人教版高一英語Book 1 unit4 Earthquakes reading

1、 UNIT 4l l Earthquakes The second period高一英語備課組高一英語備課組Lead-inl1.Talk about the natural disaster earthquake in Wenchuan (its prediction and damage)PredictionDamagelUp to 12,000 people are killed and as many as 26,000 injured by an earthquake in just one county in Chinas south-western Sichuan province

2、, state media say. Crack A NIGHT A NIGHT THE EARTH THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEPDIDNT SLEEPlburst: hurtlshake: save, helplshocked: movelinjure: break lrescue: frightenedldestroy: damagel New Words：electricity: A. invisible gas which water change into by boilingsteam: B. form of energy for lighting, l heatin

3、g, driving machines.ruin: C. person who continues to live in spite of nearly being killedsurvivor: D. state of being collapsed or destroyed Task 1:Read the text and get the information .When:Where:What:countryside in northeast Hebei on July 28, 1976 The earthquake happened and destroyed the city.The

4、 main idea : The earthquake happened and destroyed the city in northeast Hebei on July28,1976.Fast reading Part. the earthquake:Part2. the earthquake:Part3. the earthquake:Task 2:The Sequence of This Text isTime OrderParagraph 1Paragraphs2&3Paragraph4BeforeDuringAfterDivide the text and find the

5、 topic sentence of each part. *Please choose the proper key words to summarize the main idea of each part.Part 1. A. funny things B. signs C.animals Part 2. A. destruction B. death C. earthquake happenedPart 3. A. army B. survivors C. helpB. signsA. destructionC. helpTask 3:signsstrange phenomenawat

6、erwater pipeschickens smelly gaswell wallsrose and fell have deep cracks cracked and bursttoo nervous to eatcame out of the cracksParagraph1Detail readingRead paragraph 2 and find out the figures (數(shù)字?jǐn)?shù)字)to match the following information.1. How many people felt the earthquake? 2. How long and how wid

7、e was the crack?3. How long did it take to make a large city lie in ruins?4. What was the number of people who were killed or injured ? -One-third of the nation felt it.-8 kilometers long and 30 meters wide.-In 15 terrible seconds.-More than 400,000.1. It seemed that the world was at an end.A. in th

8、e end B. finished C. loose2. But how could the survivors believe it was natural? ( paragraph3,line1)3. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. (paragraph3, line1)Q: Read it out and find the structure.ruinedB. finishedQ: What does it refer to?Find a word in paragraph2 to replace “dest

9、royed”.1.1.Which is Which is NOT NOT mentioned in the passage?mentioned in the passage? A. People in Tangshan helped with the rescue work. A. People in Tangshan helped with the rescue work. B. Soldiers helped to rescue the people. B. Soldiers helped to rescue the people. C. People from other countri

10、es came to give help. C. People from other countries came to give help. D. People from other parts of the country came D. People from other parts of the country came to give help. to give help. (C)2. What do you think the text may talk about2. What do you think the text may talk about in the in the

11、next next paragraph?paragraph? A. Life before the earthquake A. Life before the earthquake B. Life after the earthquake B. Life after the earthquake C. The young generation of Tangshan C. The young generation of Tangshan D. Life of Tangshan people after the D. Life of Tangshan people after the earth

12、quake earthquake(D)Paragraph4Todays TangshanMoral education In the earthquake, the city was destroyed, but now it has become a beautiful city. What have you learned from this text?1.We should try our best to protect the earth. We should know about the earthquake.2. Be brave when facing difficulties.

13、 Life is full of hope.3. Hand-in-hand, we can beat any difficulty. InterviewlDivide the class into three groups and each group choose a paragraph and act out an interview between a reporter and a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake.lExample: (paragraph1)lR: I am a reporter from China Daily.l Can I

14、 ask you some questions?lS: Yes.lR: Was there anything strange beforel the earthquake?lS: There were some strange things l happeningl lR: Thank you .lS: Thats all right. _ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _. From the _ of wells _come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish be

15、came _. At 3:00 am, everything began to _.It seemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _cut across the city. The city lay _. Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people _ or _. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to wonder _. But all hope _.