Unit 4 Earthquakes（通用3篇）

Unit4Earthquakes篇1

unit4earthquakes1.shakevi.&vt.(1)myhandsshookduringtheexam.vi.摇动，摇撼，颤抖(2)theearthquakeshookthelights.vt.使摇动(3)vt.使受震撼，使（信念等）动摇beshakenby/with/at辨析：

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tremble

指人因感情激动、寒冷、惧怕等引起的身体颤动。theboytrembledwithfear.

shake

作“颤抖”讲时与tremble同义。它还有“握手，摇头或捧腹大笑”的意思。theearthquakeshookthelights.2.rightaway“立刻，马上”的表达方式：rightaway,withoutdelay,rightnow,straightaway,atonce,innotime,immediately3.well--youdon’tlookvery____.areyouill?--no,i’mjustabittired.a.good b.well c.strong d.healthy(1)adj.健康的(2)n.井，水井；油井；气井(3)adv.熟练地，有效地，令人满意地；很，非常 very/rather/fairly/quite/prettywell4.too…to…具有否定意义，常用not…enoughto…和so…that…句型结构改写。iamtoooldtounderstandthecartoon.=iamnotyoungenoughtounderstandthecartoon.=iamsooldthatican’tunderstandthecartoon.(1)e.g.i’monlytoodelightedtobehere.当too前有副词far,much,but,only等词修饰时，此结构没有否定意义，而表示肯定，意为“非常，十分……”，too后的形容词多是表示某种心情的，如happy,pleased,willing,thankful,anxious,eager,delighted等。(2)e.g.it’snevertoolatetolearn.当too前有否定词时，此结构表示肯定。(3)too+adj.+forsb./sth.表示“太……，不适合……”5.burstburstforth突然出现 burstinto突然闯入 burstout冒出 burstupon突然展现 burstopen突然开了6.event事件，大事；项目，赛事alltheevents/inanyevent无论如何 intheevent结果，到头来 aftertheevent事后intheeventthat/of…倘若，万一   inthatevent/inthatcase如果那样的话 辨析：

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accident

意外事故。caraccident

incident

附带的小事件，事端；政变。july7thincident

event

重大的事件。whatwerethechiefeventsoflastyear?7.directly(1)adv.径直地；坦率地；直接地；立刻e.g.thebusgoesdirectlytohk.(2)conj.一……就……引导时间状语从句directlyhewentouthewascaught.8.ruininruins严重受损 fallintoruins成为废墟ruin＞destroy＞damage9.extreme(1)adj.极度的，严重的；极端的，偏激的；过分的extremeweatherconditions极端恶劣的天气状况 extremesports极限运动(2)n.[c]极端不同的感情（情况或行为方式）；完全相反的事物[u]极端，极度，极限extremesofcold,windorrain严寒、狂风、骤雨 takesth.toextremes采取极端行为10.injure受伤，伤害辨析：

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hurt

普通用语，既可指肉体，也可指精神、感情idon’twanttohurtyou.

injure

健康、成就、容貌，强调功能的丧失abulletinjuredhisleftleg.

wound

枪伤、刀伤、刺伤等皮肉之伤，尤指战场上所受的伤thesoldierwaswoundedbadly.

