1、Period 4. (reading)Step 1. warming up Ask the Ss: Do you know anything about the earthquake in San Francisco?Step 2. Reading 1. Ss reading the passage and finish Wb. Ex 1 on page 65.2. Ss read the first paragraph in this passage. Then go back and read again the first paragraph of the passage on page
2、 26. Compare the ways both writers give you details about the earthquakes and finish Ex 2 on page 66.3. Listen to the tape and read the third paragraph with feeling.Step 3. listening 1. Ss listen to the tape and finish the exercise 2 on page 62.2. Ss listen to the tape again and then complete the following form:Cause of earthquakesMoving speed of the Pacific plateIn 1906 the Pacific plate suddenly jumpedThe Pacific plate pushes onThe Indian plate pushes onWays of reducing losses from earthquakes .
