高中英语人教版Unit4Earthquakes 全国获奖

人教版高中英语Book1Unit4earthquakereadingPeriod1THEFIRSTPERIODREADINGStepI.

RevisionCheckthehomeworkwiththewholeclass.StepII.WarmingupAskthestudentstoreadtheinstructionsandmakesuretheyknowwhattodo,andthenhaveadiscussionaboutthetwopictures.T:Today,beforewebeginourreading,I’dliketoaskyouaquestion,“Whatisthebiggestsoundyouhaveheardinyourlife?”S1:ThesoundofwindthatblewinawinternightwhenIwasveryyoung.Itsoundedlikeaghostwhowashowling.Iwasveryfrightenedatthattime.S2:ThebiggestnoisewastheonethatIheardwhenmyneighborwasquarrellingwithhiswife.Perhaps,theybroketheirTVset.T:That’stooterrible.S3:Thenoisewhenplanestakeoff.S4:Thesoundoftrains.T:Good!Iagreethatallofthemarebigsound.Butdidyouonceheardthesoundthattheheavenfallsandtheearthcracks,inChineseitis天崩地裂?Ss:No,wehavenochancetohearthat.T:Ifthereisasoundlikethis,whatisit?S5:Whensomeonehearssomethingunexpectedandterrible.Forexample,whenoneofhislovedfamiliesdies,hewillfeelthissound.T:Terrific!Youareusingaliterarywaytoexpressthesound.S6:Whenanearthquakehappens.T:Great!Ihavewaitedforthisanswerforalongtime.Todaywe’lllearnsomethingaboutearthquakes.Ithinkmostofushaveheardofearthquakes.Canyouimaginehowterribleitis?S7:Theearthisshaking.Allthebuildingswillfalldown.S8:Manypeoplewilldie.Andperhapsmanychildrenwilllosetheirparents.T:Yeah,earthquakesaredisasterstoeverybody.NowlookatthetwopicturesofTangshanandSanFrancisco.Canyoudescribewhatyouseeinthepictures?S1:Tangshanisabeautifulcity.Ithasbeautifulgardens,broadroadsandsometallbuildings.S2:FromthepictureofSanFrancisco,Icanseethatitisaverybigcity.

Therearemanytallbuildingsthicklystandingontheearth.Ithinkthepopulationofthecityisverylarge.T:Good!Whatwillhappeniftherehasbeenabigearthquakeinthesetwocities?Workinpairsanddiscussit.ThenI’llasksomeofyoutoshowyouropinion.StepIII.

Pre-readingTherearetwoquestionsinthispart.Bothareveryinteresting.Thefirstonecanmoreorlessrevealthestudents’values;whilethesecondonecanenlargetheirimagination.Nomatterwhattheiranswersare,aslongastheyhavegivencarefulthoughtstothesituations,theiranswersshouldbegood.T:Now,let’slookatthepictures.Whatarethepredictionsofanearthquake?S1:Beforeanearthquakeanimalswillbecomenervous.Cows,pigs,horsesanddogswillbeupset.Andpeoplecanseemicerunningabout.Iftheearthquakehappensduringwinter,peoplecanevenseesnakes.T:Terrific!Wheredidyougetthisknowledge?S1:Fromgeography.Ilikeit.T:good.Sitdownplease.S2:Madam,Idon’tknowthemeaningofthepicturewithtwowomen.T:Itdoesn’tmatter.Youwillknowitsoonafterreadingourtext.OK.Imaginethereisanearthquakenow,andyourhomeisshaking,atthismomentyouhavenotimetotakeanyotherthingsbutone,whatwillitbe?S3:I’lltakeallmymoney.Peoplecan’tlivewithoutmoney.S4:Iwilltakeasmuchwateraspossible.Becauseitissaidthatpeoplecankeepalivefornearly7daysbydrinkingwithoutanyfoodS5:Inthatcase,I’drathertakesomeapples,sothatbesidesdrinking,Icanalsoeat.S6:Iwillcarrymygrandma.Sheismymostlovedpersoninthisworld.Shebroughtmeup.T:Whatadutifulchildyouare!I’mverygladtohearthat.Sitdownplease!Itseemsthatallofyouknowwhatyoushoulddoduringanearthquake.OK.Let’sreadourtext,andseewhatittellsus.StepIV.

