Tolearnsomewords,phrasesandexpressions:violent,cause,occur,affect,ofalltime,endupas,etc.

Toreadforinformationandunderstandpassagesusingdifferentreadingstrategies.Tolearntodescribeanaturaldisasterlogicallyandvividly.Toknowofsomenaturaldisastersandrealisetheimportanceofprotectingnature.

LearningaimsTheViolenceofNature

ReadingandVocabulary

Itreferstod________ofnature.1.Whatdoes“theviolenceofnature”

referto?2.Canyounamesomedisasters?

isastersflood

earthquake

sandstorm

thunderstormaviolentstormofthunderandlightning,oftenwithheavyrainandsometimeshail(冰雹)Canyounametheabovetwodisasters??Summariesof1stpartAtornadois______________________Summariesof2ndpartHurricanesare__________________Summariesof3rdpartThisisastoryaboutthe________________________TypeofwritingPart1and2:An

________________;Part3:A

________________narration記敘文

exposition說明文

strongtropicalstormsrotatingcolumnofair1900GalvestonhurricaneReadformainideas

tornado

hurricaneReadfordetailsReadpart1

andthenfinishtwoactivities.DisastershappeningintheUSA

Theworsttornado___________hittheAmericain1925,______threeUSstates.Bythetimeitended,morethan700people___________andabout2，700____________.

2008年5月12日，地震發生在汶川，殃及了周圍很多縣市。截止到結束，69,000多人遇難，約374,000人受傷。TheearthquakehappeninginWenchuan

TheeathquakehitWenchuanonthe12thMay2008,affectingmanycitiesaround.Bythetimeitended,morethan69,000peoplehadbeenkilled,andabout374,000hadbeeninjured.ofalltimeaffectinghadbeenkilledhadbeeninjuredActivity1

GroupworkFindsomephrasesinpart1todescribethepictures.pickup

拾\掀\卷起put...down;destroyhousescausedeathsandinjuries

Readpart2carefullyandthenfinishtwoactivities.1.Whathappensduringahurricane?Why?2.Whenandwheredidtheworsthurricanehappen?1.Choosewordsthathavesimilarmeaningwiththeunderlinedword.Windsof200kilometresperhourandfive-metre-highwaveshitthecity.()A.occurredB.affectedC.struck2.TranslatethesentenceThedisasterkilled6000peopleinapopulationof37000anddestroyed3600buildings.Activity1Readandanswerthequestions

Activity2Languageunderstanding

Groupwork1.Whathappensduringahurricane?Why?

Therearehugewaves,heavyrainandfloods.Becausethereareviolentwindsof120kilometersperhourormore.2.Whenandwheredidtheworsthurricanehappen?Itoccurredonthe8thSeptember1900inGalveston,Texas.Sowecallitthe1900GalvestonHurricane.3.Windsof200kilometresperhourandfive-metre-highwaveshitthecity.()A.occurred

B.affected

C.struck4.Thedisasterkilled6000peopleinapopulationof37000anddestroyed3600buildings.這次災害導致總人口37000人中的6000人死亡，3600座建筑物被摧毀。

B&CWhendidhedie?Whatoccurredin1900?Howdidthehurricaneaffecthim?Wherewasthecoffin?Readpart3carefullyandthenanswerquestions.cemetery;coffinin1899ahurricane;strikePrinceEdwardIsland2008年5月12日，汶川發生地震。假如你是APNews的記者，你在為觀眾進行一分鐘（＜＝1minute）報道回顧這次地震。你的報道中需要涉及以下信息：汶川地震情況：2008年5月12日，四川省汶川縣發生7.8級地震（a7.8magnitudeearthquake;hit/strike/occur/breakout）。地震導致許多房屋被摧毀，交通阻斷

（beblocked），水電供應(thesupplyofwaterandelectricity)也中斷了。截止到結束，69000多人遇難，約374000人受傷，17923人失蹤。

Reporting

Goodmorning,everybody.IamwiththeAPnews.NowIamheretoreporttheearthquake.A7.8magnitudeearthquake

hitWenchuanonMay12th,2008.

Asaresult,manyhousesweredestroyed,thetrafficwasblocked

andthesupplyofwaterandelectricitywascutoff.What'sworse,.Bythetimeitended,morethan69,000peoplehadbeenkilled,andabout374,000hadbeeninjured.Apossibleversionthebeautyofnature

takeeffectivemeasurestoprotect/befriendlyto/keepthebalanceofnature/plantmoretreestoimproveTreatothersinthewayyouwanttobetreated.

DiscussionOnlywhenpeoplerealizetheimportanceoflivinginpeacewiththeenvironmentwilltheworldbe