内容正文:
Reading for Writing
Unit 4 Natural disasters
Teaching Objectives
1.Master the structure and the languages of a summary.
2.Master the method of writing a summary.
3.Practise writing a summary.
目标一
文本深度理解
Activity 1 细节把握
1.Where can this passage most probably be seen?
A.A monthly magazine.
B.A daily newspaper.
C.A travel brochure.
D.A government website.
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2.When did the tsunami happen?
A.At 7∶00 am,27 December 2004.
B.At 7∶00 pm,27 December 2004.
C.At 7∶00 am,26 December 2004.
D.At 7∶00 pm,26 December 2004.
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3.What caused the tsunami?
A.A drought.
B.A flood.
C.A volcanic eruption.
D.An earthquake.
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4.In ,the number of people who were killed in the tsunami was the largest.
A.Indonesia B.Sri Lanka
C.India D.Thailand
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5.Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies to the tsunami-hit countries?
A.There were no enough trucks.
B.It was still raining heavily.
C.The people in these areas were not willing to accept these food
and supplies.
D.The roads to these areas were blocked.
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Activity 2 文章架构
1.Read the news report and find out the key points of it.(①time
②place ③events ④cause ⑤effect ⑥following events)
答案 ①At 7∶00 am,26 December 2004
②Asia—Indonesia,Malaysia,Sri Lanka,India and Thailand
③A tsunami hit Asia.
④An undersea earthquake
⑤More than 6,500 deaths—1,870;2,498;1,900;254;54
⑥Thousands of people are missing;the number of deaths is growing./Rescue work is hard.
2.Read the report again and write down the main idea of each paragraph.
答案 Para.1 The tsunami caused by an earthquake and its damage to Asia.
Para.2 Detailed information of the damage in different countries.
Para.3 Following events and the rescue work.
3.Read the summary of the news report on P55 and find out what is cut out in the summary.
答案 (1)detailed information
(2)examples
4.According to the news report and its summary,we can write a summary of a news report like this.(写作模板)
On (时间)...,(事件)...happened in (地点)...
It caused (后果)...
And...is expected to happen(后续)...
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