ReadingforWriting：Unit4NaturalDisasters

AsummaryofanewsreportⅠLeading-in自然災害可能會在短期內引起人們的注意，但恢復和重建需要更長的時間。Naturaldisastersmaygrabattentionintheshortterm,butrecoveryandrebuilding

takemuchlonger.紀實性報告文學（Literaryjournalism文學新聞）nameofthenewspapertitleofthenewsreportreporteranddateapictureofatsunamiNewsreport(專題新聞)IIReading

TSUNAMI______(襲擊)ASIA:OVER6,500DEADByRobertWoodhouse

Monday,27December2004

ReadandFindHITSTheChinatowninSanFranciscoisthebiggestinAThemostpowerfulearthquakeinthepast40yearscausedatsunamithat______________(重創)coastlinesacrossAsiayesterday,_________(kill)morethan6,500peopleinIndonesia,India,Thailand,Malaysia,andatleastfourothercountries.Fishermen,tourists,hotels,homes,andcars___________________________(被巨浪沖走)caused

bythestrongearthquakethat______________________(達到……震級)9.0.Theunderseaquake______________________(大約發生在上午7點),Sunday________________(在西海岸附近海域)ofIndonesia’sSumatraIsland.__________________(僅該地區),atleast1,870peoplewerekilled.crashedintokillingweresweptawaybyhugewavesreachedamagnitudeofstruckaround7:00a.m.offthewestcoastInthatareaalone

In

Sri

Lanka,

some

1,600

kilometres

west

of

the

quake

centre,

the

number

of

deaths(死亡總數)

_________(高達)

2,498,

and

one

million

more

______________(受到……影響)

the

tsunami,

government

officials

said.

Indian

officials

said

as

many

as

1,900

______________(喪生)alongthesoutherncoast.

_______________________(另有254人被發現死亡)

in

Thailand

and54in

three

other

countries.In

southern

Thailand,

1,900

people

_________(受傷)

and

many

more

were

missing,

local

officials

said.

“I______________(正吃)breakfast

with

my

three

children______

(這時突然)water

started

filling

myhome.

We

had

to___________________________(留下一切，跑到安全地帶),”

said

Chandra

Theeravit,

a

local

Thai

woman.ReadandFindTheChinatowninSanFranciscoisthebiggestinAstoodatwereaffectedbyhadbeenkilledAnother

254werefounddeadwerehurtwaswhenleave

everything

and

run

to

safetyhavingReadandFindTheChinatowninSanFranciscoisthebiggestinAThousandsofpeoplearestillmissing,andthenumberofdeaths__________________(預計還將增加)evenhigheroverthenextfewdays.Foreignaidisbeingorganisedfor___________________(海嘯受災國家).However,dangerousconditionsanddamagedroadswillmake____difficultto_____________________(運送食物和補給物資).isexpectedtogrowtsunami-hitcountriesitdeliverfoodandsupplies

The

most

powerful

earthquake

in

the

past

40

years

caused

_________that

crashed

into

_____________________________,

________________________________in

Indonesia,

India,

Thailand,

Malaysia,

and

at

least

four

other

countries.

Fishermen,

tourists,

hotels,

homes,

and

cars

were

swept

away

by

huge

waves

_____________________________thatreachedamagnitudeof9.0.

Theundersea

quake

struck

around_________,

Sunday

offthewestcoastofIndonesia’sSumatraIsland.

In

that

area

alone,

at

least1,870

people

were

killed.In

Sri

Lanka,

some

1,600

kilometres

west

of

the

quake

centre,

the

number

of

deaths

stood

at

2,498,

and

one

million

more

were

affected

by

the

tsunami,7:00a.m.atsunamikillingmorethancoastlinesacrossAsiayesterday6,500peoplecausedbythestrongearthquakeeventplacetimeeffectcausedateLanguagefeatures1:UsenumberstoshowthegreatdamageobjectivelyandtomakethereportmorebelievableReadandthinkTheChinatowninSanFranciscoisthebiggestinA________________________.

__________________asmany

as

1,900

had

been

killed

along

the

southern

coast.

Another

254

were

found

dead

in

Thailand

and

54

in

three

other

countries.

In

southern

Thailand,

1,900

people

were

hurt

and

many

more

were

missing,

________________.

“I

was

having

breakfast

with

my

three

children

when

water

started

filling

my

home.

We

had

to

leave

everything

and

run

to

safety,”

said

Chandra

Theeravit,

a

local

Thai

woman.___________________________________________________________________________

overthe

next

few

days.__________________________________________________________.

