Unit4NaturalDisastersReadingandThinking說課稿-高中英語人教版

Step1:Leadin

Goodmorning,everyone.Todaywearegoingtolearnthereadingandthethinkingpartofthisunit.Hereisapicture,whatcanyouseeinthepicture,anearth?Whatisshedoing?Theearthissleeping.Canearthsleep?No.Thisistheuseof

personification.NowIneedyoutoimaginewhatwillhappeniftheearthdoesn'tsleepatnight.Probablyshe'sill?Probablysomethingterriblewouldhappen.

Step2:Prediction.

NowIneedyoutopredictwhatourpassageisgoingtotalkaboutbylookingatthetitleandthepictures.

Thetitleisthenighttheearthdidn'tsleep.Andlookatthepicturewhatcanyouseeinthepicture?Yes,peopleareprobablymovingastone.Sowhatisourpassagegoingtotalkabout?Probablyaearthquake.

Now,Ineedyoutoreadthepassagequicklyandthencheckyourguess.sodidyouguessitright?

Step3:Readingformainideas

Thepassagetalksaboutaearthquake.Verygood,aterribleearthquake.Wheredidithappen?Intangshan.Andwhatelsedidyouknow?Greatdamage,thehelpofwholenation,thecityhasrevived.

Socanyousummarizethethemainideabyorganizingitintoapletesentence?Yes,aterribleearthquakehitTangshancausinggreatdamage,butwiththehelpofthewholenation,thecityhasrevived.Welldone,ok,

sonowcouldyoutellmethemeaningoftherevive?

Yes,

itmeansbeebetterstrongandactiveagain,OK?Sonowduringtherestofthelessonwhenyoueacrossnewwords,youdon'thavetostopandlookthemupinthedictionary.Thecontextwillprobablyhelpyouunderstandthemeaningofthenewwords,OK?

Sonow

Ineedyoutomatchthemideawitheachparagraph,canyoudoitnow?

SoparagraphonegoestoD.Strangesignsbeforetheearthquakeandparagraphtwogoestothehappeningoftheearthquake.Paragraphthree,thedestructiveeffectsandparagraphfourtherescuework.Thelastparagraphtherevivalofthecity.

Welldone,sonowcanyoutellmehowisthepassagedeveloped?

Sonowherearesomekeys.Beforehappeningoftheearthquakeandtheresultsandtherescueworkandsurvival.Yes,weknowthatthepassageisdevelopedintimeorderandnowthistimelet'sfocusonthefirstthreeparagraphstounderstandmoreabouttheearthquake.Now,

couldyoupleasereadparagraphonetothreeagainandfinishthefollowingtasks?

Step4:Readingfordetails/thinking

Now,canyoudescribethestrangethingsbeforetheearthquakeaccordingtothepictures?

Yes,yes,please.Yes,wecansaythewaterinthewellroseandfellanddeepcracksappearedinthewellwalls.Yes,goodandatleastonewellhadsomesmellygasingoutofit.Thepigsweretoonervoustoeatgoodandthedogsrefusedtogoinsidethebuildings.Thisone,yes,please.Themiceranoutofthefieldslookingforaplacetohideandthefishjumpedoutofwaterandwhatcanwesayinthesky?Yes,brightlight,andalsowecanhearloudnoise,yes,welldone.

Sointhefirstparagraph,theauthordescribessomestrangesignsbeforetheearthquake.Sodoyouthinktheywerewarningsignsandwhy?

Theywerewarningsignsbecausetheyareverystrangeandabnormal.Welldoneandespeciallythewells.Yes,itshowssomethingterribleorsomethingwrongmustbehappeningundertheground.Welldone,thankyouforyouranswers.

Andhowdoyouunderstandthecitiesonemillionpeoplewereasleepasusual?Anyideas?Yes,probablybecausethepeopledidn'tknowanythingabouttheearthquake.Theydidn'tgetpreparedandit'sthepeacebeforestorm.Somethingterriblewillbehappening.OK,soaterribleearthquakewasabouttohappen.

Nowactivitytwo.Herearethedamagetheearthquakecaused,shallwechecktheanswers?Thefirstone?

