Unit 4 Earthquakes
1. people in tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night. (f)
2. people in beijing also felt the earthquake. (t)
3. more than 400 000 people were killed in the quake. (f)
4. many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. (t)
5. people tried to get fresh water from under the ground in tangshan. (f)
step 3 reading
1. finish part 1-2 in comprehending on page 27.
2. finish part 3 in comprehending on page 27.
3. read the passage again to get important information about tangshan earthquake and fill in the blanks. ( 百思英語 page 44 )
step 4 speaking or reading aloud
if your students are good at english, ask them to do this exercise:
suppose one of you was a newspaper reporter, and the other was a witness of the 1976 tangshan earthquake. now the newspaper reporter is asking the witness some questions. work in pairs please.
if your students are very poor in english, ask them to do this exercise:
play the tape for the students to listen and follow in order to let them know how to read the text.
step 5 homework
1. read the text several times.
2. do exercise 3 on page 28.
3. do exercise 2 on page 28 in the exercise book and hang it in tomorrow.
4. learn some words and phrases in this unit and make some sentences with them. ( ss’ book, page 82-84)
record after teaching :
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the third period
knowledge:
1. words: crack, burst, ruin, injure, destroy, shock, last
2. phrases: at an end, right away, dig out
3. sentence patterns:
all hope was not lost.
ability:
1. train the students’ ability to read different numbers in english.
2. learn the usage of some difficult words and expressions.
3. train the students’ ability to remove the difficulties while reading.
emotion:
1. train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
2. know the deadliness of an earthquake and the signs before an earthquake is coming.
3. learn from the bravery of people in tangshan to face the reality and rebuild the city.