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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading for Writing What can happen to a city during a tsunami Lead-in A Tsunami What kind of disaster is it ... Pre-reading: Look at the picture and predict what the text mainly talks about. headline Reporter and date Name of the newspaper It might be about the caused. It is a . the big damage tsunami news report Look and predict What genre（体裁） of the text What are the features（特点） of news report Timeliness（及时） Concise （简洁的） language Objective（客观的） Organization Headline - tells what the story is about Byline（署名） - shows who wrote the story and when the event took place Lead - tells the most important facts (5W's) Body - contains more information and details The headline should be brief and catch readers' eye. Ending - gives something to think about structure Headline lead body Tendency Effect where when why what who Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 details Analyse the structure of a news report together. Reading (tells the content directly） Organization Read the lead carefully and find out 5W's. 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. why what where when who 01 When did the tsunami happen Read＆answer: 02 03 Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies What caused the tsunami 1.What happened 2.Where did it happen 3.When did it happen 4.Why did it happen 5.Who were killed Main idea: A _____ cause by a strong _____ killed more than _____ people in Asia on 26 December 2004. tsunami earthquake 6,500 Para1. ——— Find out 5W Para. 2 In Sri Lanka, some 1,600 kilometres 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. So many numbers appeared in para. 2, what’s the function of these numbers To show how great the _____ is and make the report more convincing(有说服力的). 1600 2,498 1,900 254 54 1,900 ——— damage Para3. Thousands of people are still missing, and the number of deaths is expected to grow even higher over the next few days. Foreign aid is being organised for the tsunami-hit countries. However, dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies. The number of the dead and the missing is likely to increase/rise/climb/soar. It is difficult /hard /challenging for rescue workers to deliever food and c ... ...
