高一英语上册Unit 4 peroid 2 Reading
Earthquake
Teaching goals:
Knowledge aims:
1.Ss will be able to master the following useful new words and expressions.
well,smelly,pond,burst,canal,steam,dirt,injure,brick,dam,useless,steel,shock,rescue,quake,electricity,army,shelter,
fresh,organize,bury, at an end, dig out, coal mine, in ruins
2. Ss will be able to know the basic knowledge about Earthquake
Ability aims:
Develop Ss’ reading ability.
Emotional aims:
1.Ss will be able to know damages earthquake bring about and the ways to reduce losses of an earthquake.
2.Ss will be able to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes
3.Ss will be able to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.
Teaching important points:
1. Master the usages of the useful words and expressions above.
2. Improve the students’ reading ability.
Teaching difficult points:
1. The usages of some words and expressions.
2. How to train the students’ readingability in learning the text.
Teaching methods:
1. Explanation to get the students to have a clear idea.
2. Discussion to get the students to understand the text easier.
Teaching Aids:
A computer and a tape recorder
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Lead-in
1. enjoy a part of film of earthquake.
(1)what other disasters does it have?(flood/ drought/earthquake/fire/typhoon/disease and so on)show some pictures
(2).which disaster may cause the worst damage? ( earthquake)
2.Have ever heard a story of an earthquake?(show video of Tangshan and San Francisco earthquake)
3.Have you experienced an earthquake? If you have, tell me your experience. If no, just imagine what will happen before an earthquake?
4.The earthquake is coming, if you’re trapped in the earthquake , how will you feel? What will you do? Will you leave right away? If you have time to take only one thing , what will you take, why?
5.What kind of damage can an earthquake cause?
( buildings are destroyed; people are killed; families are broken…)
Step2. Fast reading
Today, we’ll learn a text “A Night the Earth didn’t sleep” First, let’s look at the title again, why the earth didn’t sleep for a night? What happened? What does the passage mainly talk about?
Exchange your understanding of the passage with group members and work together to find the main idea of each part.
Main idea of each part:
Part 1 (para.1):
Strange things were happening before the earthquake.
Part 2 (para.2-3):
The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss.
Part 3 (para.4): All hope was not lost.
Step 3 careful reading
1.Read carefully and try to get more information to fill in the blanks.
Part 1:
Strange things
the water in the village wells
rose and fell
the well walls
had deep cracks and a smelly
gas came out
the chickens and pigs
were too nervous to eat
mice
ran out of the fields, looking for places to hide
fish
jumped out of the bowls and ponds
2.Individual work.
Part 2:
a). Get the students to find some details of this part.
Details:
1. At 3:42 am, the greatest earthquake of the 20th century began.
2. Steam burst from holes in the ground.
3. Hard hills of the rock became rivers of dirt.
4. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
5. Two dams and most of the bridges fell.
6. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.
7. Sand now filled the wells instead of water.
8. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get.
b). Fill in the blanks with the data
1/3 of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and
30 metres wide cut across houses.生词表:reading [´ri:diŋ] 
n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词) meanwhile [´mi:n´wail] n.&ad.其间；同时 (初中英语单词) ability [ə´biliti] n.(办事)能力；才干 (初中英语单词) learning [´lə:niŋ] n.学习；学问；知识 (初中英语单词) explanation [,eksplə´neiʃən] n.解释；说明；辩解 (初中英语单词) discussion [di´skʌʃən] n.讨论；辩论 (初中英语单词) computer [kəm´pju:tə] n.计算机；电子计算器 (初中英语单词) disaster [di´zɑ:stə] n.灾难，不幸 (初中英语单词) mainly [´meinli] ad.主要地；大体上 (初中英语单词) nervous [´nə:vəs] a.神经的；神经过敏的 (初中英语单词) useless [´ju:sləs] a.无用的，无价值的 (初中英语单词) earthquake [´ə:θkweik] n.地震；大变动 (高中英语单词) electricity [i,lek´trisiti] n.电；电学；电流 (高中英语单词) experienced [ik´spiəriənst] a.有经验的；熟练的 (英语四级单词) happening [´hæpəniŋ] n.事件，偶然发生的事 (英语四级单词)
Earthquake
Teaching goals:
Knowledge aims:
1.Ss will be able to master the following useful new words and expressions.
