Module 1Unit 4 EarthquakesWarming up, Pre-reading, Reading & ComprehendingI.Preview（预习词汇）课前预习生词。要求：会读所有单词；会利用构词法（如词缀-ly, -ist,-tion, -en；合成法等）、联想法等学习掌握部分词汇。你的分类词表：-ly 结尾的都是副词吗？II. Autonomous learning（自主学习）1.阅读课文。你知道下列单词的意思了吗？well nation suffering dampipecanalextremetrackburststeaminjure useless million event dirt destroyshock quake rescue trap electricity disaster burry mine miner shelter 2.学习下列重点短语：1)立刻;马上 right away2)不重视；没有去考虑 think little of3)似乎；好像 as if4)结束；终结 at an end5)三分之二 two third s 6)严重受损；破败不堪 in ruins7)成为孤儿 be left without parents8)吹走；刮走 blow … away9)好几万…… tens of thousands of …10) 五十万 half a million 11) 掘出；发现 dig out12) 许多；大量的 a (great) number of13) 代替；而不是 instead of14) 摔倒；倒塌 fall down15) 陷入 be trapped in16) 在乡下；在农村 in the countryside3.Pre-readingLook at the pictures on Page 25 and imagine what will happen before an earthquake.Picture 1 Bright light flashes in the sky.Picture 2 Chickens are flying, dogs are barking, pigs and cows are too nervous to eat.Picture 3 Mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish jump out of their bowls and ponds.Picture 4 The well has deep cracks in it, and the water in it rises and falls.4.Reading1) What do you think the title “A night the earth didn’t sleep” means? “ A night the earth didn ’ t sleep ” is a poetic way of saying that an earthquake happened. ” 12) Write down the main idea of each part.Paragraph 1: Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one thought little of (paid attention to/took no notice of) them.Paragraph 2: The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangsh...
