人教版英语必修1 Unit4 Earthquakes.docx

1、人教版英语必修1 Unit4 EarthquakesUnit 4 EarthquakesI. 单元教学目标Know basic knowledge of earthquakes.Know how to protect oneself and help others in disasters.Write some passages about earthquakes.Write a newspaper outline.Learn to use the Attributive Clause.II 目标语言1. Talking about past experiences I will never

2、forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road. 2. Sequence I asked a man standing next to me what had happened. Before he could answer, hundreds of bricks fell on him and he was killed. I thought the end of the world had come! Then

3、 I met a man who knew the way to a boat, and we ran in its direction. I saw many frightened cows rush up Market Street and drop into a great crack ground.III 词汇四会shake,well,rise,smelly,pond,pipe,burst,canal,steam,ruin,injure,destroy,brick,dam,useless,steel,shock,quake,rescue,electricity,disaster,arm

4、y,organize,bury,coal,mine,shelter,fresh,percent,speech,judge,honor,prepare,Europe.2认读crack, survivor, miner. 3. 词组right away, at an end, dig out, give out, thousands ofIV. 语法he Attributive Clause (I )重点句子Farmers wives noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them.It seemed that the world was a

5、t an end!Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed.Man himself had to make ruins

6、of some of the citys best buildings so that they would not be a danger to those in the streets.A list of buildings not destroyed was now only a few addresses.Amazing as it may seem, Wednesday night was a quiet night.Never in all San Franciscos history were her people so kind as on that terrible nigh

7、t.分课时教案The first period Step I. RevisionCheck the homework with the whole class.Step II. Warming upAsk the students to read the instructions and make sure they know what to do, and then have a discussion about the two pictures.T: Today, before we begin our reading, Id like to ask you a question, “Wh

8、at is the biggest sound you have heard in your life?”S1: The sound of wind that blew in a winter night when I was very young. It sounded like a ghost who was howling. I was very frightened at that time.S2: The biggest noise was the one that I heard when my neighbor was quarrelling with his wife. Per

9、haps, they broke their TV set.T: Thats too terrible.S3: The noise when planes take off.S4: The sound of trains.T: Good! I agree that all of them are big sound. But did you once heard the sound that the heaven falls and the earth cracks, in Chinese it is 天崩地裂?Ss: No, we have no chance to hear that.T:

10、 If there is a sound like this, what is it?S5: When someone hears something unexpected and terrible. For example, when one of his loved families dies, he will feel this sound.T: Terrific! You are using a literary way to express the sound.S6: When an earthquake happens.T: Great! I have waited for thi

11、s answer for a long time. Today well learn something about earthquakes. I think most of us have heard of earthquakes. Can you imagine how terrible it is ?S7: The earth is shaking. All the buildings will fall down.S8: Many people will die. And perhaps many children will lose their parents.T: Yeah, ea

12、rthquakes are disasters to everybody. Now look at the two pictures of Tangshan and San Francisco. Can you describe what you see in the pictures?S1: Tangshan is a beautiful city. It has beautiful gardens, broad roads and some tall buildings.S2: From the picture of San Francisco, I can see that it is

13、a very big city. There are many tall buildings thickly standing on the earth. I think the population of the city is very large.T: Good! What will happen if there has been a big earthquake in these two cities? Work in pairs and discuss it. Then Ill ask so me of you to show your opinion.Step III. Pre-

14、readingThere are two questions in this part. Both are very interesting. The first one can more or less reveal the students values; while the second one can enlarge their imagination. No matter what their answers are, as long as they have given careful thoughts to the situations, their answers should

15、 be good.T: Now, lets look at the pictures. What are the predictions of an earthquake?S1: Before an earthquake animals will become nervous. Cows, pigs, horses and dogs will be upset. And people can see mice running about. If the earthquake happens during winter, people can even see snakes.T: Terrifi

16、c! Where did you get this knowledge?S1: From geography. I like it. T: good. Sit down please.S2: Madam, I dont know the meaning of the picture with two women.T: It doesnt matter. You will know it soon after reading our text. OK. Imagine there is an earthquake now, and your home is shaking, at this mo