well,smelly,pond,burst,canal,steam,dirt,injure,brick,dam,useless,steel,shock,rescue,quake,electricity,army,shelter,
fresh,organize,bury, at an end, dig out, coal mine, in ruins
2. Ss will be able to know the basic knowledge about Earthquake
Ability aims:
Develop Ss’ reading ability.
Emotional aims:
1.Ss will be able to know damages earthquake bring about and the ways to reduce losses of an earthquake.
2.Ss will be able to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes
3.Ss will be able to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.
Teaching important points:
1. Master the usages of the useful words and expressions above.
2. Improve the students’ reading ability.
Teaching difficult points:
1. The usages of some words and expressions.
2. How to train the students’ readingability in learning the text.
Teaching methods:
1. Explanation to get the students to have a clear idea.
2. Discussion to get the students to understand the text easier.
Teaching Aids:
A computer and a tape recorder
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Lead-in
1. enjoy a part of film of earthquake.
(1)what other disasters does it have?(flood/ drought/earthquake/fire/typhoon/disease and so on)show some pictures
(2).which disaster may cause the worst damage? ( earthquake)
2.Have ever heard a story of an earthquake?(show video of Tangshan and San Francisco earthquake)
3.Have you experienced an earthquake? If you have, tell me your experience. If no, just imagine what will happen before an earthquake?
4.The earthquake is coming, if you’re trapped in the earthquake , how will you feel? What will you do? Will you leave right away? If you have time to take only one thing , what will you take, why?
5.What kind of damage can an earthquake cause?
( buildings are destroyed; people are killed; families are broken…)
Step2. Fast reading
Today, we’ll learn a text “A Night the Earth didn’t sleep” First, let’s look at the title again, why the earth didn’t sleep for a night? What happened? What does the passage mainly talk about?
Exchange your understanding of the passage with group members and work together to find the main idea of each part.
Main idea of each part:
Part 1 (para.1):
Strange things were happening before the earthquake.
Part 2 (para.2-3):
The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss.
Part 3 (para.4): All hope was not lost.
Step 3 careful reading
1.Read carefully and try to get more information to fill in the blanks.
Part 1:
Strange things
the water in the village wells
rose and fell
the well walls
had deep cracks and a smelly
gas came out
the chickens and pigs
were too nervous to eat
mice
ran out of the fields, looking for places to hide
fish
jumped out of the bowls and ponds
2.Individual work.
Part 2:
a). Get the students to find some details of this part.
Details:
1. At 3:42 am, the greatest earthquake of the 20th century began.
2. Steam burst from holes in the ground.
3. Hard hills of the rock became rivers of dirt.
4. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
5. Two dams and most of the bridges fell.
6. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.
7. Sand now filled the wells instead of water.
8. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get.
b). Fill in the blanks with the data
1/3 of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and
30 metres wide cut across houses.
n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词) n.&ad.其间；同时 (初中英语单词) n.(办事)能力；才干 (初中英语单词) n.学习；学问；知识 (初中英语单词) n.解释；说明；辩解 (初中英语单词) n.讨论；辩论 (初中英语单词) n.计算机；电子计算器 (初中英语单词) n.灾难，不幸 (初中英语单词) ad.主要地；大体上 (初中英语单词) a.神经的；神经过敏的 (初中英语单词) a.无用的，无价值的 (初中英语单词) n.地震；大变动 (高中英语单词) n.电；电学；电流 (高中英语单词) a.有经验的；熟练的 (英语四级单词) n.事件，偶然发生的事 (英语四级单词)
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