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Unit 4 Earthquakes Reading Teaching Objectives: Knowledge Objectives: 1.

Students can know some natural disasters such as drought, mudslide, tsunami and so on. 2.

Students can analyze the structure of the text. Ability Objectives: 1.

Students can use skimming and scanning to get the main idea and some details in the text. 2.

Students can conduct an interview between a reporter and a survivor in the earthquake. Emotional Objectives: 1.

Students will raise their awareness of safety when they are in danger. 2.

Students will develop their responsibility to help others in our daily life.

Teaching Methods: 1.

Task-based language teaching 2.

Communicative approach

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Teaching Key and Difficult Points: Skimming and scanning Interview

Teaching Aid: Multimedia system

Teaching Procedure: Step 1. Warming up 1.

How many kinds of disasters are there in the world? 2.

Among all these disasters, which one do you think is the most disastrous? 3.

Watch a short video of an earthquake happened abroad. Step 2. Fast Reading How many parts can this passage be divided into?

Part 1

Para 1

Three parts

Part 2

Para 2-3

Part 3

Para 4

Summarize the main idea of each part.

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Part 1

Something strange happened in Tangshan

( before the earthquake )

Part 2

the damages of the earthquake in Tangshan (during the earthquake ) Part 3

the rescue of Tangshan ( after the earthquake ) Time order Careful Reading

Part 1. Before the earthquake

(Para 1)

For three days

the well walls rose and fell, rose and fell

chickens and pigs

ran out of the fields looking for places to hide

fish

cracked and burst

3 At 3:00 am sky

on July 28,1976

Part 2

During the earthquake (Para 2) 1. What time did the earthquake happen? 2. Where did the earthquake begin? 3. How long did the earthquake last? (Para 3) Damages caused by the earthquake: buildings

bricks dams and bridges

tracks cows

pigs and chickens people

water, food and electricity Part 3

After the earthquake

(Para 4) How did the army help the people in Tangshan? 1.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.

2. Miners were rescued from the coal mines. 3.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. 4. Fresh water was taken to the city. Step 3. Summary As long as everyone can sacrifice a little for others, our world will be a paradise.

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Step 4. Interview Work in pairs. One is a reporter of CCTV News, the other is a survivor of Tangshan earthquake. Make an interview to know some details of the earthquake. Step 5. Homework 1. Retell the passage. 2. Think about how to protect yourself in an earthquake.

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