Unit 10 Frightening Nature

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By Tian Haiyan

Teaching aims and demands

1. Goals: Talk about natural disasters, volcanoes. hurricanes and typhoons

Express emotion, anxiety and fear

Practice creative writing.

2. Vocabulary and useful expressions:

frightening, hurricane, astronomy, uneasy, unpleasant, upset, terrify, erupt, ash, mud, spot, flee, urge, meanwhile, sheet, protect, severely, heart-breaking, giant, steady, steam, full-powered, steamship. Unbelievable, stillness, whisper, appropriate, at hand, knock about, all of a sudden, as though

3. Function:

Express feelings

How terrible! It makes me feel uneasy when…

I think it’s very unpleasant…… It makes me feel very worried….

I get very upset…. It’s a frightening thing….

I dare not…. I’m really scary….

It takes my hair stand on end.

4. Grammar: Ellipsis

A word about your composition. Though tired, he was not disheartened.

You would do the same. Sit down , please.

We’ll do the best we can. Everybody gone?

That letter was the last.

.Teaching arrangement

Periods1 Warming Up

Period 2 Listening

Period 3 Speaking & Talking

Period 4 word study

Period 5 Reading

Period 6 Intensive reading

Period 7 Integrating Skills on Page76

Period 8 Integrating skills on Page148

Period 9 Grammar – Ellipsis

Period 10 Writing

Teaching procedure:

Period 1 Warming Up

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn the new words of this period .

2. See some short films about natural disasters to learn more about the back information..

3. Talk about natural disasters.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Learn the new words of this period .

2. How to improve the students’ listening ability through the short films .

Teaching Difficult Point:

How to use what the students have learned to describe a nature disaster.

Teaching Methods:

1. Listening to improve the students' ability to listen.

2. Discussion and free talk to get every student to speak.

3. Talking the interesting topics to raise the students\' interest in science.

Teaching Aids:

1. a computer

2. a projector

3. a tape recorder

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Read the new words of this unit.

Step 2. Brainstorming:

Find as many words as they can to define a natural disaster

Step 3.Warming up

Q1: What’s the weather like today?

It’s sunny (rainy, windy, etc).

Q2: Do you often care about the weather?

Yes. / No, sometimes.

Q3: How do you hear about it?

On TV. / Over the radio.

Q4: Have you ever heard of typhoon?

Yes, quite often.

Q5: What words can you think of to describe the typhoon weather?

heavy wind (blow hard) storm (show a picture of stormy weather.)

roaring thunder (also roaring forties: part of the Atlantic Ocean, often very stormy, between latitudes of 40 and 50 degrees south.)

Q6: What will you feel in such kind of weather?

frightened, scared, terrible, happy (Ask the students why they feel happy? ---- Because typhoon will often release the drought. What’s more, there is enough water, which can be used to make electricity.)

Q7: What about the hurricane? Have you ever heard about it?

It is something like typhoon.

Q8: How is a volcano formed?

Show a picture of the boiling water kettle, which means the eruption of a volcano is something like the boiling water from the kettle. That is, the rocks is very, very hot and melted to gas and liquid. And they try to get out like the steam and boiling water.

Q9: Where is the most possible place that a volcano may erupt?

Near the ocean. eg. Fujiyama mountain in Japan.

Q10: Do you know how a volcano works, if you do, describe it?

Rocks from under the earth becomes hotter and hotter and many things erupted from the

volcano, such as:

Gas: vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, sulphur, etc.

Solid: bits of rock and volcanic ash, etc.

Step 4..Talk about the pictures on Page73.

They are about Geology, Meteorology, Astronomy, Biology.

Geology: The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.

Meteorology: The science that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere especially weather and weather condition.

Astronomy: The scientific study of matter in outer space, especially the positions, dimensions, distribution, motion, composition, energy, and evolution of celestial bodies and phenomena.

Biology: The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivisions.

Step5.Ask Ss see some short films about natural disasters to know more about them.

