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课件网) B4U1 Natural Disasters Discover useful expressions What natural disaster happened in the video 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 Part 1 Leading Reading 1. When did the tsunami happen 2. What caused the tsunami Part 2 Body Reading 1. What countries are mentioned in part 2 2. How about the casualty in Sri Lanka Part 2 Body Paragraph 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 Theravit,a local Thai woman. Main idea: damage Details: telling the number of people missing and dead Reading 2. What’s the main idea of this title A. A disaster hit the earth in 2004. B. The rescue work was taken in a tsunami. C. A tsunami killed a lot of people in Asia. √ The structure Headline（标题） End Byline（署名行）name and date Lead Body (导语) tells what the story is about The structure of news report the most important point usually cover 5W&1H contains more information, like details, examples, date, ect. Inverted pyramid (倒金字塔) the most important to the least important gives sth. to think about End Everywhere survivors looked，there was nothing but ruins. 幸存者目及之处无一不是废墟，万物尽毁 I have nothing but praise for him. He listened and heard nothing but the echoes of his own voice in the darkneses. 人们放眼望去，到处都是地震造成的灾难性破坏和毁灭。 Everywhere people looked, there was nothing but catastrophic damage and destruction that eqrthquake caused. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. The new city has become a home to more than seven million people，with great improvements in transportation，industry，and environment. Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that in times of disaster，people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positiv ... ...
