Lesson 2 A Geography Lesson
Period 1
Teaching Objectives
1．To enable the students to use the passive voice (in the simple past tense).
2．To enable the students to talk about natural disasters.
3．To enable the students to care for the victims and to protect the environment.
Teaching Focus and Difficult Points
1．Teaching Focus:
（1）Key words and expressions:
Homeless, period, whole, predict, injured, situation, hunger, suffer, illness, battle, immediately, gather, wounded, church, peace, the Red Cross, at present, on business, for lack of, call on, care for.
（2）Victim, Chile, PowerPoint, banker, brilliant.
2．Sentence Patterns:
（1）The whole town was destroyed, and 242,000 people were killed.
（2）Lots of villages were destroyed, and cities were damaged.
（3）Let’s see what you have found.
（4）Now you see how destructive earthquakes are!
（5）Do you know how people help the homeless?
（6）As soon as they learn the news, they donate money, food, clothes and water to the victims.
（7）When you grow up, you will be able to solve this problem.
Teaching Procedures
I. Warming-up:
A Guessing Game:
It has no color, smell or shape.
It can be changed into ice or gas.
It is so precious that it is called liquid gold.
It is seen almost everywhere.
What is it? (WATER)
II. Revision:
1．Quick Responses:
How much of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?
How much water is salt water in the sea?
How much water is fresh water?
What do we use water to do?
Do we have enough water?
What can we do to save water?
What can we do to protect the Earth?
2．Daily Talk
Say something about the importance of water and how we must do to save water.
III. Presentation:
We know water is very important in our life. We can’t live without water. Neither animals nor plants can live without water. So we must save water and protect our home-the Earth. If we don’t protect the Earth, we’ll have to face with many disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, typhoons, fires and so on.
A terrible earthquake hit Wenchuan on May 12,2008.Thousands of people were killed．Many more people became homeless. They lost their houses and became victims. The Red Cross reached there as quickly as possible. They tried their best to save lives. (New words: earthquake, homeless, victim, the Red Cross)
IV. New Words:
1．Teach new words “earthquake, homeless, victim, the Red Cross” according to the pictures.
2．Ask the students to read the new words by themselves. Correct their mistakes if they have any.
3．Play the recorder. Ask the students read the new words after the recorder. Try to imitate the pronunciation.
4．Read the new words individually. Correct the mistakes if there are any. Then read the words in chorus.
V. Meanings of the new words:
1．Homeless=having no home, without home.
2．Victim =person suffering pain, injury, loss, etc.
3．Period=a particular length of time.
4．Whole=full, complete.
5．Predict=forecast, say in advance that something will happen.
6．At present=at the moment, now.
VI. Usage of the new words:
1．Homeless: n+ less=adj.
Hopeless, leafless, careless, etc.
2．The whole country
The whole school cheered up at the good news.
His story spread in the whole city= His story spread throughout the city/ all over the city.
3．Predict
That book predicts that the whole world will be destroyed in 2012.
Some animals can predict earthquakes.
4．At present
I have no time to play football at present.
Earthquake can’t be predicted at present.
VII. Language focus on Part Two:
1．Injured=wounded a.受伤的→injure v.伤害
The injured were taken to the hospital at once.
About 3 people were injured in the accident.
2．situation=position, state of affairs n.情况，形式
After the earthquake, the situation became worse and worse.
3．Hunger n.饥饿→ hungry a.饥饿的
4．Suffer (from) =feel pain vt.＆vi 遭受，忍受
Some people are still suffering from cold and hunger.
These flowers cannot suffer a cold winter.
5．Illness=sickness n.疾病 →ill a.病的
The old man is suffering from illness.
He was absent from school because of his illness.
6．Banker n. 银行家 →bank n.银行
7．On business 因公，出差
My father went to Beijing on business yesterday.
Many people come to China either for sightseeing or on business.