ReadingInthispart,teachershouldaskthestudentstoreadthepassagequicklyforthefirsttimetogetthegeneralideaofthepassage.Askthemtopayattentiontothefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.

Thiscanhelpthemfinishexercise3inComprehension.Itisaboutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Thenaskthemtoreadthetextagaincarefullytoobtainsomedetails.Beforereadingforthesecondtime,showsomequestionsonthescreen,andletthestudentsreadthequestionsfirst.Thesequestionscanguidethemtohaveagoodunderstandingaboutthetext.TheycanalsomakepreparationsforExs1-2,whichareaboutdetails.SkimmingT:AtfirstI’dliketoreadthetextquicklytogetthegeneralideaofthearticle.

Whilereading,youshouldpayattentiontothesentenceofeachparagraph.T:Haveyougotthegeneralideaofthetext?Ss:Yes.T:Whatisit?S1:Thereisnoquickanswertothisquestion.Areyousuggestingusthatthegeneralideaisthemixtureofthefirstsentencesofeachparagraph?T:Sure.S1:OK.That’seasy.Themainideaofthepassageissomesignsoftheearthquake,andwhatwouldhappenduringthequake.T:Good,sitdownplease.Infact,whileweareansweringthequestions,wehaveinvolvedthesequence,thefunctionalitemforthisunit.(Teacherwritesthewordontheblackboard)Doyouunderstandthemeaningoftheword?Ss:No.T:Sequencemeanstheorderoftheevents.Itcantelluswhicheventhappensfirst,andwhichhappenslater.Doyouknowthesequencethatisusedinourtext?S3:Yes.Atfirst,thetexttellsussomethingthathappenedbeforethequake,thenittellsusthethingsthathappenedduringthequakeandatlastittellsusthethingsthathappenedaftertheearthquake.T:Quiteright!Nowpleaselookatthescreen,thesearethefirstsentencesofeachparagraph.

Readthemandthinkiftheyarethemainideaofthetext.Ifnecessary,youmaymakesomechangestomakemoreexact.Teachershowsthescreenandgivesalittletimetothinkitover.StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideinthenortheastHebei.Thedisasterhappenedandcausedalotofloss.

Allhopewasnotlost.CarefulreadingT:Now,it’stimeforustoreadthetextcarefully.Butbeforereading,youshouldreadsomequestionsfirst.Thesequestionsmayhelpyougetsomeinformationquicklyandeasily.Nowlookatthescreen,andreadthequestions.ShowonthescreenWhatnaturalsignsofacomingdisasterwerethere?Canyouthinkofsomereasonswhythesesignsweren’tnoticed?Whateventsprobablymadethedisasterworse?Whatsituationsprobablymadethedisasterworse?Howwerethesurvivorsheld?StepV.

Extension]Showthequestionsonthescreen.Fromwhosepointofviewareeventsdescribed?Howdoyouknow?Whatisthemoodofthispassage?Howisitcreated?Whydoyouthinkthewriterchoosestoexpresshisfeelingsaboutthequakeratherthansimplyreportingwhathadhappened?WhyisthetitleANIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN’TSLEEP?Whatdoesthesentence“Slowly,thecitybegantobreatheagain.”mean?Answers:Heusesthird-persontodescribethequake.Hisdescriptionisveryobjective.Forexample,thesecondsentenceinthethirdparagraph.Thewritersays:“Everywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.”Thewriteruses

they

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we.Themoodisseriousandabitsad.Itiscreatedbygivingdetailsofhowmanypeopleandanimalswerekilledorinjured,andhowmanybuildingsweredestroyed.Althoughthewriterwasnotthere,hefeltsadforthepeopleofTangshan.Heknowsthatsomepersonalfeelingswillmakethereadingmoreinteresting.Ithinkthereasonisthat,asusual,nightisthetimetosleep,andnightshouldbesafeandquiet.Butthatnight