Howtocorrectit?Itcausedahugecrackofeightkilometerslongandthirtymeterswide.Fromthissentence,weknowthattheearthquakecan

causedamagetonatureitself.OK,numbertwo,trueorfalse?False,notfortythousandbutfourhundredthousandpeoplewerekilled.Sotheearthquakekilledlivesthousandsoflives,includingpeopleandanimals.Numberthree.FALSE,notonethirdbutseventyfivepercentofthefactories.Andnumberfour,true,mostbridgesandrailwaytracksweredestroyedandbecameuselessgood.Sofromthesetwosentencesweknowthattheearthquakecan

damagehumanconstructions.Whataboutnumberfive?Itistrue.Peoplewhosurvivedweregreatlyshockedandatloss.Soweknowthattheearthquakehad

psychologicalinfluenceonpeoplealive.Sowhataboutnumbersix?True.Theearthquakewasoneofthemostdeadlyofthetwentiethcentury.Sowhat'sthemeaningofdeadly?Yes,causinggreatdeaths.

SonowIneedyoutothinkwhatcausedthemostcasualties?Andwhatcanwedotoreducethedeath?

Probablybecausepeopleknewnothingabouttheearthquake.Andprobablybecausepeopledidn'tgetpreparedandprobablybecausemostofthebuildingsfelldown.Andpeoplewerekilledorinjuredbythefallingbuildings.

Sowhatcanwedo?

Raisepeople'sawareness,yes?Aidpeopletogetpreparedandalsoweshouldimproveourbuildings.

OK,sohereistheshortparagraphtohelpusunderstandhowtoimproveourbuildings.OK,shallwereadthemtogether?Earthquakes,one,two.Welldone.Soprobablyinthefuturewewillliveinabuildingthatcanmoveandthatcanroll.

Step4:Readingforlanguage

So,anyway,thesearethepicturesIcollectedfromthewebsite.

Sonow,couldyoupleaseretellthedamageaccordingtothepictures?

Sonowcouldyoutellmehowdoestheauthortellthedamage?

Didyouseeeightkilometersandseventyfivepercentbyusingnumbers?

Whydoestheauthorusenumbers?

Yes,tobespecificandtobeaccurate,goodandtotelltellthetruth,toletpeoplebelievethatthedamageoftheearthquakewassevere.

Sohowdoyouunderstandthissentence?

Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves,butnowindwouldblowthemaway.Yes,theauthorparebrickstoredautumnleaves.Whyred?Itindicatesblood.Yes,butnowindcouldblowthemawayitshowssomanyfallenbuildingsfellonpeople.Andtheyweretooheavy.Sonowtheauthorusessimile.It'sakindofrhetoricaltechniques.Sowhydoestheauthoruserhetoricaltechniques?Totellusalargertruththatnumberscannotshow.

Sonowcouldyoupleasefindmoresentenceswithrhetoricaltechniques?

Yes,herearetwosentences.Itseemedasiftheworldwereingtoanend.Thisisanexpressionofexaggerationtoshowthedarknessandhelplessness.Welldone.Whataboutthenextsentence?HardhillsofRockbecameriversofdirt.Justasyoucanseefromthepicture,right?Thedirtbecameriversrushingdownandburyingthehousesbelow.OK,sothisismetaphor.Sofromthesetwoexpressions,weknowalargertruthabouttheearthquake.Butluckily,there'shopeandhopewasnotlost.SonowIneedyoutoworkingroupsandthendiscussthequestion:

whatdoyouthinkhelpedintherevivaloftangshancity?

Fromnineteenseventysixwhenthecitywasinruintotoday,twentytwentytwowhenitishometomorethansevenmillionpeople.

Wouldyouliketoshareyourideas?Yes,please.Welldone.

Fromyourfeedback,Icanconcludethatpeopleofallwalksoflifeworkedtogetherandthegovernmentmobilizedthewholenationtoprovidesupport.Andfromyourment,Icanseealargertruththatisitisthejointeffortsthathelpedanationstandupfromruinsandalsoitisthespiritofhumanunityandtogethernessthathelpthecityrevive.

Thistimelet'strytounderstandtheauthor'spurposeofwritingthepassage.

Fromhisments.HewritesinthepassageTangshancityhasprovedtoChinaandtherestoftheworldthatintimesofdisasterpeoplemustunifyandshowthewisdomtostaypositiveandrebuildforabrightfuture.

Sonowcanyoutellmetheauthor'spurpose?ItshowswhatTangshancityhasdonecanbeanexampleforthewholeworldgoodandalsoweshouldunitetogetherandweshouldstayoptimisticwelldoneandweshouldworktogetherforasharedfuture.

Step5:Summary

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now.Let'setothesummaryofthislesson.Todaywelearnedaliteraryjournalism.