Business n.商业，事务→ busy a.繁忙的
8．Lack v.＆n.缺乏= have less than enough, for lack of: 由于缺乏…
Many people are suffering from hunger for lack of food after the floods.
For lack of money, they had to cancel their travel plans.
9．Immediately ad．立刻，马上= at once, right now, right away
Immediately, the injured boy was sent to hospital.
Immediately ad.→ immediate a.立即的，立刻的
10．Gather vt. ＆ vi.聚集,召集= come or bring sb./sth. Together in one place
Gather v. → gathering n.聚集，集会
I surfed the Internet and gathered some information about the earthquake.
All the people gathered together to welcome the New Year.
11．Wounded a.受伤的= physically injured or hurt
the wounded 伤员；the homeless 无家可归者；the blind 盲人
12．Call on v. 号召，拜访= visit
The Party calls on the college students to work in the west.
We’ll call on an old Red Army man the day after tomorrow.
13．Peace n.和平 =a condition or period in which there is no war
VIII. Conclusion:
A spelling game: Find out the new words we’ve just learned from the table.
(Click the first letter W for whole, click P for period, click C for cross, click C for Chile, click P for predict, P for present, V for victim, H for homeless.)
IX. Homework:
Listen to the tape and read the new words after it.
Pre-study the text.
Lesson 2 A Geography Lesson
Period 2
Teaching Objectives
1．To enable the students to use the passive voice (in the simple past tense).
2．To enable the students to talk about natural disasters.
3．To enable the students to care for the victims and to protect the environment.
Teaching Focus and Difficult Points
1．Teaching Focus:
（1）Key words and expressions:
Homeless, period, whole, predict, injured, situation, hunger, suffer, illness, battle, immediately, gather, wounded, church, peace, the Red Cross, at present, on business, for lack of, call on, care for.
（2）Victim, Chile, PowerPoint, banker, brilliant.
2．Sentence Patterns:
（1）The whole town was destroyed, and 242,000 people were killed.
（2）Lots of villages were destroyed, and cities were damaged.
（3）Let’s see what you have found.
（4）Now you see how destructive earthquakes are!
（5）Do you know how people help the homeless?
（6）As soon as they learn the news, they donate money, food, clothes and water to the victims.
（7）When you grow up, you will be able to solve this problem.
Teaching Procedures
I. Warming-up:
Quick Responses:
How much of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?
How much water is salt water in the sea?
How much water is fresh water?
What do we use water to do?
Do we have enough water?
What can we do to save water?
What can we do to protect the Earth?
Daily Talk
Say something about the importance of water and how we must do to save water.
II. Revision:
A．Rewrite the sentences, using the passive voice:
1．People all over the world play football.
Football __ _____ all over the world.
2．All living things need air to stay alive.
Air __ _____ by all living things to stay alive.
3．We call water liquid gold because it is precious.
Water __ _____ liquid gold because it is precious.
4．Every year, we plant a lot of trees to make the country greener.
Every year, a lot of trees ___ ______ to make the country greener.
5．When people throw rubbish into the river, they pollute the water.
When rubbish __ ______ into the river, the water __ ______.
B．Review some regular and irregular verbs:
Base form-past tense-past participle
Throw _________ _________
Drink _________ _________
Choose ________ __________
Take _________ _________
Find _________ __________
Give _________ __________
Think ________ __________
Lead ________ _________
Destroy ________ __________
Occur ________ __________
Leave ________ ________
Rebuild ________ _________
Become _________ _________
Write ________ ________
Win _____ _____
Set _____ _____
III. Presentation:
1．Read the following:
（1）The earthquake destroyed lots of villages and cities.
Lots of villages and cities were destroyed by the earthquake.
（2）People rebuilt the house after the earthquake.
The house was rebuilt after the earthquake.
2．Answer the questions:
（1）What are the objects of the sentences with the active voice?
（2）Are the subjects of the sentences with the passive voice the same as the objects of the sentences with the active voice?
