1、1.Learn a news report about a tsunami.2.Learn to write a summary.Lead in-reviewingPara.1 happened in Hebei before the earthquake,but people didnt notice them.Strange thingsPara.2 An earthquake Tangshan China 3:42 a.m,28 July 1976.hitPara.3 The city was greatly and nearly .affecteddestroyedPara.4 Aft
2、er the earthquake,the work began soon.rescuePara.5 A new Tangshan with the support of the goverment and the citys people.was builtTsunamiA tsunami is a series of waves caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruptions.Read the text quickly and answer the questions.1.What kind of the text?2.Whats
3、the main idea of the passage?A.Something about the most powerful tsunami in Asia.B.The cause of the most powerful tsunami in Asia.C.The loss of the most powerful tsunami in Asia.D.How to rescue ourselves in times of disaster.Find out the structure of the new report.Headline tells what the story is a
4、boutByline shows who wrote the story and when the event took placeLead tells the most important facts(5Ws)Body contains more information and detailsEnding gives something to think aboutRead the text again and find out the main idea of each paragraph.Para.1 Para.2Para.3A tsunami caused by a strong ea
5、rthquake killed more than 6,500 people in Southeast Asia on 26 December 2004.More than 6,500 people were dead and missing.The number of the dead and the missing is likely to increase,and it is difficult for rescue workers to deliver food and supplies.Read the lead carefully and find out 5Ws.The most
6、 powerful earthquake in the past 40 years caused a tsunami that crashed into coastlines across Asia yesterday,killing more than 6,500 people in Indonesia,India,Thailand,Malaysia,and at least four other countries.1.What happened?2.Where did it happen?3.When did it happen?4.Why did it happen?5.Who wer
7、e killed?whatwherewhenwhywhoPre-writingCompare the main idea with the summary below and discuss the differences between them with your partner.Para.1 A tsunami caused by a strong earthquake killed more than 6,500 people in Southeast Asia on 26 December 2004.Para.2 More than 6,500 people were dead an
8、d missing.Para.3 The number of the dead and the missing is likely to increase,and it is difficult for rescue workers to deliver food and supplies.Summary:On 26 December 2004,a tsunami killed more than 6,500 tourists,fishermen,and other locals in Asia.Thousands of people are missing and the number of
9、 deaths is expected to grow.The damage caused by the tsunami is making it difficult for rescue workers to help the survivors.What is a summary?A summary is a of main points.A summary paragraph tells the and the most information of a longer passage.short statementmain ideasimportantSteps of writing a
10、 summary the main idea of each paragraph.Integrate（整合）the main ideas.the sentences.Find outParaphraseSummary:On 26 December 2004,a tsunami(caused by a powerful earthquake)killed more than 6,500 tourists,fishermen,and other locals in Asia.Thousands of people are missing and the number of deaths is ex
11、pected to grow.The damage caused by the tsunami is making it difficult for rescue workers to help the survivors.date whenevent whatplace whereeffectcause whywhoCheck the main points it includes.WritingWrite a summary for the text on page 50 base on the reviewing.Step 1 阅读原文，筛选信息（筛选整理各段落的重点信息）阅读原文，筛选
12、信息（筛选整理各段落的重点信息）Strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake.An earthquake hit Tangshan China on 28 July 1976.The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.Soldiers and medical workers came to
13、help the people who had great loss and to try and find survivors.With strong support from the goverment and the tireless efforts of the citys people,a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.Step 2 整理要点，归纳大意整理要点，归纳大意Para.1 Strange things happened in Hebei before the earthquake,but people di
14、dnt notice them.Para.2 An earthquake hit Tangshan China at 3:42 a.m,28 July 1976.Para.3 The city was greatly affected and nearly destroyed.Para.4 The rescue work began soon after the quake.Para.5 A new Tangshan was built with the support of the goverment and citys people.Step 3 衔接过渡，润色提升衔接过渡，润色提升Org
15、anise the ideas and draft your summary.Pay attention to the following:A summary should be around one third the length of the original text.Write down the key supporting points for the topic.Do not include unimportant details or examples.For several days,strange things occurred in the countryside of
16、northeastern Hebei（要点1）.Then,on 28 July 1976,an earthquake hit Tangshan city（要点2）.The city was greatly affected and nearly destroyed（要点3）.Many people were killed or injured.The rescue work began soon after the quakes.Soldiers and medical workers arrived to find survivors and help the people who had
17、lost everything（要点4）.With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the people,a new Tangshan was built（要点5）.Sample writing on 28 July 1976,an earthquake hit Tangshan cityWhenWhatWhereWhoMany people affected and nearly destroyedChile Hit by 6.2-Magnitude QuakeThis is the BBC new
18、s.A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Sunday morning,the US Geological Survey said.The quake struck at about 9:30 a.m.local time in the Tarapaca region about 60 kilometres from the port city of Arica,the agency said.Some people ran out of homes into the streets when they felt the sha
19、king,but there were no reports of injuries,Chiles national emergency agency said.Some adobe houses(土胚房)were damaged in the northern villages of Putre and Belen,and there were rock slides(岩滑)on a road that connects Chile with Bolivia,the agency later said.The latest quake comes a little more than a y
20、ear after Chile was rocked by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded-an 8.8-magnitude earthquake on Feb.27,2010,that killed at least 521 people and caused massice damage in the disaster-prone(灾难频发的)Andean nation.Chile faces constant danger from earthquakes because of its location on the so-cal
21、led“ring of fire”,where the edges of the giant plate beneath the Pacific Ocean form a particularly intense ring of tectonic activity.Sample writingIts reported that an earthquake struck northern Chile at about 9:30 a.m.on Sunday.（要点1）Fortunately only some adobe houses in the northern villages of Putre and Belen were damaged and there were no injuries reported.The earthquake caused rock slides on a road.（要点2）Chile is a quake prone country because of its location on the so-called“ring of fire”.（要点3）
