be fighting.
b. 看来；似乎
① seem +adj
The doctor seems very capable.
② Seem +分词
His first memories seemed connected with work.
③ Seem +N
It seems a nice city.
④ Seem + 介词短语
You seem in high spirits today, Tom.
c. 用于以下结构
① It seems/seemed that …
② It seems /seemed as if…
2) as if意为“好像，好似”。
eg. She spoke to me as if she knew me.
It looks as if he’s gone away for a few days.
as if的用法：
a. as if常用在look, seem, feel, sound等系动词后引导表语从句，从句中的语气可用陈述语气，也可用虚拟语气.（即动词若是be的形式，要用were；其它动词用过去式或had done或would/could/might+动词原形）。
eg. She looks as if she were ten years younger.
You look as if you didn’t care.
It looks as if it might snow.
b. as if可以引导方式状语从句，从句中的语气可用陈述语气，也可用虚拟语气。
eg. She loves the boy as if she were his mother.
He talks about Rome as if he had been there before.
He opened his mouth as if he would say something.
c. as if后还可跟名词、形容词、不定式等。
eg. He acts as if (he was) a fool.
She left the room hurriedly as if (she was) angry.
Tom raised his hands as if (he was going) to say something.
用动词的适当形式填空。
1.It looks as if it ______ (be) going to rain. (is/were)
2. He talks as if he _____ (know) where she is.(knows)
3. The girl listened as if she ______________ (turn) to stone.(had been turned)
3) at an end意为“结束”。又如：
The war was at an end.
I must warn you that my patience is almost at an end.
[拓展] end用作名词构成的短语很多，常见的有：at the end (of)在……末尾；by the end of到……为止；in the end最后，终于；come to an end完结。
用end构成的短语填空。
1). The cold weather at last stopped__________ March.(at the end of)
2). Our hunt for a cheaper but larger house is at last ________.(at an end)
3). If you go on with work, you’ll succeed _________.(in the end)
7. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
ruin 在此为名词，意为“废墟”常和介词in搭配，in ruins意为“成废
墟，垮掉，毁灭”。
eg.This earthquake left the whole town in ruins.
His future is/lies in ruins.
ruin用作名词，构成的常见短语有be on the road to ruin意为“正在走向毁灭、垮台”，be the ruin of意为“使……破产、身体垮掉、名誉扫地等”，be/lie in ruins意为“变成废墟”，go to ruin = fall into ruin意为“衰落，败落”。
eg. The company cannot pay its bills and is on the road to ruin.
Drinking was the ruin of him.
He had let the farm go to ruin.
ruin还可作动词，意为“毁坏，毁掉”，ruined作形容词时，只用在名词前，意为“毁坏的，破败不堪的”。
eg.This illness has ruined his life.
The rain ruined my painting.
When we got there, we saw a ruined castle.
辨析:damage, destroy 和 ruin
这三个单词均表示“破坏”、“损坏”的意思，但各自的含义和用法不同。
damage指部分“损失；损害”或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用作动词，也可以用作名词，用作名词时常与to something 连用。
eg. Hundreds of houses in the area were damaged by the storm.
The flood did a lot of damage to the crops.
destroy只能用作动词，指彻底破坏，以致不可能修复，常作“破坏；毁灭；
消灭”解，也可以指希望、计划等打破。
eg. The earthquake destroyed almost the whole town.
If the tree falls that way, it will destroy the house.
His hope of being a writer was destroyed.
ruin表破坏严重，以致不能修复，但这种破坏不像destroy那样毁灭某物，而是强调致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词时，它作“毁灭；使破产”解；用作名词时,它表示“废墟；毁灭”等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。
eg. The rain ruined my hair.
You will ruin your prospects if you continue to be so foolish．
All this mud’s going to ruin my shoes.
8. Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake.
Injure v. “受伤，伤害”。
Eg. Don’t injure yourself with that knife.
She was injured badly in the accident.
injure one’s pride/feelings，意为“伤害某
人的自尊/感情”。
injure的名词形式是injury；形容词形式是injured，the injured意为“伤
者，伤员”， an injured look/expression意为“委屈的样子、表情等”
9. People were shocked.
shock ：n. 打击；震惊， 震动
vt. 使震惊，使惊愕
shocking : adj. 使人震惊的
eg. The news of his wife’s death was a terrible shock to him.
You will get a shock if you touch the live wire.
I was shocked by his rudeness.
His failure in the exam was shocking to his parents.
10. Such a great number of people died because the quake happened while they were sleeping.
a number of: several, a few；
a great/good number of: lots of, many, plenty of
eg.A number of students are planting trees on the hill．
We have lived here for a number of years.
A great number of volunteers are helping those people living in the earthquake-hit area.
辨析：a number of , the number of
A small/ large/ certain/ good/ great number of …后谓语动词用复数。
The number of …后谓语动词用单数。
eg.The number of students in our class is 50.
Up to now the number of people who were killed in the earthquake is more than 60,000.
用a number of和the number of填空。
1). ___________ students are watching the games on the playground. (A number of)
2). ___________ trees planted in our village is never under 200 every year.(The number of)
11. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.
trap v. 意为“困住，使陷于困境”。又如：
eg. Dozens of people were trapped in the building when the fire took place.
There’s no way out! We’re trapped!
Julia felt trapped in her role of wife and mother.
trap v.意义还有“诱骗，诱使（trap sb into doing sth）”；“夹住，压扁”；“把……储存”等。
eg. I was trapped into telling a lie.
Take care not to trap your fingers in the door.
How can you trap the sun’s heat
trap还可作名词，意为“圈套；陷阱；计谋”，构成的常见短语有：set a trap设置陷阱.fall/walk into a trap落入圈套；lay a trap for为……设下圈套；fall into the trap of doing sth做某事不明智；keep your trap shut不把……说出去，不泄密。
Eg. She felt that marriage was a trap.
The police set a trap to catch the thief.
Don’t fall into the trap of investing all your money in one place.
Just keep your trap shut, and we won’t get into trouble.