（3）How do we form the passive voice in the simple past tense?
①主动语态：Tom wrote the words yesterday.
②被动语态：The words were written by Tom yesterday.
③主动语态：The earthquake destroyed Beichuan Town.
④被动语态：Beichuan Town was destroyed by the earthquake.
⑤一般过去时被动语态构成：was/were+过去分词
IV. Practice:
A．Make sentences with the passive voice:
Model:
Ask/ asked a question
Ask a question→ A question is asked.
Asked a question→ A question was asked.
1．Download/ downloaded some information
2．Destroy/ destroyed the city
3．Kill/ killed people
4．Collect/ collected coins
5．Provide/ provided medical services
6．Predict/ predicted the earthquake
B．Rewrite the sentences, using the passive voice:
1．Tom downloaded some information yesterday evening.
Some information ____ _________ by Tom yesterday evening.
2．The flood washed away many houses.
Many houses ____ _____ ____ by the flood.
3．Ann collected some information about the flood in the south of China.
Some information about the flood in the south of China ___ ______ by Ann.
4．The Red Cross sent a medical team to the village immediately after the earthquake.
A medical team ____ ____ to the village by the Red Cross immediately after the earthquake.
C．Give the passive voice with the given words.
Bad Morning (倒霉的上午)
Bill almost didn’t get to work this morning. As he was leaving his apartment building（公寓楼）, he _______(hit )on the head by a flowerpot which __________(put) on a windowsill（窗台） by one of his neighbors. As he was running to the bus stop, he _________ (bite,咬) by a dog. While he was waiting for the bus, he _____ almost ______ (run) over by a truck. While he was riding on the bus, his wallet __________ (steal). All his money __________ (take). As he was walking into his company, he_____ accidentally _______ (knock) down by a girl delivering newspapers. (knock down,撞倒…）And when Bill finally got to work, he _________ (yell) at by his boss for being an hour late. (yell at,朝…大喊) Poor Bill! What a terrible way to begin the day!
V. Group work:
Talk about the natural disasters in groups of four and try to make as many sentences as possible. Use the pictures and word cues.
Model:
Tangshan Earthquake.
Hit Tangshan on July 28, 1976.
Killed over 242,000 people.
Injured about 170,000 people.
The most destructive earthquake in Chinese history.
Tangshan was hit by an earthquake on July 28,1976．Over 242,000 people were killed, and about 170,000 people were injured．It was the most destructive earthquake in Chinese history.
1．1998 China Flood.
（1）happened in the summer of 1998.
（2）killed about 3,000people.
（3）washed away about 5 million houses.
（4）left 14 million people homeless.
（5）the worst flood in China in the last half a century.
2．Wenchuan Earthquake.
（1）Happened on May 12.
（2）Killed 88,000 people.
（3）Injured 374,600 people.
（4）Caused 845．2 billion RMB of damage.
（5）One of the most destructive earthquakes.
3．Hurricane Andrew.
（1）hit Southern Florida and Louisiana on August 24, 1992.
（2）killed about 60 people.
（3）left 200,000 people homeless.
（4）caused about 26 billion dollars of damages.
（5）one of the most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history.
VI. Homework:
1．Find some more information about the Tangshan earthquake.
Lesson 2 A Geography Lesson
Period 3
Teaching Objectives
1．To enable the students to use the passive voice (in the simple past tense).
2．To enable the students to talk about natural disasters.
3．To enable the students to care for the victims and to protect the environment.
Teaching Focus and Difficult Points
1．Teaching Focus:
（1）Key words and expressions:
Homeless, period, whole, predict, injured, situation, hunger, suffer, illness, battle, immediately, gather, wounded, church, peace, the Red Cross, at present, on business, for lack of, call on, care for.
（2）Victim, Chile, PowerPoint, banker, brilliant.
2．Sentence Patterns:
（1）The whole town was destroyed, and 242,000 people were killed.
