八年级英语Unit 6 Natural Disasters(II)READING II.doc

八年级英语Unit 6 Natural Disasters(II)READING IITeaching Objectives● To revise what they learned about the earthquake and help the students to understand the passage better● To read the passage again and help them to highlight the important language points and sentence patterns● To learn to write or read a passage following the sequence of how things happened● To develop students’ ability to learn things by themselvesTeaching ProceduresSTEP 1 Brainstorming and free discussion1. What can you see in this picture?2. What happened? (An earthquake.)3. What happened to this building? (It fell down.)4. What kind of sound can you hear? (Bomb! A big noise like thunder.)5. How do you know that there is going to be an earthquake? How will you feel at the very beginning? (Feel everything is shaking.)6. If this building is shaking now, what will you do? Will you be afraid / be frightened? (You will be in fear.) Are you going to shout (scream)? Are you going to run / jump? (People will run in all directions / run wildly.) You should calm down and think what the best way to escape is, so that you can stay alive (be safe).7. Suppose you are in danger, that means there are lots of bricks around you, you cannot move your body, you’re trapped. What are you going to do? (Use the mobile phone? / shout (scream) / wait for help)8. If you have a packet of chocolate, you’re hungry, are you going to eat it? Why or why not? (Stay for a very long time.)Let’s e back to the picture. Where did this earthquake happen? When did it happen? (21st September, xx.)STEP 2 Making lists of words and phrasesGet the students to make lists of words and phrases used in the text that describe noise and movement/destruction, fear and hope.noise: big noise, thunder, screamed, real noise, bombs, shoutedmovement/destruction: slight shaking, earth started to shake, ran (wildly), pieces of glass and bricks fell down, walls began to e downfear: screamed, frightened, dark, could not at all, a moment of fearhope: calm down, still alive, bright daylightGet the students to finish the exercise in Part B1 & B2 to check their understanding of these words. Give the students 3-4 minutes and ask them to plete the exercise. Invite the students to check the answers in pairs. STEP 3 Doing ask and answer orallyDo ask and answer orally help the students to focus on the most important information in each paragraph. Go through each paragraph and then help the students to highlight some important sentences structures. Para 1: Where was Timmy?What happened in the shopping center?I was doing some shopping when it started. At first, I felt a slight shaking through my body. People in the shopping center looked at each other in fear. Para 2: What happened to the building?How did people react?What did Timmy do?People ran in all directions. Some people ran out of the shopping center. / I tried my best to run out to the street, too.People were running wildly while pieces of glass and bricks e down. Para 3: Where was Timmy when the shaking stopped?How did Timmy feel?I calmed down and asked myself, ‘Did I really survive?’I could not see anything at all. And didn’t know if anyone was around me. ‘I am trapped,’ I said to myself. Para 4: What did Timmy do while he was waiting for help?He shouted for help.Para 5: How was he rescued?I was trying to find the way out when I suddenly heard some noise above me. They were in a great hurry to move away the bricks and stones. STEP 4 Reading the passage aloud togetherGet the students to read the passage aloud together. Then give them some key words and invite them to retell the text. STEP 5 Do some translation work1. 起先，他感觉到一丝轻微的震动传遍全身。

At first, he felt a slight shaking through his body. 2. 当它开始的时候，人们试图从各个方向往外跑When it started, people tried to run out in all directions. 3. 我冷静下来，自言自语道，“我受困了，但我还活着！”I calmed down and said to myself, ‘I am trapped, but I am still alive.’4. 他们匆忙地移开石头和砖块They were in a great hurry to move away the bricks and stones. 5. 地震开始的时候，她正在购物When the earthquake started, she was doing some shopping. 6. 人们在疯狂奔逃时，一块块的玻璃和砖块直往下掉People were running wildly while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down.7. 当我正努力找出路时，我突然听到我的上方有声音。

I was trying to find my way out, when I suddenly heard some noise above me. 8. 我听到了兴奋的人们的呼喊声I heard shouts from excited people. STEP 6 Homeworka. Try to recite the passage by following the sequence of the earthquake. b. Finish off the exercises in the Evaluation Handbook and Learning English. 。