高中英語(yǔ)-棗莊實(shí)驗(yàn)高中 韓建翠 高一M6B3Reading教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)情分析教材分析課后反思

Module6OldandNewReadingandVocabulary

TheThreeGorgesDam

棗莊實(shí)驗(yàn)高中高一英語(yǔ)組

一、教學(xué)目標(biāo)、方法和手段概述

課題OldandNew課型Reading

1.Learnandmasterthekeywordsand

phrases

知識(shí)目標(biāo)

2.Helpthestudentslearnmoreaboutthe

ThreeGorgesDam.

Totraintheirreadingskills-skimming

目能力目標(biāo)

andscanning.

標(biāo)

1.TohelpSsmakeobjectivecomments

要

情感態(tài)度價(jià)值觀onthedam

求

2.Tocooperatewithothers.

1.Todealwiththereadingmaterial

andhelpSsexpressthemselvesonthe

教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)

damtopic.

2.Developtheirreadingskills

教學(xué)方法Task-basedmethod

教學(xué)手段Multimedia.

二、教學(xué)流程設(shè)計(jì)

TheThreeGorgesDam

Step1.Lead-in

ShowsomebeautifulpicturesoftheThreeGorges.Haveatripalong

theThreeGorges.

T:It'safinedaytoday,isn'tit?Wouldyouliketofollowmetoa

beautifulplace?

S:Yes.Ok!Let'sbeginourtrip.

T:Lookatthepictures.Firstly,wewillenjoythefirstGorge一Qutang

Gorge.Whatdoyouthinkofthissite?

S:It'sverybeautiful.Therearemanyhighcliffs.

T:Verygood!Godowntheriver,wecanreachawonderfulandquiet

placecalledWuGorge—thesecondGorge.Afterthat,wewillenjoythe

thirdgorge一XilingGorge.Itisfamousforthehistoricalsites.Doyou

likethetheThreeGorgesarea?

S:Yes.

T:Itisoneofthemostbeautifulareas.Howeverthereusedtobe

manyfloodsatthelowerpartoftheYangtzeRiver,whichcausedgreat

damagetothepeoplelivingthere.Whatshouldwedotocontrol

flooding?

S:Weshouldbuildadam.

T:Youareclever.Actually,agreatpeopleoncewroteapoemin

whichhedreamedofadamacrosstheYangtzeRiver.Doyouknowthe

poemandwhowroteit?

S:“更立西江石壁，截?cái)辔咨皆朴辏邖{出平湖?！?/p>

T:Excellent!MaoZedongwroteapoeminwhichhedreamedof“walls

ofstonetoholdbackcloudsandraintillasmoothlakerisesinthenarrow

gorges/5Nowhisdreamhascometrue.

Doyouwanttoknowmoredetailsaboutthedam?

S:Yes!

T:TodaywewillexploretheThreeGorgesDamtogether.Openyour

booksandturntoP53.

設(shè)計(jì)意圖：此環(huán)節(jié)的目的是激起學(xué)生的興趣，讓大多數(shù)學(xué)生都能

參與英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)。

Step2.Reading

1.Skimming

MatchthemainideawitheachDaragraph.

Para.1.Disadvantagesconnectedwithpeopleintheregion

Para.2.Advantagesofthedam

Para.3C.Lead-inbyapoem

Para.4.Descriptionsofthedam

Para.5>E.Disadvantagesconnectedwiththehistoricalrelics

設(shè)計(jì)意圖：此活動(dòng)訓(xùn)練了學(xué)生快速閱讀的能力，也讓學(xué)生清楚每段的

主題大意，并在此基礎(chǔ)整體上掌握全文。

2.Scanning

ReadPara1-2carefullyandanswerthequestions.

1.What'sthedreamofMaoZedong?

2.what'sthepurposeofbuildingtheThreeGorgesdam?

3.whatisthesizeoftheThreeGorgesdam?

ReadPara3carefullyandanswerthequestions.

1.WhofirstsuggestedtheideaofadamacrosstheYangtzeRiver?

2.Whatisthedisadvantagesofburningcoal?

3.Howmuchelectricitywillthedamgenerate?

Answerstothequestions:

1.SunYat-sen

2.Itcausesseriousairpollutionandincreasesglobalwarming.

