必修一(Unit4 Earthquakes the 3rd period)

1 The Third Period ●从容说课 This period mainly deals with the important language points that appear in the Reading passage.But at first，teacher should check how well the students have understood the passage by asking some detailed questions based on the passage.While doing this part，students should keep their textbooks closed. There are a lot of numbers in the Reading passage.So next the students should finish one task in Learning about Language（Part 3） to know how to read these numbers in English. Then the teacher will deal with the important points in the passage.The purpose of this step is to help students better understand some difficult sentences and master the usage of some important words and expressions.So the teacher should give the students several minutes to look for the difficult points at first.In this way，the teacher can help the students remove the obstacles in reading.After that the teacher will explain the words and expressions and then show the students some typical examples to help them understand.Sometimes the teacher will compare the words or expressions with some similar ones.After this step，as consolidation，the students are asked to finish two short passages using the words and expressions that they have just learned in the unit.Another more difficult task is set to meet the needs，that is，to translate some sentences from Chinese to English by using the words and expressions in the brackets. ●三维目标 1.Knowledge： （1）Words： crack，burst，ruin，injure，destroy，shock，last的具体用法。 （2）Phrases： at an end，right away，dig out 的用法 （3）Sentence patterns： All hope was not lost.（部分否定句） 2.Ability： （1）Train the students’ ability to read different numbers in English. （2）Learn the usage of some difficult words and expressions. （3）Train the students’ ability to remove the difficulties while reading. 3.Emotion： （1）Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others. （2）Know the deadliness of an earthquake and the signs before an earthquake is coming. （3）Learn from the bravery of people in Tangshan to face the reality and rebuild the city. ●教学重点 （1）Train the students’ ability to read different numbers in English. （2）Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others. ●教学难点 （1）The explanation of some difficult words and expressions. （2）Train the students’ ability to remove the difficulties while reading. ●教具准备 （1）a tape recorder 2

（2）a projector （3）the blackboard ●教学过程 Step 1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual. Step 2 Revision T：In the last period，we learned something about the terrible Tangshan Earthquake in 1976，which is the deadliest earthquake in China’s history.Now I am going to ask you some questions based on the Reading passage. T：What did people in Tangshan see in the sky before the earthquake？ S1：They saw bright lights in the sky. T：What did people hear？ S2：They heard the sound of planes outside Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky. T：What did people notice in the wells？ S3：People noticed the well walls had deep cracks，and a smelly gas came out of the cracks. T：Did people pay any attention to these abnormal phenomena？ S4：No.They went to bed as usual that night. T：When did the earthquake begin？ S5：At 3：42 in the morning of July 28. T：How many people were killed or injured in the quake？ S6：More than 400000 people. T：Could the injured people go to hospital？ S7：No，they couldn’t because all of the city’s hospitals were gone in the quake. T：Were there any aftershocks？ S8：Yes.Later that afternoon，another big quake shook Tangshan.Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins. T：Did the survivors deny the city and go to live in other places？ S9：No.They did the rescue work with the help of 150000 soldiers sent by the army.Slowly the city of Tangshan began to breathe again. T：I am very satisfied with your work. Step 3 Learning about Numbers T：Maybe you have already noticed that there are a lot of numbers in the Reading passage.To read them correctly is very important.Sometimes there is a test on numbers in Listening. T：Now turn to Page 28 and look at Part 3.Match each word to the number that has the same meaning. （Allow Ss several minutes to finish the task.） T：Now let’s check your answers. S：A.90% ninety percent B.10000 ten thousand C.1000000 one million D.150000 one hundred and fifty thousand E.75% seventy-five percent F.1/3 one-third G.500 000 half a million