Unit 4,Using language,Earthquakes,Topic: Basic knowledge of earthquakes; how to protect oneself and help the others in disasters,Words and expressions: burst, ruin, injure, destroy, shock, rescue, trap, disaster, bury; right away, (be) at an end, dig out, bring in, a (great )number of, as if,Teaching aims:,Structures: The attributive clauses (I) 由that, which, who, whose引导的定语从句 The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. It was heard in Beijing, which is one hundred kilometers away. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.,Ability: Train the students listening, speaking, reading and writing (a news report) abilities. Train the students ability to use the Internet to search for some useful information. Train the students ability to self-study and cooperate with others.,Functional items: Talking about past experiences: e.g. I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road.,Emotion: Know the damage that an earthquake causes and the signs before an earthquake is coming. Know the ways to reduce the losses of an earthquake. Learn from the bravery of people in Tangshan to the reality and rebuild the city. Honor the great people of Tangshan. Learn to cooperate with each other.,Tangshans new look,Listen and try to give a speech in your own words. You can use the tips in part2.,Listen and complete the exercises.,Listening text,A reporter is asking a man to describe his experience in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. R=reporter M=man R: What was the first thing you remember? M: Oh, my goodness. It was about 5 oclock in the morning. I remember, I woke up when I was thrown out of the bed. When I tried to walk, the floor shook so that I fell. I felt terrified and rushed downstairs.,R: What did you see outside? M: Oh, I saw things I never want to see again. It seemed as if the end of the world came. People were crying, shouting and running everywhere. Bricks were falling down from some buildings while big ones were shaking. Lots of people were getting buried inder bricks. There were great fires around us. It was terrible! R: Did you realize what was happening?,M: No. I asked a man standing next to me what happened. Before he could answer, some bricks fell on him and he was killed. R: That sounds frightening. Did you know where to find a safer place? M: Oh, no. Luckily I met a man who knew the way to a boat. R: Soyou got away easily?,M: No, we didnt. It was difficult because the streets had deep cracks. As we were carefully picking our way, some frightened cows rushed up Market Street and dropped into one of them. Ill never forgot the noise they made. Some of them had broken their legs and others were climbing upon each other to get out. Horrible! R: How did you feel once youd left the city? M: Umm. I felt safer because we were being cared for. The soldiers saved us. They brought is water and food. Thanks to them many of us are still alive.,1. What is a News Article?,2. What are the elements of a News Article?,3. How to read a News Article.,How to read News articles,You are going to write an article for a newspaper about a special event that happened in your hometown. Before you write a newspaper story, you should write an outline. An outline will prepare you to write a better story. It helps you to.,1. Choose a topic 2. Decide what you want to say about the topic 3. Organize your ideas and write clearly.,1. a headline 2. a list of main ideas 3. a list of important details,A newspaper outline should have:,When you write a newspaper story you want the readers to notice it. So you give the reader a headline which is an interesting title that tells the reader what your topic is. Then you organize your ideas into paragraphs.,Attention!,Each para has a different main idea or purpose. Next put some details into each para. These details help the reader to better understand the main idea. One other thing to remember: a newspaper story gives the most important first and the least important news last.,A newspaper story needs a headline to attract the readers attention since the reader may not have bought the newspaper before they read the headline.,Newspaper stories and short stories are organized very differently.,Usually a short story begins with small details and includes details later.,A newspaper does the opposite.,Both kinds of stories use para with the main idea.,In a good newspaper story it is objective.,In a short story it is subjective.,Point of view,Surf the Internet and get more information about the earthquake. Prepare the outline for a short newspaper story for China Daily, Use the example to help you organize your outline.,Homework,