（2）Lots of villages were destroyed, and cities were damaged.
（3）Let’s see what you have found.
（4）Now you see how destructive earthquakes are!
（5）Do you know how people help the homeless?
（6）As soon as they learn the news, they donate money, food, clothes and water to the victims.
（7）When you grow up, you will be able to solve this problem.
Teaching Procedures
I. Warming-up
1．Quick Responses:
How much of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?
How much water is salt water in the sea?
How much water is fresh water?
What do we use water to do?
Do we have enough water?
What can we do to save water?
What can we do to protect the Earth?
2．Daily Talk
Say something about the importance of water and how we must do to save water.
II. Revision:
Match the words and expressions in Column A with those in Column B:
1．Predict a．At once
2．At present b．Be short of
3．Gather c．All of something
4．Injured d．Say something will happen.
5．Immediately e．Collect
6．Whole f．Wounded, hurt
7．Lack g．At the moment
III. Tuning in:
Ann is collecting some information about earthquakes. Answer the questions below. Use the photo and word cues.
1．What has hit the city?
2．Who’re the people in Picture 2? They are homeless, aren’t they?
3．Who’re helping the victims?
4．What do you think of the earthquake?
IV. Presentation:
On July 28, 1976, an earthquake hit Tangshan. The whole town was destroyed. Over 242,000 people were killed. About 170,000 people were injured. Most people lost their homes and became victims. It was one of the most destructive earthquake in Chinese history. Do you want to know more about Tangshan Earthquake?
Let’s watch a short movie, then listen to the tape.
V. Text:
1．Listen to the text from the beginning to “So many people died!”, and then fill in the form about Tangshan Earthquake:
Type of nature disaster
earthquake
Place
Year
Number
2．Listen to the text, from “I’ve collected some materials about an earthquake in Chile.” to “Lots of villages were destroyed and cities were damaged.” Then fill in the missing words.
I’ve collected some materials about an earthquake in Chile. It occurred in ______ .It was the ______ earthquake in the twentieth century. Lots of villages____ _________ and cities _____ _______
3．Listen to the text, from “Now you see how destructive earthquakes are!” to the end. Then tick out the things donated to the victims.
（1）____ clothes
（2）____ blankets
（3）____ food
（4）____ fruit
（5）____ furniture
（6）____ paper
（7）____ water
（8）____ money
（9）____ medical services
VI. Practice:
1．Play the tape, and read the text after the tape, from the beginning to the end.
2．Decide if the statements are true or false:
( ) 1．Mr. Ward, the science teacher, downloaded some information about earthquake.
( ) 2．The Tangshan earthquake was the biggest earthquake in the twentieth century.
( ) 3．The 1960 Chile earthquake was destructive.
( ) 4．Money, food, clothes and water are provided for the people in the earthquake-stricken area through the government.
( ) 5．Scientists are unable to predict earthquake exactly now.
VII. Group work:
Divide the students into groups. Each group is made up of five students. Work in groups of five to act out the text.
VIII. Homework:
1．Surf the Internet and download some information about Yushu earthquake.
2．Recite the text and act it out.
Lesson 2 A Geography Lesson
Period 4
Teaching Objectives
1．To enable the students to use the passive voice (in the simple past tense).
2．To enable the students to talk about natural disasters.
3．To enable the students to care for the victims and to protect the environment.
Teaching Focus and Difficult Points
1．Teaching Focus:
（1）Key words and expressions:
Homeless, period, whole, predict, injured, situation, hunger, suffer, illness, battle, immediately, gather, wounded, church, peace, the Red Cross, at present, on business, for lack of, call on, care for.
（2）Victim, Chile, PowerPoint, banker, brilliant.
2．Sentence Patterns:
（1）The whole town was destroyed, and 242,000 people were killed.
（2）Lots of villages were destroyed, and cities were damaged.
（3）Let’s see what you have found.
（4）Now you see how destructive earthquakes are!
