新人教版高中英语必修第一册同步学案Unit4Naturaldisasters课时2

英语 24 字整体教学法 名师团队助你一臂之力 Unit 4 Natural disasters U4P2 学习目标 1.Learn about the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake. 2.Identify the language features of literary journalism and the structures of the text. 3.Appreciate the figures of speech and writing skills used in the text. 4.Grasp and use some words and phrases to describe a natural disaster. 课堂探究 Part Ⅰ Predicting What is the text mainly about?What does the writer mean by the title? Part Ⅱ Skimming for main information Activity 1 Answer the following questions. 1.What is the type of writing of the text? 2.How are the events arranged? Activity 2 Read the text carefully and then write down the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1:Warning signs before the earthquake. Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: Part Ⅲ Scanning for details Activity 1 Read Paragraph 1 to answer the following questions. 1.What s the topic sentence of Paragraph 1? 2.What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake?Draw a mind map to show your answers. 3.What was the attitude of the people in the city towards those strange things? Activity 2 Read Paragraph 2 to answer the following questions. 1.What s the topic sentence of this paragraph? 2.What about the supporting details? At everything began to shake. below the city,one of the greatest earthquakes of the had begun. It was felt in Beijing,which is away. Nearly of the whole nation felt it. A huge crack that was long and wide cut across houses,roads and waterways. In a large city lay in ruins. of the people who lived there were dead or injured. children were left without parents. of people were killed or badly injured. 3.What was the people s feeling at that time? 4.Guess what the word “ruin” means from the context. 英语 24 字整体教学法 名师团队助你一臂之力 Activity 3 Read Paragraph 3 to answer the following questions. 1.What s the topic sentence of this paragraph? 2.What about the supporting details? Supporting details 3.What was the people s feeling at that time? Activity 4 Read Paragraph 4 to answer the following questions. 1.What s the topic sentence of this paragraph? 2.What about the supporting details? Who What Result 3.What does the writer mean by“Slowly,the city began to breathe again”? Activity 5 Read Paragraph 5 to answer the following questions. 1.What s the topic sentence of this paragraph? 2.What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan city? Part Ⅳ Reading for language features and writing skills Activity 1 Read the text once again and find out the sentences where figures of speech are used and their function. Activity 2 Figure out the function of the figures. Part Ⅴ Discussion What other cities or towns have gone through similar changes?What lessons can we learn from these events? Part Ⅵ Homework 1.Summarise the passage. 2.Do some research on other natural disasters by surfing the Internet and make a report. 参考答案 Part Ⅰ The text is mainly about a terrible earthquake. Night is time for sleep.Usually it should be safe and quiet.But at that night,the earth was active and everything changed.That was a sleepless night. Part Ⅱ 英语 24 字整体教学法 名师团队助你一臂之力 Activity 1 1.The type of writing of the text is literary journalism,which lies between news reports and literary works. Literary journalism usually describes real historical events and real characters.The usage of the figures of speech can stimulate readers feelings and thus touch the readers. 2.The text is organised in the chronological/time order. Activity 2 Paragraph 1:Warning signs before the earthquake. Paragraph 2:The happening of the big earthquake. Paragraph 3:The immediate effects of the earthquake. Paragraph 4:The rescue work. Paragraph 5:The revival of the city. Part Ⅲ Activity 1 1.Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. 2. 3.But the city s one million people ignored all the signs and were asleep as usual that night. Activity 2 1.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! 2.Supporting details shocked ·At 3:42 a.m everything began to shake. ·11 kilometres below the city,one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun. ·It was felt in Beijing,which is more than 150 kilometres away. ·Nearly 1/3 of the whole nation felt it. ·A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut across houses,roads and waterways. ·In less than one minute a large city lay in ruins. ·2/3 of the people who lived there were dead or injured. ·Thousands of children were left without parents. ·More than 400,000 of people were killed or badly injured. 3.People were shocked at that time. 4.This word describes the city straight after the earthquake.In a short time,a lot of damage was done,so it must describe a place that has been badly damaged. Activity 3 1.Everywhere survivors looked,there was nothing but ruins. 英语 24 字整体教学法 名师团队助你一臂之力 2.Supporting details People felt hopeless at that time. Activity 4 1.But hope was not lost. 2. Who What Result soldiers dig out those who were trapped and bury the dead the city began to breathe again doctors and nurses came to provide medical care workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed 3.The writer means that the city began to function again,because the earthquake had stopped people and supplies moving about,and so it was like the city couldn t breathe. Activity 5 1.Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. 2.I think the revival of Tangshan was helped by the strong support of the government and the people who all worked in unity to rebuild the city even better than before. Part Ⅳ Activity 1 1.①The night the earth didn t sleep. ②Slowly,the city began to breathe again.(personification 拟人;to make the language vivid and expressive,and resonate with readers) 2....the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.(repetition 重复;to make the description more vivid and involve the readers in the atmosphere) 3.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!(exaggeration 夸张;to show the destruction was extremely severe) 4.①Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves...(simile 明喻;to make the description more vivid) ②Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.(metaphor 暗喻) Activity 2 To show the disastrous destruction and suffering;to make the passage true and convincing. Part Ⅴ Wenchuan county and some other towns near Wenchuan have the similar experiences.These towns were built up from the ruins.As well as developing better ways to detect and prepare for these disasters,we have learnt that acting quickly and in unity is the best way to get over such disasters.The strong support from the government and people 英语 24 字整体教学法 名师团队助你一臂之力 around is also very important.