harm

伤害有生命的东西，常指伤及人的健康、权利、事业等smokingseriouslyharmedhishealth.11.cover(1)盖，覆盖，掩盖e.g.icoveredthenovelwithmyenglishbook.  thenovelwascoveredwithmyenglishbook.coversth.withsth.用某物盖某物（表动作） becoveredwith被……盖着（表状态）(2)占有（多少面积）；包含，包括ourorchardscoveranareaof1000mu.(3)报道cctvcoveredthewholegame.(4)走完（一段路程）theredarmycovered25,000liduringthelongmarch.(5)掩护12.trapvt.&n.betrappedin困在……中，陷在……中 trapsb.intodoingsth.陷害（诱骗）某人做某事13.wonder(1)对（某事）感到惊讶，不能相信wonder+about/at/todo/that-clausee.g.sometimesiwonderabouttheirbehavior.(2)对（某事）感到疑惑；想要知道wonder+if/whether/wh-+todo/wh-从句(3)惊叹，惊奇，诧异iamfilledwithwonder.(4)奇观，奇才thegreatwallofchinaisoneofthewondersintheworld.14.digdigout挖出，翻找出      digup翻挖；找出，查明 diginto深入钻研；挖掘digat钻研；挖苦（嘲笑） digthrough挖通15.burye.g.iburymyselfinpuzzlinggames.buryoneselfin=beburiedin埋头于……，专心于……16.shelter(1)庇护所，避难所；遮蔽物(2)庇护，遮蔽，掩蔽e.g.theirimmediateneedisforfood,clothingandshelter.(3)提供庇护（所）e.g.thewoodenhouseshelteredusfromthewind.takeshelterfrom躲避…… runforshelter找躲避处 sheltersb./sth.from庇护某人、某物以免…… undertheshelterof在……庇护下，受……的保护17.breathe呼吸；低声说e.g.“i’mhere,”shebreathed.18.whileconj.(1)引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时候”“在……期间”(2)引导时间状语从句，意为“与……同时”e.g.youmaygosingingwhileiamdoingmyhomework.(3)引导让步状语从句，意为“虽然”“尽管”____theinternetisofgreathelp,idon’tthinkit’sagoodideatospendtoomuchtimeonit.a.if b.while c.because d.as(4)用作并列连词，表示前后两个分居之间的对比，意为“然而”辨析：

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while

作“当……时候”讲时，只能与延续性动词连用。whilehewasreading,hefellasleep.

when

作“当……时候”讲时，既可与延续性动词连用也可与瞬间动词连用。whenmomcamein,iwasreadingthenovel.wheniwassleeping,athiefbrokein.

as

强调主从据谓语动词表示的动作同时进行，意为“一边……一边……”。它还有“随着……”的意思。ilookedbehindfromtimetotimeasiwalked.astimewentby,ibecamemoreandmorenervous.19.title(1)n.[c]标题，题目(2)n.[c]职位名称；职称(3)vt.加标题，订题目e.g.mybookwastitled“windy’sfantasyworld”.20.givegiveout发布；用光；精疲力竭；发出；散发 giveaway送掉；捐赠；表露givein让步；屈服，投降；交上            giveback返还，归还；恢复 giveoff发出（气味、光、热、声等）       giveup放弃；戒掉；交出，让出21.congratulation(1)congratulation作“贺词”讲或单独使用时常用复数形式(2)表示因某事向某人祝贺时常用（offerone’s）congratulationstosb.onsth.(3)congratulation用于成功、结婚、毕业等个人性的祝贺，不用于节日致词，还可用作抽象意义但不用复数形式。ireceivedmanylettersofcongratulation.congratulatesb.onsth. congratulateoneselfon/that暗自庆幸辨析：

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congratulate

意为“祝贺”，为个人间行为，常用于congratulatesb.onsth.中其名词形式为congratulation,常用复数形式。wecongratulatedhimonhispassingtheexam.

celebrate

意为“庆祝”，后面常接生日、胜利、纪念日之类的名词，通常以多人参加的某种形式进行。其名词形式是celebration，意为“庆祝，庆祝会”，可数名词。thousandsofpeopleattendedthecelebrationofnationaldayintian’anmensquare.

Unit4Earthquakes篇2

unit4earthquakes

thefirstperiodleadingin,warmingup

&pre-reading

byliuxiaohuafromhonglingmiddleschool

一、教学目标（teachingaims）

student’sbook

1.能力目标（abilityaim）

a.letthestudentsknowsomethingabouttheearthquakes.

b.enablethestudentstotalkaboutwhattheyshoulddoinadisasterforthemselves

2.语言目标(languageaim)

a.wordsandexpressions

imagine,shake,rightaway

b.importantsentence

whatdoyouthinkmayhappenbeforeanearthquake?

二、教学重难点(teachingimportantpoints)

letthestudentsknowwhatacorrectattitudetowardsadisasterisandwhattheyshoulddoinadisasterforthemselvesandfortheotherpeople.

三、教学方法(teachingmethod)

a.discussing

b.talking

c.activities.

四、教具准备(teachingaids)

multi-mediacomputer

五、教学步骤(teachingprocedure)

stepⅰ.lead-in:

t:what’sthebiggestsoundyouhaveheardinyourlife?

