Unit4-earthquake课件

Unit4 earthquake(导学案)

Teaching aims: 1、Let the students know about earthquakes

2、Get the students to master the reading skills

3、Let the students learn about the usage of key words

Teaching difficult and important points:

1. How to make the students understand the passage well

2 .Let the students master the key words

Teaching methods: Teaching and Learning method; Group work method

Teaching aids: blackboard and multi-media

Teaching procedures:

Step1: Revision (proverbs and typical sentences of composition)

Step2: Warming up (look at pictures and answer the following questions)

1.What do you see in the three pictures?

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2. Which city do you like most? Why?

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Step2 Pre-reading

1. What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

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2. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?

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Step3 Reading (A night the earth didn’t sleep)Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions (Ⅰ:fill in the blanks)

Where_______________________

Earthquake When_______________________

How many people were killed or injured_______________________

Ⅱ.matching

Part1 (Para.1) A: The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.

Part2 (Para.2,3) B: Strange things were happening before the earthquake, but no one took any notice of them.

Part3 (Para.4) C: The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people very much.

Ⅲ.T or F

1. Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( )

2 .the people didn’t worry because they didn’t know what the strange events meant ( )

3. The number of people who were killed or injured reached 40,000 ( )

4. Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again. ( )

Ⅳ.Choose the best answer

(1)What is the mood of this passage?

A. Sad.

B. Serious.

C. Serious and a bit sad.

D. Calm

(2)What can be inferred form the passage?

A. If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide, there must be an earthquake.

B. If some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive.

C. There wouldn't have been such a great earthquake, if people had paid enough attention to

some natural signs.

D. If some natural signs had not been ignored, more people might have had a chance to survive.

(3) Which of the following statements can not be part of the main reasons for the heavy loss of life

in Tangshan earthquake?

A. The earthquake happened in the deep night and people were sleeping in bed at the very

movement.

B. There weren't enough rescue workers.

C. The buildings were poorly constructed and most of them were destroyed in the earth-quake.

D. People were not careful enough to notice some natural signs before the earthquake.

Step4. Language points

Ⅰ(原文再现)Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were dead ,sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were shocked,

1. shock vt________. Adj______∕______

表示情感的动词excite, surprise, interest, bore, move, shock, disappoint, satisfy, frighten(惊讶.兴趣.乏味.感动.失望.满意害怕）变为形容词时可加ing(修饰物）或加ed (修饰人)

练习巩固

eg: All the people present were ________at the________ news. (shock)

Ⅱ. (原文再现)The city lay in ruins (成为废墟）after the war.

回顾顺口溜__________________________________________________________

Ⅲ. (原文再现)It seemed as if the world was at an end。

★at an end__________（常在句中作表语）

★at the end of ____________________（常指时间与空间上的）

★by the end of ____________________常与_________时态连用

★in the end_________________= at last/ finally

练习巩固

1. Wash your hands _______________ the experiment

2. How many English words had you learned ____________ last term

3. He tried various jobs and________ became a teacher

补充：bring/put an end to：使终止come to an end：结束

end up with ：以….而告终

Ⅳ. (原文再现)The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 40,000. The number of+复数名词意思为_______________做主语时，句子谓语使用_________

A number of+复数名词意思为_________________做主语时，句子谓语使用_________

练习巩固

★___________students don’t know __________the population in their hometown.

补充：表示许多的短语及用法

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只接可数复数名词的有_______________ +名词_________+谓语动词________

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只接不可数名词的有_____________ +名词_________+谓语动词________

_____________

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既可接可数名词又可_____________

接不可数名词的有: ______________

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a large amount of +_________名词+ 谓语动词____________

large amounts of +__________名词+ 谓语动词____________

a large quantity of +_________名词+ 谓语动词____________

large quantities of +_________名词+ 谓语动词____________

小结amount 和quantity有关短语的不同点与相同点

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高考链接

1．sunshine and some rainfall promise a good harvest of fruits and vegetables this year. A．A large quantity of B．Large quantities of

C．A large number of D．A good many

2．next year，you'll have been an experienced teacher.

A．At the end of B．By the end of

C．At an end D．In the end

3.（2010山东）The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ______ for a meal to be cooked.

A. laid

B. laying

C. to lay

D. being laid

Step5.homework