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Homework

Do you know

any natural disasters

from TV, internet or newspaper?

What are they?

Volcano

flood

earthquake

tsunami

Today, we’ll learn two kinds of disasters from news. One happened on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.

Please look at the map !

Montserrat

Salem was a beautiful & peaceful town.

However, it was destroyed seriously. Volcano fears mount.

VolcanoVolcano

Key words

1.Evacuate

2.Financial

3.Resident

4.Criticise

5.Rubble

6.Fund

a. n. Person who lives has a house in a place

b. n. Bits of broken stone, rock

c. n. Money saved for a special purpose

d. v. Remove sb. from a place of danger

e. adj. Concerning money and economy

f. v. Put out the faults of sb./sth.

Match them

Complete the sentences with the words we learnt

1. The children were _________because of the danger of a flood. 2. He ________my serious mistakes. 3. The explosion reduced the building to a pile of________. 4. A special ____will be collected for the victims. 5. Shanghai is the major ______centre in China. 6. Local ________complain that the pollution is becoming serious.

evacuated

criticised

rubblefund

finanicalresidents

Use them

Listen to the tape first, then read it to find out some key sentences

1. be evacuated

2. was made

3. cannot be guaranteed

4. was taken

5. has not been improved

1.Salem is going to be evacuated because of a large volcanic explosion.

2.The decision was made by the minister.

3.The residents criticised the government that no action was taken.

4.Safety cannot be guaranteed.

5.The situation has not been improved.

Pay attention to them !

Passive voice

be evacuated

was made

was taken

cannot be guaranteed

has not been improved

Volcano fears mount. It caused a lot of problems. Meanwhile, an earthquake happened in Iran killed hundreds.

Does anybody know something about earthquake? How does it hit the ground and what damage does it cause?

Watch the video and think it over!

Read the news and answer questions:

1.Which countries are involved in the rescue operation?

2.Why has it been decided to evacuate the cities in the Qasvin region?

3.What will be announced by officials at the United Nations?

Tips: 1. are involved; 2. cannot be ruled out; 3. be announced

1.China, Germany, Russia and Spin are involved.

2.Because further quakes cannot be ruled out.

3.A special fund to rebuild the cities and towns will be announced.

Pay attention to them !

Passive voice

areinvolved

cannot be ruled out

will be announced

The biggest tsunami ( 海啸 ) happened in the south and southeast Asia during the recent 10 years cost tens of thousands lives.

Task : report a piece of news: tsunami

Main information:Southeast Asian, Sri Lanka, Thailand….

December 26, 2004

Magnitude,8.5

11,000

More than 10 countries (China, Japan, Australia…..)

United Nations

The first, second group

Report the news about place, time, magnitude, death ( be involved, be killed, cannot be guaranteed, were missing……)

The third, fourth group

Report the news about urgent measures, rescue operation ( be evacuated, be flown to, be expected to, be announced……)

Task !

Homework,

What can we do to protect ourselves if there is a big earthquake in Zhongshan?

If you are inside a building,……..

If you are outside, …….

                                               

 

GGooooDDbbyyee

Teaching Plan Module 4 Unit 11

Lesson 1 World News

Objectives

1.To talk about what is in the news and read newspaper and articles;

2.To listen to extracts from radio or recorder;

3.To learn about the passive voice

4.To write a formal letter to a newspaper

Teaching Method: Communicative Method

Aids: PowerPoint & video

Period: the first period

Vocabulary & grammar

1.拼读及理解的词汇 : evacuate, financial, announce, resident, criticise, rubble, fund, rescue

2.进一步了解并尝试运用被动语态 :

has not been done, was done, will be done, cannot be done, are going to be done

TEACHING PROCEDURES

No1. 热身 , 传媒的信息传播 , 询问对自然界灾害的认识 .

No2. 展示 , 新闻图片 , 引出火山、地震灾害并导读新闻。

No3. 理解 ( 两次 ), 听录音 ( 火山 ) 、看视频 ( 地震 ) ，完成对新闻大意的理解，训练获取信息的速度和能力。

No4. 分析 , 分析关键句子 , 加深对新闻的理解 , 导出句中的语法结构 ;

No5. 应用 ; 运用最新素材 , 依照课文写法 , 分组完成一篇新闻报道 ;

No6. 作业 , 渗透德育安全教育 , 从关心身边事做事。

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