高中英语Unit4第1学时Warmingupandreading学案新人教必修.doc

广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 Unit4 第1学时 Warming up and reading学案 新人教版必修1【单元导航】The Tangshan Earthquake and The California Earthquake. At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, wiped out the city of Tangshan and killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 is one of the most significant earthquakes of all time. Deaths: 3,000 Injuries: 225,000 Property Damage: $ 400,000,000 in 1906 $Period 1Warming Up and ReadingStep 1.Warming-upTask 1:Talking about disasters(Group-work activity)1. What disasters do you know ?_2. Have you ever experienced one of these disasters? Can you describe what it was like and how you felt?_Task 2 Looking and guessing:（课本25页的图片）(1)What can you see in the picture?_(2)What do you think may happen before an earthquake?_Step2. SkimmingTask1 Prediction （课文标题预测）1. What cause you cant sleep well at night?2. What a kind of information does the author try to convey to us through the title ?3.What cause the earth “didnt sleep at night” in the text?Task 2: Divide the whole passage according to the change of timePart 1: _Part 2：_ Part 3：_Step3: Careful reading. Task 1 :Reading the para 1 for the second time and finish the following diagramIn the wellWell water, rose and fell,smelly gas ,came out of ,cracksIn the farmyardIn the sky Bright light, the sound of planeIn the city Task 2: Reading the para 2 &3 and fill in blanks of two diagrams below. What do all the numbers referred to in the 2nd passage? 3:42 A.M.11 kilometersBelow the city ,underground20th centuryThe greatest earthquake 100 kilometres Heard away from Beijing1/31/3 nation felt this earthquake8 kilometres30 metres15 secondsThe earthquake only last so shortThousands ofFamilies killed ,children left without 400,000The numbers referred in passage 375%The factories and buildings were gone90%Two Dams fellTens of thousands ofHalf a million Pigs diedMillions of Chickens diedPeriod 1Warming Up and Reading参考答案Step1 Warming-upWhat other disasters do you know ?2. Have you ever experienced one of these disasters? Can you describe what it was like and how you felt?Suggested Answer:( like a terrible ghost, dangerous,frightening ,afraid ,nervous ,etc.)3. What do you think may happen before an earthquake?Suggested Answers: Before an quake, animals will become nervous. Cows, pigs, horses and dogs will be upset. Mice will run about and fish will jump out of water. In winter, people can even see snakes. There are bright lights in the sky. Water pipes may crack or burst. So earthquake is predictable(可预测的).Step 2: Skimming1.What cause you cant sleep well at night?Suggested Answers:(Physically ill ,psychologically interrupted ,have a bad dream,or thinking about sth throughout the night )2. What a kind of information does the author try to convey to us through the title ?Suggested Answers:(There must be something strange happening at night on earth.So the earth didnt sleep )3.What cause the earth “didnt sleep at night” in the text?Suggested choices:(earthquake , volcano, tsunami ,tornado ,hurricane, flood)Answer: Earthquake(Ss have previewed the text)Divide the whole passage according to the change of timePart 1: Signs before earthquake Part 2：Damage and destruction of earthquake Part 3：Reconstruction after earthquakeStep 3:Careful reading Task 1 :Reading the para 1 for the second time and finish the following diagramIn the wellWell water, rose and fell,smelly gas ,came out of ,cracksIn the farmyardChickens&pigs,nervous to eat ,mice run out to hide,fish , jump out of In the sky Bright light, the sound of planeIn the city Water pipes ,cracked and burst,people ,go to bed as usualTask 2: Reading the para 2 &3 and fill in blanks of two diagrams below. What do all the numbers referred to in the 2nd passage? 3:42 A.M.Began to shake 11 kilometersBelow the city ,underground20th centuryThe greatest earthquake 100 kilometres Heard away from Beijing1/31/3 nation felt this earthquake8 kilometresThe length of crack30 metresThe width of crack 15 secondsThe earthquake only last so shortThousands ofFamilies killed ,children left without 400,000People were