Frightening nature（The First Period）

unit10    frighteningnature
 i.briefstatementsbasedontheunit
   haveyouexperiencedaterriblenaturedisaster?certainlyfewofushave.doyouwanttoknowsomethingaboutit?certainlymanyofusdo.afteryouhavelearnedthisunit,unit10.frighteningnature,youaresuretoobtainsomeusefulinformationaboutthat.theunitwillbetaughtinfourperiods.inthefirstperiod,we'lldealwithwarmingup,listeningandspeaking.atthebeginning,fourpicturesareshowntothestudents.theyareaskedtotalkaboutthemandthenwritedownwhatisobserved.thepicturesareaboutgeology,meteorology,astronomyandbiology,includingtyphoon,cobraandcells.thepicturesandthequestionsafterthemcangreatlystimulatethestudents'interestinscience.listeningisaboutweather
forecastintheusa.theexercisesoflisteningcantesthowthestudentsgraspthedetailedinformationinit.speakingprovidesalltypesoftopicsforthestudentstotalkabout.whentheyfinishtheirtalking,alotofusefulexpressionsonhowtoexpressemotion,anxietyandfeararemasteredbythem.inthesecondperiod,we'lldealwithprereading,readingandpost-reading.inthebeginning,thestudentswillseeandtalkaboutthreepicturesaboutafamousvolcanovesuvius,whichonceeruptedabouttwothousandyearsago,anddestroyedtwosmalltowns.thenthe
wholetextgivesusavividpictureatthattime.itdescribeshowthewriter’suncledied.hisuncle,attractedbythesceneofvolcanoeruption,wantedtoobserveandrecordmoreaboutthat.sohedecidedtogoandseeitfromcloser.hewentthereandrescuedhisfriend'swife.thenhewenttoseeanotherfriendofhis,wholivedveryneartotheeruptingvolcano.heevenencouragedthescaredpeopletocalmdown.butunfortunately,hediedatlast.heonlythoughtaboutlearningmoreaboutvolcanoandwasn'tafraidatall.hevaluedscientificknowledgemorethanhislife.inthethirdperiod,wedealwithwordstudyandagrammaritem--ellipsis.plentyofexercisesarearrangedforit.thestudentswillmasteritthroughpractice.integratingskillsaredeltwithinthefourthperiod.thetextisaboutaship,controlledbythecaptainandhiscrew,fightingagainstaterribletyphoon.thestorywithoutendasksthestudentstousetheirimaginationandwritehowitwillend.wearesurethatwhentheunitisfinished,thestudentswillnotonlyimprovetheirabilitytolisten,speak,readandwrite,butalsolearnandmasterplentyofusefulwordsandexpressions.共7页，当前第1页1234567