(
课件网) Unit 8 Safe and Sound Reading1 Watch and revise: What natural disasters do you know Natural Disasters landslide earthquake snowstorm rainstorm flood drought hurricanes tsunami What natural disasters do you know / l ndsla d / /dra t/ [ h r k nz] [tsu nɑ mi] Make a survey: Did you sleep well last night Imagine: What may happen if the earth didn’t sleep at night What may happen in an earthquake What do you think people should do in an earthquake Earthquake Lead-in Pre-reading Watch, read and answer: Where can you find this article What order is the article in Pre-reading Watch, read and answer In which of the following materials can you find this article A. A science magazine about earthquakes B. A newspaper about natural disasters C. Timmy's web page about his experience web page Pre-reading Predict: what aspects about the earthquake might be mentioned in the text in the order of time While-reading Circle all the expressions of time. At first,... Then,... Soon,... Then... Finally,... Hours later,... At last,... While-reading Read for main ideas Read and match. 1 2 3 4 5 Paragraph Main idea Timmy found himself trapped in the building. The earthquake started when Timmy was working. A group of people helped Timmy out. People were scared and tried to run out of the building. Timmy tried to get help. While-reading Read for structure Paragraph number Main idea The earthquake started when Timmy was working. People were scared and tried to run out of the building. Timmy found himself trapped in the building. Timmy tried to get help. A group of people helped Timmy out. 1 2 3 4 5 before the earthquake (para.1) during the earthquake (para.2) after the earthquake (para.3-5) Read for details Part 1: “strange signs” before the earthquake Time At 2 p.m. Doing Felt A loud noise like thunder Heard He was sleeping. A slight shake. Feeling the shake and hearing the loud noise, how would Timmy feel and what would he do He may feel nervous and fearful and run out as quickly as possible. Further thinking Felt Heard Saw Did the earth started to _____ a loud noise like _____under the ground some people_____ people were running _____ people _____the building pieces of glass and_____ raining down the walls began to_____ tried his best to _____ shouted in fear bombs bricks shake people buildings in all directions ran out of come down run out come down Part 2: “damage” during the earthquake Read for details Further thinking 1.Do you think Timmy did the right thing 2.Was it safe to run out of the building while the earth was shaking and glass and bricks were raining down 3.Would you do anything different Give reasons for your answer. Soon the real noise came, like bombs under the ground. The earth started to shake. People shouted in fear. Some ran out of the building. I tried my best to run out too. Outside, people were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were raining down. Then the w ... ...
