内容正文:
Natural Disasters
Reading and Thinking
Unit 4
1. crack
2. as if
3. ruin
4. in ruins
5. percent
6. brick
7. metal
8. shock
9. in shock
Words Review
10. electricity
11. trap
12. bury
13. breathe
14. revive
15. revival
16. effort
17. unify
18. wisdom
19. context
20. suffer
Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately.
What natural disasters can you see?
Natural disasters
typhoon/
hurricane
(台风)
tsunami
(海啸)
tornado
(龙卷风)
flood
(洪水)
fire
earthquake
earthquake
Predict
Scanning: What questions did ZY ask?
Q1: Can I go out on a story immediately?
Q2: What do I need to take with me?
Q3: What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?
Q4: What should I keep in mind?
Q5: Why is listening so important?
Q6: But how can I listen carefully while taking notes?
Q7: Have you ever had a case where someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick?
(报道失实)
How to prepare for an interview
How to be a good journalist
A real “scoop”
(独家新闻)
structure在黑板板书
How to prepare for an interview
What to do during the interview
A real scoop
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Section 1 (Q1-2)
Can ZY go out on a story by himself immediately? Why(not)?
First we’ll put you as an assistant to an experienced journalist.
Later you can cover a story and submit the article yourself.
Careful Reading
Who are also involved in making the news?
professional photographers(摄影师)
report
1: People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn't go to bed that night.
2: People in Beijing also felt the earthquake
3: More than 400 000 people were killed in the quake.
4: People tried to get fresh water from under
the ground in Tangshan.
TURE OR FALSE
F
T
F
F
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即学即练
1. He talks about Rome as if he _________ (be) there before.
2. They looked at me as if I _________________________.
他们看着我,就像我已经知道了真相一样。
3. The teacher treats the pupil as if he _____(be) her own child.
4. It was John who break the window. Why are you talking to me as if I _______ (do) it?
were
had already known the truth
were
had done
2. Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it!
one third 表示“三分之一”。
英语中分数的表示:英语中分数由基数词和序数词构成,分子用基数词,分母用序数词。当分子大于1时,分母用复数。如:
one fifth
two thirds
three fourths
二分之一用 a half/ one half 表示;四分之一用a fourth/one fourth
ways
Hide on the hard furniture(家具)
Put out the fire and turn off the gas
Use something hard to protect your head
Never try to use the elevator
How can we protect ourselves in an earthquake?
Speed is life!
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Don’t be nervous and keep calm.
Don’t try to run out of the classroom.
Sit down under your desk.
Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.
Don’t use lift.
If possible, run to the schoolyard.
1. Read Para.1 and fill in the blanks.
detailed information
signs before the earthquake in the village wells 1. the water in the village wells ______ and ______.
2. There were deep cracks _________ appeared in the well walls.
in the farm yard 1. The chicken and even pigs were too _________ to ________.
2. Dogs _________ to go inside buildings. 3. Mice ______ out of the fields.
4. Fish _________ out of the water.
in the sky people saw ________ _______ in the sky.
rose
fell
that
nervous
eat
refused
ran
jumped
bright
lights
People’s feeling: ____________
unaware
Buildings: ___________
___________
factories and buildings, __________of its homes, and _________ its hospitals were gone.
2. Read paragraph 2-3 and finish the mind map.
_________________ of the whole nation felt it.
Nearly one third of
People: ①________
of the people who lived there were dead or injured.
②___________children were left without parents.
③The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than ________ .
Two thirds
Thousands of
400,000
Animals: ___________
____________
cows,________
____________
of pigs, and ____________
chickens were dead.
About 75 percent of the city’s
90 percent
all of
Tens of
thousands of
hundreds
of thousands
millions of
A large city lay in _______.
ruins
shook:
people’s feeling: ____________
shook again:
people’s feeling: _______________
shocked
desperate
Summarize with the help of the mindmap in groups.
20:32:05
Name Unit4
The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep
assessment contents scores
1 2 3 4 5
I understood the basic information of Tangshan Earthquake after this class.
I took active part in class activities by thinking and responding to the teacher’s questions.
After this class, I firmly believe that Chinese people should unify to confront natural disasters.
I agree that getting voluntarily and actively involved to get personalized understanding can increase my interest in the language.
Reflection for further growth and development
巩固训练
1.Cheer up!The world is not coming an end!
2.He quitted such a nice job,which made us all (shock).
3.The young athlete will make every effort (win) the medal.
4.She often talked of what she had gone during the terrible disaster.
5.The earthquake left the city in (ruin);it would take a lot of money to rebuild it.
to
shocked
to win
through
ruins
THANKS
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