人教版高中英语Unit4Earthquakes.doc

Unit 4 EarthquakesWarming Up, Pre-reading and Reading. Teaching objectives:Knowledge aims: 1. Ss will be able to master the following useful new words and expressions.well,smelly,pond,burst,canal,steam,dirt,injure,brick,dam,useless,steel,shock,rescue,quake,electricity,army,shelter,fresh, organize, bury, at an end, dig out, coal mine, in ruins2. Ss will be able to know the basic knowledge about EarthquakeAbility aims: Develop Ss reading ability.Emotional aims:1. Ss will be able to know damages earthquake bring about and the ways to reduce losses of an earthquake.2. Ss will be able to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes3. Ss will be able to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged. Teaching important points:1. Master the usages of the useful words and expressions above.2. Improve the students reading ability. Teaching difficult points:1. The usages of some words and expressions.2. How to train the students reading ability in learning the text. Teaching methods:1. Explanation to get the students to have a clear idea.2. Discussion to get the students to understand the text easier. Teaching Aids: A computer and a tape recorder. Teaching procedures:1. Warming upWarming up by lookingGood morning class. Have you ever experienced any natural disasters? Do you still remember Si Chuan earthquake? Can you name some other disasters? (The earth is shaking; all the buildings will fall down; many people will die; many children will become orphans.)Warming up by discussing Now, look at the pictures of Tangshan and San Francisco in warming up and describe what you see in the pictures. (beautiful cities; broad roads; tall building; large population.)What will happen if there has been a big earthquake in these two cities?As we all know, earthquakes are disasters to everyone. But can we avoid or at least reduce the loss caused by earthquakes? Can we foretell earthquakes? Now lets come to Pre-reading and decide what may happen before an earthquake comes.2.ReadingStep 1. Lead-in1. enjoy a part of film of earthquake.(1)what other disasters does it have?(flood/ drought/earthquake/fire/typhoon/disease and so on)show some pictures(2).which disaster may cause the worst damage? ( earthquake)2.Have ever heard a story of an earthquake?(show video of Si Chuan earthquake)3.Have you experienced an earthquake? If you have, tell me your experience. If no, just imagine what will happen before an earthquake? 4.The earthquake is coming, if youre trapped in the earthquake , how will you feel? What will you do? Will you leave right away? If you have time to take only one thing , what will you take, why?5.What kind of damage can an earthquake cause?( buildings are destroyed; people are killed; families are broken)Step2. Fast readingToday, well learn a text “A Night the Earth didnt sleep” First, lets look at the title again, why the earth didnt sleep for a night? What happened? What does the passage mainly talk about?Exchange your understanding of the passage with group members and work together to find the main idea of each part.Main idea of each part:Part 1 (para.1):Strange things were happening before the earthquake.Part 2 (para.2-3):The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss.Part 3 (para.4): All hope was not lost.Step 3 careful reading1.Read carefully and try to get more information to fill in the blanks.Part 1:Strange thingsthe water in the village wellsrose and fellthe well walls had deep cracks and a smelly gas came outthe chickens and pigswere too nervous to eatmice ran out of the fields, looking for places to hidefishjumped out of the bowls and ponds2.Individual work.Part 2:a). Get the students to find some details of this part.Details:1. At 3:42 am, the greatest earthquake of the 20th century began.2. Steam burst from holes in the ground.3. Hard hills of the rock became rivers of dirt.4. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.5. Two dams and most of the bridges fell.6. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.7. Sand now filled the wells instead of water.8. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get.b). Fill in the blanks with the datav 1/3 of the nation felt the earthquake .v A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut across houses.v In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. v 2/3 of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.v The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000 .v All of the citys hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.3.Group work Part 3:How were the people helped by the army?*The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.*Miners were rescued from the coal mines.*Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.*Fresh water was taken to the city.Let the groups have a discussion with their partners about more ways to help the people in the earthquake.Step 4. Post-readingDo the “True or False”exercises:1. There were one million people in Tangshan at that time. T2. The earthquake began 10 kilometres directly below the city. F3. Not only the people but also the animals were shocked greatly. T4. There was only one quake at that time. F5. Before the earthquake there wasnt anything strange happening. F6. Workers rescued most of the 10,000 coal miners to the south of the city. F7.Almost everything in Tangshan was destroyed. TStep 5 Discussions.What shall we do or not do if an earthquake happens?Dos Donts 1. Stay in a small room, such 1. Be close to the outside wall as kitchen or bathroom2. Hide under the table or 2. Stay on the balconybed, if you havent timeto escape , you may stand 3. Jump out of the tall buildingsclose to the inside wall withsome things covering on the 4. Use the lifthead.3. If you stay in the open air ,keep off the t