1、volcano fire sandstorm typhoon hailstone thunderstorm flood hurricane earthquakeHave you ever experienced an earthquake? Can you describe how terrible an earthquake is?(The earth is shaking; all the buildings will fall down; many people will die; many children will become orphans.)Warming up by disc
2、ussing Now, look at the pictures of Tangshan and San Francisco in warming up and describe what you see in the pictures. (beautiful cities; broad roads; tall building; large population.)What will happen if there has been a big earthquake in these two cities?As we all know, earthquakes are disasters t
3、o everyone. But can we avoid or at least reduce the loss caused by earthquakes? Can we foretell earthquakes? Now lets come to Pre-reading and decide what may happen before an earthquake comes.II. Pre-reading1.Talking and sharing What are the signs of an earthquake? (e.g. Cows, pigs and dogs become t
4、oo nervous too eat. The mice will run out of the fields looking for places to hide. The water in the wells will rise and fall. Walls of the wells in village will have deep cracks. There will be bright light in the sky.)2. Imaging and sharingImagine there is an earthquake now, your home begins to sha
5、ke and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?III. Reading1. Listening and fast readingNow lets come to the text “A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP” and see what it tells us.Please listen to the text and get the general idea of the passage. You should
6、 pay attention to the first sentences of each paragraph. In what order is the text written? (The text is written in time order. The general idea is the mixture of the first sentences of each paragraph, that is, the text tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake an
7、d after the earthquake.)2. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them in your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEPa smelly gas, come out of, in the farmyards, too nervous t
8、o eat, run out of, look for place to hide, water pipes, think little of sth., as usual, it seemed that, at an end, one hundred kilometers away, one-third, eight kilometers long, thirty meters wide, cut across, in ruins, be injury, the number of, reach more than 400, 000, everywhere, everything was d
9、estroyed, be gone, blow away, sth. be not safe for, tens of thousands of, give milk, half a million, instead of, be shocked, later that afternoon, be trapped under the ruins, fall down, allis/was not,hundreds of thousands of, dig out, the dead, to the north of, coal mines, built shelters, fresh wate
10、r3. Reading aloud and translatingNext we are going to read aloud the text and translate it into Chinese.4. Reading and transforming informationRead the text again and answer the following questions.1. What natural signs of coming disaster were there?2. Can you think of some reasons why these signs w
11、erent noticed?3. Can you describe the disaster caused by the earthquake?4. What events and situations probably made the disaster worse?5. How were the survivors helped?6. Could anything more have been done to help the survivors? Why or why not?Answers: 1, 3, 4, 5 are easy to answer. 2. Maybe at that
12、 time people didnt have knowledge of an earthquake. 6. The students have their own answers.4. Discussing writing styleAs you have understood the general idea of the text, I still put more questions to you. 1.From whose point of view are events described? How do you know? (A writerwho didnt see the q
13、uake uses the third person “they” when he writes.)2.Why do you think the writer chose to express her feelings about the quake rather than simply report what happened? (Although the writer was not there he felt sad for the people of Tang Shan. He knows that giving some feelings will make the reading
14、more interesting.)3.Why is the title “A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP”? (As usual, night is the time to sleep, and night should be quiet and safe. But that night everything changed. The writer used it as a title to show how terrible and how unusual that night is.)5. Reading and understanding difficult
15、 sentences.If you have some difficult sentences to understand, come to me for help. IV. Closing down Closing down by doing exercisesNow please do the comprehending Exercises 1, 2 and 3 on page 27.Closing down by discussing By now youve known that earthquakes are terrible natural disasters and that C
16、hina is unlucky enough to have a lot of them. Now imagine that your group lives in the city that has a lot of earthquakes, what should you do during an earthquake? Look at the given situation and discuss in pairs.(1) If you are OUTDOORS, (2) If you are in a HIGH BUILDING, (3) If you are DRIVING, (4)