III. Homework
1. Read the passage and try to memorize the new words.
2. Discovering useful words and expressions Exercise 1,2,3 on P 28.
Period 5—Reading Task & Listening Task (WB)
Goals:
1. Get students to read a passage about the earthquake happened in San Francisco.
2. Develop students’ life skills in quake situation through listening.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Lead in
Ask Ss to list some earthquakes which happened in history.
T: What do you know about San Francisco (golden gate bridge)
Do you know anything about the earthquake that happened in this city (If necessary, show Ss some pictures about the earthquake. Ss may use the language they learnt to describe them.)
II. Reading
Purpose: 1. To get information of the San Francisco earthquake.
2. To compare the two similar passages.
1.Skimming
Read the passage, and then finish the following exercises.
(1) Write an adjective to describe how the author feels about the earthquake and what it did. And why did you choose this word
(2) Write an adjective to describe how the author feels about the people of San Francisco.
And why did you choose this word
III. Listening task
1. Group work
Before listening, have a discussion about the question.
What should you do during an earthquake
2. listen to the tape for the first time and write down the three “things” that are mentioned
(1) ___________ (2) ____________ (3) ______________
Suggested Answers: (1) drop (2) cover (3) hold
3. After listening for the second time, give more details about each of the “things”.
My earthquake Plan
(1) 1st thing I must do ___________________________________________.
(2) 2nd thing I must do __________________________________________.
(3) 3rd thing I must do ___________________________________________
My earthquake advice
(4) If you are outside, you________________________________________.
(5) If you are in the living room, you _______________________________.
(6) If you are in the house alone, you _______________________________
Suggested Answers:
(1) I must drop to the floor and cover my head and neck with my arms.
(2) Make sure I hide under something like a table to protect myself from things falling on top of me.
(3) I must hold onto the furniture so it doesn’t move away from me during the earthquake.
(4) You should keep away from power lines, trees, signs, cars and buildings.
(5) You should make sure that the bookcases are fastened to the wall and the TV set is tied to a table so that they can’t move.
(6) You should ring a family friend to tell them where you are and collect your personal earthquake bag.
IV. Homework
1. Read the passage –the story of an eyewitness
2. Do some reading comprehension.
Period 6—Using Language ( Reading and speaking, listening)
Goals:
1. To train Ss’ speaking ability.
2. To train Ss’ ability to write a speech.
3. To train Ss to write a newspaper story.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Lead in
Q: What happened in Tangshan in 1976
(If possible, show Ss some pictures of Tangshan’s new look.)
How has the change in Tangshan happened
II. Reading and speaking
1. Read the letter and get some information about it.
2. Pair work
Discuss with your partner. Suppose you are the student who was invited to give the speech. What should you include in your speech Maybe the following points will help you.
◆ Thank Mr Zhang Sha and the government for inviting you to speak.
◆ Thank those who helped the survivors and list what they did after the quake.
◆ Thank those who worked hard to build a new city.
◆ Encourage the people to be always proud of their city.
◆ Describe your feelings about the city, which is known as the “Brave City of China”.
◆ Thank the visitors for listening to your speech.
Give Ss 10 minutes to write this speech and then ask Ss to present their speech.
One possible speech:
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning. It’s my great honor to be given the chance to give the speech.
Thank Mr Zhang and the city government for inviting me to speak. And thank all of you to attend this activity.
Everybody knows that this park will be opened to honor those who died in the terrible disaster on this day 30 years ago. We should say that all of you are very lucky to have survived. But never can we forget those who helped you do the rescue work. They dug out those who had been trapped and buried the dead. They also helped build the new city They built new homes and offices in only seven years. For this work, many workers and soldiers lost their lives. We should show our greatest honor to them.
When I first arrived in the city yesterday, I came to understand why Tangshan was called “Brave City of China”. What you have done made the whole world surprised. Look at the tall buildings and the beautiful environment. How brave you are! I think you should always be proud of the city.
Thank you for listening to my speech.
3. Speaking (if time permits)
Imagine that after your speech, Zhang Sha asks you to give a short talk about the new stamps to honor the city. You may use the model or write your own little talk.
1. Answer the following questions in pairs.
(1) Would you like to collect stamps
(2) What do these stamps show？
(3) Do you think these stamps are very important Why
2. Fill in the blanks in the little talk.
Thank you, Mr Zhang. I am very happy to (1) ________. As you can see, the stamps show (2) _______. I think these stamps are very important because (3)________________________. I will collect the stamps (4)________________________________________________.It will be my way to honor all the people who lost their lives in the earthquake and (5)______________________.
Thank you for _____________________________________________.
Suggested Answers:
1. talk about the new stamps
2. different scenes from our new city
3. they will let others around the country remember what we have done here
4. because when I am old, I can show my grandchildren these stamps and tell them about the earthquake
5. the people who have done their best to rebuild the city
III. Listening
1. Pre-listening:
Describe your feelings if your home was suddenly destroyed without warning.
Talk about the earthquake in San Francisco ( From “The story of an eyewitness”)
2. Listening
1st time, listen and judge the statements true or false.
2nd time, listen and answer the questions in Part 3.
Suggested answers:
1)The earthquake began around 5 o’clock in the morning.
2)The speaker rushed outside as soon as he woke up.
3)When he got outside he thought the world had come to an end. He heard people crying and shouting. He saw people running everywhere and bricks falling down from buildings. There were big fires too.
4)The man next to him was killed by bricks falling from a nearby building.
5)He get away from the city by boat.
6)Very shocked, devastated.
3rd time, listen and check the answers.
IV. Homework
1. Collect words and expressions and make sentences with them.
2. Do some reading comprehension.
Period 7 Grammar—Attributive Clause
Goals: 1. Get Ss to have knowledge of the grammar point: the attributive clause.
2. Learn the difference between relative pronouns for the attributive clauses.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Presentation
1. Get Ss to understand the grammar through comparison
You are smart students.→You are students who are smart.
She is a beautiful girl.→She is a girl who is beautiful.
This is an interesting book.→This is a book which is interesting.
Let Ss compare these sentences and tell the differences.
Then teacher explain what is the attributive clause.
