人教版高一英语Book1unit4Earthquakesreading.ppt

1、UNIT 4,Earthquakes The second period,高一英语备课组,Lead-in,1.Talk about the natural disaster earthquake in Wenchuan (its prediction and damage),Prediction,Damage,Up to 12,000 people are killed and as many as 26,000 injured by an earthquake in just one county in Chinas south-western Sichuan province, state

2、 media say.,Crack,Reading,A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP,burst: hurt shake: save, help shocked: move injure: break rescue: frightened destroy: damage,New Words：,electricity: A. invisible gas which water change into by boiling steam: B. form of energy for lighting, heating, driving machines. ruin: C.

3、person who continues to live in spite of nearly being killed survivor: D. state of being collapsed or destroyed,Task 1:,Read the text and get the information .,When: Where: What:,countryside in northeast Hebei,on July 28, 1976,The earthquake happened and destroyed the city.,The main idea : The earth

4、quake happened and destroyed the city in northeast Hebei on July28,1976.,Fast reading,Part. the earthquake:,Part2. the earthquake:,Part3. the earthquake:,Task 2:,The Sequence of This Text is Time Order,Paragraph 1,Paragraphs2&3,Paragraph4,Before,During,After,Divide the text and find the topic senten

5、ce of each part.,*Please choose the proper key words to summarize the main idea of each part.,Part 1. A. funny things B. signs C.animals,Part 2. A. destruction B. death C. earthquake happened,Part 3. A. army B. survivors C. help,B. signs,A. destruction,C. help,Task 3:,signs,strange phenomena,water,w

6、ater pipes,chickens,smelly gas,well walls,rose and fell,have deep cracks,cracked and burst,too nervous to eat,came out of the cracks,Paragraph1,Detail reading,Read paragraph 2 and find out the figures (数字) to match the following information.,1. How many people felt the earthquake?,2. How long and ho

7、w wide was the crack?,3. How long did it take to make a large city lie in ruins?,4. What was the number of people who were killed or injured ?,-One-third of the nation felt it.,-8 kilometers long and 30 meters wide.,-In 15 terrible seconds.,-More than 400,000.,1. It seemed that the world was at an e

8、nd.,A. in the end B. finished C. loose,2. But how could the survivors believe it was natural? ( paragraph3,line1),3. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. (paragraph3, line1) Q: Read it out and find the structure.,ruined,B. finished,Q: What does it refer to?,Find a word in paragrap

9、h2 to replace “destroyed”.,Which is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. People in Tangshan helped with the rescue work. B. Soldiers helped to rescue the people. C. People from other countries came to give help. D. People from other parts of the country came to give help.,(C),2. What do you think the te

10、xt may talk about in the next paragraph? A. Life before the earthquake B. Life after the earthquake C. The young generation of Tangshan D. Life of Tangshan people after the earthquake,(D),Paragraph4,Todays Tangshan,Moral education,In the earthquake, the city was destroyed, but now it has become a be

11、autiful city. What have you learned from this text?,1.We should try our best to protect the earth. We should know about the earthquake. 2. Be brave when facing difficulties. Life is full of hope. 3. Hand-in-hand, we can beat any difficulty.,Interview,Divide the class into three groups and each group

12、 choose a paragraph and act out an interview between a reporter and a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake.,Example: (paragraph1) R: I am a reporter from China Daily. Can I ask you some questions? S: Yes. R: Was there anything strange before the earthquake? S: There were some strange things happeni

13、ng R: Thank you . S: Thats all right.,Retell the story,_ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _. From the _ of wells _come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:00 am, everything began to _.It seemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _cut across the city. The city lay _.,Strange things,rose and fell,cracks,smelly gas,nervous,shake,at an end,One-third,felt,A huge crack,in ruins,Two-thirds of the people _ or _. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to wonder _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the cit