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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading for Writing--Write a summary Do you know what kind of natural disaster it is Lead in tsunami Video time Watch a video to know more about tsunami. Reading and Thinking 1. When did the tsunami happen 2. What caused the tsunami 3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies 1. When did the tsunami happen 2. What caused the tsunami 3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies On 26 December 2004. The most powerful earthquake in the past 40 years caused the tsunami. Dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and supplies This passage is most likely to be taken from _____ . newspaper A news report Read the news report and find out the structure. Headline (tells what the story is about) Ending (gives something to think about) Byline (shows who wrote the story) Lead (includs who, what, when, where, why and how) Body (contains more information and details) What language features does the news report have brief and catch readers’ eyes uses lots of numbers or figures: accurate and more convincing the language of the news report: brief and concise A summary is a short statement of main points. A summary paragraph tells the main ideas and the most important information of a longer passage. How to write a summary What main points should be contained in a summary It includes time, place, event, cause, effect, following event. Writing skills 简短陈述 要点 主要思想 重要信息 后续事件 Read and find out the main points of the reading material: Reading for detailed information event place time/date cause effect A powerful tsunami crashed Along the coastlines across Asia Sunday, 26 December Caused by a powerful earthquake More than 6,500 people were killed date time place event cause effect following events Read the summary of the news report. Check the main points it includes. Summary : On 26 December 2004, a tsunami killed more than 6, 500 tourists , fishermen, and other locals in Southeast Asia. Thousands of people are missing and the number of deaths is expected to grow. The damage caused by the tsunami is making it difficult for rescue workers to help the survivors. Follow the steps below to write a summary for the text on page 50. (1). Write a list of the main details. (2). Write down the main idea of each paragraph. (3). Organize the ideas and draft your summary. Writing (1). Read the text and write a list of the main details. Strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake .. An earthquake hit _____ China on 28 July 1976. _____ _____ _____ _____ Tangshan More than 400,000 people were killed or badly injured. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. The government and the soldiers came and began rescuing and rebuilding the city. (2). Write down the main idea of each paragraph based on the details above. Paragraph 1_____ Paragraph 2 _____ Paragraph 3 _____ Paragraph 4 _____ Paragraph5__ ... ...