2. 关系代词用法一览表
关系代词 先行词 在从句中的作用 例句
that 指人或物 作主语、宾语（可省略） I don’t know about the man (that) you mentioned.(宾语)A plane is a machine that can fly.（主语）
which 指物 作主语、宾语（可省略） The pen (which) my uncle gave me is missing.（宾语）Children like to read books which have wonderful pictures.（主语）
who 指人 作主语 The boy who is standing there is my cousin.（主语）
Whose(=of whom=of which) 指人或物 作定语 Do you know the boy whose father is an engineer （定语）He lives in a house whose windows face south.（定语）
3. 特殊用法
that 和which 都可以修饰表示物的先行词, 但是下列情况只能用that.
1. 先行词为不定代词all, few, little, much, everything, nothing 等.
All (that) you have to do is to practise every day.
There isn’t much (that) I can do.
2. 先行词被序数词或形容词的最高级所修饰时.
The first lesson (that) I learned will never be forgotten.
This is the best film (that ) I have ever seen.
3. 先行词被all, any, every, few, little, no, some 等不定代词修饰时.
I have read all the books (that) you gave me.
4. 先行词被the only, the very, the last, the same 等修饰时.
The white flower is the only one that I really like.
This is the very book that I want to read.
This is the same book that I want to read. (同一本书)
----This is the same book as I want to read.
5. 当主句以who或 which 开头的特殊疑问句时,定语从句that 引导.
Who is the man that is standing there
Which of us that knows something about physics doesn’t know this
⑥先行词既有人又有物时。
We talked about the persons and things that we could remember.
⑦time做先行词，前面如果有序数词或 last 来修饰时，定语从句用 that 来引导或省略；如果没有序数词或 last 来修饰时，既可用 when 也可用that来引导。
This is the last time ( that ) I shall give you a lesson.
The first time ( that ) I saw him was in 1972.
It’s time ( that ) we got up.
不用that的情况：
引导非限制性定语从句。(非限定性定语从句：非限定性定语从句的作用是对所修饰的成分作进一步说明，通常和主句间用逗号隔开，将从句拿掉后其他部分仍可成立)
在非限定性定语从句中，不能用that，而用who, whom代表人，用which代表事物
which引导的非限定性定语从句来说明前面整个句子的情况或主句的某一部分.
Carol said the work would be done by October, __D___personally I doubt very much.
A. it B. that C. when D. which
II. Practice
1. Complete the following sentences with who/that/which/whose.
(1) The terrible shaking of the building woke up all the people_____ were asleep.
(2)The next day people put up shelters in the open air with all kinds of things______ they could find.
(3)Several days later most of the buildings ________ had been damaged were repaired.
(4)We went to see our teacher_________ husband was killed in the earthquake.
(5)A number of children___________ parents had died in the quake were sent to live with families in other cities.
(6) The fence in our garden, _____ my father built many years ago, has lasted for a long time.
(7) There’s still much _____ can be improved about it.
(8) Mr Johnson’s son, ______ lives in Chicago, is a doctor.
(9) He lived in London for 3 years, during ____ time he learned some English.
(10) Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____, of course, made the others unhappy.
Suggested Answer: (1) who (2) that / which (3) which / that (4) whose (5) whose (6) which (7) that (8) who (9) which (10) which
(1) 2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
(2) 别忘了把老师那天给你的书带着。
(2) 封面是红色的书是一本英语语法书。
(3) 流过村庄的小河对他们有很大作用。
(4) 护士抱进来的婴儿是昨天出生的。
(5) 主要由学生组成的观众比以前都庞大。
Suggested answer:
(1) Don’t forget to bring the book ( which / that ) the teacher gave you the other day.
(2) The book whose cover ( the cover of which ) is red is an English grammar book.
(3) The river that flows through the village is very helpful to them.
(4) The baby ( which) the nurse brought in was born yesterday .
(5) The audience which is composed entirely of students is larger than before.
III. Homework
1. Find out the sentences with attributive clause in the text.
2. Finish Part 2 on P29.
Period 8 Using Structures (WB)
Goals:
1. review attributive clause
2. learn to classify the information
3. learn to protect your home from an earthquake
Teaching procedures
I. Review
1. Game—Explain the words
Ask Ss to explain some words with attributive clause.
flat, apartment, friend, earthquake, plain, tent, supermarket, apple, vegetables, reporter……
(eg. A place which sells a lot of products. A person who reports news to others….)
2. Game—Retell the sentence
Part 3 on P29. Chain practice.
Each group choose one sentence and repeat the sentences by adding different attributive clauses.
3. Multiple choice (listening practice)
1). He has four dogs, the biggest _____ is called Wang Wang.
A. that B. about which C. of which D. which
2). The young fellow standing under the tree, ____ is good at English, is from Beijing.
A. who B. which C. when D. that
3). We visited the factory _____ makes toys for children.
A. where B. which C. in which D. at which
4). They said that the host had enough glasses for each guest, _____ were handed down from his grandfather.
A. who B. that C. which D. whose
5) Is this the museum _____ you visited the other day
A. that B. where C. in which D. the one
6) My neighbours used to give me a hand when I was in trouble, ______was very kind of them.
A. that B. which C. who D. whom
7) The last place _______ we visited was the Great Wall .
A. which B. that C. where D. it
8) Please pass me the dictionary ______ cover is black.
A. which B. which of C. its D. whose
Suggested answer:
1).C 2). A 3).B 4). C 5). A 6). B 7).B 8). D
4. Homework checking
Ask Ss to find out the sentences with attributive clause in the text.
Check the answer to Part 2 on P29.
II. Using structures—Reading (WB)
1. Pre-reading:
Discussion: What kind of house is quake-proof
The house which/that …____________ is quake-proof.
2. Read “A Safe Home”
Complete the sentences below.
Check the answer.
3. Post-reading:
Discussion: What can we do to protect ourselves from natural disaster
( build a safe house, learn some skills of surviving disasters, keep the emergency phone numbers in mind, …)
III. Homework
Finish the exercises on P 63 of the WB.
Period 9—Review
Goals:
1. Review of the whole unit.
2. Writing task—writing news and reports
Teaching Procedures:
I. Review
1. Homework checking.
2. Phrases of Unit 4
1) right away 2) as usual 3) in ruins 4) be destroyed 5) dig out
6) a great number of 7) fall down 8) a frightened boy 9) express one’s thanks to… 10) be proud of sb. 11) try out ideas 12) put out a fire 13) wake up 14) broken windows 15) be covered in …
3. Exercises:
根据首字母填词。
1.When an earthquake happens, the ground will s_________ greatly.