17、ment you have no time to take any other things but one, what will it be?S3: Ill take all my money. People cant live without money.S4: I will take as much water as possible. Because it is said that people can keep alive for nearly 7 days by drinking without any foodS5: In that case, Id rather take so

18、me apples, so that besides drinking, I can also eat.S6: I will carry my grandma. She is my most loved person in this world. She brought me up.T: What a dutiful child you are! Im very glad to hear that. Sit down please! It seems that all of you know what you should do during an earthquake. OK. Lets r

19、ead our text, and see what it tells us.Step IV. ReadingIn this part, teacher should ask the students to read the passage quickly for the first time to get the general idea of the passage. Ask them to pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph. This can help them finish exercise3 in Compre

20、hension. It is about the main idea of each paragraph. Then ask them to read the text again carefully to obtain some details. Before reading for the second time, show some questions on the screen, and let the students read the questions first. These questions can guide them to have a good understandi

21、ng about the text. They can also make preparations for Exs1-2, which are about details.SkimmingT: At first Id like to read the text quickly to get the general idea of the article. While reading, you should pay attention to the sentence of each paragraph.T: Have you got the general idea of the text?S

22、s: Yes.T: What is it?S1: There is no quick answer to this question. Are you suggesting us that the general idea is the mixture of the first sentences of each paragraph?T: Sure.S1:OK. Thats easy. The main idea of the passage is some signs of the earthquake, and what would happen during the quake.T: G

23、ood, sit down please. In fact, while we are answering the questions, we have involved the sequence, the functional item for this unit. (Teacher writes the word on the blackboard ) Do you understand the meaning of the word?Ss: No.T: Sequence means the order of the events. It can tell us which event h

24、appens first, and which happens later. Do you know the sequence that is used in our text?S3: Yes. At first, the text tells us something that happened before the quake, then it tells us the things that happened during the quake and at last it tells us the things that happened after the earthquake.T:

25、Quite right! Now please look at the screen, these are the first sentences of each paragraph. Read them and think if they are the main idea of the text. If necessary, you may make some changes to make more exact.Teacher shows the screen and gives a little time to think it over.Strange things were hap

26、pening in the countryside in the northeast Hebei.The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss. All hope was not lost.Careful readingT: Now, its time for us to read the text carefully. But before reading, you should read some questions first. These questions may help you get some information quickl

27、y and easily. Now look at the screen, and read the questions.Show on the screenWhat natural signs of a coming disaster were there?Can you think of some reasons why these signs werent noticed?What events probably made the disaster worse?What situations probably made the disaster worse?How were the su

28、rvivors held?Step V. ExtensionShow the questions on the screen.From whose point of view are events described? How do you know?What is the mood of this passage? How is it created?Why do you think the writer chooses to express his feelings about the quake rather than simply reporting what had happened

29、?Why is the title A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP?What does the sentence “Slowly, the city began to breathe again.” mean?Answers:He uses third-person to describe the quake. His description is very objective. For example, the second sentence in the third paragraph. The writer says: “Everywhere they loo

30、ked nearly everything was destroyed.” The writer uses they instead of we.The mood is serious and a bit sad. It is created by giving details of how many people and animals were killed or injured, and how many buildings were destroyed.Although the writer was not there, he felt sad for the people of Ta

31、ngshan. He knows that some personal feelings will make the reading more interesting.I think the reason is that, as usual, night is the time to sleep, and night should be safe and quiet. But that night everything changed. The writer uses A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP as a title to show how terrible a

32、nd how unusual the night was.Here we can see that the writer compared the city to a person who suffered a lot in the disaster. He felt her pain, and he worried about her. So when he said that people came to help her, we can feel his feelings to the city. The city will not die, she has hope and she can recover from the pain.Step VI ComprehendingAnswers to Exx1-31. C 2. E 3.B 4.D 5.A1. The walls of the villages wells had cracks in them.2 .R