(thesoundofthewindthatblewinawinternight;thenosewhenplanestakeoff;thesoundoftrains;thesoundofthunder…..)

butdidyouoncehearthesoundthattheheavenfallsandtheearthcrack.inchineseitis天崩地裂？

ifthereisasoundlikethiswhatisit?whatwillhappen?

todaywe’lllearnsomethingaboutearthquakes.canyouimaginehowterribleitis?

firstletthestudentsanswerthefollowingquestion.

whichofthefollowingmaycausepeoplethegreatestdamage?

earthquake,typhoon,flood,drought

variousanswersarepossible.studentsshouldgivereasonstosupporttheiranswers.allofthemarenaturaldisasters,theyhavesomethingincommon,atthesametime,theyhavemanydifferences.

letthestudentsknowsomethingabouttheearthquake.(slides)

t:howdoestheearthquakeoccur?

thenshowthefilmtothestudents.(filmabouttheearthquake)

t:whensomeplatesoftheearthmovesuddenly,anearthquakehappens.manyearthquakesbeginunderthesea.infact,earthquakesmayhappennearhighmountains.

duringanearthquake,theshakingmakerocksrisesuddenlyandevencracksopen.housesfall,peoplearekilledorhurt,andsometimesthewholevillagesorcitiesaredestroyed.somevillagesevendisappearcompletely.

stepⅱ.talking

t:earthquakesaredisasterstoeverybody.nowlookatthetwopicturesoftangshanandsanfrancisco.canyoudescribewhatyouseeinthepictures?

(showtwopicturestothestudentsandtellthestudentstheyaretoday’stangshanandsanfrancisco.butmanyyearsagosomebigearthquakeshitthesetwobeautifulcities.)

1.showthepicturesofsanfranciscotothestudentsandletthemdescribetoday’ssanfranciscoandthenletthemknowwhathappenedinsanfranciscoin1906

(fromthepictureofsanfrancisco,wecanseeitisaverybigcity.therearemanytallbuildingsthicklystandingontheearth.andthepopulationofthecityisverylarge.)

2.showthepicturesoftangshantothestudentsandletthemdescribetoday’tangshanandthenletthemknowwhathappenedintangshanin1976.

(today’tangshanisabeautifulcity.ithasbeautifulgardens,broadroadsandsometallbuildings.)

t:but,whatwillhappeniftherehasbeenabigearthquakeinthesetwocities?workingroupsanddiscussit.theni’llasksomeofyoutosayoutyouropinion.

(aftertheterriblequake,everythingisdestroyed,whatwecanseeisfallenbuildingsanddeadbodies.thepolicemen,thesoldiersandsomeothervolunteersarerescuingthepeopletrappedintheruins….)

t:right,nowlet’sseeafilm.

(letthestudentsseeafilmabouttangshanearthquake.)(film)

t:aftertheearthquakethecityoftangshanbecame…..

letthestudentsdiscusswhattheysaw.andthentalkaboutthepicturesintheirownwords.

thehouse….

thefire….

thebridge….

theroad…

thepoliceandthevolunteers….

thepeople…..

(tangshanearthquakehappenedonjuly28,1976.itwasthegreatestearthquakeofthe20thcenturyinchina.beforetheearthquake,manystrangethingshappened,butpeoplethoughtlittleofthem.suchagreatnumberofpeoplediedduringtheearthquake,becausethequakehappenedwhiletheyweresleeping.thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorinjuredreachedmorethan400,000.andallthetrafficwasalmostdestroyedafterthequake.thousandsofthousandsofpeoplebecamehomelessinashorttime.manysoldiersweresenttotangshantorescuethesurvivorsaftertheearthquake.

letthestudentstalkaboutthedamagecausedbyearthquakes

usingthefollowingwordsandphrases:

shake,break,falldownonto,hurt,destroy,homeless,die…..

stepⅲ.pre-reading

t:butwecanavoidoratleastreducethelosscausedbyearthquakes.andwecanforetellit.

doyouknowwhatwouldhappenbeforeanearthquake?

canwedosomethingtokeepourselvessafefromearthquakes?

(1.thereisoftenagreatsound.

2.animalsmaybetoonervoustoeat.

3.maybetherearebrightlightsinthesky.

4.asmellygasmaycomeoutofthewell.

5.inthecitythewaterpipesinsomebuildingscrackandburst.