3.Thedamwillgenerateelectricityequaltoabout40milliontonsof

coal.

ReadPara4-5andandfillintheblanks.

Thereservoirhasflooded2,11,140andmore

than4000?AndithasfloodedsomeofChina'smostfamous

,includingtheQuYuanTemple,theHanWatch-towerand

theMoyaCliffcarvings.Also,about800havebeen

submerged.

Step3.Summary

MaoZedongoncewroteapoeminwhichhe"wallsofstoneto

cloudsandraintillasmoothlakerisesinthegorges^^.

Nowhisdreamhas.ThepoweroftheYangtzeRiverhasbeen

bytheThreeGorgesDam.

MostofChina'senergyisproducedbyburningcoal,whichcauses

seriousandincreases.However,thedamwill

electricityabout40milliontonsofcoalwithout

somuchpollution.

Thereservoirhasalotofcitiesandtowns.Morethanamillion

ofpeoplehavefromtheirhomes.About800historicalrelicshave

been.

YOUROWNSUMMARY

MaoZedongwroteapoem....dreamedof...;

Nowhisdream

ThepoweroftheYangtzeRiver...harnessedby...

MostofChina'senergy....burningcoal,

...causes....andincreases...;

Thedam...generate...equalto...40milliontonsofcoalwithout...

Thereservoirhasflooded...

Morethanamillionofpeople....moved...

About800historicalrelics...submerged

T:asksomestudentstosummarizewhattheyhavelearned.

S:....

T:Youalldidgoodjobtoday.

設(shè)計(jì)意圖：分組討論，加深學(xué)生對(duì)課文的理解，同時(shí)能增強(qiáng)學(xué)生之

間的合作能力。

Step4.Discussion

LefsshareyouropiniononthebuildingoftheThreeGorgesDam.

Fororagainst?Andwhy?

Discussingroupsoffour,andoneofyoutakesnotes.Thentalkabout

youropinionsintheclass.

AdvantagesDisadvantages

1.controlflooding;l.costmuchtime&money

2g.enerate/provide2.floodtowns&villages;

electricity;3.makepeoplemoveaway;

3.reduceairpollution;4.submergehistorical

4.developtourism;relics

5.developefishing5.destroythebalanceof

industiyenvironment

6.improvethe6p.otentialtargetforforeign

developmentofChinamilitaryattack

Everyoneofushasourownideasofthedam,butweshouldkeepin

mindthat“l(fā)ookaftertheenvironment,takecareofalllivingthingsand

keepinharmonywithournature.^^

設(shè)計(jì)意圖：充分發(fā)揮了學(xué)生的主動(dòng)性和積極性，讓他們主動(dòng)投身于語(yǔ)

言的學(xué)習(xí)中，樂于發(fā)表自己的觀點(diǎn)和意見。通過(guò)此活動(dòng)不僅訓(xùn)練了學(xué)

生的口語(yǔ)能力，而且培養(yǎng)了學(xué)生主動(dòng)探究的能力。

三、課時(shí)作業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)

Step5.Assignment

Writeashortpassagebasedonyourdiscussion.

四、課時(shí)評(píng)價(jià)設(shè)計(jì)

1.自我評(píng)價(jià):

本課時(shí)學(xué)到了哪些有助于寫作在和同伴的合作中起到了什么作

姓名

的技能？用？

2.小組互評(píng):

發(fā)言的次數(shù)和同學(xué)的合對(duì)同伴的啟發(fā)為小組活動(dòng)準(zhǔn)備

（多于平均作意愿（好和幫助（較大的資料（較多3,

姓名總分

3,一般2,3,一般2,3,一般2,幾一般2,很少1）

少于平均1）不太愿意1）乎沒有1）

五、教后記

本堂閱讀課我通過(guò)不同的任務(wù)設(shè)置，讓學(xué)生在閱讀中完成各個(gè)

