1、welcome to our English class,Unit4,Earthquakes,Maker Chang Xiujuan,Teaching and learning aims:I. Get the students to have a general idea of earthquakes .II. Improve the students basic reading skills.III.Stimulate students to value time and cherish happy life.,Mr. Nature,Step1:Lead-in & Warming up,Mr
2、. Nature,emotional （情绪化的）,Step1:Lead-in & Warming up,When he is happy,Natural Disasters,fire,earthquake,tsunami,typhoon (hurricane),drought,dragon cyclone龙卷风,volcano eruption,landslide山体滑坡,flood,avalanche,mud-rock flow泥石流,sandstorm,When he gets angry,How many Natural Disasters do you know?,typhoon,t
3、sunami,tornado, hurricane,sand storm,flood,haze,How many Natural Disasters do you know?,How many Natural Disasters do you know?,EARTHQUAKE,Do you know which one is the biggest earthquake in China in the 20th century?,Quiz,Tangshan Earthquake,Speaking,What happened during the earthquake?,Comparing,Be
4、fore,After,Comparing,Before,After,Tall buildings,fell down,Roads,cracked,The railway tracks were,destroyed,People were,injured/killed,A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP,Reading,Skimming,Step2,Divide the passage into three parts and match the main idea with each part .(3mins),Part 2: para_,Part 3: para_,b
5、efore the earthquake,The work after the earthquake,What happened during the quake and the caused by the quake,Part 1: para_,1,2&3,4,the earthquake,the earthquake,the earthquake,Before,During,After,rescue,damage,Signs,Careful reading,Step3,1.People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didnt
6、go to bed that night. 2.People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. 3.More than 400 000 people were killed in the quake. 4.People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan.,True or False,Game,词义猜测题,主旨大意题,细节理解题,Are you ready?,词义猜测题,主旨大意题,细节理解题,A级,B级,C级,1.According to the authors desc
7、ription, which of the following statements about the earthquake is not right? _ A. The whole nation felt it. B. Buildings were badly destroyed during it. C. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. D. A large number of people lost their lives.,A级,2. According to Para.4, which one is the right order
8、?( ) a. Fresh water was taken to the city . b. Miners were rescued from the coal mines . c. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead . d. Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed . A. abdc B. acdb C. cbda D. cdab,B级,3Which is TRUE accord
9、ing to the passage? A People paid much attention to those strange things before the earthquake. BBefore the earthquake animals became nervous. CAfter the earthquake water was needed because there was no water in dams and wells. D After the earthquake the people in Tangshan lost all hope because they
10、 were homeless.,C级,A级,B级,C级,4. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.”(in Paragraph 3, Line20 ) refer to? ( ).A. Red autumn leaves. B. Bricks on the ground.C. Bodies of dead animals.D. Sand in the wells.,A级,5What does the sentence “Slowly, the city began to breathe
11、 again.”mean?A The city will not die; it has hope and it can recover from the pain. BThe army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help people. CHundreds of thousands of people were helped. DMost of the 10,000 miners were rescued.,B级,6. The title “A night the earth didnt sleep” means ( ). A. the ear
12、th was awake all night long B. people on the earth couldnt fall asleep that night C. the earth shook crazily that night D. animals on the earth would not sleep that night,C级,B级,9.What is the main idea of this passage? AThe earth did not sleep that night. BAn earthquake happened to Tangshan. CThe ani
13、mals could not sleep at night. DEarthquake happens now and then.,B级,Step4,Post Reading,Step 4 Summarize and retell the text.,An _ happened in Tangshan in 1976. For a few days, water in the wells rose and _. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish become_. And the water pipes in the buildings cracked and _
14、. But the people in Tangshan _these events.,earthquake,fell,nervous,burst,thought little of,At 3:42 am, everything began to _. It seemed that the world was _. A huge _ cut across the houses and roads, then the city lay_. Two-thirds of the people died or were _. Then later that afternoon, another big
15、 quake shook Tangshan. People began to wonder how long the _would last. But all hope was not lost. Soldiers came to help Tangshan people. Slowly, the city began to _ again.,shake,at an end,crack,in ruins,injured,disaster,breathe,When one place is hit by a disaster, help streams in from all over the country.(一方有难，八方支援),Nature is beautiful, so is our life. Lets cherish our earth! Lets cherish our lives!,Seize the day!,1. Retell the story and write a short passage.,2.Find out the difficult language points and complete the exercises on Learning about Language.,Thank you for your attending!,
