人教版高中英語必修1教案Unit 4 Earthquakes
an 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 be good.t: now, let’s 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: terrific! where did you get this knowledge?s1: from geography. i like it. t: good. sit down please.s2: madam, i don’t know the meaning of the picture with two women.t: it doesn’t matter. you will know it soon after reading our text. ok. imagine there is an earthquake now, and your home is shaking, at this moment you have no time to take any other things but one, what will it be?s3: i’ll take all my money. people can’t 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, i’d rather take some 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! i’m very glad to hear that. sit down please! it seems that all of you know what you should do during an earthquake. ok. let’s read 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 comprehention. 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 understanding about the text. they can also make preparations for exs1-2,which are about details.skimmingt: at first i’d 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?ss: 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?