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Unit 3 When Lightning StruckTeaching Objectives Upon the completion of the lesson, the students shall be able to1) Master the key language points in the text;2) grasp the main idea and structure of the text;3) Think critically and creatively through in-depth discussions;5) Improve the abilities of listening, speaking, reading, writing andtranslating.Key Points Words and Expressions:strap in, bring up, pull oneself together, be indebted to, pay back, gothrough, indiscriminate, terra firma，etc.Difficult Sentences:Of course I never…I would have already died of terror.Grammatical Points:Modal auxiliary + infinitive formWould have doneMust have doneShould be doing…Difficult Points Understanding the meaning of the title “When Lightning Struck”. Duration180 minutes.Prerequisites Before coming for class, students should1) Go over the text for new word and phrase acquisition and for themain idea;2) Study the preview questions listed on page 32 and generate theirown responses.Teaching Procedures:1)Review Unit 2 “Whatever Happened to Manners” and briefly explain“An Educator’s Moral Responsibility” according to questions at therear of the text (10 minutes)2) Background information introduction(5 minutes);3) Warming-up activity: Teacher organizes a paired discussion on thepre-reading questions (page32) (5minutes);4) Questioning on the meaning of the title followed by a guidedstudent discussion and teacher explanation ( 3minutes);5) Organizing student group discussion on text comprehensionquestions (page36) (5 minutes)6) Introducing usages of important words and expressions and helpstudents to practice them (30 minutes);7) Analyzing text structure and main idea (10 minutes);8) Presenting the text on the basis of on-going communication withstudents, explaining cultural background and key language pointsincluding difficult sentences and grammatical points (95 minutes);9) Organizing student group discussion of post questions to furtherunderstand the text (10 minutes);10) Summarizing the lesson (5minutes);11) Assignment or follow-up activities (2 minutes).Teaching ProceduresProcedure 1:Background Information（1）Personality Changes / Self-IsolationMany lightning victims may suffer personality changes because of frontal lobe damage and become quite irritable and easy to anger. People who wake up after the injury often do not have the ability to express what is wrong with them, may not recognize much, become embarrassed when they cannot carry on a conversation, work at their previous job, or do the activities that they used to handle. As a result, many isolate themselves, withdrawing from church, friends, family and other activities. Friends, family and co-workers who see the same external person, may not understand why the survivor is so different. Friends soon stop coming by or asking them to participate in activities. Families who are not committed to each other break up.Obviously, depression becomes a big problem for people who have changed so much and lost so much. Suicide is something almost all severely injured people have thought about at one time or another. Occasionally, those who do not have access to medical care or who do not understand what is happening may resort to alcohol and other drugs, particularly those who have previously used these options. Family and friends of the survivor must remain supportive even though it may require an adjustment in their relationship with the survivor. An injury such as this affects the entire family, not just to the person hit.（2）Can you calculate how far away lightning struck by how long it takes for the thunder to arrive?Sound travels through air at "the speed of sound." Officially, the speed of sound is 331.3 meters per second (1,087 feet per second) in dry air at 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit). At a temperature like 28 degrees C (82 degrees F), the speed is 346 meters per second.As you can see, the speed of sound changes depending on the temperature and the humidity; but if you want a round number, then something like 350 meters per second and 1,200 feet per second are reasonable numbers to use. So sound travels 1 kilometer in roughly 3 seconds and 1 mile in roughly 5 seconds.When you see the flash of a lightning bolt, you can start counting seconds and then divide to see how far away the lightning struck. If it takes 10 seconds for the thunder to roll in, the lightning struck about 2 miles or 3 kilometers away.Procedure 2 Warming-Up ActivityPre-reading Questions1)Have you read anything about an air crash before?2)How did it strike you?Procedure 3 Title Comprehension QuestionsHow do you understand “When Lightning Struck”?Procedure 4: Text Comprehension1)Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing.A.To describe a plane’s jolt.B.To tell the readers a story about the lightning.C.To depict the fear and despair in an emergency landing.D.To narrate the author’s personal experience during an accident.2)Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.a.The horrible swerve threw the author against the door when she was in the tinybathroom in the front of the plane.b.The destination of the author’s flight was supposed to be New Orleans.c.When the confident-looking businessman looked worried, the author really startedto feel worried.d. A glamorous young woman across the aisle was comforting the author by holdingher hand tightly.e.During the excruciating 20 minutes everybody on board was behaving wildly.3)Answer the questions.a.What must have happened to the author’s plane when she was in the bathroom?b.Why did many passengers never pay attention to the emergency proceduresinstruction before takeoff?c.What could be heard as the plane jolted and screeched its way downward?d.What is suggested about the wonderful gift of the author’s friend’s dying father?e.For what did the author’s aisle mate take out her cell phone?Procedure 5 Language PointsWords and Expressionsslam:动词v. 使劲关；砰地关上（门）；砰地放下close something loudly and strongly; throw something down with a loud noiseHe slammed the door angrily.他生气了，砰地关上门。