Unit 4 Natural disasters Reading for Writing 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第一册

Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading for Writing---Write a summary Do you know what kind of natural disaster it is? Lead in tsunami Video time Watch a video to know more about tsunami. Reading and Thinking 1. When did the tsunami happen? 2. What caused the tsunami? 3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies? 1. When did the tsunami happen? 2. What caused the tsunami? 3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies? On 26 December 2004. The most powerful earthquake in the past 40 years caused the tsunami. Dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies? This passage is most likely to be taken from _________ . newspaper A news report Read the news report and find out the structure. Headline (tells what the story is about) Ending (gives something to think about) Byline (shows who wrote the story) Lead (includs who, what, when, where, why and how) Body (contains more information and details) What language features does the news report have? brief and catch readers’ eyes uses lots of numbers or figures: accurate and more convincing the language of the news report: brief and concise 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. How to write a summary What main points should be contained in a summary? It includes time, place, event, cause, effect, following event. Writing skills 简短陈述 要点 主要思想 重要信息 后续事件 Read and find out the main points of the reading material: Reading for detailed information event place time/date cause effect A powerful tsunami crashed Along the coastlines across Asia Sunday, 26 December Caused by a powerful earthquake More than 6,500 people were killed date time place event cause effect following events Read the summary of the news report. Check the main points it includes. Summary : 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. Follow the steps below to write a summary for the text on page 50. (1). Write a list of the main details. (2). Write down the main idea of each paragraph. (3). Organize the ideas and draft your summary. Writing (1). Read the text and write a list of the main details. Strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake .. An earthquake hit _________________ China on 28 July 1976. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Tangshan More than 400,000 people were killed or badly injured. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. The government and the soldiers came and began rescuing and rebuilding the city. (2). Write down the main idea of each paragraph based on the details above. Paragraph 1________________________________________________ Paragraph 2 _______________________________________________ Paragraph 3 _______________________________________________ Paragraph 4 _______________________________________________ Paragraph5________________________________________________ ________________________________________ The government's support and people's effort makes a new Tangshan. Warning signs before the earthquake. Destruction of the earthquake. Suffering of the people and the city after the earthquake. Help from all over the country. (3). Organize the ideas and draft your summary. Write down the key supporting points for the topic. Do not include unimportant details or examples. A summary should be around one third the length of the original text. Pay attention to the following: For several days, strange things occurred in the countryside of north eastern Hebei. Then, on 28 July 1976, an earthquake hit Tangshan city. The city was greatly affected and nearly destroyed. Many people were killed or injured. The rescue work began soon after the quakes. Soldiers and medical workers arrived to find survivors and help the people who had lost everything. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the people, a new Tangshan was built. summary Sample THANKS Lavf58.29.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $$