英语Module 3《The Violence of Nature》教案外研版必修3.docx

1、英语Module 3The Violence of Nature教案外研版必修3Module ThreeThe Violence of Nature Teaching Aims:1. Knowledge and Skilla. Get the general information about the violence of nature.b. Using the Attributive Clause to explain words.c. Improve the students ability to give definitions of words.d. Know the common

2、enemies of our human being natural disasters and the ways of surviving when one occurs.e. To grasp the usage of the past perfect passive and indirect speech.2.Emotion and Valuesa. Fully realize the characteristics of different natural disasters and the danger they caused, improve the confidence of o

3、vercoming them, and try to make contributions to the development of the whole society.b. To encourage the Ss to be active and cooperative in the class3. Cross-cultural awareness:a. Understand the natural disasters of different area and multi-form intensity of all parts of the world 4. Character-buil

4、ding:a. To strengthen their confidence of learning well in order to make a better world for our next generation.b. To let them know the ways of keeping them safe when some natural disasters occur.Difficulties and Importance:a. Learn how to definite words, using the Attributive Clauseb. How to change

5、 the direct speech into the indirect ones.c. Improve the students ability of grasping the general idea of the passage. Teaching Method:a. Task-based methodology b. Communicative ApproachTeaching Time:Five periods:Period 1 vocabulary and speakingFunction Giving a definitionPeriod 2 Reading and Vocabu

6、laryPeriod 3 Grammar 1 The past perfect passive Listening and VocabularyPeriod 4 Grammar 2 Indirect speechSpeakingPeriod 5 Cultural cornerEveryday EnglishWritingTeaching Procedures:Period 1Step 1. Warming upLook at the picture and answer the following questions. Q1. Have you ever heard of the tsunam

7、i in 2004?Q2. When and where did it happen?Q3. What kind of damage did it cause?Q4. Can you list some of other natural disasters?Q5. Tsunamis are natural occurrences. Can human beings stop them?Suggested answers:Q1. Yes.Q2. At the end of 2004, a massive earthquake sent tsunami smashing into Indian O

8、cean coastline. Many heavily populated areas disasters from it.Q3. Sri Lanka , Indonesia , Thailand , India, Malaysia and East Africa destroyed by the monster waves, causing millions of deaths.Q4. Flood, Fire, drought, landslide, earthquake, tornado, hurricane and so on.Q5. No. Tsunamis are a natura

9、l occurrence related to the processes that shape the Earths surfaceearthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides. These processes are driven by the heat escaping from the Earth and gravity, and people cannot control these underlying forces.Step 2. Vocabulary LearningMatch the words in the box with their de

10、finitions. Flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm tornado1. a lot of water in an area which is usually dry2. a very strong wind or storm3. a lot of rain falling quickly, with loud noises and flashes of light4. the flash of light which happens during a thunderstorm5. a column of air that turns very q

11、uickly.Suggested answers:A flood is a lot of water in an area which is usually dry. A hurricane is a very strong wind and storm. Lightning is the flash of light which occurs during a thunderstorm. A thunderstorm is a lot of rain falling quickly, with loud noises and flashes of light. A tornado is a

12、column of air that turns very quickly.Step 3 FunctionTry to find the common characteristic of the sentences above.Suggested answers: Each sentences gives a definition of a word. The Attributive Clause appears in each sentence. When we give a definition of a word, the Attributive Clause is usually ne

13、cessary and hopeful. Wed better learn to use the structure “A is B that/which”Step 4 PracticeGive definitions of the words following the pattern “A is B that/which”.An earthquake a volcanic eruption a plane crashSuggested answers:1. An earthquake happens when the earth shakes because of movement und

14、erground.2. A volcanic eruption is that lava and ash coming out of a volcano.3. A plane crash is that a plane stopping flying and crashing into the earth.Step 4 Discussions4. Which kind of these natural disasters have ever experienced? Can you describe it?5. Have you ever read a news story about one

15、 of the events? Can you describe it?6. Do you know anything about the events? For example, what causes them?Homework:1. Surf the Internet in order to have a better understanding of natural disasters. 2. Preview the passage in Reading and Vocabulary.Period 2Step 1 Pre-readingRead about the Gulf Steam

16、 and check the meaning of the words:1, What is a current ? (a) A kind of electricity (b) A movement of water (c) A kind of wind 2, What kind of things flow ? (a) Water (b) Time (c) Money3, If two places are on the same latitude ,they are on the same line _ (a) east/west (b) north/southSuggested answ

17、ers:b. a . a Step 2. While-readinga. Skimming Read the passage quickly and silently. Find the words and expressions in the passages and match them with the definition. bury disaster feather fur occur tropical 1 you can see this on an animal _ 2 describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and so

