人教版高中英語(yǔ)必修1教案Unit 4 Earthquakes
t: ok. before we begin today’s class, please guess the meaning of these sentences.1. small incidents foretell big events.2 blessings never come in pairs and misfortunes never come singly3. where there is life, there is hope. s1: the first sentence means people should pay attention to the small things, because these things often cause unexpected events. just like what we have learned in the text.s2: the most important thing in the world is life. without life, everything will lose its meaning.s3: it means everything has its two sides. although the disaster is terrible, and we cannot avoid it, it can force us to try our best to foretell it more exactly and reduce the loss caused by the disaster.step ii. reading, writing and speakinga thank speechthe teacher’s main task is to tell students some problems that appeared in their writings.show the sample on the screen, and ask the students to read it, and find something that are useful.sample good morning, ladies and gentlemen. my name is wang wei. at first, i’d like to thank mr. zhang and the city of tangshan for the honor of talking to you. i’d also like to thank each of you to come here today for this special occasion. twenty-nine years ago, we experienced the terrible earthquake, which completely destroyed everything in the city. and twenty-nine years later, we get together in this beautiful park. this park makes me believe that we are indeed in the “brave city of china”. here i’d like to thank all of you, especially those who worked hard to save the survivors. during those days, you forgot the danger and devoted yourselves to digging out those who were trapped in ruins. burying the dead, and building shelters and so on. i’m sure the people in tangshan will never forget you! when i walk in the broad street, and see the new houses and offices, i can’t help expressing my thanks for those who rebuilt the city within 13 years. also we can’t forget you. i believe our city become more beautiful in future. the spirit of its people has been and will always be strong forever! thank you.two minutes later. t: what do you think of the speech? s1: the speech is very fluent. s2: the writer uses many attributive clauses. i don’t know how to use the structure. t: it doesn’t matter. we’ll learn it next time. now let’s go through exercise 4, it’s another writing task.a little talka model speech has been given to the students. the students should complete the sentences after looking at the design of the new tangshan stamps. the speeches may have many different contents. let the students pay attention to this point: the audience is the same with the one in the last speech.