(
课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading for Writing 1. Understand the new words and phrases about tsunami. 2. Catch the main idea and the key points of a passage 3. Understand what is a summary, and learn to write a summary. Learning Goals Lead-in： Review What happened in the Tangshan earthquake Para 1: _____ happened in Tangshan several days _____ the earthquake. Strange things before Lead-in： Review What happened in the Tangshan earthquake Para 2: More than _____ people were killed or badly _____. 400,000 injured Lead-in： Review What happened in the Tangshan earthquake Para 3: Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but _____. ruins Lead-in： Review What happened in the Tangshan earthquake Para 4: Soldiers, doctors and nursses, workers came to _____. Slowly, the city began to _____ again. rescue breathe Lead-in： Review What happened in the Tangshan earthquake Para 5: With strong surpport of the _____ and the efforts of its _____, Tangshan started to_____. government people Tangshan revive What will happen if the earthquake is under the ocean A TSUNAMI ! Reading: Step 1: Prediction Look and predict: Where's this passage probably taken from Newspaper News report 1. Find out the main idea of each paragraph. Reading Tasks Reading: Tasks 2. Look for detail information, and fill in the blanks. Reporter and date Headline Lead Body Ending Structure of a news report Reading: Step 2: Read for structure A tsunami, caused by an earthquake, hit Asia on 26 December, 2004. It killed thousands of people, caused serious damage. People are still missing. Rescue work is difficult. Reading: Step 3: Read for details time place event cause effect Following events On _____, 2004. In _____. A powerful _____ caused this tsunami. More than _____ people were killed. Fishermen, _____, hotels, _____, and cars were _____. Thousands of people are still _____. The number of deaths is _____. _____ is being organised. It's difficult to _____. A _____ hit Asia. key points time On _____, 2004. 26 December place In _____. Asia event A _____ hit Asia. tsunami cause A powerful _____ caused this tsunami. earthquake effect More than _____ people was killed. 6,500 Fishermen, _____, hotels, _____, and cars were _____. tourists homes swept away Thousands of people are still _____. The number of deaths is _____. Following events _____ is being organised. It's difficult to _____ _____. deliver missing texpected to grow Foreign aid food and supplies Pre-writing: Step1: From details to summary time place event cause effect Following events On 26 December 2004. In Asia. A powerful earthquake caused this tsunami. More than 6,500 people were killed. Fishermen, tourists, hotels, homes, and cars were swept away. Thousands of people are still missing. The number of deaths is texpected to grow. Foreign aid is being organised. It's difficult to deliver food and supplies. A tsunami hit Asia. key points summary A summary is a short t ... ...
