Unit4ANighttheEarthDidn'tSleepReadingContentofthepassageThepassagemainlytellsusthatanearthquakehappenedinTangshanatnighton28July,1976,and400,000peoplewerekilledorseriouslyinjured,becauseitsmainreasonwasthattheearthquakehappenedatdeepnight.Thepassagecanbedividedintothreeparts.Thefirstpartisaboutsomestrangethingshappenedbeforetheearthquake.Thesecondpartisaboutthedamagescausedbytheearthquake.ThethirdpartisaboutallhelpwasgiventoTangshanaftertheearthquake.Fromthepassage,studentswillknowclearlyaboutthepredictionsbeforeanearthquake.Atthesametime,teacherscanguidethemtothinkhowtoprepareyourselfbeforeanearthquakehappens,howtoself-rescueduringanearthquakeandhowtohelpthepeopleindisaster-hitareas.Sothattheycansetuptheirrightattitudestowardslife.AbilitygoalsStudentsshouldimprovetheirlistening,reading,speakingandwritingabilities.Studentsshouldimprovetheirabilitiestocooperatewithothers.EmotiongoalsStudentslearnhowtohelpthesufferers.Studentsshouldsetuptheirrightattitudestowardslife.Keypointsanddifficulties1.Getthemainideasofthewholetext.2.Trainthestudents’readingability—skimming,scanninganddetailedreading.3.Howtoprepareyourself,howtoself-rescueandhowtogivehelptothesufferers.ActivitiesStep1Warming-up5分钟Step2Skimming10分钟Task1Predictthegeneralidea.(Howtopredict:readtothetitleandthepicturesofthetextbook.)Task2Findoutfourtopicsentences.(Howtoskim:readthetitleandthefirstandthelastsentenceofeachparagraph)Task3Dividefourparagraphsintothreepartsaccordingtothetimeorder.Andthenchooseonewordtodescribeeachpart.Step3Scanning7分钟(Howtoscan:readPart1quicklyandfindoutthesentencesyouneed.)Task1FindoutwhathappenedtothemTask2Presentation(Aboyandagirl)Step4Detailedreading11分钟Task1Fillintheblanksandmakeareport.Step4DetailedreadingTask2Multiple-choiceStep5:Postreading:5分钟DiscussioningroupsGroup1Howtopredictanearthquakebeforeifhappens?Group2Howtoself-rescueduringanearthquake?Group3Howtohelpthepeopleindisaster-hitareas?Step6:Homework:2分钟1.Learnfromtheauthor;trytowriteanewsreport.2.Findoutalltheattributiveclausesinthetext.
