高中英语_The story of an eyewitness教学课件设计.ppt

* Content Layouts by Jack London Learning objectives Get a general idea of the SFs earthquake. Practise reading skills and broaden students horizons by reading a famous earthquake report by Jack London. Distinguish different rhetoric devices（修辞手法） used in this text by appreciating the language. Reorganize the text in their own words by delivering a news interview. volcano drought typhoon sandstorm flood fire earthquake literary genre？ When? Where? What? 文学体裁 Q1: Whats the structure of this text? 2: Who is the eyewitness? Where was he then? Did he suffer from the fire? documentary reportage 纪实性报告文学 Jack London He was in a ship on the bay. No, he didnt. Q1: Why couldnt the firefighters put out the fires when they first started? Q2: How long did it take for half of the city centre to burn? Why did the fire spread so fast? Q3: How did the people of San Francisco behave during the disaster? Q1: Why couldnt the firefighters put out the fires when they first started? Q2: How long did it take for half of the city centre to burn? Why did the fire spread so fast? Because they couldnt organize or communicate well and there was no water in water pipes. It took a day for half of the city centre to burn. The fire spread so fast because of the winds. Q3: How did the people of San Francisco behave during the disaster? They behaved well and there were no fights and no pushing or shoving. Write an adjective to describe how the people feel during the earthquake and give supportive evidence. There were no fights and no pushing or shoving. Many people lost their lives and all their possessions. Never in all San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on that terrible night. calm desperate/ hopeless kind Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed. inversion repetition Find the repetition(重复) of a word to describe the result of the earthquake. Half the heart of the city was gone. The factories, the great stores, and newspaper buil