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课件网) Reading for Writing Unit 4 Natural disasters By the end of this period, you will be able to: 1. read the news report to find out the main points it includes; 2. identify main points of a news report； 3. organize the structure of a summary; 4. write a summary. Pre-reading Watch the video Tsunami: Killer Wave and find the answers to the questions. What is a tsunami What caused it Will it cause great damage to human being A tsunami is a series of waves caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruptions. It causes great damage to human beings. The deadliest tsunami ever recorded 1. When did the tsunami happen 2. What caused the tsunami 3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies It happened on 26 December, 2004. A very powerful earthquake of 9.0-magnitude which happened under the sea off the west coast of Sumatra Island in Indonesia. Dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies. Read the news report released the day after a tsunami and answer the questions. While-reading Activity 1 Read for some details. The tsunami which occurred in December of 2004 ultimately killed between 230,000 and 280,000 people in 14 countries. Indonesia was the worst affected area. 04 02 Reporter 03 Time 01 Lead Headline 06 End 05 Body a significant part of news report a good piece of brief news brief and attractive the beginning paragraph deliver the most important or relevant information of a news report include six elements: what, when, who, where, why and how the expanding part of the lead provide the detailed information Activity 2 Read for the structures. The most powerful earthquake in the past 40 years caused a tsunami that crashed into coastlines across Asia yesterday, killing more than 6,500 people in Indonesia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, and at least four other countries. Lead when where what who why The lead sentence sums up the key parts of the report, including information about “when, where, what, who and why”. The tsunami caused by an earthquake and its damage to Asia. Read the report again and write down the main idea of each paragraph. In Sri Lanka, some 1,600 kilometers west of the quake centre, the number of deaths stood at 2,498, and one million more were affected by the tsunami, government officials said. Indian officials said as many as 1,900 had been killed along the southern coast. Another 254 were found dead in Thailand and 54 in three other countries. In southern Thailand, 1,900 people were hurt and many more were missing, local officials said. “I was having breakfast with my three children when water started filling my home. We had to leave everything and run to safety,” said Chandra Theeravit, a local Thai woman. Body Detailed information of the event and its effects in different countries. Specific examples Thousands of people are still missing, and the number of deaths is expected to grow even higher over the nex ... ...
