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Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour 一

学习目标：

1 Get the main idea of each paragraph through skimming. 2. Finish the questions after learning the text. 二

学习内容：

Step I Fast reading Read the passage quickly and pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph. Fill in the table. Type of writing(Tick the right one) report/ news/ advertisement/ story Topic sentence of Paragraph 1 Topic sentence of Paragraph 2 Topic sentence of Paragraph 3 Topic sentence of Paragraph 4

StepⅡCareful reading 1 True or False? Decide whether the following statements are true or false. If false, try to correct it.

1) People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night. . (

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2) People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. (

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3) More than 400 000 people were killed in the quake. .(

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4) Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. (

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5) People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan. . (

) 2 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 from 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) How do you understand the real meaning of the idiom “It is always calm before a storm”?

A. It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm or hurricane hit.

B. One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad things may happen.

C. The weather is fine before a storm comes.

D. You should stay calm before a storm.

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Read the text more carefully and fill in the following form.

What happened

three days before the

at about 3 am on July 28 Water pipes:

Houses, roads and

Later that afternoon Hard hills of

Some rescue workers and

Water, food and electricity: After the earthquake

Fresh water:

Time Result People of the city thought______________ and______________ ______________ was destroyed.______________ hospitals, 75% of______________ and 90% of______________ were gone. More than______________ were killed or injured.

The city______________. 三

学法指导：

做好阅读，就要克服阅读中的三大障碍，1 语言的障碍

，由于有的单词往往有几种甚至几十种意思，而一个词的确切含义只有在具体的文章之中根据上下文才能确定。因此，词义的转换和搭配仍是阅读中的障碍。所以要避免进入见词就查字典的误区。2 文化背景知识的障碍

，因为文化背景知识是阅读的无形障碍。由于不了解英语国家的文化背景，因此有时很难做出判断，所以多做泛读的训练将有所帮助。3 阅读技巧的障碍。另外，要注意猜词能力的培养。

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总结与反思：

通过本篇课文的学习，你掌握了哪些阅读技巧？文章中还有哪些难句是你不理解的？

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作业与练习：仔细阅读课文，完成Period 3学案中的重点短语和句子。