2.The fish must go bad，for it is s________.
3.When she heard the news that her husband was killed in the accident，she b_______ into tears.
4.The two countries were separated by a c_________.
5.Water can be turned into s________ when heated.
6. The desk is covered with a lot of d________. Would you please clean it？
7. After the earthquake, the whole city was in r_________.
8. An accident happened. Luckily, nobody was i_________.
9. There was no s________ in the air crash.
10. The worked made great efforts to r________ the people who were trapped underground.
11. Because of the global warming, there are more and more natural d________.
12. The students in our school have o_________ many clubs for themselves.
13. The air in the countryside is much f_________ than that in the city.
14. J_______ from his accent, we know he comes from the west.
15. It’s my great h_________ to be invited to give a s__________ to you.
16. These days, we are busy p_________ for the final examination.
Suggested answer: 1. shake 2. smelly 3. burst 4. canal 5. steam
6. dirt 7. ruins 8. injured 9. survivor 10. rescue
11. disasters 12. organized 13. fresher 14. Judging 15. honour， speech 16. preparing
II. Writing task
1. Read the news report on P31.
Read the outline
2.Ask Ss to listen to some VOA standard news. Ask them to write the outline for one of them.
Check some Ss’ writing.
3. Write the news according to the outline. If necessary, listen to the news again and make Ss compare their writing and the Standard news.
III. Homework
Review the whole unit and prepare for the test.
1. When did the quake happen
2. How many people were killed and injured during the quake
3. How many buildings were destroyed
4. Were there any people coming to rescue them
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Unit 4 Earthquake
Teaching Aims and demands
I. Topics:
* Basic knowledge about earthquakes
* How to protect oneself and help others in disasters
II. Vocabulary
Words earthquake quake well pipe burst nation canal stream dirt ruin suffering extreme injure destroy brick dam track useless shock rescue trap electricity disaster bury mine miner shelter title reporter bar frighten frightening frightened congratulation judge express outline headline cyclist
Expression right away as if at an end in ruins dig out a (great) number of
III. Function
1. Talking about past experiences
It was terrible when…
It seemed as if…
I remember…
I felt…
No longer after that…
Luckily,…
2.
3. Expressing thanks
I would like to express my thanks to…who…
Here, I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts…
I’d also like to thank…
No words are strong enough to express our…
IV. Grammar
The Attributive Clause(I) (that, which, who, whose)
A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty kilometers wide cut across houses, roads and canals.
Later that afternoon, another big quake which was as strong as the first shook Tangshan.
The number of the people who were killed or injured reached more than 40,000.
V. Time Allotment
Period 1 Listening (WB), Warming Up
Period 2 Pre-reading, Reading and comprehending
Period 3-4 Reading comprehension and language points
Period 5 Reading Task & Listening Task ( WB)
Period 6 Using Language (Reading & speaking, Listening)
Period 7 Grammar
Period 8 Using Structures (WB)
Period 9 Review of the whole unit
Period 1—Listening ( WB ) & Warming up
Goals:
1. Get students to know some background knowledge of earthquake.
2. Get students to know different kinds of disasters.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Listening ( WB ) P62
Pre-listening—Ask Ss to talk about any information they know about earthquake.
(the cause of the earthquake, some earthquakes that happened in China and abroad, the result of earthquake…)
Listening – 1st time, listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
2nd time, listen to the text and answer the questions in Part 2.
3rd time, listen and check the answer.
Post-listening—Discussion: What made Wenchuan Earthquake a devastating one
Suggested answers: It is located in mountainous area. It is densely-populated. The houses could not withstand earthquake. (too fragile) People were at work and students were all studying at school when the earthquake happened. People didn’t know anything about the coming disaster so they didn’t get any preparation. ….
II. Warming up
1. T: Besides earthquake, what other kinds of disaster do you know (show Ss some pictures of disasters)
landslide ( happened in Zhouqu county in Gansu Province on Aug.8th)
typhoon (which is quite usual nowadays)
eruption of volcano ( happened in Iceland in April)
flood ( which destroyed a lot of places in Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Shannxi Provinces this summer)
2. About Earthquake
Ask Ss for their understanding of the proverb “ It is always calm before a storm.”
Discuss about some signs before an earthquake.
Show Ss a video clip from the film “Tangshan Earthquake”.
Ask Ss to list the unusual things before the earthquake.
III. Homework
Preview the reading passage—A night the earth didn’t sleep.
Period 2—Reading and Comprehending
Goals:
1. Get the students to read and understand the text so as to get to know Tangshan earthquake and how they recovered from it.
2. Develop students’ reading skills such as skimming and scanning.
3. Develop students’ ability to appreciate the language with some literary devices.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Lead in
Show the video clip (If it wasn’t shown to students in the first period) of Tangshan earthquake.
Ask Ss to list the unusual signs before the big earthquake.
Ss can get some idea with the help of the pictures on P25.
II. Reading
1. Skim the text and find the answers to the following questions:
.
2. Divide the text into three parts and get the main idea of each part.
Para.1 before the quake (Signs before the earthquake)
Para.2-3 during the quake(What happened during the earthquake and the damage )
Para.4 after the quake(The rescue work after the earthquake.)
3. T or F statements:
① People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night.
② People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.
③ More than 400 000 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.
Suggested Answers:
① False. People thought little of the unusual phenomena before the quake, and went to bed as usual that night.
② True.
③ False. More than 400 000 people were killed or injured in the quake.
④ True.
⑤ False. Fresh water was taken to the city of Tangshan by train, tuck and plane.
4. Read the passage again carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences.
① The chickens didn’t eat because A. the army came to help them
② The people didn’t worry because B. the quake happened while they were sleeping
③ Such a great number of people C. they were nervous.
died because
④ Water was needed because D. dams and wells were useless.
⑤ The people did not lose hope because E. they didn’t know what the strange events meant.
