1、必修一 Unit 4 EarthquakesReading 教学重点1. Get the students to know basic knowledge about natural disasters.2. Get the students to learn about Tangshan Earthquake.3. Get the students to learn different reading skills.教学难点Develop the students reading ability.教学方法1. Task-based teaching and learning2. Cooper
2、ative learning3. Discussion教具准备The multimedia and other normal teaching tools三维目标Knowledge aims:1. Get the students to learn the following useful new words and expressions in this passage: shakewell (n. )risecracksmellypondpipeburstcanalsteamdirt ruininjuredestroybrickdamuselesssteelshockquakerescue
3、electricity disasterarmyorganizeburycoalmineshelterfreshright awayat an endlie in ruinsbe trapped under sth. a (great)number of2. Get the students to know basic knowledge about natural disasters.Ability aims:1. Develop the students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2. Train
4、 the students ability to collect useful information from the Internet by themselves.Emotional aim:1. Get the students know damages earthquakes bring about and the ways to reduce losses of earthquakes.2. Get the students to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes.3. Get the student
5、s to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.教学过程设计方案（一）Step 1 Lead-inShow the students some pictures about natural disasters and ask them:1. Have you ever experienced any natural disaster? Look at the pictures. Can you name
6、all the disasters? (volcano, fire, typhoon, flood, sandstorm, hailstone, thunderstorm, hurricane, earthquake)2. Have you ever experienced an earthquake? Can you describe how terrible an earthquake is?地震的破坏(The earth is shaking; all the buildings will fall down; the roads will be destroyed; many peop
7、le will be killed or injured; a lot of children will become orphans. . . )Step 2 Warming upTurn to Page 25. Ask the students to read and look at the photos of Tangshan and San Francisco to describe what they see in the two photos to a partner.(beautiful cities; broad roads; tall building; large popu
8、lation. . . )Imagine there has been a big earthquake in these two cities, what might happen to all the things in the photos?(If a big earthquake happened, the whole cities might be in ruins. Large quantities of tall buildings might collapse. The broad and busy roads might be destroyed. Many people m
9、ight be killed or injured. . . )Step 3 Pre-reading1. Imaging and sharingImagine there is an earthquake now. Your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Is it money, water, fruits, mobile phones, a torch light, or anything else
10、? Why?2. Talking and sharingWhat do you think may happen before an earthquake? Talk about the pictures on Page 25.(Cows, pigs and dogs become too nervous to eat. Mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish jump out of ponds. The water in the well will rise and fall. The well walls wi
11、ll have deep cracks in them. There will be bright light in the sky. . . )Step 4 ReadingTell the students:Today, we are going to read a news report about the strongest earthquake in Chinas history, which happened in Tangshan, Hebei, in 1976.1. Fast readingAsk the students to read the passage quickly
12、and pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph.1)Answer the questions.Question 1:In what order was the passage written?Question 2:What is the general idea of the passage?(The text is written in time order. The general idea is the mixture of the first sentences of each paragraph, that is,
13、the text tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake and after the earthquake. )2)Fill in the table.Type of writingTopic sentence of Paragraph 1Topic sentence of Paragraph 2Topic sentence of Paragraph 3Topic sentence of Paragraph 4General idea of the passageSuggeste
14、d answers:Type of writingThis is a news report.Topic sentence of Paragraph 1Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei.Topic sentence of Paragraph 2Everything began to shake and it seemed that the world was at an end.Topic sentence of Paragraph 3Everywhere they looked nearly
15、 everything was destroyed.Topic sentence of Paragraph 4All hope was not lost.General idea of the passageThe passage tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake and after the earthquake.3)True or False?Ask the students to decide whether the following statements are t
16、rue or false. If it is false, try to correct it.(1)People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didnt go to bed that night.(2)People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.(3)More than 400 000 people were killed in the quake.(4)Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during
17、 the aftershock.(5)People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan.Suggested answers:(1)FPeople in Tangshan thought little of the signs of the earthquake and went to bed as usual that night.(2)T(3)FMore than 400 000 people were killed or injured in the quake. (4)T(5)FFresh water wa
18、s taken to the city Tangshan by train, truck and plane.2. Reading carefullyAsk the students to read the passage carefully to locate particular information.1)Do the exercises in the part Comprehending on Page 27.2)Fill in the following form.TimeWhat happenedResultBefore the earthquake:three days befo