任務(wù)，首先通過(guò)圖片引起學(xué)生的興趣，然后用小組討論的形式在課堂

上多給他們留時(shí)間，使學(xué)生處于主動(dòng)的地位來(lái)解決問題。再次，在

Discussion的展示過(guò)程中，絕大多數(shù)學(xué)生能在規(guī)定的時(shí)間內(nèi)完成任

務(wù)。但在教學(xué)的實(shí)際過(guò)程中還出現(xiàn)一些不足：1.學(xué)生還不太適應(yīng)全

英課堂；2.個(gè)別環(huán)節(jié)的過(guò)渡不夠自然。在以后的教學(xué)中要注意的是,

在嘗試新想法的同時(shí)不能丟了最根本的一些教學(xué)方法。

學(xué)情分析

教學(xué)對(duì)象為高一學(xué)生，他們思維活躍，有自己的觀點(diǎn)和看法，

敢于提出不同見解。根據(jù)這一情況，我在課件中加入了漂亮的風(fēng)景圖

片來(lái)引起學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)興趣，設(shè)計(jì)了比較簡(jiǎn)單的閱讀后的問題來(lái)幫學(xué)生

增加學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的自信心。他們不滿足于教科書上的知識(shí)，想獲得更

多的信息。在英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)上，他們不只是想把英語(yǔ)作為一門死記硬背的

課程來(lái)學(xué)，更希望能學(xué)到知識(shí)性和趣味性兼有的內(nèi)容，從英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)中

獲得更多的知識(shí)和能力。三年的初中英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)，使學(xué)生儲(chǔ)備了一定的

詞匯和英語(yǔ)知識(shí)，能較好地展開話題討論，各抒己見。同時(shí)一，高一新

生基本具備一定的電腦操作知識(shí)和網(wǎng)上搜索和查閱知識(shí)的能力。這些

都為本課學(xué)生運(yùn)用信息技術(shù)進(jìn)行課堂整合提供了有力的支持。因此,

應(yīng)結(jié)合學(xué)生的實(shí)際情況，因材施教,激發(fā)學(xué)生興趣，讓學(xué)生主動(dòng)學(xué)習(xí)，

學(xué)有所獲。

效果分析

縱觀整堂課，學(xué)生思維活躍，而且對(duì)課堂上的活動(dòng)都是積極配合

的。我先設(shè)定了明確的任務(wù)目標(biāo)，站在學(xué)生角度,精心設(shè)計(jì)教學(xué)任務(wù)，

提高學(xué)生英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的積極性，為學(xué)生創(chuàng)設(shè)英語(yǔ)交際環(huán)境。學(xué)生顯得樂

學(xué)，善學(xué)，提高了他們自主探究的興趣，積極開展英語(yǔ)思維活動(dòng)。在

這堂課中，注重“以人為本”，發(fā)揮學(xué)生的主動(dòng)性，充分體現(xiàn)以學(xué)生

為中心的教學(xué)理念。整堂課師生，生生互動(dòng)性強(qiáng)，在自主、互動(dòng)、

探究的方式中展開課堂教學(xué)。以任務(wù)型為教學(xué)原則，本案例的每一個(gè)

任務(wù)都是圍繞學(xué)習(xí)者“學(xué)”的角度設(shè)計(jì)的。通過(guò)小組活動(dòng)，培養(yǎng)合作

探究能力。注重學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)策略的培養(yǎng)，如：預(yù)測(cè)、讀圖、如何歸納段

意等。教授本課時(shí).，體現(xiàn)了英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)中的“學(xué)中用、做中學(xué)”的原則。

在閱讀后回答問題這一環(huán)節(jié)，設(shè)計(jì)的問題有1個(gè)是開放性的，培養(yǎng)學(xué)

生的創(chuàng)新能力和發(fā)散思維。不足之處回答問題設(shè)計(jì)的有些難，基礎(chǔ)

差的學(xué)生有些吃力，應(yīng)把這幾道題留做作業(yè)，作為復(fù)習(xí)鞏固。

教材分析

該模塊以O(shè)ldandNew為話題，介紹了我國(guó)著名的三峽大壩工程,

也介紹了幾個(gè)中外著名的大型建筑工程。

Readingandvocabulary部分是本模塊學(xué)習(xí)的重點(diǎn)，內(nèi)容是介紹三

峽大壩工程及它所帶來(lái)的變化。圍繞課文設(shè)置了四個(gè)相關(guān)練習(xí)：

Activity1&2這兩個(gè)活動(dòng)旨在為學(xué)生閱讀文章掃清詞匯障礙?？稍陂?/p>

讀課文的過(guò)程中處理詞匯，完成練習(xí)；Activity3是對(duì)課文內(nèi)容的細(xì)節(jié)

考察，要求學(xué)生能夠根據(jù)答語(yǔ)寫出問題；Activity4要求學(xué)生根據(jù)所

學(xué)內(nèi)容討論對(duì)三峽的認(rèn)識(shí)。該部分可以與Speaking部分聯(lián)系一起完成.