Suggested Answers: ①–C; ②–E; ③–B; ④–D; ⑤–A
5. Read the passage again and make a timeline.
Time Events
For three days water in the village wells rose and fellwell walls developed deep cracksa smelly gas came out of the cracksmice ran out of the fieldsfish jumped out of their bowls and ponds
At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976 bright lights appeared in the skythe sound of planes could be heard although there were no planessome water pipes burst
At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976 everything began to shakehuge cracks appeared in the roads steam burst from holes in the groundrock turned into rivers of dirt75% buildings and 90%of homes were gonemore than 400,000 people killed or injured
Afternoon of July 28, 1976 a second quake almost as strong as the first onemore damage to buildings and rescuers
Soon after the quake the army arrivedshelters built for survivorswater suppliers brought in
III. Learning of literary devices
1. A night the earth didn’t sleep.
Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Personification: giving human qualities to things. It is a literary device intended to form a vivid image in the reader’s mind.
2. The water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.
Repetition: repeated to make the point that what happened was very repetitious. It is a literary device to make a deeper impression on the reader.
3. It seemed as if the world was at an end!
Exaggeration: It is used to show the devastating effect of the quake.
IV. Homework
1. Read the passage and try to retell the story of Tangshan quake.
2. Do the Comprehending exercise 3 on P27 ( writing the summary of the passage)
Period 3&4 —Language Study
Goals:
1. Check the comprehending of the passage.
2. Language points of the passage
Teaching Procedures:
I. Review
1. Check Ss to read the passage.
2. Ask some Ss to retell Tangshan earthquake from 3 parts ( before the quake, during the quake, after the quake)
3. Check the summary of each paragraph (homework)
Suggested answers:
Para.1 Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one paid attention to them.
Para.2 The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan.
Para.3 The people were very shocked at the destruction.
Para.4 The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.
4. Blank-filling: The summary of the passage
Several days before July 28, 1976, many s_______ things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e__________. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m________ of these. At 3:42 a.m. that day, the earth began to s________, which d________ the city. Many people, including workers and doctors, came to r________ those t_______ under the ruins. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more building f________ down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. T______ were organized to dig out the trapped and b_______ the dead.
Suggested Answer: strange; earthquake; much; shake; destroyed; rescue; trapped; fell; Teams; bury
II. Language study
1.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away.
shake : vi /vt (shook ,shaken)
Shake hands with sb
Shake one’s head over /at sth
eg.The whole house shook during the explosion.
The explosion shook the house.
Please shake the bottle before taking.
The host shook hands with all the guests.
Nothing can shake our determination to overcome the difficulty.
He shook his head in answer to my question.
2. For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.
rise (rose, risen) vi.: go up; get higher; (of the sun, moon, stars,etc.) come above the horizon; stand up , get out of bed
raise vt. raise a hand, raise a family…
eg. The flood has risen two feet.
She usually rises early in the morning.
He _____from his chair when the door bell rang. (rose)
Her job is _______chickens. (raising)
Her temperature is still ______. (rising)
The sun _____ in the east. (rises)
3. A smelly gas came out of the cracks.
smelly adj. 发臭的 formation of the words: n.+y—adj.
wind----windy dream----dreamy
ice----icy health ---- healthy
wealth ---- wealthy wind ---- windy
4. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.
burst (burst, burst)
1) vi. break open or in pieces suddenly;
When he was riding, the tire burst.
2) e or go suddenly or violently
The house burst into flames.
The girl burst into tear.
3) n. bursting, outbreak
a burst of laughter/applause
5. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.
event 用作名词，意为“（重要的、不同寻常的）事件”。又如：
eg. Leaving home was a major event in his life.
This is one of the most important events in the history of mankind.
event 用作名词，意思还有“（事先安排好的）演出，赛事，聚会”，“（体育比赛的）运动项目”等.
eg.The meeting was an important social event.
The 800 metres is not his best event.
event构成的常用短语有：
in any/either event = at all events不管怎样，无论如何；
in the event结果，到头来；
in the event of sth/in the event that …万一，假如发生……的情况；
field event田赛项目；track event径赛项目；three-day event三日马术赛。
eg. In any event, the worst that she can do is say “NO”.
In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors.
Lily didn’t like Tom, but in the event she married him.
He leaves a letter for me to read in the event that he will die.
6.It seemed as if the world was at an end.
1) seem
a. 似乎；好像
① Seem + to do sth
He seems to like this gift.
② Seem+ to have done sth
We seem to have seenyou somewhere before.
③ Seem + to be doing
Several people in the street seemed to be fighting.
b. 看来；似乎
① seem +adj
The doctor seems very capable.
② Seem +分词
His first memories seemed connected with work.
③ Seem +N
It seems a nice city.
④ Seem + 介词短语
You seem in high spirits today, Tom.
c. 用于以下结构
① It seems/seemed that …
② It seems /seemed as if…
2) as if意为“好像，好似”。
eg. She spoke to me as if she knew me.
It looks as if he’s gone away for a few days.
as if的用法：
a. as if常用在look, seem, feel, sound等系动词后引导表语从句，从句中的语气可用陈述语气，也可用虚拟语气.（即动词若是be的形式，要用were；其它动词用过去式或had done或would/could/might+动词原形）。
eg. She looks as if she were ten years younger.
You look as if you didn’t care.
It looks as if it might snow.
b. as if可以引导方式状语从句，从句中的语气可用陈述语气，也可用虚拟语气。
eg. She loves the boy as if she were his mother.
He talks about Rome as if he had been there before.
He opened his mouth as if he would say something.
c. as if后还可跟名词、形容词、不定式等。
eg. He acts as if (he was) a fool.
She left the room hurriedly as if (she was) angry.
Tom raised his hands as if (he was going) to say something.
用动词的适当形式填空。
1.It looks as if it ______ (be) going to rain. (is/were)
2. He talks as if he _____ (know) where she is.(knows)
3. The girl listened as if she ______________ (turn) to stone.(had been turned)
3) at an end意为“结束”。又如：
The war was at an end.
I must warn you that my patience is almost at an end.
