教学参考：必修一Unit4Earthquakesthe1stperiod.docVIP

The First Period ●从容说课 This is the first period of this unit.It includes Warming-up，Discussion，New words and Listening.In this period，students should get the first impression of earthquakes，including the phenomena before an earthquake，the cause of an earthquake，the ways to reduce the damage and so on. In Warming-up，students first discuss what would happen during an earthquake.Then discuss some other natural disasters，such as hurricanes，tornadoes and typhoons.What are they and what would happen if these natural disasters occur？After these two steps，the students would have a general idea about natural disasters.This lays a foundation for the Reading passage.Also these two steps provide the students with enough chance to practice speaking.The teacher should stimulate the students to express themselves using English. Next the teacher will explain some new words and expressions that would appear in the Reading passage.After class students should use these words and expressions to make sentences.In this way，the teacher can check whether the students have mastered these words and expressions or not. Then in the Listening part，students will listen to the cause of an earthquake and the ways to reduce the damage.They should first make a judgment whether the statements are true or false.Then try to fill in a form.After finishing the tasks in the textbooks，the teacher can also ask the students to go online after class to look for more information about how to reduce the damage of an earthquake. This period lays emphasis on speaking and listening.The teacher should try his or her best to encourage the students to say something.Don’t always correct the mistakes that the students would make while speaking.Otherwise，the students would feel reluctant to speak out their opinions. ●三维目标 1.Knowledge： （1）Get a general idea of earthquakes and some other natural disasters. （2）Know the causes of an earthquake. 2.Ability： （1）Train the students’ speaking ability by describing，talking and dis