2015-2016高中英语 Unit4 Earthquakes reading课件 新人教版必修1.pptVIP

Teaching aims: 1. Learn some detailed information about an earthquake. 2. Improve the students’ reading ability. 3. Train the students’ ability to grasp key information while listening. 4. Train the students’ speaking ability. Important points: 1. The new words and expressions. 2. Learn some detailed information about an earthquake. 3. Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others. 4. Train the students’ speaking ability. Difficult points: 1. Words: shake, burst, rise, destroy, shock, fresh, injure 2. Phrases: right away, at an end 3. Sentence patterns: (1) It seemed/ seems that… (2) The number of sb./sth. Reached/reaches… (3)All hope was not lost. 4. Improve the students’ reading ability. 5. Train the students’ ability to grasp key information while listening 井水是个宝，前兆来的早。无雨泉水浑，天早井水冒。 水位升降大，翻花冒汽泡。有的变颜色，有的变味道。 天变雨要到，水变地要闹。建立宏观网，异常快报告。 Read the passage through and try to get the main idea of each part. Listen and read the passage carefully again. Pay attention to the new words and the numbers in it. 4. How were the people helped? The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. Miners were rescued from the coal mines. Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the city. What strange events happened before the earthquake in Tangshan? What do the numbers referred to in the 2nd para? The numbers in para 3 Discuss the questions after class and list your answers. Can you think of some reasons why these signs were not noticed? What events probably made the disaster worse? What situations probably made the disaster worse? Could anything more have been done to help the surviors? Why or why not? HOMEWORK Review the passage and try to retell it. Do the exercises. * * Tangshan is a beautiful city with gardens, wide roads. San Francisco is a city with tall buildings thickly standing on the earth. The two cities are both famous for their earthquakes. Say something about th