Unit4 Reading The night the earth didn‘t sleep

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专业. Unit4 A Night the Earth Didn't Sleep Reading

Content of the passage

The passage mainly tells us that an earthquake happened in Tangshan at night on 28

July, 1976, and 400,000 people were killed or seriously injured, because its main

reason was that the earthquake happened at deep night. The passage can be divided

into three parts. The first part is about some strange things happened before the

earthquake. The second part is about the damages caused by the earthquake. The third

part is about all help was given to Tangshan after the earthquake. From the passage,

students will know clearly about the predictions before an earthquake. At the same

time, teachers can guide them to think how to prepare yourself before an earthquake

happens, how to self-rescue during an earthquake and how to help the people in

必修3 Unit4 Reading How Life Began On The Earth导学案

（设计者 ： 陕西省府谷中学 吕文娟 ）

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Teaching Aims :

知识与技能：

1. To read the passage and learn about the process of life on the earth.

2. Enable Students to understand the reading materials.

3. language points in the passage

过程与方法: Inspiration；Questioning and Discussion ；Reading

情感态度与价值观:

1. Get the students to learn about how life began on the earth.

2. Learn more about universe and life.

教学重点:

1.Reading and understanding exercises.

2. Important grammar and structures in the passage.

教学难点:

1. Subject clause

2. some important structures in the passage

【自主学习】

1. 按音标正确读音、纠正学生错误读音SB P 97-P 98

2. 重点单词及短语练习

(v.) 喜欢 不喜欢） （prep.）像 (不像) （n）迷 （adj.）迷惑的 感到迷惑的

Unit 4 Earthquakes-A night the earth didn’t sleep

一．Some natural disasters(自然灾害).

flood typhoon drought hurricane earthquake snow slide fire

mudflow tornado sandstorm volcano eruption earthquake

二．Fast reading

Read the text quickly and match the main idea of each part

Part 1 The army came to help the rescue work

(para. 1) (after the earthquake)

Part 2 The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan

(para.2&3) (during the earthquake)

Part 3 Strange things happened before the earthquake

(para.4) (before the earthquake)

三．Careful reading

㈠ Read Part 1 carefully and find out the strange things before the earthquake

① The water in the wells ______and ______. And some deep _____ could be seen in

Unit 4 Earthquakes

Reading(I) A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep

Teaching aims 教学目标

1.Knowledge goals 知识目标

a. Important words and phrases 重点词汇和短语

shake,well,rise,smelly,pipe,burst,canal,steam,ruin,injure,

destroy,brick,dam,useless,shock,quake,rescue,electricity,

disaster,bury,at an end,in ruins

b. Important sentences重点句子

1. It seemed that the world was at an end!

2. The army organized teams to dig out those who were

trapped and to bury the dead.

3. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had

been destroyed.

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Let students know the sequence of events

Enable students to find the main idea and the details of the

reading material by using different reading skills

3. Emotional goals 情感目标

Enable students to know what a correct attitude towards a

disaster is and what they should do to help other people