The Violence of Nature教学设计2 外研版正式版.docVIP

Reading and Vocabulary Teaching Goals: 1.To get Ss to have the general idea of the reading passages. 2. To get Ss to know some facts of the two disasters. Teaching Procedures: Step 1 : Pre-reading Read about the Gulf Steam and check the meaning of the words: Students’ activities 1. What is a current? (a) A kind of electricity (b) A movement of water(c) A kind of wind 2. What kind of things flow? (a) Water (b) Time (c) Money 3. If two places are on the same latitude ,they are on the same line _____ (a) east/west (b) north/south Suggested answers:b. a . a Step 2: While-reading Skimming Read the passage quickly and silently. Find the words and expressions in the passages and match them with the definition. bury disaster feather fur occur tropical 1. you can see this on an animal __________ 2. describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and south of the equator__________ 3. a terrible event _________ 4. you can see these on a bird _________ 5. to place in the ground or tomb ___________ 6. to happen __________ Suggested answers: 1. fur 2. tropical 3. disaster 4. feather 5. bury 6. occur b. Detailed-reading Students’ activities Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. How strong are tornado winds? What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado? How many tornadoes are there in the US every year? How many people died in the worst tornado of all time? What happens at sea during a hurricane? When was the worst hurricane of all time? Was the actor Charles Coghland killed in it? What happened to him after the hurricane? Suggested answers:1. More than 400 km/h.2. It stays where it was.3. About 800.4. More than 700.5. It has huge waves.6. 8th September, 1900.7. No, he wasn’t.8. His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream. Step 3: Post-reading Read the passage again and fill in the form with suitable words. Tornado Hurricane Definition Times Place Phenomena Bad result