Unit 4 Reading for writing 课件-2023-2024学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Book 1 Unit 4 Reading for writing Describe a natural disaster To learn to get the main points of reading materials. To learn what a summary is. To learn to write a summary paragrapgh of the text on P50. Reading for writing Read the news report released the day after a tsunami and answer the questions. When did the tsunami happen? What caused the tsunami? Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies? When did the tsunami happen? What caused the tsunami? Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies? 1. It happened on 26 December, 2004. 2.A powerful earthquake of 9.0-magnitude which happened under the sea off the west coast of Sumatra Island in Indonesia. 3.Dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies. Try to understand the following sentences. 1. I was having breakfast with my three children when water started filling my home. be doing… … when… … 正在做…突然… had (just)done…when……刚做完…突然… be about to do…when… …刚要做…突然… 2.Thousands of people are still missing, and the number of deaths is expected to grow even higher over the next few days. 3.However, dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies. Read the summary of the news report. Check the main points it includes. On 26 December 2004, a tsunami killed more than 6,500 tourists, fishermen, and the other locals in Southeast Asia. Thousands of people are missing and the number of deaths is expected to grow. The damage caused by the tsunami is making it difficult for rescue workers to help the survivors. date event place effect cause A summary is a short statement of main points. It tells the main ideas and the most important information of a longer passage. Follow the steps below to write a summary for the text on page50 1. Read the text and write a list of the main idea. Strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake. An earthquake hit_China on 28July 1976. _ _ _ Tangshan China The number of people