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What happened in the video
Unit 4
Have you ever experienced an earthquake
What happened when and where did it happen
A strong earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976.
Part 1: para 1
Part 2: para 2&3
Part 3: para 4
damage
rescue
______the earthquake
_____the earthquake
_____ the earthquake
Before
During
After
signs
The water in the wells
____and____. The well walls
had deep ______in them.
A______gas came out the
cracks.
rose
fell
cracks
smelly
Mice ____out of the
fields looking for
places to hide.
Fish _________out
of bowls and ponds.
ran
jumped
The chickens and
pigs were______
nervous _____eat.
too
to
People could see _______lights in the sky.
bright
The sound of ________could be heard outside the city.
planes
Data（数据）
_______of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was______kilometers long and
______meters wide cut across houses.
In________terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
________of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than_________.
1/3
8
30
15
2/3
400,000
The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.
Most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.
Steam burst from holes in the ground.
In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
Who went into the city
rescue workers, army, doctors, nurses, volunteers ……
Para.4 All hope was not lost.
Tangshan’s new look (35years later)
Human’s power is unimaginable !
Summary
Do you remember some big earthquakes which once happened in China
What shall we do if an earthquake happens
Discussion
Ways on self-rescue
Don’t hide under the furniture, but beside the furniture.
At home
Hide in the corner of the house.
At home
Keep away from the buildings.
Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.
Outdoors
Keep away from the power lines(电线）.
Keep away from the signs(招牌).
Outdoors
Homework
Underline the usefull words and phrases in the text, and then find their usage in your dictionaries.1)Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.
1) Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.
1) Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.
1) Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.
1) Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.
1) Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.
1) Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.
Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.
1) Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the blanks
The water in the wells______and_____. The well walls had deep ____in them. A_____gas came out the cracks.Mice______out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds. The chickens and even pigs were_____ nervous____eat. People could see ____ lights in the sky.The sound of ______could be heard outside the city.课型：Reading
内容：
Teaching Plan
Teaching goals:
Knowledge goals:
1).Enable the students to know what the signs are before an earthquake and how terrible the earthquake was, which happened in Tangshan in 1976.
2).Enable the students to know some ways of self-rescue when an earthquake happen.
2. Ability goals:
1). Enable the students to understand the text by using different reading skills.
2). Develop the students’ oral English by speaking in public.
3). Train the students' ability of working in groups.
4). Enable the students to protect themselves when an earthquake happened.
3. Emotion goals:
1). Convince the students that humans' power is unimaginable and there's always hope in life.
2). Enable the students to cherish lives
3). Foster the students' consciousness of good cooperation.
Teaching important & difficult points:
Enable the students to get the information in the text by using different reading skills.
Develop the students’ reading skill.
Instruct the students to speak out their own opinions.
Teaching methods:
Audio-visual teaching method
Total situational action teaching method
3. Task-based language teaching method
Teaching aids:
Multi-media computer platform
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Greet the students
Watch a short video about the earthquake
Questions:
1). What happened in the video 2). Have you ever experienced an earthquake
Step 2 Pre-reading
Prediction: Skim the title "A night the earth didn't sleep. " and predict:
When was the night 2) Why didn’t the earth sleep that night
Step 3 Fast reading
Keep the following questions in mind and then go through the whole passage quickly in 3 minutes:
1) What happened 2) When and where did it happen
2. Work out the main idea of each paragraph
Step 4 Careful reading
Para. 1 ( the signs before the earthquake)
1). Prediction: look at the pictures on Page 25 and predict what strange things happened to the wells, to the animals, to the sky, and to the sound.
2). Listen to the tape of Para.1 and fill in the handout:
Signs of the wells:
The water in the wells rose and fell. The well walls had deep cracks in them. A_smelly gas came out the cracks.
Signs of the animals:
Mice ran out of the fields looking places to hide. Fish jumped out of bows and ponds.
The chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat.
Signs of the sky:
People could see bright lights in the sky.
Signs of the sound:
The sound of planes could be heard outside the city.
(invite 4 students to speak out their answers)
2. Para. 2&3 (the damage during the earthquake)
1). Pair work: find the data in Para.2 and fill in the blanks:
Example: 1/3 of the nation felt the earthquake.
A huge crack that was 8 kilometers long and 30 meters wide cut across houses.
In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
2/3 of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000
(invite one student to speak out the answers)
2). Look at some pictures and describe the damage during the earthquake
.
Para. 4 (the rescue after the earthquake)
1). The whole class read aloud Para.4 together
2). Questions:
Why isn't all hope lost Who went into the city
(invite one students to speak out his own opinions)
Step 5 Post-reading
. Watch a video: Do you remember some big earthquakes which once happened in China
( invite one student to express his own opinions and feelings)
. Group work: work in groups of four to list some ways on self-rescue
Act out two scenes: indoor self-rescue and outdoor self-rescue
(invite five students to act out both the wrong ways of self-rescue and the correct ones)
Step 6 Homework
Underline the usefull words and phrases in the text, and then find their usage in your dictionaries.
