1、U4P2学习目标1.Learn about the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake.2.Identify the language features of literary journalism and the structures of the text.3.Appreciate the figures of speech and writing skills used in the text.4.Grasp and use some words and phrases to describe a natural disaster.课
2、堂探究Part PredictingWhat is the text mainly about?What does the writer mean by the title?Part Skimming for main informationActivity 1Answer the following questions.1.What is the type of writing of the text?2.How are the events arranged?Activity 2Read the text carefully and then write down the main ide
3、a of each paragraph.Paragraph 1:Warning signs before the earthquake.Paragraph 2:Paragraph 3:Paragraph 4:Paragraph 5:Part Scanning for detailsActivity 1Read Paragraph 1 to answer the following questions.1.Whats the topic sentence of Paragraph 1?2.What were some of the strange things happeni
4、ng before the earthquake?Draw a mind map to show your answers.3.What was the attitude of the people in the city towards those strange things?Activity 2Read Paragraph 2 to answer the following questions.1.Whats the topic sentence of this paragraph?2.What about the supporting details?At ever
5、ything began to shake. below the city,one of the greatest earthquakes of the had begun.It was felt in Beijing,which is away.Nearly of the whole nation felt it.A huge crack that was long and wide cut across houses,roads and waterways.In a large city lay in ruins. of the people who lived there were de
6、ad or injured. children were left without parents. of people were killed or badly injured.3.What was the peoples feeling at that time?4.Guess what the word “ruin” means from the context.Activity 3Read Paragraph 3 to answer the following questions.1.Whats the topic sentence of thi
7、s paragraph?2.What about the supporting details?Supporting details3.What was the peoples feeling at that time?Activity 4Read Paragraph 4 to answer the following questions.1.Whats the topic sentence of this paragraph?2.What about the supporting details?WhoWhatResult3.What does the
8、 writer mean by“Slowly,the city began to breathe again”?Activity 5Read Paragraph 5 to answer the following questions.1.Whats the topic sentence of this paragraph?2.What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan city?Part Reading for language features and writing skillsActivity 1Read t
9、he text once again and find out the sentences where figures of speech are used and their function.Activity 2Figure out the function of the figures.Part DiscussionWhat other cities or towns have gone through similar changes?What lessons can we learn from these events?Part Homework1.Summarise the pass
10、age.2.Do some research on other natural disasters by surfing the Internet and make a report.参考答案Part The text is mainly about a terrible earthquake.Night is time for sleep.Usually it should be safe and quiet.But at that night,the earth was active and everything changed.That was a sleepless night.Par
11、t Activity 11.The type of writing of the text is literary journalism,which lies between news reports and literary works.Literary journalism usually describes real historical events and real characters.The usage of the figures of speech can stimulate readers feelings and thus touch the read
12、ers.2.The text is organised in the chronological/time order.Activity 2Paragraph 1:Warning signs before the earthquake.Paragraph 2:The happening of the big earthquake.Paragraph 3:The immediate effects of the earthquake.Paragraph 4:The rescue work.Paragraph 5:The revival of the city.Part Activity 11.S
13、trange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.2.3.But the citys one million people ignored all the signs and were asleep as usual that night.Activity 21.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!2.Supporting detailsshockedAt 3:42 a.m everything began to shake.
14、11 kilometres below the city,one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun.It was felt in Beijing,which is more than 150 kilometres away.Nearly 1/3 of the whole nation felt it.A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut across houses,roads and waterways.In less tha
15、n one minute a large city lay in ruins.2/3 of the people who lived there were dead or injured.Thousands of children were left without parents.More than 400,000 of people were killed or badly injured.3.People were shocked at that time.4.This word describes the city straight after the earthquake.In a
16、short time,a lot of damage was done,so it must describe a place that has been badly damaged.Activity 31.Everywhere survivors looked,there was nothing but ruins.2.Supporting detailsPeople felt hopeless at that time.Activity 41.But hope was not lost.2.WhoWhatResultsoldiersdig out those who were trappe
17、d and bury the deadthe city began to breathe againdoctors and nursescame to provide medical careworkersbuilt shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed3.The writer means that the city began to function again,because the earthquake had stopped people and supplies moving about,and so it was
18、 like the city couldnt breathe.Activity 51.Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.2.I think the revival of Tangshan was helped by the strong support of the government and the people who all worked in unity to rebuild the city even better than before.Part Activity 11.
19、The night the earth didnt sleep.Slowly,the city began to breathe again.(personification 拟人;to make the language vivid and expressive,and resonate with readers)2.the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.(repetition重复;to make the description more vivid and involve the reade
20、rs in the atmosphere)3.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!(exaggeration夸张;to show the destruction was extremely severe)4.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.(simile明喻;to make the description more vivid)Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.(metaphor 暗喻)Activity 2To show
21、the disastrous destruction and suffering;to make the passage true and convincing.Part Wenchuan county and some other towns near Wenchuan have the similar experiences.These towns were built up from the ruins.As well as developing better ways to detect and prepare for these disasters,we have learnt that acting quickly and in unity is the best way to get over such disasters.The strong support from the government and people around is also very important.
