Unit4EarthquakeUsinglanguageReadingandspeakingLookatthepicturesanddiscusswhathappened.Tangshan’snewlookHereisaletterofinvitation.Readitcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whowritetheletter?2.Whowillreceivetheletter?Peoplewhohavewonthestudent’shighschoolspeakingcompetitionaboutnewTangshan.ZhangSha.3.Whatwastheparkbuiltfor?4.Whenwillthestudentspeaktotheparkvisitor?Tohonourthosewhodiedintheterribledisasterandthosewhohelpedthesurvivors.OnJuly28at11:00am.1.invitationn.邀请invitev.aletterofinvitation一封邀请信2.giveaspeech作报告/演讲3.OfficeoftheCityGovernment市政府办公室Words&.Expressions4.bepleasedtodosth愿意／高兴／乐于做某事5.thespeakingcompetition演讲比赛=beglad/happytodo6.judgen.评委、裁判员、法官Hewasapoorjudgeofman.他看人的能力很差。Theprisonerwastakentothejudge.他被带到了法官那儿。v.断定、判断、判决Ablindmancannotjudgecolors.盲人不能判断颜色。翻译:不要以貌取人。Don’tjudgeamanbyhisappearance.7.beproudofyou以……而感自豪Iamproudofyou.8.honourn./v.荣誉、尊敬、敬意、纪念我们应该尊敬父母。Weshouldhonourourparents.=Weshouldshowhonourtoourparents.honoursb./sth.尊重某人/事showhonourtosb./sth.inhonourof为了纪念这纪念碑是为纪念在战争中死去的战士而立的。Themonumentwasbuiltinhonorofthedeadinthewar.9.havesb.dosth(主动)havesb.doingsth(主动/持续)havesth/sbdone(被动)Iwon’thaveyousaysuchwords.Hehaduslaughingallthroughlunch.Iwillhavemyhaircuttomorrow.10.asyouknow如你所知11.onthatspecialday在那个特殊的日子9.writeanarticlefor…为……写文章10.writeanoutline写提纲11.disaster-hitareas受灾区12.frighten,frightened,frighteninga.Theyweretryingto__________thepublictogivein.b.Sheseemedtobe___________oftheinterview.c.Thespeedofthecarwas____________frightenfrightenedfrighteningNowinpairsprepareashortspeech.•ThankMrZhangShaandthegovernmentforinvitingyoutospeak.•Thankthosewhohelpedthesurvivorsandlistwhattheydidafterthequake.•Thankthosewhoworkedhardtobuildanewcity.•Encouragethepeopletobealwaysproudoftheircity.•Describeyourfeelingsaboutthecity,whichisknownasthe“BraveCityofChina”.•Thankthevisitorsforlisteningtoyourspeech.Iwouldliketoexpressmythanksto…who….;Here,Iwishtoexpressmythankstothegreatefforts…I’dalsoliketothank…Nowordsarestrongenoughtoexpressour…;Itwasterriblewhen…Itseemedasif…Iremember…Ifelt…Notlongafterthat…Luckily,…Onepossiblespeech:Ladiesandgentlemen,Goodmorning.It’smygreathonortobegiventhechancetogivethespeech.ThankMrZhangandthecitygovernmentforinvitingmetospeak.Andthankallofyoutoattendthisactivity.Everybodyknowsthatthisparkwillbeopentohonorthosewhodiedintheterribledisasteronthisday33yearsago.Weshouldsaythatallofyouareveryluckytohavesurvived.Butnevercanweforgetthosewhohelpedyoudotherescuework.Theydugoutthosewhohadbeentrappedandburiedthedead.Theyalsohelpedbuildthenewcity.Theybuiltnewhomesandofficesinonlysevenyears.Forthiswork,manyworkersandsoldierslosttheirlives.Weshouldshowourgreatesthonortothem.WhenIfirstarrivedinthecityyesterday,IcametounderstandwhyTangshanwascalled“BraveCityofChina”.Whatyouhavedonemadethewholeworldsurprised.Lookatthetallbuildingsandthebeautifulenvironment.Howbraveyouare!Ithinkyoushouldalwaysbeproudofthecity.Thankyouforlisteningtomyspeech.LookatthestampsofnewTangshananddiscusswhathadtobedonetorebuildacityafteranearthquake.Samplediscussion:S1:Let’slookatthestamps.Theyseemtoshownewhouses,anewcitycenter,newfactories,schools,hospitalsandanew...
