Unit 4 EarthquakesPeriod 1 Warming up and Reading comprehension【The three-dimensional target (三维目标) 】【Knowledge aims (知识目标) 】:1.Get the students to learn the following new words and expressions inthis passage:shake well(n.) rise crack smelly pond pipe burst canal steam dirt ruin injure destroy brick rescue useless bury shock shelter be trapped under sth. A great number of2.Get the students to know basic knowledge about natural disasters.3.Grammar: get the students to learn the Attributive Clause introducedby that, which , who, whom .as .and whose .【Ability aims (能力目标) 】Develop the students reading ability and let them learn to use some reading strategies such as skimming ,scanning , and so on.【Emotional aims (情感目标) 】1.Get the students know damages earthquakes bring about and the waysto reduce losses of earthquakes.2. Get the students to be aware of terrible disasters, meaningwhile getthem to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.【Important points（学习重点）】Get the students to learn different reading skills【Difficult points（学习难点）】Develop the students’reading ability ,especially the ability of understanding implied meanings.【Learning guide（学习方法）】1.Task-based teaching and learning2.Cooperative learning3.Discussion【Teaching tools (教具准备) 】The multimedia and other normal teaching tools【Learning procedures:（学习过程）】Period 1 Warming up and Reading comprehension课前自主学习方案Before class (课前自主学习，合作探究)单词拓展1.________n．地震2．________n．事件；大事3．________n．民族；国家________adj. ________ n．国籍4．________n．污垢；灰尘________adj.5．________n．苦难；痛苦________vt. & vi.遭受；受苦6．________n．&vt. & vi.休克；打击；(使)震惊_______adj.震惊的__________令人震惊的7．________n. & vt.援救；营救8．________n．电；电流；电学________adj.电的；用电的________adj.发电的9．________n．祝贺；(复数)贺词________vt.祝贺10．________n．骑自行车的人________vt.骑自行车11．________vt.(使)惊吓，吓唬________adj.受惊的；受恐吓的________adj.令人恐惧的12．________vt.表示；表达________n.13．________adj.极度的________adv.14．________adj.无用的；无效的________opp.15．________adv.真诚地；真挚地________adj.重点短语1.________away 立刻，马上2．________an end 结束；终结3．dig________ 掘出；发现4．Think ________of 考虑的少，满不在乎5．________hope 失去希望6．________if 仿佛；好像7．in________ 严重受损；破败不堪8．________(great)number of 许多，大量的9．Tens ________thousands of 数以万计的10．Be ________of 以……而自豪句型背诵1 .What________ ________ ________ will happen before an earthquake?你认为地震前会发生什么事？2．Then, later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ shook Tangshan.接着，在下午晚些时候，又一次几乎和第一次一样的强烈的地震震撼着唐山。
3．________ ________ ________ ________the world was at an end!似乎是世界末日到了！4．________hope was ________ lost.不是所有的希望都破灭了。
5．Workers built shelters for survivors ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.救援人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所。
参考答案单词拓展1．earthquake 2.event 3.nation，national，nationality4．dirt，dirty 5.suffering，suffer 6.shock，shocked，shocking 7．rescue 8.electricity，electric，electrical 9.congratulation，congratulate10.cyclist，cycle11.frighten，frightened，frightening 12.express，expression 13.extreme，extremely 14．useless，useful 15.sincerely，sincere重点短语1．right 2.at 3.out 4.little 5.lose 6.as 7.ruins 8.a9．of 10.proud句型背诵1．do you think 2.as strong as the first one 3.It seemed as if4.All；not5.whose homes had been destroyedIn class（课上交流展示、研讨提升）Step 1 Warming up（热身）Ⅰ.what natural disasters have you heard of?II.Which disaster may cause the worst damage? Have you ever experienced an earthquake? ____________________________________________________________________________ _Step 2 Pre-reading（展示预习成果和导入新课）1. Recently, Feng Xiaogang’s new movie --- After Shock (唐山大地震) is on show. Please look at the pictures , and answer the following questions:1) What do you think will happen before an earthquake?2) What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?3) Do you know anything about Tangshan Earthquake in 1976?2.Get the Ss to look at the pictures and the title of the reading passage andpredict the content and then lead into the new lesson.Step 3 Fast reading（速读）1. SkimmingSkim the passage and guide the students to conclude the main idea of this passage. （方法引导：抓住每段的key words，从而掌握整篇文章的大意和中心思想——因为文章里的每个单词、每个句子、每个段落都是为这个中心服务的。
）（Tips for summing up the main idea of a story： When? Where? What happened?）2. ScanningScan the passage and do the true or false questions.（方法引导：采用扫描式阅读(scanning), 进行有选择有目的地阅读，目的是寻找某些资料或信息，对于无关部分可以忽略。
）1. Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( )2. All the people in Tangshan were dead or injured during the earthquake. ( )3. Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei and people were very afraid of them. ( )4. Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again. ( )5.All hope was not lost. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. ( ) Step 5 Post-reading（读后）1. Listen to the tape of the Reading. Please pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.（方法引导：听录音，注意语音语调以及句子的意群，以便更好的理解文意。