高中英语人教版 (2019)必修 第一册Unit 4 Natural disasters导学案

Unit 4 Natural Disasters—Reading & Thinking

【学习目标】

1. To find out the paragraph topic sentences, understand the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake through skimming, searching and other reading skills;

2. To sort out the details of the paragraph, to understand the strange things before the Tangshan earthquake, the tremendous destructive force caused by the earthquake, and the rapid and selfless rescue and reconstruction after the disaster;

3. To discuss the thinking brought by earthquake and sublimate the theme significance.

【学习重难点】

1. To acquire reading ability such as skimming, scanning and summarizing.

2. To talk about the precursor before the earthquake, the damage caused by the earthquake, the rescue after the earthquake and the reconstruction after the earthquake.

【学习过程】

1. What do you know about Tangshan earthquake?

2. What’s the main idea in each paragraph?

Paragraph1:

Paragraph2:

Paragraph3:

Paragraph4:

Paragraph5:

3. In what order does the author describe the earthquake?

4. Read Paragraph1 answer the following questions

(1) What were the strange things?

(2) What was people’s reaction to these strange things?

(3) Why didn’t people pay attention to these strange things/the signs before the earthquake?

(4) When does this paragraph mainly talk about?

5. Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 2.

(1) How strong was the earthquake?

(2) How did the people feel when the earthquake happened?

(3) What does this paragraph mainly talk about?

6. Read to get detailed information about Para. 3.

(1) What were destroyed?

(2) How does the writer describe “everything in the city”?

(3) How did the people feel?

(4) What does this paragraph mainly talk about?

7. Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 4.

(1) Who brought hope back? And what did they do?

(2) How did the people feel after a lot of people came to rescue?

(3) How was the city after a lot of people came to rescue?

8. Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 5.

(1) What shows the revival of Tangshan?

(2) How can Tangshan revive itself and get up on its feet again?

(3) In times of disasters, how can we go through it?

9. Highlighting the theme and reflecting

(1) Make a summary of the text.

(2) Further understand the title

After our learning, why do you think the earth didn’t sleep on that night?

(3) Reflect through discussion on what can be learnt after reading.