必修3unit_4_earthquake课文_

Short story
Organization
Begins with small details and includes big details later.
Use of main ideas Use of paragraphs
Point-of-view
Conclusion
Objective
Subjective
bricks were falling.
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3. A lot of people were buried under the ruins. Some cows cows were dropped into deep crack in Market 4. Some killed in a the fire. Street. 5. He He felt felt safer safer when because go awaycared easily. he he was being for by the soldiers after he got away from the city.
Has no conclusion General conclusion
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Read the example of a newspaper story on page 31. Find the headline, main ideas and details of each paragraph.
Headline: Cyclists Ready to Go on the Road for Disaster-Hit Areas
1. When did the earthquake begin? The earthquake began around 5 o’clock in the morning. 2. What did the speaker do after he woke up? The speaker rushed outside as soon as he woke up.
Listening task
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Page 66
Ever since the San Francisco earthquake, all children in California have been taught what to do during an earthquake. Look at the pictures and discuss what they might have learned.
Paragraph 1
Main idea: Cyclists plan to get money for disaster-hit areas
Detail 1: Their trip will be made in July in Yunnan and Tibet. Detail 2: An important meeting will be held in Beijing in early June.
earthquake.
F 4. If the plates move, there is an earthquake. F 5. Wherever you live, you are in an
earthquake area.
T 6. China has two plates pushing on her and
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Discuss this question in small groups:
Why do some earthquakes kill more people than others?
Some earthquakes are stronger. Some houses are not built strongly enough to withstand earthquakes.
Speaking and Writing
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Homework 1.Remember what you should do during an earthquake. 2.Preview Writing on page 31, Speaking task and Writing task on page 67.
2 Listen to the text and answer these questions.
Part 1:
1. Why do earthquakes happen? 2. Why do California, China and Japan have a lot of earthquakes? Earthquakes happen when two moving plates jump and push against each other. California, Japan and China have a lot of earthquakes because they are placed in areas where different plates meet.
China daily New York Times
21 century
What kind of newspaper do you usually read?
English weekly
……
Washington post
Brainstorming for writing (3m) Do you know what an outline is? outline Headline an interesting title that tells the reader what your topic is
4. What happened to the man next to him? The man next to him was killed by bricks falling from a nearby building. 5. How did he get away from the city? He got away from the city by boat. 6. Which of your adjectives describe the man’s feelings most closely? Very shocked, devastated.
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Listening
Page 31
Listen to the tape and answer the questions.
Who is speaking?
Where was the person at the time?
3 Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions
2. Make sure you build houses on rock rather than on sand.
3. You must make the houses as strong as possible .
Weak buildings will fall down and strong ones may stay up.
T 1. It is believed that on the surface of the
earth are a number of plates.
T 2. The plates are always moving. F 3. If the plates stop moving, there is an
Detail 3: The cyclists hope to raise money to help children in disaster-hit areas.
Paragraph 2
Main idea: More information about the cyclists and their project Detail 1: The team of cyclists come from many places in the world. Detail 2: The team has men and women, young and old. Detail 3: The team hopes to collect 1 million yuan for the schools in disaster-hit areas.
More people die if they do not know what to do when there is an earthquake. …………..
Part 2:
1. Do not build houses al meet.
they make mountains and earthquakes.
3. What did he see and hear outside? When he got outside he thought the world had come to an end. He heard people crying and shouting. He saw people running everywhere and bricks falling down from buildings. There were big fires too.
Listening
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Page 62
Read the statements and then listen to the whole text. Decide whether the statements are true or false. Give your reasons.
Part 1
Part 2
Main ideas
Details
outline
Headline : Main ideas Details
important
The most important news first the least important news last
Writing Part Headline
Newspaper Story Attract readers’ attention Begins with big details and includes small details later.
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Discussion (3m)
Discussion:
Which would you prefer, English newspaper or Chinese newspaper? Why? Have you ever read any English newspaper or chinese newspaper? What are they?
2 You are going to listen to a dialogue between
a teacher and her students. Write down the three key words that they mentioned.
Part 1
drop
cover
Part 2
hold
3 Listen to Part 1 again. Write down the three
things to do to keep safe if there is an earthquake.
1st thing I must do : I must drop to the floor and cover my head and neck with my arms.
2
Listen to the tape and then tell whether they are true or false. 1. The man was sleeping downstairs when the just awake
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earthquake happened.
2. Many huge buildings were shaking –
2nd thing I must do is
Make sure I hide under something like a table to protect myself from things falling on top of me. 3rd thing I must do: I must hold onto the furniture so it doesn’t move away from me during the earthquake.