Unit 4 Natural disasters Reading for writing 课件-2023-2024学年高一上学期英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Reading for Writing Unit 4 Natural Disasters Warming-up What disaster is it? Tsunami Warming-up What is a tsunami? A tsunami is a series of waves caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruptions. Reading What genre of the text? What are the features of news report? Timeliness Concise language ... Reading What is the format of the news report? Name of the newspaper Headline Byline Reading Read the news report released the day after a tsunami. Reading Answer the questions according to the news report. 1. When did the tsunami happen? 2. What caused the tsunami? 3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies? It happened on 26 December 2004. A very powerful earthquake of 9.0-magnitude which happened under the sea off the west coast of Sumatra Island in Indonesia. Because the conditions are dangerous and the roads were damaged. Summary 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 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. A summary is a short statement of main points. A summary paragraph tells the main ideas and the most important information of a longer passage. date cause following events event effect place time Main Points: Pre-writing Analyse the summary. While-writing Step 1: Read the text on Page 50 and write a list of the main details. Tangshan The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. Soldiers and medical workers came to help the people who had had great loss and to try and find survivors. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. While-writing Step 2: Write down the main idea of each