[拓展] end用作名词构成的短语很多，常见的有：at the end (of)在……末尾；by the end of到……为止；in the end最后，终于；come to an end完结。
用end构成的短语填空。
1). The cold weather at last stopped__________ March.(at the end of)
2). Our hunt for a cheaper but larger house is at last ________.(at an end)
3). If you go on with work, you’ll succeed _________.(in the end)
7. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
ruin 在此为名词，意为“废墟”常和介词in搭配，in ruins意为“成废
墟，垮掉，毁灭”。
eg.This earthquake left the whole town in ruins.
His future is/lies in ruins.
ruin用作名词，构成的常见短语有be on the road to ruin意为“正在走向毁灭、垮台”，be the ruin of意为“使……破产、身体垮掉、名誉扫地等”，be/lie in ruins意为“变成废墟”，go to ruin = fall into ruin意为“衰落，败落”。
eg. The company cannot pay its bills and is on the road to ruin.
Drinking was the ruin of him.
He had let the farm go to ruin.
ruin还可作动词，意为“毁坏，毁掉”，ruined作形容词时，只用在名词前，意为“毁坏的，破败不堪的”。
eg.This illness has ruined his life.
The rain ruined my painting.
When we got there, we saw a ruined castle.
辨析:damage, destroy 和 ruin
这三个单词均表示“破坏”、“损坏”的意思，但各自的含义和用法不同。
damage指部分“损失；损害”或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用作动词，也可以用作名词，用作名词时常与to something 连用。
eg. Hundreds of houses in the area were damaged by the storm.
The flood did a lot of damage to the crops.
destroy只能用作动词，指彻底破坏，以致不可能修复，常作“破坏；毁灭；
消灭”解，也可以指希望、计划等打破。
eg. The earthquake destroyed almost the whole town.
If the tree falls that way, it will destroy the house.
His hope of being a writer was destroyed.
ruin表破坏严重，以致不能修复，但这种破坏不像destroy那样毁灭某物，而是强调致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词时，它作“毁灭；使破产”解；用作名词时,它表示“废墟；毁灭”等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。
eg. The rain ruined my hair.
You will ruin your prospects if you continue to be so foolish．
All this mud’s going to ruin my shoes.
8. Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake.
Injure v. “受伤，伤害”。
Eg. Don’t injure yourself with that knife.
She was injured badly in the accident.
injure one’s pride/feelings，意为“伤害某
人的自尊/感情”。
injure的名词形式是injury；形容词形式是injured，the injured意为“伤
者，伤员”， an injured look/expression意为“委屈的样子、表情等”
9. People were shocked.
shock ：n. 打击；震惊， 震动
vt. 使震惊，使惊愕
shocking : adj. 使人震惊的
eg. The news of his wife’s death was a terrible shock to him.
You will get a shock if you touch the live wire.
I was shocked by his rudeness.
His failure in the exam was shocking to his parents.
10. Such a great number of people died because the quake happened while they were sleeping.
a number of: several, a few；
a great/good number of: lots of, many, plenty of
eg.A number of students are planting trees on the hill．
We have lived here for a number of years.
A great number of volunteers are helping those people living in the earthquake-hit area.
辨析：a number of , the number of
A small/ large/ certain/ good/ great number of …后谓语动词用复数。
The number of …后谓语动词用单数。
eg.The number of students in our class is 50.
Up to now the number of people who were killed in the earthquake is more than 60,000.
用a number of和the number of填空。
1). ___________ students are watching the games on the playground. (A number of)
2). ___________ trees planted in our village is never under 200 every year.(The number of)
11. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.
trap v. 意为“困住，使陷于困境”。又如：
eg. Dozens of people were trapped in the building when the fire took place.
There’s no way out! We’re trapped!
Julia felt trapped in her role of wife and mother.
trap v.意义还有“诱骗，诱使（trap sb into doing sth）”；“夹住，压扁”；“把……储存”等。
eg. I was trapped into telling a lie.
Take care not to trap your fingers in the door.
How can you trap the sun’s heat
trap还可作名词，意为“圈套；陷阱；计谋”，构成的常见短语有：set a trap设置陷阱.fall/walk into a trap落入圈套；lay a trap for为……设下圈套；fall into the trap of doing sth做某事不明智；keep your trap shut不把……说出去，不泄密。
Eg. She felt that marriage was a trap.
The police set a trap to catch the thief.
Don’t fall into the trap of investing all your money in one place.
Just keep your trap shut, and we won’t get into trouble.
III. Homework
1. Read the passage and try to memorize the new words.
2. Discovering useful words and expressions Exercise 1,2,3 on P 28.
Period 5—Reading Task & Listening Task (WB)
Goals:
1. Get students to read a passage about the earthquake happened in San Francisco.
2. Develop students’ life skills in quake situation through listening.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Lead in
Ask Ss to list some earthquakes which happened in history.
T: What do you know about San Francisco (golden gate bridge)
Do you know anything about the earthquake that happened in this city (If necessary, show Ss some pictures about the earthquake. Ss may use the language they learnt to describe them.)
II. Reading
Purpose: 1. To get information of the San Francisco earthquake.
2. To compare the two similar passages.
1.Skimming
Read the passage, and then finish the following exercises.
(1) Write an adjective to describe how the author feels about the earthquake and what it did. And why did you choose this word
(2) Write an adjective to describe how the author feels about the people of San Francisco.
And why did you choose this word
III. Listening task
1. Group work
Before listening, have a discussion about the question.
What should you do during an earthquake
2. listen to the tape for the first time and write down the three “things” that are mentioned
(1) ___________ (2) ____________ (3) ______________
Suggested Answers: (1) drop (2) cover (3) hold
3. After listening for the second time, give more details about each of the “things”.
My earthquake Plan
(1) 1st thing I must do ___________________________________________.
(2) 2nd thing I must do __________________________________________.
(3) 3rd thing I must do ___________________________________________
My earthquake advice
(4) If you are outside, you________________________________________.
(5) If you are in the living room, you _______________________________.
(6) If you are in the house alone, you _______________________________
Suggested Answers:
(1) I must drop to the floor and cover my head and neck with my arms.
(2) Make sure I hide under something like a table to protect myself from things falling on top of me.
(3) I must hold onto the furniture so it doesn’t move away from me during the earthquake.
(4) You should keep away from power lines, trees, signs, cars and buildings.
