1、Teaching Plan Unit 4 Earthquakes_Topic: Earthquakes Language knowledge1.知识目标（Knowledge） 词汇（Vocabulary）：shake, rise, crack, burst, well, smelly, pond, steam, destroy, ruin, injure, survivor, brick, useless, shock, quake, rescue, electricity,disaster, organize, bury, coal, mine, shelter, fresh, percen
2、t, honor, prepare. 短语(Phrases and expressions)：right away, at an end, lie in ruins, be trapped under sth, to the north of sp, put up, give out, wake sb up, prepare sth for sth., think little of sth. 语法(Grammar) ：定语从句（The Attributive Clause）.能用英语描述任务的特征、行为等- 由 who/ whom/ whose/ that 引导；能用英语描述事物、事件的性质
3、、内容等- 由 which/ that/ whose 引导。Language skills1.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.学习朗读中连读和略读的技能5.掌握演讲稿的格式及新闻报道的写作步骤和要点。Cultural consciousness了解世界各地的自然灾害和大地震的情况, 了解有关地震的知识，地震的成因，征兆，损失,救援等,启发学生国际援助意识Affect E; B; D; A(3) Try to divide the passage into three parts.
4、 Then try to write down the main idea of each part.(p27,ex.3)Part1.(Paragraph1) _Part2.(Paragraph2&3) _Part3.(Paragraph4) _Suggested Answers: Part 1: Phenomena before the earthquake.Part 2: What happened during the earthquake and the damagePart 3: The rescue work after the earthquake.Step3 Scanning1
5、. Read the text quickly and try to get some details from the text. Work in pairs and try to ask and answer questions from the text. Questions can be like these.Q1 What did people in Tangshan see in the sky before the earthquake?Q2 What did people hear?Q3 What did people notice in the wells?Q4 Did pe
6、ople pay any attention to these abnormal phenomena?Q5 When did the earthquake To get Ss to have some details in the text.begin?Q6 How many people were killed or injured in the earthquake?Q7 Could the injured people go to hospital?Suggested Answers:A1 They saw bright lights in the sky.A2 They heard t
7、he sound of planes outside Tangshan even when no planes were in the skyA3 People noticed the well walls had deep cracks, and a smelly gas came out of the cracks.A4 No. They went to the bed as usual that night.A5 More than 400,000 people.A6At3:42in the morning of July 28.A7 No, they couldnt because a
8、ll of the citys hospitals were gone in the quake. To train Ss speaking ability and master the new words while using themGroup workStep4DiscussionOne acts as a reporter from China Daily and another acts as a witness of the Tangshan Earthquake. They will have an interview.One possible dialogue:(Report
9、er =R witness=W) R: hello, nice to meet you. I am a reporter from China Daily.W: Nice to meet you.R: I hear that you went through the Tangshan earthquake, didnt you?W: Yes, I was so lucky as to be one of the survivors.R: Would you like to answer some questions about the 修改与备注:earthquake?W: OK.R: Whe
10、n did you know that the earthquake was coming? Were you warned of the earthquake?W: Although later people said there had been some signs that showed an earthquake was coming, we paid no attention to them. We just went to bed as usual that night.R: Then do you still remember what happened during the
11、earthquake?W: Oh, at 3:42 everything began to shake. A huge crack that was about eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses and roads. The terrible earthquake lasted for about 15 seconds. After that, everywhere, everything was destroyed. Many buildings fell down. To make things w
12、orse, two dams and most of the bridges also fell. The railway tracks became useless pieces of steel.R: Although you had survived, you had to live a hard life in the next period of time?W: That is true. Water, food and electricity were hard to get. Life was really hard for us.R: And you had the army
13、help you.W: Yes, The army sent 150,000 soldiers to help the rescue workers. They organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and bury the dead.R: I think you can rebuild your home city very well.W：I believe so. We people in Tangshan will try our best to rebuild the city.R: Thank you for answering my questions. W: Thats all right.Step5Home work1.阅读p76-82,完成 p82-83 练习2.熟读课文第二段,准备背诵Record afterteaching
