Module 3 The Violence of NatureI. 教学内容分析本模块以The Violence of Nature为话题，介绍了几种常见的自然灾害，旨在让学生了解自然灾害的危害，以及它们存在的自然及地理环境。
通过本模块的学习，学生要了解自然灾害的特征，并且能够描述灾害发生时所发生的场景，懂得如何在灾难中避险。
Introduction部分通过几幅自然灾害照片引出本模块的内容，让学生对自然灾害有一个直观形象的认识，为本模块的学习打下基础。
Reading and Vocabulary部分通过阅读，使学生了解了两种生成于海上的自然灾害，并学习相关的词汇，着重培养学生快速寻找细节的技巧。
为后面的听、说、读、写训练打下基础。
Grammar 1部分通过观察课文中出现的句子，重点复习过去完成被动语态的语法概念。
Listening and Vocabulary部分，通过一篇短文介绍了加勒比海中的一个美丽岛屿，为听力材料提供了背景，也解决了听力部分的一些词汇问题。
通过练习，让学生了解了火山爆发时的情景，培养学生听大意和细节的能力。
Grammar 2部分通过阅读听力部分的句子及改编后的句子，让学生复习了由直接引语变间接引语的规律。
Pronunciation部分实际上是听力部分的延伸，学生通过这一部分的学习，可以培养通过听单词重音来了解所听语段大意的能力。
Speaking部分，围绕本模块的中心，培养学生在采访中如何提出问题、回答问题的能力，提高会话技巧。
Function部分培养学生根据以知的词汇来为新词下定义的能力，引导他们用英语进行思维。
Writing部分给出参照，让学生描述某一自然灾害的时间、地点、经过、结果等一般情况。
Everyday English部分通过置于句首作状语的副词，来了解整个句子所表达的情感态度。
Cultural Corner部分通过描述历史上两次不同的地震，让学生了解地震的危害，进而思考在地震中应如何避险。
II. 教学重点和难点1. 教学重点(1) 了解一些自然灾害的词汇及基本常识；(2) 快速浏览课文抓住中心内容；(3) 置于句首表明作者态度的副词。
2. 教学难点(1) 听力练习；(2) 过去完成时态；(3) 根据句子重音听语段主要意思。
III. 教学计划本模块共分五课时：第一课时：Introduction, Function, Cultural Corner第二课时：Reading and Vocabulary第三课时：Listening and Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Everyday English第四课时：Grammar 1, Grammar 2第五课时：Speaking, Writing, Module FileIV．教学步骤Period 1 Introduction, Function, Cultural CornerTeaching Goals:1. To introduce some words of natural disasters.2. To help Ss define the words with their own words.3. To help Ss to find the key information by comparison.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Introduction1. Introduce some natural disasters by asking Ss about the weather.Q1. What’s the weather like today?Q2. What will happen when there is too little rain?2. Introduce some pictures about natural disasters.Step 2. Function1. Ask Ss to define the natural disasters in the pictures above in their own words. Suggested Answers:(1) A drought is a long period of time when there is not enough water.(2) A flood is a lot of water in an area which is usually dry.(3) A volcanic eruption is the explosion of melting rocks and gases and so on from the inside of the earth.(4) An earthquake is a sudden shaking of the earth’s surface.(5) A tsunami is an extremely large wave in the sea caused by an earthquake.(6) A lightening is the flash of light which occurs during a thunderstorm. 2.Ask Ss to discuss these questions in groups:Q1. Have you ever experienced a thunderstorm/ a flood/ a hurricane…?Q2. Have you ever read a news story about one of these events? Can you describe it?Q3. Do you know anything about the events? For example, what causes them? Step 3. Cultural Corner1. Fast readingAsk Ss to scan the text quickly to get the structure of the passage. Suggested Answers:Part 1 (Para. 1): There are many earthquakes in the world.Part 2 (Para 2): The worst ever earthquake in China.Part 3 (Paras 3~5): The worst ever earthquake in the USA and its cause.2. Intensive readingAsk Ss to read the passage carefully and fill in the form.(1) Hua County (2) 1556 (3) affected (4) covered (5) were (6) in all(7) lost their lives (8) located in (9) California (10) the 18th of April, 1906(11) caused (12) damage (13) homeless (14) whole (15) movement3. Ask Ss to discuss in groups what they can do if there is an earthquake, then collect the answers.Step 4. Homework1. Ask Ss to go over what they have learnt in the module.2. Ask Ss to preview Reading and Vocabulary on page 23.Period 2 Vocabulary and ReadingTeaching Goals:1.To get Ss to have the general idea of the reading passages.2. To get Ss to know some facts of the two disasters.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. RevisionAsk Ss to translate the following sentences.1. 地震影响到了方圆100公里的一块区域，共有10人丧生。
2. 我们学校坐落在一座小山上。
3. 开发区人口的70%都是年轻人。
Suggested Answers:1. The earthquake covered an area of 100 square kilometers. In all, 10 people lost their lives.2. Our school is situated on a small hill.3. Seventy percent of the population in the development zone are youths.Step 2. Fast reading1. Ask Ss to Read the short passage about the Gulf Stream in Activity 1 on page 22 and guess the meaning of the words “current”, “flow” and “latitude”. Then give them the right answers.2. Get Ss to read the passage and summarize the main idea of each passage. Then ask them to discuss their answers in groups.Suggested Answers:Passage 1: Tornado and its great force.Passage 2: Hurricane and the worst example.Passage 3: An extraordinary story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane.Step 3. Intensive reading可以自己出一些题目1. Ask Ss to read the passage carefully and finish Activity 2 on Page 22.2. Ask Ss to find the words and expressions of Activity 3 in the passage. Then let them match them with the definitions.3. Ask Ss to read the passages again and then discuss the difference between tornado and hurricane.Step 4. Language Points.Ask Ss to discuss the language points in the reading passages in groups.1. Tornado can pick up cars, trains and even houses … (Line 1, Para 2，Passage 1) 龙卷风可以卷起汽车、火车甚至房子，然后把它们带到下一个街区，甚至是另一个城镇。