(5) You should make sure that the bookcases are fastened to the wall and the TV set is tied to a table so that they can’t move.
(6) You should ring a family friend to tell them where you are and collect your personal earthquake bag.
IV. Homework
1. Read the passage –the story of an eyewitness
2. Do some reading comprehension.
Period 6—Using Language ( Reading and speaking, listening)
Goals:
1. To train Ss’ speaking ability.
2. To train Ss’ ability to write a speech.
3. To train Ss to write a newspaper story.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Lead in
Q: What happened in Tangshan in 1976
(If possible, show Ss some pictures of Tangshan’s new look.)
How has the change in Tangshan happened
II. Reading and speaking
1. Read the letter and get some information about it.
2. Pair work
Discuss with your partner. Suppose you are the student who was invited to give the speech. What should you include in your speech Maybe the following points will help you.
◆ Thank Mr Zhang Sha and the government for inviting you to speak.
◆ Thank those who helped the survivors and list what they did after the quake.
◆ Thank those who worked hard to build a new city.
◆ Encourage the people to be always proud of their city.
◆ Describe your feelings about the city, which is known as the “Brave City of China”.
◆ Thank the visitors for listening to your speech.
Give Ss 10 minutes to write this speech and then ask Ss to present their speech.
One possible speech:
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning. It’s my great honor to be given the chance to give the speech.
Thank Mr Zhang and the city government for inviting me to speak. And thank all of you to attend this activity.
Everybody knows that this park will be opened to honor those who died in the terrible disaster on this day 30 years ago. We should say that all of you are very lucky to have survived. But never can we forget those who helped you do the rescue work. They dug out those who had been trapped and buried the dead. They also helped build the new city They built new homes and offices in only seven years. For this work, many workers and soldiers lost their lives. We should show our greatest honor to them.
When I first arrived in the city yesterday, I came to understand why Tangshan was called “Brave City of China”. What you have done made the whole world surprised. Look at the tall buildings and the beautiful environment. How brave you are! I think you should always be proud of the city.
Thank you for listening to my speech.
3. Speaking (if time permits)
Imagine that after your speech, Zhang Sha asks you to give a short talk about the new stamps to honor the city. You may use the model or write your own little talk.
1. Answer the following questions in pairs.
(1) Would you like to collect stamps
(2) What do these stamps show？
(3) Do you think these stamps are very important Why
2. Fill in the blanks in the little talk.
Thank you, Mr Zhang. I am very happy to (1) ________. As you can see, the stamps show (2) _______. I think these stamps are very important because (3)________________________. I will collect the stamps (4)________________________________________________.It will be my way to honor all the people who lost their lives in the earthquake and (5)______________________.
Thank you for _____________________________________________.
Suggested Answers:
1. talk about the new stamps
2. different scenes from our new city
3. they will let others around the country remember what we have done here
4. because when I am old, I can show my grandchildren these stamps and tell them about the earthquake
5. the people who have done their best to rebuild the city
III. Listening
1. Pre-listening:
Describe your feelings if your home was suddenly destroyed without warning.
Talk about the earthquake in San Francisco ( From “The story of an eyewitness”)
2. Listening
1st time, listen and judge the statements true or false.
2nd time, listen and answer the questions in Part 3.
Suggested answers:
1)The earthquake began around 5 o’clock in the morning.
2)The speaker rushed outside as soon as he woke up.
3)When he got outside he thought the world had come to an end. He heard people crying and shouting. He saw people running everywhere and bricks falling down from buildings. There were big fires too.
4)The man next to him was killed by bricks falling from a nearby building.
5)He get away from the city by boat.
6)Very shocked, devastated.
3rd time, listen and check the answers.
IV. Homework
1. Collect words and expressions and make sentences with them.
2. Do some reading comprehension.
Period 7 Grammar—Attributive Clause
Goals: 1. Get Ss to have knowledge of the grammar point: the attributive clause.
2. Learn the difference between relative pronouns for the attributive clauses.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Presentation
1. Get Ss to understand the grammar through comparison
You are smart students.→You are students who are smart.
She is a beautiful girl.→She is a girl who is beautiful.
This is an interesting book.→This is a book which is interesting.
Let Ss compare these sentences and tell the differences.
Then teacher explain what is the attributive clause.
2. 关系代词用法一览表
关系代词 先行词 在从句中的作用 例句
that 指人或物 作主语、宾语（可省略） I don’t know about the man (that) you mentioned.(宾语)A plane is a machine that can fly.（主语）
which 指物 作主语、宾语（可省略） The pen (which) my uncle gave me is missing.（宾语）Children like to read books which have wonderful pictures.（主语）
who 指人 作主语 The boy who is standing there is my cousin.（主语）
Whose(=of whom=of which) 指人或物 作定语 Do you know the boy whose father is an engineer （定语）He lives in a house whose windows face south.（定语）
3. 特殊用法
that 和which 都可以修饰表示物的先行词, 但是下列情况只能用that.
1. 先行词为不定代词all, few, little, much, everything, nothing 等.
All (that) you have to do is to practise every day.
There isn’t much (that) I can do.
2. 先行词被序数词或形容词的最高级所修饰时.
The first lesson (that) I learned will never be forgotten.
This is the best film (that ) I have ever seen.
3. 先行词被all, any, every, few, little, no, some 等不定代词修饰时.
I have read all the books (that) you gave me.
4. 先行词被the only, the very, the last, the same 等修饰时.
The white flower is the only one that I really like.
This is the very book that I want to read.
This is the same book that I want to read. (同一本书)
----This is the same book as I want to read.
5. 当主句以who或 which 开头的特殊疑问句时,定语从句that 引导.
Who is the man that is standing there
Which of us that knows something about physics doesn’t know this
⑥先行词既有人又有物时。
We talked about the persons and things that we could remember.
⑦time做先行词，前面如果有序数词或 last 来修饰时，定语从句用 that 来引导或省略；如果没有序数词或 last 来修饰时，既可用 when 也可用that来引导。
This is the last time ( that ) I shall give you a lesson.
The first time ( that ) I saw him was in 1972.
It’s time ( that ) we got up.
