M3文化角学案（外研必修3） The violence of Nature .docVIP

Module 3 Cultural corner 【学习目标】 1.Get the general information about the violence of nature. 2.Using the Attributive Clause to explain words.. 3.Improve the students’ ability to give definitions of words. 4.Know the common enemies of our human being – natural disasters and the ways of surviving when one occurs. 【重点难点】a. 1.Learn how to definite words, using the Attributive Clause 2.Improve the student’s ability of grasping the general idea of the passage. 【教学过程】 Step1.Revision 1. He _____________ (经历) great difficulty in getting a visa to leave the country. 2. She prepared for all _____________(可能性) by taking a sunhat, a raincoat and a woolly scarf. 3.__________（幸运的是） I was able to keep the car in control until I could pull over and stop. 4. No one has given out a _____________ (警告) of the imminent danger. 5. The flood did a lot of _____________（损害）to the crops. 6. That plane crash_____________（发生）only minutes after take-off. 7. Tornadoes are _____________（强烈的）whirlwinds which vary in their width from a few yards to 1300 feet. 8. Applicants for the job must have_____________（先前的）experience. 9. Police are investigating the_____________（原因）of the explosion. 10. Our hotel has a_____________（世界范围的）reputation for good service. Step 2 pre-reading Answer the following questions. 1）Do you know the city of Tan Shan? _______________________________________________________________________________ 2) What happened to it in the year of 1976? _______________________________________________________________________________ 3）Do you know other natural disasters? _______________________________________________________________________________ 4）What damage do they cause? _______________________________________________________________________________ Step 3 While-reading (1)Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions. 1.Where was the worst Chinese earthquake? What kind of damage did it cause? ____________________________________________________________________________