（5）Do you know how people help the homeless?
（6）As soon as they learn the news, they donate money, food, clothes and water to the victims.
（7）When you grow up, you will be able to solve this problem.
Teaching Procedures
I. A Word-spelling Game
Model: eroded→period
II. Quick Responses:
Ask questions about the Wenchuan earthquake.
1．When did the Wenchuan Earthquake happen?
2．How many people were killed?
3．How many people were injured?
5．Who donated money or clothes to the victims?
6．What did you do for the victims?
7．Who helped to rebuild their homes?
III. Daily Talk
Talk about the Wenchuan Earthquake, according to the pictures.
IV. Revision:
Complete the passage according to the text.
Earthquake are destructive. In both the 1976 Tangshan earthquake and the 1960 Chilean earthquake, village and cities ____ _______ .Thousands of people ____ _____, and many were left ________.
After an earthquake, people offer help to the _____. The ___ _____ is always among the first to offer help to the victims. It has played an important role in saving and helping people in danger.
At present scientists are unable to ______ earthquakes exactly.
V. Listening:
A．Listen to the news programmer and complete the following information, and then complete the message:
1．Type of natural disaster: __________________
2．Place: Bam（巴姆）,Iran（伊朗）
3．Date: __________
4．Number of deaths: 20,000
5．Number of injured people: _____
B．Listen to a journalist interviewing Ms. White, a volunteer from the Red Cross, and tick what is needed to help the victims in the earthquake area（地震灾区）.
( ) clothes
( ) water
( ) tents
( ) food
( ) fruit
( ) blankets
VI. Reading:
The Red Cross
A．Pre-reading questions:
1．What is the Red Cross?
2．Do you know who the founder of the Red Cross was?
3．What does the Red Cross do?
B．Choose T or F:
1．The Red Cross is an international organization.
2．Henri was travelling on business in Northern England.
3．He saw one of the bloodiest battles of the 20th century.
4．In 1864, the Red Cross was founded.
5．Because of this brilliant idea, Henri became the first person to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
C．Choose the Best Answer
1．The Red Cross is an international organization to ______.
（1）Help people after a natural disaster or a war.
（2）Stop natural disasters from happening.
（3）Save people after an earthquake.
2．The Red Cross was founded in ______.
（1）1859 （2）1864 （3）1917
3．In June 1859, Henri Dunant traveled to Italy ______.
（1）To see a bloody battle
（2）To organize the local people to help the wounded.
（3）On business.
4．The word brilliant in Paragraph 3 means “_____”.
（1）wonderful （2）strange （3）only
5．Which of the following statements is not right? ______.
（1）Henri Dunant was the first person to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
（2）The Red Cross can be found in over 60 countries around the world.
（3）Because of its great work, the Red Cross has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize once.
6．This passage tells us about______.
（1）Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross.
（2）The founding of the Red Cross.
（3）The work of the Red Cross.
D．Find out the sentences with the passive voice from the reading material:
1．…about 40,000 men were killed in a battle…
2．…another 40,000 were left to die for lack of medical care.
3．His idea was accepted.
4．In 1864, the Red Cross was founded.
5．…it has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize twice…
VII. Language Focus:
1．Provide sth.to sb.
Provide sb. with sth.
They provided the victims with money, food and clothes.
They provided money, food and clothes to the victims.
2．Because of
Because
Because he is ill, he will stay in bed all day.
Because of illness, he will stay in bed all day.
3．On a hot June day
On a cold winter morning, on a stormy night, on a spring afternoon.
4．Another 40,000 men were left to die.
These three students acted the text very well. I’ll ask another three.
5．Call on sb.to do sth.
The Party calls on the college students to work in the west.
VIII. Group work:
Discuss what we can do for the victims of a natural disaster.
You can begin like this:
I think we can do a lot for the victims of the natural disaster.
IX. Homework:
In 60 to 70 words, write about a natural disaster and how to help the victims.