不用that的情况：
引导非限制性定语从句。(非限定性定语从句：非限定性定语从句的作用是对所修饰的成分作进一步说明，通常和主句间用逗号隔开，将从句拿掉后其他部分仍可成立)
在非限定性定语从句中，不能用that，而用who, whom代表人，用which代表事物
which引导的非限定性定语从句来说明前面整个句子的情况或主句的某一部分.
Carol said the work would be done by October, __D___personally I doubt very much.
A. it B. that C. when D. which
II. Practice
1. Complete the following sentences with who/that/which/whose.
(1) The terrible shaking of the building woke up all the people_____ were asleep.
(2)The next day people put up shelters in the open air with all kinds of things______ they could find.
(3)Several days later most of the buildings ________ had been damaged were repaired.
(4)We went to see our teacher_________ husband was killed in the earthquake.
(5)A number of children___________ parents had died in the quake were sent to live with families in other cities.
(6) The fence in our garden, _____ my father built many years ago, has lasted for a long time.
(7) There’s still much _____ can be improved about it.
(8) Mr Johnson’s son, ______ lives in Chicago, is a doctor.
(9) He lived in London for 3 years, during ____ time he learned some English.
(10) Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ____, of course, made the others unhappy.
Suggested Answer: (1) who (2) that / which (3) which / that (4) whose (5) whose (6) which (7) that (8) who (9) which (10) which
(1) 2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
(2) 别忘了把老师那天给你的书带着。
(2) 封面是红色的书是一本英语语法书。
(3) 流过村庄的小河对他们有很大作用。
(4) 护士抱进来的婴儿是昨天出生的。
(5) 主要由学生组成的观众比以前都庞大。
Suggested answer:
(1) Don’t forget to bring the book ( which / that ) the teacher gave you the other day.
(2) The book whose cover ( the cover of which ) is red is an English grammar book.
(3) The river that flows through the village is very helpful to them.
(4) The baby ( which) the nurse brought in was born yesterday .
(5) The audience which is composed entirely of students is larger than before.
III. Homework
1. Find out the sentences with attributive clause in the text.
2. Finish Part 2 on P29.
Period 8 Using Structures (WB)
Goals:
1. review attributive clause
2. learn to classify the information
3. learn to protect your home from an earthquake
Teaching procedures
I. Review
1. Game—Explain the words
Ask Ss to explain some words with attributive clause.
flat, apartment, friend, earthquake, plain, tent, supermarket, apple, vegetables, reporter……
(eg. A place which sells a lot of products. A person who reports news to others….)
2. Game—Retell the sentence
Part 3 on P29. Chain practice.
Each group choose one sentence and repeat the sentences by adding different attributive clauses.
3. Multiple choice (listening practice)
1). He has four dogs, the biggest _____ is called Wang Wang.
A. that B. about which C. of which D. which
2). The young fellow standing under the tree, ____ is good at English, is from Beijing.
A. who B. which C. when D. that
3). We visited the factory _____ makes toys for children.
A. where B. which C. in which D. at which
4). They said that the host had enough glasses for each guest, _____ were handed down from his grandfather.
A. who B. that C. which D. whose
5) Is this the museum _____ you visited the other day
A. that B. where C. in which D. the one
6) My neighbours used to give me a hand when I was in trouble, ______was very kind of them.
A. that B. which C. who D. whom
7) The last place _______ we visited was the Great Wall .
A. which B. that C. where D. it
8) Please pass me the dictionary ______ cover is black.
A. which B. which of C. its D. whose
Suggested answer:
1).C 2). A 3).B 4). C 5). A 6). B 7).B 8). D
4. Homework checking
Ask Ss to find out the sentences with attributive clause in the text.
Check the answer to Part 2 on P29.
II. Using structures—Reading (WB)
1. Pre-reading:
Discussion: What kind of house is quake-proof
The house which/that …____________ is quake-proof.
2. Read “A Safe Home”
Complete the sentences below.
Check the answer.
3. Post-reading:
Discussion: What can we do to protect ourselves from natural disaster
( build a safe house, learn some skills of surviving disasters, keep the emergency phone numbers in mind, …)
III. Homework
Finish the exercises on P 63 of the WB.
Period 9—Review
Goals:
1. Review of the whole unit.
2. Writing task—writing news and reports
Teaching Procedures:
I. Review
1. Homework checking.
2. Phrases of Unit 4
1) right away 2) as usual 3) in ruins 4) be destroyed 5) dig out
6) a great number of 7) fall down 8) a frightened boy 9) express one’s thanks to… 10) be proud of sb. 11) try out ideas 12) put out a fire 13) wake up 14) broken windows 15) be covered in …
3. Exercises:
根据首字母填词。
1.When an earthquake happens, the ground will s_________ greatly.
2.The fish must go bad，for it is s________.
3.When she heard the news that her husband was killed in the accident，she b_______ into tears.
4.The two countries were separated by a c_________.
5.Water can be turned into s________ when heated.
6. The desk is covered with a lot of d________. Would you please clean it？
7. After the earthquake, the whole city was in r_________.
8. An accident happened. Luckily, nobody was i_________.
9. There was no s________ in the air crash.
10. The worked made great efforts to r________ the people who were trapped underground.
11. Because of the global warming, there are more and more natural d________.
12. The students in our school have o_________ many clubs for themselves.
13. The air in the countryside is much f_________ than that in the city.
14. J_______ from his accent, we know he comes from the west.
15. It’s my great h_________ to be invited to give a s__________ to you.
16. These days, we are busy p_________ for the final examination.
Suggested answer: 1. shake 2. smelly 3. burst 4. canal 5. steam
6. dirt 7. ruins 8. injured 9. survivor 10. rescue
11. disasters 12. organized 13. fresher 14. Judging 15. honour， speech 16. preparing
II. Writing task
1. Read the news report on P31.
Read the outline
2.Ask Ss to listen to some VOA standard news. Ask them to write the outline for one of them.
Check some Ss’ writing.
3. Write the news according to the outline. If necessary, listen to the news again and make Ss compare their writing and the Standard news.
III. Homework
Review the whole unit and prepare for the test.
1. When did the quake happen
2. How many people were killed and injured during the quake
3. How many buildings were destroyed
4. Were there any people coming to rescue them
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