Homework::

1.Remember the new words of this unit.

2.Finish the reading passage A and B(配套練習(xí)).

Period 2 Listening

Teaching Aims:

1. Listen to a passage about weather forecast,

2. Learn how to talk about natural disasters from the listening material.

Teaching Important and Difficult Points:

How to improve the students' listening ability.

Teaching Methods:

1. Listening to improve the students' ability to listen.

2. Revision method.

Teaching Aids:

1. a computer

2. a tape recorder

Teaching Procedures

Step1 Revision

Questions: 1 What kinds of disasters does nature give us?

2 What kinds of disasters does man give us?

Step 2 .listening on page 73-74.

1. Ss finish the listening task on page 73-74.

1）1. What is the listening text about?

The listening text is about the weather in the USA.

2. What do we call this type of radio message?

A weather forecast.

2) Write the information you hear on the map.

3) questions:

1. How should you prepare for the day if you go fishing in the Great Lakes region?

2. In which part of the USA should car drivers be careful?

3. What happens when a hurricane hits the coast?

4. Which letter would the name for the sixth hurricane in 2005 begin with?

2. Ss listen to the tape again and check the answers

Step3. dealing with the Ex on p 144 of Workbook.

1. Look at the picture. What safety measuresdo you think the people living in this house should take when a typhoon is going to hit?

2. Listen to the tape. Do the following tasks.

1) Tick the safety measures which Linda says you should take in case of typhoon.

( ) Fill the bath with water

( ) Move the cupboard in front of the window

( ) Open the curtains

( ) Put important things in a plastic box

( ) Put plants in m in pots in the shed

( ) Take shelter in the hall

( ) Tie garden chairs with rope

( ) Keep a torch and extra batteries ready

( ) Listen to the radio

( ) Make some extra ice

( ) Store extra food in metal containers

( ) Put your bicycle in the shed

2) What does Kate mean when she talks about “a big one”?

3 )Read about the following safety measures and explain why they should be taken.

Keep extra batteries for_______________________

Make extra ice to_____________________________

Put your bike in the shed because______________

Keep a first-aid kit ready to____________________

Take shelter in a room without windows because__________________________

Keep plastic sheets to_________________________

Store extra food in metal containers because_____

Listen to the radio to____________

4) What happened in the typhoon Linda talked about?

Step 4. Listening skills

Give the students some tips on how to improve listening while checking the Ex.

a. make notes while listening;

b. grasp the most important information

Play the tape for the students to do Exercises2-4. Then ask: What happened in the typhoon Linda talked about?.

Homework: 1. Finish the reading passage C and D(配套練習(xí)).

2 .Find some words and sentences to describe the natural disasters.

Period 3 Speaking and Talking

Teaching Aims:

1. Review the new words of this period.

2. Talk about natural disasters.

Teaching Important Points:

How to improve the students' speaking ability.

Teaching Difficult Point:

How to use what the students have learned to describe a nature disaster.

Teaching Methods:

1. Discussion and free talk to get every student to speak.

2. Talking the interesting topics to raise the students' interest in science.

Teaching Aids:

a computer

Teaching Procedures

Step1. Revision : Have a dictation about words.

Step2. Speaking Page74,.

Task1:Get the students to read the dialogue to find out the answers to the following questions:

1 What happened in the typhoon?

2 What else do you know will happen in a typhoon?

3 What was people’s emotion?

4 What do you think happens in a hurricane, a volcano, an earthquake, SARS and bird flu?

task2: Talk with your partners about the pictures on P75, and make a similar dialogue. Tell him or her whether these things or situations frighten you and explain why. Also, talk about people’s emotion in these situations and how you think they would behave. Use the useful expressions to help you.

Express feelings

How terrible! It makes me feel worried.

I dare not… I am afraid of…

He gets into a total panic when… I’m frightened to death by…

It makes my hair stand on end. I’m really frightened to…

It makes me feel uneasy when… What’s really scary is…

She’s scared to death. What terrifies me is…

t’s an unpleasant/a frightening thing. I get very upset.