17、 If you are HAVING CLASS, (5) If you are in a CINEMA, What should you do during the earthquake?Situation:(1) how to rescue those still trapped in the ruins;(2) how to take care of the survivors;(3) how to repair buildings that survived the earthquake;(4) what to do with the buildings that survived t
18、he earthquake;(5) where to find people to help build a new city;(6) how to teach children about earthquake safety;(7) where to put information for survivors and their families;(8) how to plan for further disasters.Period 2: A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language(The Attributive Clause: tha
19、t, which, who, whose)To learn about the usage of who, which, that and whose in the Attributive ClauseTo discover useful words and expressionsWarming up by discovering useful words and expressionsHello everyone. After reading the passage, we have got to know the usage of the words and expressions, bu
20、t we should do more practice. Now turn to page 27 to find the correct words and expressions from the passage to finish the sentences. You are given two minutes to finish them. Of course, you can discuss with your partners. Two minutes later, check in pairs and then check with the whole class.II. Lea
21、rning about language1. Reading and findingTurn to page 26 and read the text A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP. Tick out the attributive clauses in the reading passage and translate them into Chinese.2. Doing Exercises 2 on page 28Turn to page 28 and do Exercise 2 in pairs.III. Ready used materials for R
22、elative Pronouns: which, that, who whom whose What are Relative Pronouns?Relative pronouns are special pronouns which can connect the antecedent and theattributive clause. Also they can be used as a part of the attributive clause. Here are some important differences:1which/ that: referring to things
23、, can be used as a subject or an object in the attributive clause; when they are used as an object, they can be omitted:The plane is a machine that/which can fly.The school (that/which) he visited last week is to the south of the city.2.that/ who/whom: referring to a person, can be used as subject o
24、r object in the whom can be used as an object:The girl (that/whom/who) we saw yesterday was Jims sister.The man that/who is talking to my father is my maths teacher.3. whose: referring to a person or a thing, can be used as an attribute in theattributive clause:This is the writer whose name is known
25、 all over the world.The room whose window faces south is mine.4.Before everything, anything, everybody, anybody, all, the best +n, the fifth +n, we use that instead of which:All (that) I need is time.This is the largest factory (that) I have ever visitedThe sixth lesson (that) we are learning is the
26、 most difficult in Book Two.5. We cant use that in a Non-Defining Attributive Clause:I have lost the pen, which I like very much.I have two sisters, who are both teachers.IV. Closing down by doing a quizNow you are going to take a quiz on Relative Pronouns.Fill in the blanks, using which, that, who,
27、 whom, whose.(1) The force ( ) causes everything to fall towards the ground is called gravity.(2) A friend ( ) helps you in time of need is a friend indeed.(3) Do you know the girl ( ) parents are teachers in our school?(4)The woman ( ) I spoke to just now is my English teacher.(5) He saw a house (
28、) windows were all broken. (6)Everything ( ) can be done today mustnt be done tomorrow. (7)Can you think of anyone ( ) could look after him?(8)This is the best hotel ( ) I know.(9)The man ( ) I saw told me to come back today.(10)Those ( ) want to go to the Great Wall write down your names here.(11)
29、He talked a lot about the teachers and the schools ( ) he had visited.(12)The ninth lesson ( ) we are learning is the most difficult in Book One.(13)Mount Blanc(勃朗峰), ( ) they visited last month, is the highest mountain in Europe.(14)We know all the teacher ( ) work in our school. (15)The house in (
30、 ) Lu Xun once lived is a museum now.(16)The house ( ) Lu Xun once lived is a museum now.(17)The house ( ) Lu Xun once lived in is a museum now.(18)You can take any room ( ) you like.(19) He showed a machine ( ) parts are too small to be seen.(20)The sports meet was put off, ( ) was exactly what we wanted.Answers to the exercises: (1)which/that (2)who/that (3)whose (4)whom/that/who (5)whose (6)that (7)that (8)that (9)that/whom/who (10)who (11)that (12)that (13)which (14)that (15)which (16)in which/where (17)which/t
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