1、英語教案： unit4 earthquakes八（新人教版必修1）高一年級英語備課組主備人課型時年月日驗收結果：間分管領導課時合格 / 需完善第周第課時總第課時教學目標 ：1. let the students learn the usage of the word“shake”.2. enable the students to master the usage of the pattern “all. . . is not. . . ” and understand some difficult and long sentences.重點、難點1. enable the studentst

2、o grasp the usages of such importantnew words and expressionsas shake,injure, destroy, shock, rescue, right away, a great number of, give out, etc.2. get the students to master the usages of the patterns:“it seemed that the world was atan end ” and “all hope was not lost”.教學過程學生活動修改意見 step 1 revisio

3、n1. check the homework exercises.answerthe2.ask some studentstomake sentenceswithattributivequestions.clauses.step 2 warming uptell the students:as we all know, earthquakes are disastersto everyone. but why do earthquakes happen? can we avoid or atleast reduce the loss caused by earthquakes? can we

4、foretelllistening.earthquakes? now we will do some listening and the listening text will tell us the answers. step 3 listening(on page 62 in the workbook)1. look through the part listening on page 62 and guess what the listening material may be about. then listen to the tape forthe first time to see

5、 whether their guessing is right or not.listentothe(this listening material is about the cause of earthquakestapethenand how we can reduce losses from them. )decide2. read the following statements and listen to the tape forwhether theythe second time. then decide whether they are true or false.aretr

6、ueor1)it isbelievedthaton the surfaceof the earth are a numberfalse.of plates.2)the plates are always moving.3)if the plates stop moving, there is an earthquake.4)if the plates move, there is an earthquake.5)wherever you live, you are in an earthquake area.6)chinahas twoplatespushing on herand they

7、make mountainsand earthquakes.1check theanswers and tryto correctthe statementswhicharefalse.answerthe3. listento the tape again and thenanswerthe questionsandquestionscomplete the following sentences.and completepart 1:the1)why do earthquakes happen?following2)why docalifornia,china andjapanhavea l

8、otofsentences.earthquakes?part 2:1)do not built_.2)make sure you build_.3)you must_._ buildings will falldown and_ ones may_.a few minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.4. discuss this question in small groups: why do some reading andearthquakes kill more people than others?retelling

9、5. reading and retellingshow the students the listening text and let them read it. then ask them to retell the cause of earthquakes and the ways of reducing losses from earthquakes.listening textwhydoearthquakeshappen?scientistsexplainthattheoutside of the earth is made of a number of different plat

10、es. atsan francisco, the pacific plate which is moving towards thenorthwest meets the north american plate. the pacific plate ismoving very slowly at 5. 3 centimeters a year. sometimes thesetwo plates stop and do not move for years. then suddenly, theyjump and an earthquake is felt. as a result of t

11、he movement ofthese plates,californiahas alwayshad a lot ofearthquakes.whenthe1906 earthquakehappened,the pacificplatejumped 5-6 metersto the north.china also has an unluckyplaceon theearth.the pacificplateis also pushing on china from the east as the plate moves west.likewise,theindianplate ispushi

12、ng on chinafromthesouthwestas that plate moves northeast. the same power that produced thegreat himalayan mountains now causes earthquakes in china.we cannotstop earthquakes,but we can do thingstomake surethey do not destroy whole cities. first, it is not a good idealistening toto build houses along

13、 the lines where two of the earths platespage 66.join together. second, if you think there may be an earthquake,itis betterto buildhouseson rockthanon sand. third,you mustmake the houses as strong as possible. weak buildings will falldown in an earthquake, but strong ones may stay up. step 4 listeni

14、ng task(on page 66 in the workbook) turn to page 66. look at the pictures and discuss what themight have learned.1. in four let the students discuss what would be the best2way to protect oneself if there was an earthquake.2. ask one memberof the group to givetheirideas to the class.3. let the classe

15、valuate each groups idea and see if theyagree. if they do, write the idea on the board. collect the ideas all the groups have contributed.4. ask the students to choose the three that they think are the most useful if an earthquake comes.5. listento the tape for thefirsttime andsee if theideason the

16、tape are the same. discuss why the plans on the tape aredifferent from the ones suggested by the class.6. now make the earthquake plan. then listen to the tape forthe second time to improve the earthquake plan.my earthquake plan1st thing i must do:i must drop to the floor and cover my head and neck

17、with my arms.2nd thing i must do:make sure i hide under something like a table to protect myself from things falling on top of me.3rd thing i must do:i must hold onto the furniture so it doesnt move away from me during the earthquake.7. listen to the tape a third time and then write down any other a

18、dvice that you think is useful.my earthquake adviceif you are outside, you should keep away from power lines,trees, signs, cars and buildings.if you are in the living room, you should make sure that thebookcases are fastened to the wall and the tv set is tied to atable so that they cant move.ifyou a

19、re in the house alone,you shouldringa familyfriendto tell them where you are and collect your personal earthquake bag.8. read the listening text and make it more clear what to do during an earthquake. step 5 listening(on page 31 in using language)1. tell the students: we are going to listen to a sto

20、ry toldby a man who was a survivorof the greatsan franciscoearthquakeof 1906.2.go throughthe sentencesin exercise2, then listento thetape for the first time, and try to tell whether the statementsare true or false.the teacher plays the tape for the students to listen andfinish the task. after listen

21、ing, the teacher checksthe answerswith the class.3.go throughthe questionsin exercise3, then listento thetape for the second time and answer the questions.afterlistening,the teacherasks some studentsto answer thequestions and checks the answers with the whole class.4. tellthe students:while listenin

22、gto the tape,you shouldlistento thetapelistening onpage 31.readingandretelling3notonlypay attentiontothe contents,but alsothepronunciationand intonation.the sentencesinexercise4 show us thesequence.i will playthetape again,and you shouldpay attentiontoliaisonandincompleteexplosioninthesesentences.th

23、en practicereading them aloud.5. reading and retellingshow the students the listening text and let them read it.then ask them to retell it.listening texti awoke as i was thrown from my bed. when i tried to walk,thefloorshookso that ifell.igrabbedmy clothingand hurrieddownstairs.suddenlythelightswent

24、 out,and everyonerushedforthe door. outside i saw things i never want to see again. it wasdaytime. the air was filled with falling rocks. people around mewere gettingburied underbuildingsthatwere crashingdown. otherhuge buildings were shaking. every moment there were terriblesounds. i asked a man st

25、anding next to me what happened. beforehe couldanswer, hundredsof bricks fellon him and he was killed.all around me were great fires. as i ran people everywhere werecrying and calling for help. i thought the end of the world hadcome! then i met a man who knew the way to a boat, and we ran initsdirec

26、tion.men,women andchildrenweretryingtodigthemselves out of the ruins. thousands of people, crazy withworry, were running down the street and every minute someone washit by falling bricks. in some places, the streets had crackedand opened. huge holes were all around me. i saw many frightenedcows rushup market streetand drop intoa greatcrackintheearth.how i reached the boat i cannot say. some people even tore theclothes from the backs of others as they