Unit4EarthquakesPeriod3AimsToreadandspeakabouttravelingTowritealetterdescribingfeelingabouttravelingProceduresI.WarmingupWarmingupbydiscussingHaveyoueverwrittenaspeech?Whatisaspeech?Speechmeansanactofspeakingformallytoagroupoflisteners.Whatdoyouhavetoconsiderwhenyouarewritingaspeech?Pleasediscussitinpairs.(1.Whoistheaudience?2.Howcanweexpressourselvesclearly?)WarmingupbyreadingWhatshouldyouincludeinyourspeechwhenyoutrytowriteone?Readtheletteronpage29andimagineyouarethestudentwhowasinvitedtogiveaspeech.Nowwriteashortspeech,inwhichyoushouldfollowthepointsinexercise3onpage29.II.ReadingandunderliningReadtheletterandexercisesagainandunderlinealltheusefulexpressionsorcollocationsintheletter.Copytheminyournotebookafterclassashomework.Collocationsfromthelettercongratulations,bepleasedtodosth.,winthehighschoolspeakingcompetition,agroupoffivejudges,allofwhom,agree,beproudof,openanewpark,honourthosewhodiedintheterribledisaster,wouldliketodo,haveyoudosth.,asyouknow,invitesb.todosth.,onthatspecialday,atthebeginningof,thanksb,fordoingsth.,honoursb.forsth.,beknownas,encouragesb.todosth.,behappytodosth.,collectstamps,loseone’slifeIII.ListeningTurnonyourbooksatpage30.We’lllistentoastoryaboutapersonwhoexperiencedthe1906SanFranciscoearthquake.I’llplaythetapethreetimes.Firstlistenandtrytogetsomedetailsthatexercises1and2request.Secondlistenagainandtrytofinishtheexercises.Thirdlistenandcheckyouranswers.IV.Guidedwriting(SB.page31)1.MakingaintroductionHaveyoueverreadanewspaperstory?Nowturnonyourbookstopage31andlookatWriting.Readthebriefdescriptionabouthowtowriteanewspaperstory.Compareanewspaperstorytoashortstoryandanswerthefollowingquestions.1)Whatshouldyouwritebeforewritinganewspaperstory?(outline)2)Whatshouldanewspaperoutlinehave?(aheadline;alistofmainideas;alistofimportantdetails)3)Whyaheadlineisneeded?(Itcantellthereaderswhatthetopicis;itcanalsoattractthereaders’attention)4)Howcanyoufinishanewspaperstory?(First,youshouldwriteaheadline,thenorganizeyourmainideasintoparagraphs,andthenputsomedetailsintoeachparagraph.)5)Haveyoufoundoutthedifferencebetweenanewspaperstoryandashortstory?(Usuallyashortstorybeginswithsmalldetailsandincludesbigdetailslater.Anewspaperstorydoesjusttheopposite.Bothkindsofstoriesuseparagraphswithmainideas.Inagoodnewspaperstory,thepoint-of-viewisobjective(i.e.ithasnopoint-of-view)whileashortstoryissubjective(i.e.ithasapoint-of-view).Anewspaperstoryhasnoconclusion;ashortstorygenerallydoes.)NowI’llshowyouanewspaperstorytofindouttheheadline,mainideaanddetailsofeachparagraph.THEWASHINGTONPOSTSEATTLE-Apowerfulearthquakewithamagnitudeof6.8hitWashingtonStatelastweek.Thequake,thebiggestin50years,causedbillionsofdollarsindamage.Butmiraculously,onlyonepersondiedandmorethan100peoplewereinjuredinthequake.Authoritiessaidonereasontherewasn’tgreaterdestructionisthattheregionspentmillionsofdollarsinthelastdecadedesigningearthquake----prooffacilitiesandimprovingexistingbuildings,schoolsandhomes.Earthquakeexpertsaidtheeventillustrated(说明)thegrowinggapbetweenrichandpoornationsintheabilitytomitigate(减轻)naturaldisasters.Onlyahandfulofpeoplewereseriouslyinjuredhere,aslightnumbercomparedwiththedevastation(破坏)incountrieslikeTurkey,IndiaandElSalvador,wherequakeshaveburiedthousandsunderpoorlyconstructedbuildings.2.WritingNowpreparetheoutlineforashortnewspaperstoryforChinaDaily.Youcanusetheexampleinexercise1tohelpyouorganizeyouroutline.3.UnderlingReadtheoutlineandthenewspaperstoryinWritingandunderlinealltheusefulexpressionsorcollocationsinthem.Copythemtoyournotebookafterclassashomework.CollocationsfromWritingalistof,putsomedetailsintoeachparagraph,ateamof,raisemoney,thousandsof,plantodosth.,inearlyJune,hopetodosth.,beinterestedtodosth.IV.ClosingDownClosingdownbysummaryWehavelearnedalotaboutearthquakes.Nowlet’shaveasummaryaboutwhatwehavelearned.Lookatthefollowingquestions.(1)Haveyoueverexperiencedanearthquake?(2)CanyoudescribeanearthquakeinEnglish?(3)Whatdoyouknowaboutthecauseofanearthquake?(4)Whatnewinformationaboutearthquakeshaveyoulearnednow?(5)Whatwordsandexpressionscanyouusetodescribeanearthquake?ClosingdownbyfindinginformationGotothelibrarytoreadorgetonlinetosearchinordertofindmoreinformationaboutnaturaldisasters.