Model:

A: Have you been in a situation that frightens you?

B: Yes. It was last summer. I spent my summer vacation in my hometown, a small village in a mountainous district. One day, I went hiking with my cousin. On our way home, we met a cobra.

A: Were you frightened when you saw it?

B: Very! It made my hair stand on end. My cousin was too frightened to move at that time, too. B :Because we both saw on TV that the poison of a cobra can kill a person easily.

A: What happened next?

B: Fortunately it didn’t see us. We acted just as the TV programme told us. At last, it went by. The distance between the cobra and us was only three metres or so.

A: How terrible!

Step3. Pre-talking

Ask: What do you need to do when you are trapped in a typhoon?

Get the students to read the dialogue at Page144, Talking between Xiaosong and David to find out what Xiaosong suggests in case of typhoon.

Step4.Talking

Get the students to read the roll cards and make similar dialogues.

Homework

Make a dialogue with your partner about a disaster. It should include the following:

1) What was it like?

2) What happened?

3) What was people’s emotion and what about yours?

1) What safety measures should be taken?

Period 4. Word study

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the important words and phrases.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Learn the useful phrases .

Teaching Difficult Points:

Master the useful phrases:

Teaching Methods:

1. Explanation and illustration.

3. Pair work or group work to get the students to be active in class.

Teaching Aids:

1. a computer

2. a projector

3. a tape recorder

Teaching Procedures:

1. frighten vt. 驚嚇,使害怕

frightened a. 害怕的,驚恐的

frightening a. 可怕的,讓人害怕的

①尖叫聲使她受到驚嚇。 The scream frightened her.

②什么使他如此驚恐? What made him so frightened?

③那是一次可怕的經(jīng)歷。 That was a frightening experience.

拓展

terrifying/terrified (可怕的/感到害怕的)

exciting/excited （令人激動(dòng)的/激動(dòng)的）

surprising/surprised（令人吃驚的/吃驚的）

moving/moved （使人感動(dòng)的/感動(dòng)的）

touching/touched （使人感動(dòng)的/感動(dòng)的）

puzzling/puzzled （使人迷惑的/迷惑的）

exercise:

1.__the big snake, the girl stood under the tree___.

A. Seeing ;frightened B. Seeing ; frightening

C. Seen; frightened D. To see; frightening

2. The movie was so___that I was___.

A. moving; moved B. moved; moved

C. moved; moving D. moving; moving

2. meanwhile adv. 與此同時(shí)

母親購(gòu)物去了，在這期間，我打掃了房間。

Mother went shopping;meanwhile I cleaned the room.

3. rise vi. 升起；上升（rose,risen)

raise vt. 升起；舉起（raised,raised)

①太陽(yáng)升起來(lái)了。The sun rose.

②他把溫度升高到了80度。She raised the temperature to 80.

4. at hand ①在手邊，在跟前；在附近

讀書時(shí)，我經(jīng)常把字典放在手邊。While reading, I always keep a dictionary at hand.

hand in hand 手牽手,攜手,共同

in hand 在手里/手邊

by hand 用手工做,由專人遞送

5. urge 催促，強(qiáng)烈要求

urge sb. to do sth.

urge sb. on/upon sth.

urge + that +(should)+ do

①他們慫恿我吃那些奇怪的食物。 They urged me to eat the strange food.

②他力勸我們?nèi)棠褪潜匾摹?He urged us on the necessity of patience.

③他主張我向她道歉。 He urged that I (should ) apologize to her.

6. immediately 立即，馬上（at once）

When she heard the good news she came immediately.

一聽到好消息，她立刻就來(lái)了。

“一……就….”表達(dá)法：

immediately/ instantly…

the moment, instant, minute, second…

hardly/scarcely (no sooner)…when (than)…

他一從美國(guó)回來(lái)就開始準(zhǔn)備開公司

Immediately he returned from the USA, he began to prepare for a company.

