第 1 页 共 7 页Unit 4Earthquakes知识目标：本单元需要学习的重点单词为：shakewell (n. )risecracksmellypondpipeburstcanal steamdirtruininjuredestroybrick damuseless steelshockquakerescue electricitydisasterarmyorganize burycoalmineshelterfreshpercentspeech judgehonorprepare Europe本单元需要学习的重点词组为：right awayat an endlie in ruinsbe trapped under sth. a (great)number ofput up give outwake sb. upthousands ofdig outprepare sb. for sth. think little of sb. /sth.本单元需要学习的重点句型为：1. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, went to bed as usual that night. (the Attributive Clause)2. It seemed that the world was at an end! (It seems/seemed that. . . )3. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. (Simile)4. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. (those who. . . )5. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. (the Attributive Clause)6. Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed. (Inversion)7. Man himself had to make ruins of some of the citys best buildings so that they would not be a danger to those in the streets. (so that. . . )8. A list of buildings not destroyed was now only a few addresses. (the past participle used as attribute)9. Amazing as it may seem, Wednesday night was a quiet night. (predicative/adverbial+as. . . )10. Never in all San Franciscos history were her people so kind as on that terrible night. (Inversion)本单元需要掌握的功能用语为：叙述过去的经历(Talking about past experiences)Strange things were happening in the countryside in Northeast Hebei. For three days the water. . . At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976, people saw. . . At 3:42 am everything began to shake.本单元需要掌握的语法为：定语从句（ I ） （由 that, which, who, whose 引导的定语从句）A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals.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.能力目标：1. 能运用所学语言知识描述地震前兆、危害及震后援救。2. 根据已知信息推测将要听取的材料的内容。3. 提高阅读技能和用英语进行思维、推理、判断的能力。4. 掌握演讲稿的格式及新闻报道的写作步骤和要点。情感目标：1. 使学生对灾难有正确的认识，用积极的态度去面对它。第 2 页 共 7 页2. 学习唐山人民勇敢面对自然灾害，积极进行灾后重建的精神。3. 在教学活动中培养学生的合作精神和互助精神。课时安排Period 1:Warming up and ReadingPeriod 2-3:Important language pointsPeriod 4:Grammar:the Attributive Clause (I)Period 5:ListeningPeriod 6:Reading task and Speaking taskPeriod 7:Revision (Summing up, Learning tip and Project)Period 1Warming up and Reading三维目标Knowledge aims:1. Get the students to learn the following useful new words and expressions in this passage:shake well (n. )risecrack smellypondpipeburstcanal steamdirtruin injure destroybrickdam uselesssteelshockquake rescueelectricitydisaster army organizeburycoal mineshelter freshright awayat an endlie in ruinsbe trapped under sth. a (great)number of2. Get the students to know basic knowledge about natural disasters.Ability aims:1. Develop the students reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2. Train the students ability to collect useful information from the Internet by themselves.Emotional aim:1. Get the students know damages earthquakes bring about and the ways to reduce losses of earthquakes.2. Get the students to know how to protect oneself and help others in earthquakes.3. Get the students to be aware of terrible disasters, meanwhile get them to face it, treat it in a proper way, and never get discouraged.教学重点1. Get the students to know basic knowledge about natural disasters.2. Get the students to learn about Tangshan Earthquake.3. Get the students to learn different reading skills.教学难点Develop the students reading ability.教学方法1. Task-based teaching and learning2. Cooperative learning3. Discussion教具准备The multimedia and other normal teaching tools教学过程第 3 页 共 7 页Step 1 Lead-inShow the students some pictures about natural disasters and ask them:1. Have you ever experienced any natural disaster? Look at the pictures. Can you name all the disasters?(volcano, fire, typhoon, flood, sandstorm, hailstone, thunderstorm, hurricane, earthquake)2. Have you ever experienced an earthquake? Can you describe how terrible an earthquake is?地震的破坏(The earth is shaking; all the buildings will fall down; the roads will be destroyed; many people will be killed or injured; a lot of children will become orphans. . . )Step 2 Warming upTurn to Page 25. Ask the students to read and look at the photos of Tangshan and San Francisco to describe what they see in the two photos to a partner.(beautiful cities; broad roads; tall building; large population. . . )Imagine there has been a big earthquake in these two cities, what might happen to all the things in the photos?(If a big earthquake happened, the whole cities might be in ruins. Large quantities of tall buildings might collapse. The broad and busy roads might be destroyed. Many people might be killed or inj