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课件网) Unit4 Natural Disasters —Reading for writing Write a summary Lead in A tsunami is an extremely large ____ in the sea. It is often caused by an _____, landslide or volcanic eruption. It is very _____ and can cause great _____. wave earthquake dangerous damage TSUNAMI HITS ASIA: OVER 6,500 DEAD Skim the news report and find out the structure. Reading headline(tells what the news is about) byline (writer and time) Part 1: leading Part 2: body Part 3: ending What's the main idea of each part A tsunami is an extremely large ____ in the sea. It is often caused by an _____, landslide or volcanic eruption. It is very _____ and can cause great _____. wave earthquake dangerous damage Now, let's read a news report to know more about tsunami. Activity 1 Lead-in Title Date Lead Body End Let’s learn about the structure of a typical news report. Reporter Activity 2 Pre-reading Read the news report released the day after a tsunami and answer the questions. 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. Activity 3 At 3:42 ., everything began to shake. It seemed _____（仿佛）the world were coming to an end! Eleven kilometres directly below the city, one of the most _____(严重的)earthquakes of the 20th century had begun, a quake that even _____ (造成破坏）more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing. Nearly _____ （三分之一）of the whole nation felt it! A huge crack, eight kilometres long and 30 metres wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In less than one minute, a large city _____(变成废墟). _____(三分之二） of the people who lived there were dead or injured. _____（成千上万）children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000. as if deadly caused damage one third lay in ruins two thirds Thousands of 课文语言知识再回顾--填空、翻译、续写、高考 useful words and expressions Thousands of children were left without parents. The earthquake has also left 199 injured and damaged 6,381 houses in Jishishan. 此次地震还造成鸡石山199人受伤，6381所房屋受损。 On Nov 3, about 2.5 million people in New Yourk city_____(leave) without electricity, as winds of over 100 kilometers per hour downed trees and power lines. 11月3日，由于时速超过100公里的大风吹倒树木和电线，纽约市约有250万人断电。 Tens of thousands _____ were left homeless in Syria faced a night in the cold. 在叙利亚，成千上万无家可归的人在寒冷中度过了一夜。【China Daily】 were left who Part 3 Ending Reading Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies The headline of the news report should be brief and catch readers ... ...
