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Unit4 Natural Disasters 概要写作课Reading for Writing Write a summary
教材分析Tsunami Hits Asia:
Over 6500 Dead 是一篇新闻稿,介绍了 2004 年 12 月 26 日发生于印尼苏门答腊岛附近的海啸。此次海啸造成了大量本地渔民和外籍游客的伤亡,影响波及斯里兰卡,泰国和印度等国。道路被毁使得救援工作难以展开,进一步加剧了人员的伤亡。本课层次清楚,语言朴实精炼。通过罗列大量伤亡数据,作者向读者清晰地展示了海啸这一自然灾害的强大破坏力,暗示读者尊重自然规律,敬畏自然。通 过 阅 读 本 课 , 学 生 可 以 掌 握 5W+H(When, Where, Who, What, Why, How),新闻稿件的基 本 元 素 ------date, place, event, cause, effect, following events.通过本课学习,学生应学会概括新闻稿件,并能写出合格的新闻概要。
Learning Aims
1.Learn the basic elements and structure of the News report.
2.Learn to write the summary of the News report.
Key points and difficult points
Be able to summarize news articles and be able to write qualified news summaries.
Teaching procedures :
Lead-in
Have you ever witnessed a tsunami?/What is a tsunami?
Where do people learn about a disaster?
How to write a news report?
Pre-reading
What does a piece of news usually include?
Headline Lead
Body Task 1 Read the headline
1. What happened?
2. Where did it happen?
Task 2 Read the lead
1. When did the tsunami happen?
2. Why did it happen?
3. Who were the victims?
Task 3 Do the mind-map 1
what
where
when
why
who
Task 4 Read the body Para 1&2 influence of the tsunami
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
India
Thailand
other countries
the distance to the quake center
about 160 kms west
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The number of the dead
_______ _affected
___ injured, many more ________
the number of the injured/affected
Task 5 Discussion
1. What does the numbers suggest?
2. Why would there be so many victims?
Task 6 Read the body
Para 3 influences & measures
1. What would happen in the next few days?
2. What would be the positive and negative aspects of the rescue work?
Positive: ____________ is being organized.
Negative: _________________and ______________ will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies
Task 7 Do the Mind-map 2impact of the tsunami the rescue work
1. positive:2. negative
3Task 8 Read the s