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兰州新区舟曲中学 2012 2013 第一学期高一英语必修一 Unit4 导学案 课型 语言运用 编制人 周州 第 1 页 共 4 页 Unit 4 Earthquakes Using language Class Name Objectives Read for clues used in writing to be done Try to write a speech Llisten and answer about earthquake Content 1 Warming up by discussing Have you ever written a speech What is a speech Speech means an act of speaking formally to a group of listeners What do you have to consider when you are writing a speech Please discuss it in pairs Who is the audience How can we express ourselves clearly TIPS ON MAKING SPEECHES Know your Audience Prepare Your Remarks Avoid Technical Language Prepare Audio Visual Aids Practice Practice Practice Review Questions and Answers Arrive Early Keep Your Remarks Brief Briefly Summarize 2 Reading and underlining Read the letter and exercises again and underline all the useful 兰州新区舟曲中学 2012 2013 第一学期高一英语必修一 Unit4 导学案 课型 语言运用 编制人 周州 第 2 页 共 4 页 expressions or collocations in the letter Copy them in your notebook after class as homework Collocations from the letter 3 Listening Turn your books to page 31 We ll listen to a story about a person who experienced the 1906 San Francisco earthquake I ll play the tape three times First listen and try to get some details that Exercises 1 and 2 requests Second listen again and try to finish the exercises Third listen and check your answers 4 Guided writing Making an introduction Have you ever read a newspaper story Now turn on your books to page 31 and look at Writing Read the brief description about how to write a newspaper story Compare a newspaper story to a short story and answer the following questions 1 What should you write before writing a newspaper story 兰州新区舟曲中学 2012 2013 第一学期高一英语必修一 Unit4 导学案 课型 语言运用 编制人 周州 第 3 页 共 4 页 2 What should a newspaper outline have 3 Why a headline is needed 4 How can you finish a newspaper story Now I ll show you a newspaper story to find out the headline main idea and details of each paragraph THE WASHINGTON POST SEATTLE A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6 8 hit Washington State last week The quake the biggest in 50 years caused billions of dollars in damage But miraculously only one person died and more than 100 people were injured in the quake Authorities said one reason there wasn t greater destruction is that the region spent millions of dollars in the last decade designing earthquake proof facilities and improving existing buildings schools and homes Earthquake expert said the event illustrated 说明 the growing gap between rich and poor nations in the ability to mitigate 减轻 natural disasters Only a handful of people were seriously injured here a slight number compared with the devastation 破坏 in countries like Turkey India and El Salvador where quakes have buried thousands under poorly constructed buildings 兰州新区舟曲中学 2012 2013 第一学期高一英语必修一 Unit4 导学案 课型 语言运用 编制人 周州 第 4 页 共 4 页 Headline Main idea Writing for China Daily Now prepare the outline for a short newspaper story for China Daily You can use the example in exercise 1 to help you organize your outline 4 Summary We have learned a lot about earthquakes Now let s have a summary about what we have learned Look at the following questions 1 Have you ever experienced an earthquake 2 Can you describe an earthquake in English 3 What do