通過(guò)三峽工程的介紹，幫助學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)掌握有關(guān)建筑的詞匯、短語(yǔ)，并

在第五模塊的基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)一步學(xué)習(xí)定語(yǔ)從句，提高口、筆頭表達(dá)能力。

同時(shí)，了解三峽工程所帶來(lái)的巨大變化，增強(qiáng)學(xué)生的責(zé)任心和民族

自豪感。

教學(xué)反思

這是本模塊的reading,我在設(shè)計(jì)的時(shí)候進(jìn)行了新的嘗試。通過(guò)三

峽的風(fēng)景圖片直接導(dǎo)入，帶著學(xué)生通過(guò)快速閱讀并填空了解了三峽沿

岸的美景，同時(shí)通過(guò)多媒體課件中展示的圖片讓學(xué)生有了直觀的感受,

讓學(xué)生有了想去旅游的沖動(dòng)。接著，我通過(guò)問題和一個(gè)討論讓學(xué)生在

精讀課文回答問題和討論分析后總結(jié)出做旅行計(jì)劃所要考慮的問題。

最后，布置了作業(yè)：讓學(xué)生根據(jù)討論寫出一篇關(guān)于修建三峽大壩優(yōu)缺

點(diǎn)的短文。但在教學(xué)的實(shí)際過(guò)程中出現(xiàn)了一些問題：1.學(xué)生還不太

適應(yīng)全英課堂；2.個(gè)人口語(yǔ)水平有限，不能很好地引導(dǎo)學(xué)生；3.每

一個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)的過(guò)渡不夠自然；4.精讀部分練習(xí)設(shè)計(jì)的太少，學(xué)生并沒

有完全了解課文的內(nèi)容。在以后的教學(xué)中要注意的是，在嘗試新想

法的同時(shí)不能丟了最根本的一些教學(xué)方法。

Theanalysisoftheteachingmaterial

ThetextintroducesTheThreeGorgesDam.Studentscanknow

moreaboutthebenefits,suchaschangesintheenvironmentoreconomy

fromit.Andthenhelpstudentsformpositiveattitudestowardthe

developmentofourcountry.Thistopicisnewandinterestingtothe

students.Sotheycanlearnthetextwithabiginterest.

Basedonthematerial,thereare3teachingaims.

Knowledgeaimsaretoletstudentsunderstandandmasterthenew

wordsandphrasessuchas:reservoir,structure,generateandsoonandto

haveacompleteunderstandingofthetext.

Abilityaimsaretotrainthestudents'fastreadingskills,suchas

skimming,scanningandcarefulreadingandcooperativeabilitywith

others.

Emotionaimistohelpstudentsmakeobjectivecommentsonthedam

andtohelpthemfindgreatchangesandtoarousethelovefortheir

hometown.

Accordingtothe3teachingaims,theteachingkeypointsaretohelp

Ssgraspthenewwordsandphrasesandtogetafullunderstandingofthe

text.

Teachingdifficultpointsaretodevelopstudents'readingskillsandto

enableSstoexpressthemselvesonthedamtopic.

高一英語(yǔ)外研版必修3Module6評(píng)測(cè)練習(xí)

一.單詞拼寫

1.Thenewschoolforhomelesschildrenisstillunderc.

2.Thisstoneisveryprecious,forifsaroftheStoneAge.

3.Rescueworkersrushedtothesoftheaccidentwithoutdelay.

4.Thepoetmusthavebeenveryyoungwhenhewrotethisp.

5.Thegateistoonfortwocarstopasssidebyside.

6.Inthisstoreyouwillfindawiderangeofleathergoods,wood

（雕刻）andlacework.

7.Themonkmayrunaway,butthe（廟宇）can'tmovewith

him.

8.Wewenttoseea（n）（有關(guān)歷史的）playaboutthenational

heroYueFeiinancientChinayesterday.