However,

_____________________________________________________________

to

deliver

food

and

supplies.Thousands

of

people

are

still

missing,

and

the

number

ofdeaths

is

expected

togrowForeign

aid

is

being

Indian

officials

saidgovernment

officials

saiddangerouslocal

officials

saidrescueeffect&followingeventsfollowingeventsorganised

for

the

tsunami-hit

countriesconditionsanddamagedroads

will

make

it

difficultLanguagefeatures2:UseofficialstatementandquotetomakethereportmorebelievableReadandthink(Students’Worksheet2)TheChinatowninSanFranciscoisthebiggestinAHowtowriteasummaryWhatisasummaryAsummaryisashortstatementofthemainpoints.Asummaryparagraphtellsthemainideasandthemostimportantinformationofalongerpassage.WhatelementsshouldbecontainedinasummaryFiveWsandoneH(who,what,where,when,why,andhow)TSUMANIHITSASIA:OVER6,500DEADReadandfindoutthefiveWs

andoneH

whowhatwherewhenwhyhowMorethan6,500peoplewerekilledApowerfultsunamicrashedAlongthecoastlinesacrossAsiaSunday,26DecemberCausedbyapowerfulearthquakeUnexpectedlyandterriblyThesummaryofthenewsreportdateplaceeventcauseeffect

On26December2004,atsunamikilledmorethan6,500people,

includingtourists,fishermenandmanyotherlocalsinSoutheastAsia.Thousandsofpeoplearemissingandthenumberofdeathsisexpectedtogrow.Thedamage

causedbythetsunamiismakingitdifficultforrescueworkerstohelpthesurvivors.IIIWritingWritingtask:SupposingyouareaCGTNNewsreporter,writeasummaryforthetextonPage50.Step1:AListofMainPointsMainpointsInformation

On28July1976AnearthquakehitTangshanCityInthecountrysideofnortheasternHebeiPeople:ManypeoplewerekilledorinjuredCity:thecitywasgreatlyaffectedandnearlydestroyedSoldiersandmedicalworkersarrivedtoofferhelpanewTanghanwasbuiltDateEventPlaceEffectRescueResultStep2:MainideaofeachparagraphPara1Para2Para3Para4Para5Warningsigns&place:StrangethingshappenedinthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.Event&effectsonpeople:AterribleearthquakehitTangshanandmanypeoplewerekilledorinjured.Effectsonthecity:Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.Rescuework:Rescue

workbegansoonafterthequakes.Soldiersandmedicalworkersweresent.Revivalofthecity:Withstrongsupportofthegovernmentandthe

tireless

effortsofthepeople,anewTangshanwasbuilt.Payattentiontothefollowing:Asummaryshouldbearoundone-thirdthelengthoftheoriginaltext.Writedownthekeysupportingpointsforthetopic.Donotincludeunimportantdetailsorexamples.Step3:Organisetheideasanddraftthesummaryofthenewsreport

Forseveraldays,____________(warningsigns)

occurred_________________________________(place).Then,______________(date),____________________________(event).______________________________________________(effectsonthecity).______________________________(effectsonthepeople).___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(rescuework).______________________________________________________________________________________(revivalofthecity).

strangethingsnortheasternHebei.on28July1976TangshanCityThecitywasgreatlyaffectedandnearlydestroyedManypeoplewerekilledorinjured.people,anewTangshanwasbuiltTherescueworkbegansoonafterthequakes.SoldiersandmedicalworkersarrivedtofindsurvivorsandhelpthepeoplewhohadlosteverythingWithstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetirelesseffortsofthe

inthecountrysideofanearthquakehitSummaryForseveraldays,strangethingsoccurredinthecountrysideofnorth-easternHebei.Then,on28July1976,anearthquakehitTangshanCity.Thecitywasgreatlyaffectedandnearlydestroyed.Manypeoplewerekilledorinjured.Therescueworkbegansoonafterthequakes.Soldiersandmedicalworkersarrivedtofindsurvivorsandhelpthepeoplewhohadlosteverything.Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetirelesseffortsofthepeople,anewTangshanwasbuilt.

寫作句型：With短語，+句子.LanguagepointsⅣThemostpowerfulearthquakeinthepast40yearscausedatsunamithatcrashedintocoastlinesacrossAsiayesterday,killing6,500peopleinIndonesia,India,Thailand,Malaysia,andatleastfourothercountries.Anxiously,shetookthedressoutofthepackageandtriediton,onlytofinditdidn’tfit.句子,doing….現在分詞短語作結果狀語：表示自然而然、預料之中或順理成章的結果。Thedogbarkedloudly,wakinguptheentireneighborhood.Therainpoureddown,soakingeveryoneinthepark.句子,onlytofind...onlytofind…作結果狀語：表示出乎意料或不愉快的結果。Shehurriedtothestore,onlytofinditclosedf