Unit4 Unforgettable experience
4. pose question: if you are riding a bicycle on the road, and the typhoon is coming, then what would you see / feel / do? please use first, next, then, and finally in your description.
ask two or three ss to give their description.
5. pose question: have you ever experienced such natural disasters?
if yes, ask them to describe. if no, ask them to use their imagination and discuss in groups to describe what would they see / feel / do in other situations. then choose several groups to present their ideas using first, next, then, and finally.
disaster typhoon flood earthquake fire
situation you’re riding a bicycle on the road. you’re in the classroom. you’re sleeping in your bedroom. you’re shopping in a supermarket.
what would you see / feel / do? first, …
next, …
then, …
finally, … first, …
next, …
then, …
finally, … first, …
next, …
then, …
finally, … first, …
next, …
then, …
finally, …
step 2. while-reading
1. pose a question: what is the text about? --- about how flora and jeff rescue themselves in the flood.
2. listen to the tape once, and ask them to answer questions:
what happened to them finally? ---- survive
how did they make it? ---- stay in the room with a chimney
why? --------it’s the strongest part of the house. (para 8 and para 11)
3. ask ss to read the whole passage carefully, and then fill in the table below.
first
what did she see and feel? next
what did they do in the first and second wave? then
what happened when another wave came? finally
what happened to them?
4. according to the table, ask ss to catch the main idea of the whole story. choose some ss to retell.
5. language study
paragraph 1
1) heard somebody shouting / saw jeff running
see / hear sb doing -------- i heard him singing next door last night.
see / hear sb do ------- i heard him sing next door.
compare the differences between the two.
2) the attributive clause: it’s a part of a sentence, and tells us which person or thing(or what kind of person or thing)the speaker means.
3) look around:
4) roar: (n) loud and deep sound of a lion ,thunder, or a person in pain
(v) make loud and deep sound
5) advance: (v) move forward or develop --- our troops ~d two miles.
---- the water is ~ing on/upon/towards her.