高中英语必修一Unit 4 Earthquakes Reading 教案.doc

高中英语必修一Unit 4 Earthquakes Reading 教案Teaching goals：Words and phrases:well, pipe, burst, million, event, as if, at an end, stream, dirt, in ruins, suffering, extreme, brick, dam, track, useless, shock, quake, rescue, trap, electricity, dig out, bury, mine, miner, shelterImportant sentences: A night the earth didnt sleep.It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. A huge crack that was eight kilometers longs and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. Later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.Slowly, the city began to breathe again.1.Skill goals Learn basic knowledge about earthquakes.Know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes. 2. Sensibility goalsGet the students to be aware of earthquakes ,meanwhile get them to face it ,treat it in a proper way.3Ability goalsa. Enable the students to collect the information from the text by themselves. b. Enable the students to get the main idea of each paragraph. c. Develop students sense of cooperated learning. Teaching important points： Let the students learn basic knowledge about earthquakes and how to get information from the reading passage. Teaching difficult points： Develop students sense of cooperated learning. Teaching Methods:a. Task-Based Approach b. Group discussion and presentationTeaching Aids:（教学用具） A blackboard and multimediaTeaching Procedures: Step1 Leading inWatch a short movie to show how terrible the earthquake was . Earthquake is one of the most dangerous natural disasters in the world. Today we will learn an earthquake which happened in China.Step2 pre-reading Give a sheet of paper to every student. Go through the four paragraph and give a correct order.Check the basic information of the passage what, when, whereIn what order was the passage written? ( time order)Step3 Reading1. Fast readingAsk the students to read the passage quickly and pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph.1)Answer the questions.What is the general idea of the passage?(The general idea is the mixture of the first sentences of each paragraph, that is, the text tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake and after the earthquake. )2)Fill in the table.Topic sentence of Paragraph 1Topic sentence of Paragraph 2Topic sentence of Paragraph 3Topic sentence of Paragraph 4Suggested answers:Topic sentence of Paragraph 1Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei.Topic sentence of Paragraph 2Everything began to shake and it seemed that the world was at an end.Topic sentence of Paragraph 3Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.Topic sentence of Paragraph 4All hope was not lost.The structure of the passagePart1 para 1 before the earthquake sign Part2 para2-3 during the earthquake damagePart3 pare4 after the earthquake recovery2. Reading carefullyAsk the students to read the passage carefully to locate particular information.Task 1 Read the first paragraph. Find the adjectives(形容词）in first part to know to the signs before the earthquake1. _ things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.2.A _ gas came out of the cracks.3. Chickens and pigs were too _ to eat.4.Some people saw _ lights in the sky.5.People in the city who thought _ of these events ,were _ as usual that night. Suggested answer: 1.strange, 2.smelly, 3.nervous, 4.bright, 5.little , asleep1.Use one key word to describe the situation before the earthquake.2. when reading the first paragraph, what is your mood?Task 2 Read the part 2 carefully and find the adjectives which can describe the terrible damage of the earthquake1.Eleven kilometers _below the city the_ earthquake of the 20th century had begun.2. A _ crack that was 8 kilometers and thirty meters _ cut across houses ,roads and canals.3. In fifteen _ seconds a _ city lay in ruins.4.The suffering of the people was _.5.Bricks covered the ground like _ autumn leaves.6. People were _.7.Another _ quake which was almost as _ as the first on shook Tangshan.8.Water ,food and electricity were _ to get.Suggested answer: 1.directly , greatest,2. huge, wide, 3.terrible, large, 4.extreme, 5.red, 6.shocked, 7.big, strong, 8.hardLet students appreciate the words which are used properly in the passage in order to emphasize the bad situation people have to face. Let students know how to express their ideas clearly.Task 3 Read Paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks. Try to understand what people did after the earthquake happened. Find the verbs(动词）to describe how to rescue the city.1.The army _150.000 soldiers to Tangshan to _ the rescue workers.2.The army _ teams to _ those were trapped and to_the dead.3.Workers _ shelters for survivors.4.Fresh water _ to the city by train truck and plane.5. The city began to _ again.Suggested answer:1.sent, help 2.organized, dig out , bury 3.built, 4.was taken , 5.breatheThis paragraph use many verbs to illustrate the situation at that time. Army , government and people from other part of China offer their help to rescue the survivors and rebuild the city. So the city will not die, it still has hopes and it can recover from the pain.Task 4 Exercise 1、Ask the students to decide whether the following statements are true or false. If it is false, try to correct it.1. People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didnt go to bed that night. F2. People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. T3. More than 400,000 people were killed in the quake. F4. All of workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. F5. People couldnt use the railway tracks any more. T6.People knew the disaster would end at last because a lot of people came to help. T2、Choose the best answer:1)What is the mood of this passage?A. upset B. Serious. C. Serious and a bit sad. D. Calm.2)How do you understand the real meaning of the idiom “It is always calm before a storm”?A. It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm or hurricane hit.B. One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad things may happen.C. The weather is fine before a storm comes.D. You should stay calm before a storm.Suggested answers: 1).C 2). BStep 4 Discussion Show the questions on the screen and have a discussion.1.Why does the writer use A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP as the title?2. What does the sentence “Slowly, the city began to breathe again” mean?Work in group and discuss the two questions so that students can understand the text deeply.Suggested answers:1.I think the reason is that, as usual, night is the time to sleep, and night should be safe and quiet. But that night everything changed. The writer uses A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP as a title to show how terrible and how unusual that night was.2.Here we can see that the writer compared the city to a person who suffered a lot in the disaster. He felt her pain, and he worried about her. So when he said that people came to help her, she has hope and she can recover from the pain.Step 5 Consolidation Retell the storyAn _ happened in Tangshan in 1976. For a few days, water in the wells _. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. And the water pipes in the buildings cracked and _. But the people in Tangshan _ these events. At 3:42 am, everything began to _. It seemed as if the world was _. A huge _ cut across the houses and roads, then the city lay _. Two-thirds of the people _or were _. Then later