9.Theydevotedalltheir（精力）tothejob.

lO.Standingonthe（瞭望塔）,hesawagroupofenemy

comingtowardshere.

二.短語(yǔ)互譯

1.起源于2.阻止

3.變成現(xiàn)實(shí)______________4.有意義

5.結(jié)束；終止_____________6.掌握權(quán)力

7.提供某人某物8.過(guò)幸福的生活

9.上升，上漲10.夢(mèng)想，夢(mèng)到

11.充滿，盛滿__________12.under

construction______

13.beequalto__________14.now

that_____________

15.workout16.takeaway_____________

17.outofdate__________18.upto

date_____________

三.用方框中短語(yǔ)的正確形式填空

datefromholdbackcometruelivea...life

crossoutmakesensemorethanbeequalto

l.ThetemplewhichyouvisitedlastmonththeTang

Dynasty.Ithasalonghistory.

2.NewZealandisalittlelargerthanGuangdongProvince,butthe

populationofGuangdongabout20timesofthatofNew

Zealand.

3.Manystudentssaynowtheydon'tathomebecausethey

arealwaysforcedtodomuchhomework.

4.Ifyoutheletter"u"in"colour”,itsspellingisstillright.

5.HerdreamofgettingashotonCCTVnextweekbecause

ofherwonderfuldancing.

6.Shecouldn'thertearsandcriedoutonhearingthe

excitingnews.

7.MydaughteroftentellsmethatherChineseteacherisa

teacher;sheislikeamothertoher.

8.Ifwhatyousaydoesn,t,1thinknoonehereiswillingto

gowithyou.

一.單項(xiàng)選擇

1.Whenheheardthenews,hehurriedhome,thebook

onthedesk.

A.leaving;lyingopenB.toleave;lyingopen

C.left;lyingopenD.leaving;lyingopened

2.itistojumpintothepoolinsummer!

A.WhatfunB.WhatafunC.HowfunD.Howafun

3.Atlasttheyanagreementit.

A.reached;onB.concluded;at

C.arrivedat;aboutD.cometo;in

4.Notuntilallthefishdiedintheriverhowseriousthe

pollutionwas.

A.didthevillagersrealizeB.thevillagersrealized

C.realizedthevillagersD.didn'tthevillagersrealize

5.The2000OlympicGamesinSydney,acityofAustralia.

A.weretakenplaceB.washeld

C.wereheldD.hadbeenheld

6.Theydecidedtogohomebeforetheirmoney,

A.wasrunB.ranoutofC.ranoutD.used

7.——Youhaven'tbeentoBeijing,haveyou?

——.HowIwishtogothere!

A.Yes,IhaveB.Yes;Ihaven'tC.No,IhaveD.No,Ihaven't

8.Thoughhewasintheleg,thesoldierwentonfiringatthe

enemy.

A.injuredB.hurtC.woundedD.killed

9.Itcourageandpatiencetodosuchajob.

A.spendsB.takesC.costsD.pays

10.Ifsaboutfromheretothehospital.

A.15minuteswalkB.15minutewalk

C.15-minuteswalkD.15minutes'walk

11.Herhopeoflivingto100.

A.wasn'tcometrueB.didn'trealize

C.wasn'tcametrueD.wasn'trealized

12.WillJackbesuchajob?

A.fitB.fitforC.equalforD.equalto

13.Fiveteacherswillattendthemeeting,.

A.includedherB.includinghe

C.himincludingD.herincluded

14.isstrangethatheshouldhavefailedinthatexam.

A.ItB.ThereC.ThisD.That

15.Wecanawaterfalltomakeelectricity.

A.makeB.letC.harnessD.have

16.iswellknowntousallisthatChinaDailyisoneofthe

EnglishnewspapersinChina.

A.AsB.ItC.WhichD.What

17.—I'mgoingtogobacktoyourhometown.Doyouhaveanything

toyourparents?

—No,thanks.Ijustcamebackfromtheretwodaysago.

A.totakeB.takenC.tobetakenD.beingtaken

18.Theprojectshavebeendiscussionamonthnow，

butthedecisionhasnotyetbeenmade.

A.in;overB.at;inC.on;fromD.under;for

19.—Ijustgotabigpayraise.

—Youdid?__________

A.That5sgreat!