19、re the earthquakeat about 3 am on July 28Wells:Animals:Lights and sound:Water pipes:People of the city thought_ and_While the earthquake:At 3:42 amLater that afternoonHouses, roads and canals:Hard hills of rock:The large city:The people:Some rescue workers and doctors:More buildings:Water, food and
20、electricity:_ was destroyed._ hospitals, 75% of_ and 90% of_ were gone. More than_ were killed or injured.After the earthquakeAll hope:The army:Workers:Fresh water:The city_.3)Choose the best answer:(1)What is the mood of this passage?A. Sad. B. Serious. C. Serious and a bit sad. D. Calm.(2)What can
21、 be inferred from the passage?A. If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide, there must be an earthquake.B. If some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive.C. There wouldnt have been such a great earthquake, if people had p
22、aid enough attention to some natural signs.D. If some natural signs had not been ignored, more people might have had a chance to survive.(3)Which of the following statements can not be part of the main reasons for the heavy loss of life in Tangshan earthquake?A. The earthquake happened in the deep n
23、ight and people were sleeping in bed at the very movement.B. There werent enough rescue workers.C. The buildings were poorly constructed and most of them were destroyed in the earthquake.D. People were not careful enough to notice some natural signs before the earthquake.(4)How do you understand the
24、 real meaning of the idiom “It is always calm before a storm”?A. It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm or hurricane hit.B. One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad things may happen.C. The weather is fine before a storm comes.D. You should stay calm before a storm.Suggested
25、 answers:(1)C(2)D(3)B(4)B3. Language problemsWhile checking the answers with the whole class, deal with any language problems that the students cant understand.4. Reading aloudPlay the tape of the passage for the students to listen and follow. Then play the tape of Paragraph 1 of the passage once mo
26、re; this time the students listen and repeat.Step 4 GameWork in pairs. Suppose you are a newspaper reporter, and the other is a witness of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake. Now the newspaper reporter is interviewing the witness.Step 5 ExtensionShow the questions on the screen and have a discussion.1. Fr
27、om whose point of view are events described? How do you know?2. What is the mood of this passage? How is it created?3. Why do you think the writer chooses to express his feelings about the quake rather than simply report what had happened?4. Why does the writer use A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP as t
28、he title?5. What does the sentence “Slowly, the city began to breathe again” mean?Suggested answers:1. A writers who didnt see the earthquake. He uses the third-person to describe the quake. His description is very objective. For example, in the second sentence of the third paragraph “Everywhere the
29、y looked nearly everything was destroyed. ”, the writer uses “they” instead of “we”.2. The mood is serious and a bit sad. It is created by giving details of how many people and animals were killed or injured and how many buildings were destroyed.3. Although the writer was not there, he felt sad for
30、the people of Tangshan. He knows that giving some personal feelings will make the reading more interesting.4. I think the reason is that, as usual, night is the time to sleep, and night should be safe and quiet. But that night everything changed. The writer uses A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP as a ti
31、tle to show how terrible and how unusual that night was.5. Here we can see that the writer compared the city to a person who suffered a lot in the disaster. He felt her pain, and he worried about her. So when he said that people came to help her, we can feel his feelings to her. The city will not di
32、e, she has hope and she can recover from the pain.Step 6 ConsolidationAsk the students to read the passage again and try to retell it.One possible version:Strange things happened in Tangshan. For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell. The well walls had deep cracks and a smelly gas
33、 came out the cracks. The chickens, pigs and mice were too nervous. Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds. At 3:00 am on July, 1976, people saw bright lights in the sky and heard the sound of planes even when no planes were in the sky. The water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.At 3:42 am ever
34、ything began to shake. It seemed that the world was at the end! One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack cut across the city. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. Two-thirds of the people died or were injured. Nearly everything was destroyed in the city. 75% of its factories a
35、nd 90% of its homes were gone. Then later that afternoon, another big earthquake shook Tangshan. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.All hope was not lost. The army sent 150 000 soldiers to help them. Workers built shelters for survivors. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.Step 7 Homework1. Learn the new words and expressions in this part by heart.2. Read the text again and again and write a summary of the text.
