1、 第 1 页 共 5 页 Unit4 Natural Disasters-Reading and Thinking Learning objectives: By the end of the class, students would be able to. 1. master some words, phrases and sentences related to natural disasters. 2. know how to protect ourselves during an earthquake. 课前预习案课前预习案 . Complete the following word
2、s in their proper forms. 1. 发臭的；有臭味的 adj. _ 2.爆裂；爆发 v./n. _ 3. 民族；国家；国民 n. _ 4. 运河 n. _ 5. 极度的 adj. _ 6. 损害；伤害 v. _ 7. 幸存者；生还者 n. _ 8. 无用的； 无效的. adj. _ 9. 破坏，毁坏 v. _ 10. 营救；援救 v. _ 11. 陷阱；困境 n./v. _ 12. 电；电流 n. _ 13. 灾难；灾祸 n. _ 14. 埋葬 v. _ 15. 避身处 n. _ 16. 矿井 n. _ .Write down the following phrases 1
3、. 立刻；马上 _ 2. 仿佛；好像 _ 3. 结束；终结 _ 4. 严重受损；破败不堪 _ 5. 掘出；发现 _ 6. 许多；大量的 _ 课内探课内探究案究案 Step 1 Lead-in Look at some pictures about natural disasters and share your feeling about what you have seen with your partner. _ _ _ 第 2 页 共 5 页 Step 2 Reading Task 1 Pre-reading 1. Read the title and think about the q
4、uestion:What kind of information does the writer want to convey to us through the title? _ _ Skimming 2. Go through the text and answer the questions. (1) In what order is the text written? _ (2) What is the general idea of the text? _ 3.Divide the text into three parts and write down its main idea.
5、 Part1. Para.1 (before the quake)_ Part2. para.2 (during the quake) para.3 _ Part3. para.4 (after the quake)_ Task 2 Careful-reading .Read part 1 (para.1) carefully and complete the following chart: For three days In the well In the farmyard At about 3:00am. On July 28,1976 In the sky 第 3 页 共 5 页 In
6、 the city .Read part2 (para.2-para.3) carefully and complete the following questions. At 3:42 am. Later that afternoon .Read part3 (para.4) carefully and complete the following questions. Soon after the quakes . Look at these statements and decide whether they are true or false and give a reason. 1.
7、 Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( ) 2. All the people in Tangshan were dead or injured during the earthquake. ( ) 3. All of the citys hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake. ( ) 4. Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again. ( )
8、Houses, roads and canals Steam Hills of rock The large city The army Workers Result 第 4 页 共 5 页 5. Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. ( ) Task 3 post-reading 1.Why did so many people die in Tangshan Earthquake? _ 2.Compared with Tangshan Earthquake, w
9、hy did less people die in Wenchuan Earthquake? _ 3.What spirit can we learn from the two big earthquakes? _ Step 3 Discussion How can we protect ourselves (自我保护) in an earthquake? _ _ Step 4 Assignments 1. Read the text again and try to remember the main words and expressions. 2. Review the whole pa
10、ssage. 课后巩固案课后巩固案 Read the passage again and fill in the blanks of the passage. At 3:42 am on July 28th, 1976, everything began to shake in Tangshan. It seemed as if the world was at an end. In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in 1._. Two-thirds of the people died or were 2._. Everywhere they lo
11、oked nearly everything was 3._. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. The railway tracks were now 4._ pieces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens died. People were 5._. People began to wonder how long the 6._ would last. But all hope was not lost. The army 7._ teams to 8._ those who were trapped and to 9._ the dead. Workers built 10._ for survivors. Fresh water was taken to the city. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. 第 5 页 共 5 页 课后反思：课后反思： _ _