B.It'sextremelygood!

C.Congratulations!

D.That5snothing.

20.Mr.Smith,there'samanatfrontdoorwhosayshehas

newsforyouofgreatimportance.

A.the;/B.the;theC./;/D./;the

21.—Haveyoupassedtheexamination?

-No,I,butfailed.

A.havetriedB.triedtopass

C.triedtoD.triedit

22.Themotherwastheyoungmanwhohadsavedherson

whathehaddone.

A.gratefulto;toB.gratefulto;for

C.gratefulfor;toD.gratefulfor;for

23.—Whatareyouconsidering?

—myjob.

A.ChangingB.Tochange

C.ChangeD.Changed

24.Wedidn'tplanourartexhibitionlikethatbutitverywell.

A.workedoutB.triedout

C.wentonD.carriedon

25.—DoesittowatchTVallday?

——No,itisawasteoftime.

A.makesensesB.makeanysense

C.makeoutD.makegood

二.完形填空

Thecoldweatherofthelastweekhashadasurprisingresult.Forty

thousandRussianred-neckedduckshave26inBritainwherethe

weather,justbelowfreezing,islikespringtothem.

TheRussianred-neckedducksmanageperfectlywellattemperatures

downtothirtydegrees27zero.Theywon'tthinkof28homeat

minusforty.But,astheweathergetscolder,ifitdoes,theymakea

quick29totakeofftogetherallwithasinglethought30/'Go

somewhere31

LastTuesdaythesmall32nearmyhousewasinvadedbyabout

threehundredRussianred-neckedducks,anoisylot,thoughImustsay

theywerenottroublesome.Ourlocalduckswereatfirstquite33

bythese34fromfaraway,andthereweresomeobviouslanguage

difficulties,too.Atnineo'clockIwentdown35totheedgeofthe

lake,withalittlebreadandmilk36ourownducks.Isawthem

standingup,37theforeignerstoeatupeverything.Butmyworry

proved38:thered-neckedducksdidn'tlikethebreadatall.Manyof

them39amouthful,andthrewup.Infacttheypushedand

foughttogetawayfromthefood,40ownduckslookedatthem_

41.

Mywifehad42medownthepathwithahopelesscakeshehad

madeonMondayevening.Shehadforgottentoturnofftheelectricity

intime,andthecakegot43.Nowthat,funnilyenough,theRussian

ducks44,thoughourduckswouldn'ttouchit.Werealizedthenthe

visitorswereusedto55breadprobably,andmywifeagreedto

makesomeforthem.

26.A.reachedB.gotC.arrivedD.left

27.A.belowB.underC.overD.above

28.A.stayingB.leavingC.gettingD.making

29.A.conclusionB.planC.adviceD.decision

30.A.byheartB.inmindC.inheartD.onmind

31.A.hotterB.colderC.warmerD.cooler

32.A.lakeB.villageC.townD.hill

33.A.pleasedB.delightedC.movedD.upset

34.A.strangersB.passengersC.enemiesD.pioneers

35.A.aseverB.asusualC.asoftenD.asbefore

36.A.formB.onC.forD.to

37.A.expectingB.expectedC.watchD.watching

38.A.untrueB.true(2.unnecessaryD.necessary

39.A.triedB.ateC.hadD.managed

40.A.yourB.ourC.theirD.his

41.A.insadnessB.inalineC.inexciteD.insurprise

42.A.followedB.walkedC.madeD.advised

43.A.burntB.burnedupC.burningD.burn

44.A.suckedB.drankC.lovedD.hated

45.A.whiteB.blackC.greenD.red

三.閱讀理解

Escapingafireisaseriousmatter.Knowingwhattododuringa

firecansavealife.Itisimportanttoknowthewaysyoucanuseand

showthemtoeveryoneinthefamily,suchasstairwaysandfire

escapes,butnotelevators（電梯）.Fromthelowerfloorsofbuildings,to

escapethroughwindowsispossible.Learnthebestwayofleavingby

windowswiththeleastchanceofseriousinjury.

Thesecondfloorwindowisusuallynotveryhighfromtheground.Itis

abouttheheightofanaverageman.Ofcourse,itissafertojumpa

shortwaythantostayinaburningbuilding.

Windowsarealsousefulwhe