1、Unit 4 Period 1 Warming-up & ListeningTeaching goals:1. Get a general idea of earthquakes and some other natural disasters;2. Train students listening ability and try to improve their pronunciation;3. Know the damage that an earthquake and other disasters could bring about and ways to reduce the los
2、ses of an earthquake.Teaching important points:Train the students listening ability and improve pronunciation.Teaching difficult points:Develop Ss listening ability.Teaching aids:the blackboard; computerTeaching methods:Task-based teaching and learningDiscussionKnowledge aims:1. Ss will be able to l
3、earn the following useful new words and expressions.Earthquake, quake, well, rise, crack, rescue, a number of, in ruins2. Ss will be able to know the basic knowledge about natural disasters.Ability aims:Develop Ss listening ability.Emotional aims:1. Ss will be able to know damages earthquake bring a
4、bout and the ways to reduce losses of an earthquake.2. Ss will be able to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes3. Ss will be able to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.Teaching procedures: Step1. Lea
5、d-inEnjoy the song：Heal the world.Why should we heal the world? ( There are people dying. ) Why? ( Because of wars.) The world is being destroyed by human beings.different natural disastersDo you know what happened in Bangladesh this month?Show a part of film of storm.Have you ever experienced any n
6、atural disasters? Can you tell some kind of natural disasters?Other disasters: Typhoon, earthquake, hurricane tsunami, flood, tornado, droughtStep2. Introduction of Earthquakes Show Two pictures in warming-up: Tangshan Earthquake and San Francisco Earthquake.Q: What do you know about these two earth
7、quakes?What will happen to them if there is an earthquake?Earthquake of Tangshan in China in 1976The earthquake of San Francisco in the USA in 1906.Step3: Listening1. Pre-listening-brief introduction of San Francisco EarthquakeQ: When did the quake happen? - 1906Q: what damage did bring about?- Abou
8、t 700 people died in the earthquake and the fires. And as many as 250,000 people lost homes2. While-Listening-according to the exercises in the text book. Ex2.3.43. Post-listening -What do you think of the earthquakes ?Can we foretell（预言）an earthquake so that we can take measures to reduce the damag
9、es? Something strange happen: Sky : Have bright light Animals : Become nervous Well : The water rise and fall , and it has cracks in its wallsHow to protect ourselves in an earthquake ? What should we do to reduce（减少）the damages（损失，损坏）？Step 4 gamePlay a rescue game.Step5 Homeworkpreview the reading “A Night the Earth didnt Sleep” and learn new words of this unitreflection