6.scientistshavestudiedearthquakesandmakemapsthatshowthe“earthquakebelts”.inareasinthesebelts,itispossibleforearthquakestohappen.intheseareaswecanbuildstronghousestofightagainstearthquakes.)

discussion&activities

1.showsomepicturestothestudentsand

letthemdiscuss.

letthestudentslookatthemanddecide

whatsituationmayhappenbeforean

earthquake.

2.thenfillinthemissingwords

accordingtothepictures.

a.thewaterinthewells____and____.andsomedeep______couldbeseeninthewellwalls.a______gascameoutthecracks.

b.miceranoutthefields___________placestohide.fish_________outofbowsandponds.

c.thechickensandevenpigswere______nervous_____eat.thedogwas________loudlyagainandagain.

d.peoplecouldsee_______lightsinthesky.

3.letthestudentsdiscussiftheyhaveeverexperiencedanearthquake.

stepⅳdiscussion&activities

t:whatdoyouthinkmayhappenbeforeanearthquake?

(beforeanearthquake,animalswillbecomenervous.cow,pigs,,horsesanddogswillbeupset.andpeoplecanseemicerunningabout.iftheearthquakehappensduringwinter,peoplecanevenseesnakes.)

t:haveyoueverexperiencedanearthquake?

letthestudentsdiscussandthentalkaboutit.

stepⅴhomework

previewreadingmaterialandthendoexerciseonpage27.1-3(incomprehending)

Unit4Earthquakes篇3

unit4earthquakes

firstperiod:warmingup,pre-reading,reading

teachingaims:

1、 developthestudents’readingabilityandletthemlearntousesomereadingstrategies,suchasskimming,scanningandsoon.

2、 enablethestudentstotalkinenglish.

teachingimportantpoints:

1、 getthestudentstolearndifferentreadingskills.

2、 enablethestudentstotalkinenglish.

teachingdifficultpoints:

1、 developthestudents’readingability.

2、 enablethestudentstotalkinenglish.

teachingmethods:

1、 task-basedteachingandlearning.

2、 cooperativelearning.

3、 discussion.

teachingprocedures:

step1:revision

askthewholeclasstoreadthenewwordsofunit4together.

step2:lead-in&warmingup

1、 playavedioabouttheearthquake.

2、 showsomepicturestoaskthestudentstosayoutthenamesofthenaturaldisasters.

3、 askthestudentstolookatthepicturesonpage25andtrytodescribewhattheyhaveseen.

4、 askthestudentstoimaginewhatmighthappentoallthesethingsifthereisanearthquake.

step3:pre-reading

1、 imagineyourhomebeginstoshakeandyoumust leaveitrightaway.youhavetimetotakeonlyonething.whatwillyoutake?why?

2、 whatdoyouthinkwillhappenbeforeanearthquake?

step4:while-reading

1、 skimming

task1:findoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.

taks2:dividethepassageintothreepartsandcompletethemainideaofeachpart.

part1:(para.1)beforetheearthquake___________  begantohappenbuteveryone_______________them.

part2:(pare.2-3)theearthquake_________thecityoftangshanand

_________peopleverymuch.

part3:(para.4) _____cametohelpthesurvivors,bringing______foranewlife.

2、 carefulreading

task1:readthepassagecarefullyandjointhecorrectpartsofthesentences.

1.thechickendidn’teat               a.thearmycametohelpthem.

because

2.beforethequakepeople        b.thequakehappenedwhiletheyweresleeping.

didn’tworrybecause

3.suchagreatnumber                  c.theywerenervous.

ofpeoplediedbecause

4.waterwasneeded                    d.damsandwellswereuseless.

because

5.thepeopledidnotlose      e.theydidn’tknowwhatthestrangeeventsmeant. 

hopebecause

task2:trueorfalse

1.two-thirdsofthenationfelttheearthquake.(    )

2.allthepeopleintangshanweredeadorinjuredduringtheearthquake. (    )

3.allofthecity’shospitals,factories,buildingsandhomesweredamagedintheearthquake.(    )

4.laterthatafternoon,aterribleearthquakeshooktangshanagain. (    )

5.peoplesleptoutdoorsaftertheearthquake.(    )

step5:homework

1、 learnthenewwordsbyheart.

2、 prepareforreading,underlinetheplaceswhereyoudon’tunderstand.