18、uth of the equator _ 3 a terrible event _ 4 you can see these on a bird _ 5 to place in the ground or tomb _6 to happen _Suggested answers:1. fur 2. tropical 3. disaster 4. feather 5. bury 6. occurb. Detailed-readingRead the passage carefully and answer the following questions.1. How strong are torn

19、ado winds?2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?3. How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time?5. What happens at sea during a hurricane?6. When was the worst hurricane of all time?7. Was the actor Charle

20、s Coghland killed in it?8. What happened to him after the hurricane?Suggested answers:1. More than 400 km/h.2. It stays where it was.3. About 800.4. More than 700.5. It has huge waves.6. 8th September, 1900.7. No, he wasnt.8. His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by

21、the Gulf Stream.Step 3 Post-readingRead the passage again and fill in the form with suitable words.TornadoHurricaneDefinitionTimesPlacePhenomenaBad resultsThe worst example you knowSuggested answers:TornadoHurricaneDefinitionA rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.Strong tropical

22、storm.Times800 in the US each year6 Atlantic hurricanes each year PlaceFrom Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the northOccur in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of MexicoPhenomenaHave winds of more than 400 kilometers per hourViolent winds of 120 kilometers per hou

23、r or more, Bad resultsPick up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next street; take the fur and feathers off; destroy houses but leave the furniture where it wasCause huge waves, heavy rain and floodsThe worst example you knowOccurred in 1925Occurred on the 8th September 1900 in Ga

24、lveston, Texas.Step 4 Language Explanations【词条1】occur【课文原句】Almost all of them occur in the US, in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north. (Page23)【点拨】occur此处意为“发生”，不及物动词，没有被动语态。如：About 400 earthquakes occur worldwide every day, and more than a hundred thousand in a year.【拓

25、展】happen, occur, take place辨析1. happen多用于偶然事情的发生，后面可跟happen to do sth 意为“碰巧，恰巧”；happen to sb意为“发生在某人身上” 。如：Do you happen to know his telephone number?If anything happens to you, tell me at once.2. occur多指意外事故、自然灾害的发生，虽也指“偶然性”，但程度比happen弱。Occur的常见搭配还有：sth occur to sb意为“突然想到”。如：The terrible traffic ac

26、cident occurred on the No 318 highway in the morning.This idea suddenly occurred to me.3. take place不带有“偶然”之意，常指经过安排的事情的发生。如：The May 4th Movement took place in 1919.【词条2】cause【课文原句】There are violent winds of 120 kilometres per hour or more, which cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods. (Page 25)【点拨

27、】cause 此处意为“导致、引起”，后接名词、代词作宾语，也可接不定式作复合宾语，还可接双宾语。如：What caused his illness?The old car has caused me a lot of trouble.【拓展】1. cause 也可作名词，意为“原因，起因”，后可接of 短语或不定式。如：The cause of the accident was carelessness.2. cause 和reason(1) cause强调导致某种结果的原因，即指事物发生的直接原因。如：The heavy rain was the cause of the flood.(2

28、) reason 作名词，意为“理由，原因”，着重指在逻辑推理上引出的结论的原因，其后介词多用for。如：He has no good reason for doing that.注意：cause 后不接why 引导的定语从句，而reason 后则可。如：The reason why he died young was that he didnt pay attention to his health.【词条3】destroy, furniture, leave【课文原句】They can destroy houses, but leave the furniture inside exact

29、ly where it was. (Page 23)【点拨1】destroy vt. 在此处意为“破坏, 毁坏”。如：The building was completely destroyed by the big fire.【拓展】destroy, injure, damagedestroy指通过某种有力的或粗暴的手段使之毁灭或无用，一般很难修复。如：All his hopes were destroyed by her letter of refusal.damage 指“损害，损失”，损坏后价值或效率降低，一般是部分性的，还能修复，多用于无生命名词。如：The earthquake da

30、maged several buildings.injure多指意外的伤害，在事故中受伤，大多造成容颜、功能的损害等。如：One of the players injured his knees and was carried off.【点拨2】leave 此处作“使处于某状态”讲，宾补可以是介词短语、形容词、分词等。如：Leave the door open, please.Dont leave her waiting outside in the rain.【拓展】leave sb. to do sth. 意为“交给（委托）某人干某事”，如：She will leave me to loo

31、k after her baby.他要委托我照看她的孩子。【词条4】 put up, put down【课文原句】Tornadoes can pick up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next streetor even in the next town. (Page 23)【点拨1】pick up 在此句中意为“卷起、掀起”。如：The wind from northwest picked up dust and leaves on the ground.【拓展】 pick up的常见意思还有：1. 用车去接某人。如：Ill pick you up on the corner of the street at three oclock.2. 偶然获得，学会（知识、语言等）。如：I picked up French when I lived in France.3. 振作起精