英语Unit 4 Natural disasters导学案

Unit4 Natural disasters

Period 2 Reading and thinking导学案

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1. To learn the reading skills, including finding the topic sentences and guessing the meaning of a new word from the context;

2. To get familiar with the writing order of a narrative passage.

1. 重点

（1）  在语境中猜测词义；

（2）  通过首句判断每段主旨。

2. 难点

（1）在语境中有依据地猜测词义；

（2）对每段主旨的概括能力。

学生在阅读中词汇是个很大问题，要一方面掌握基础词汇，另一方面学会从上下文中推测词义。词义推测的技巧也很多，都可以向同学们渗透。

Part One Reading

1. Many people believe that “It is always calm before a storm.” Surf the Internet to find out what will usually happen before an earthquake.

Please look at the picture. What can you see in the picture? Can you describe it?

【答案】：In the picture, we can see a lot of people were doing the rescue work after a big earthquake.

2. Matching work:

Paragraphs:　　　　main ideas

Para.1　The world was at an end. The earthquake hit the city.

Para.2　The damage of the city in the earthquake.

Para.3　The rescue to the city.

Para.4　Some strange things happened before the earthquake.

Para.5　Tangshan was back on its feet again.

【答案】：

Para.1　Some strange things happened before the earthquake.

Para.2　The world was at an end.The earthquake hit the city.

Para.3　The damage of the city in the earthquake.

Para.4　The rescue to the city.

Para.5　Tangshan was back on its feet again.

【解析】：根据每段首句，可以推测文章每段大意。

3. Scan for specific information.

答案】：

Read through Paragraphs 2~3 carefully and then do the true or false exercises:

True or false:

1)Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake.(　　)

2)The city of Tangshan lay in ruins less in a minute.(　　)

3)All of the city’s hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake.(　　)

4)Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again.(　　)

【答案】：

True or false:

1)Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. False

2)The city of Tangshan lay in ruins less in a minute. True

3)All of the city’s hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake. False

4)Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again. True

【解析】：在文中找到关键词，找到原句进行分析。

Read through Para.4 carefully and fill in the blanks:

【答案】：

【解析】：文中细节内容比较多，要找到原文对应分析。

猜测以下词义：

ruin brick trap bury

【答案】：

ruin : clue: destroyed, were gone, fallen, useless, were dead—the terrible scene after a disaster

brick: clue: cover the ground after the earthquake, red leaves—some red blocks used to build the building

trap: clue: dig out those.—cannot get out of a place

bury: clue:bury the dead.—to cover with earth to deal with the dead person

【解析】：能够从上下文中得到关于词性和词义的线索。

Fill in the blanks.

Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the wells r　　　 and fell. A s　　　 gas came out of the cracks. In Tangshan ,the water pipes in some buildings cracked and b　　　.But the people of the city, who thought l　　　 of these events, went to bed as u　　　. 

At 3:42 am everything began to s　　　.It s　　　 as if the world was a　　　 a　　　 e! In fifteen seconds a large city l　　　 i　　　 r　　　.The n　　　 of people who were k　　　 or i　　　 r　　　 more than 400,000.Many children were l　　　 without parents. 

Nearly everything was d　　　.Hospitals,factories,buildings and homes were g　　　.People were shocked.Nobody knew how long the d　　　 would l　　　. 

The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan.They o teams to d　　　 o　　　 those who were t under the ruins and to b　　　 the dead.Hundreds of t　　　 of people were r. 

【答案】：

Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the wells rose and fell. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. In Tangshan, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. But the people of the city, who thought little of these events, went to bed as usual. 

At 3:42 am everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end! In less in a munite a large city lay in ruins. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.Many children were left without parents. 

Nearly everything was damaged. Hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were gone. People were shocked. Nobody knew how long the disaster would last. 

The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan. They organized teams to dig out those who were trapped under the ruins and to bury the dead. Hundreds of thousands of people were rescued.