8. knock about沖擊；碰撞

knock down 撞倒；打倒；拆除

knock against 和……沖突；撞在

knock at/on敲（門，窗等）

knock into sb. 撞倒；打倒；拆除

knock off下班，扣掉

knock over打翻

knock up敲門叫醒

exercise:

①The car knocked the old man ______.

②The running boy knocked ______ me.

③I can’t knock ______ until 4：30？

④Tell him to knock me ______.

⑤When I received my money I found that 500 had been knocked _____ for expenses.

⑥Knock ______the door before entering please.

Suggested answers: down into off up off at/on

9. live through

The patient will not live through the night.

go through

She has gone through a lot since her beloved husband was killed.

see sb through

I planned to tell her a lie,but my mother saw it through so easily.

look through

Before the meeting I looked through the reports.

pass through

The river passes through our land.

10. swear （ swore；sworn）發(fā)誓，起誓；咒罵

①我發(fā)誓不把你的秘密告訴任何人。 I swear I won't tell anyone your secret.

②他氣憤得罵了他弟弟。 He was so angry that he swore at his brother.

Homework：Finish the vocabulary exercise on P146.

Period 4. . Reading

Teaching aims:

1. Learn something about volcano through reading.

2. The students can use what they have learned to describe volcanoes.

3. The students realize that human beings can overcome any hardship.

Teaching important points:

1.Try to master the useful new words & expressions in this period.

2.Understand the text well.

Teaching difficult points:

To understand the reading materials of similar topics.

Teaching aids: a computer, a tape recorder & a projector

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Greeting and revision.

Check the answers of Wb Ex 1 -- 4on page 146-147.

Step 2 Pre reading.

1. Show some pictures. Ask the students: What can you see in the picture? (---pictures of the relics of the town of Pompeii.)

2. Show another picture. Ask the students to guess what happened in the town of Pompeii? (A volcano erupted suddenly.)

3. Enjoy a short film about the town of Pompeii.

Step 3 While reading

Task 1 Go through the text quickly, and answer the following questions:

Q1: What is described in the following passage?

The eruption of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius.

Q2: When and where did it happen?

On the 24th of August in 79 AD in southern Italy.

Q3: Who is the writer of the letter?

Pliny, the younger.

Task 2 Decide whether the following sentences are true or false.

1. A volcano erupted on the 24th of August in 79 BC in southern Italy. F

2. My uncle planned to save his friend’s wife Rectina. F

3. My uncle went to rescue Pompy after saving Rectina. T

4. The flames came from the homes of farmers who had left in a panic with the kitchen fires still on. F

5. They decided to try the open air instead of staying in the house. T

6. It was night when the volcano erupted. F

Task 3 Scan the text & fill in the following form.

Date On the 24th of August in 79 AD in southern Italy. What happened: The eruption of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius.

First A cloud of unusual size & shape rising from a mountain drew my uncle’s attention and he wanted to see it from closer at hand.

Next After receiving a letter from his friend’s wife Rectina, he changed his mind to save her.

Then In spite of the danger, he turned back to rescue his friend Pompy and help calm down the other people.

Finally My uncle wanted to get out of the danger but failed. He was dead.

Task 4 Arrange the following statements according to the right order.

1. He decided to rescue his friend Pompy.

2. Some people watched an unusual cloud rising from a mountain.

3. Rectina begged him to save her.

4. He ordered a boat made ready.

5. Two slaves helped him stand up and immediately he fell down dead.

6. He bathed and had dinner.

7. A rain of rocks was coming down.

2-4-3-1-6-7-5

Task 5 Read the text again and explain what the words in bold refer to.

it: a cloud of unusual size and shape rising from a mountain

the one: the wind

the other: my uncle’s friend Pompy

their: flames

They: scared people

Step 4 Post reading

1. What’s the relation between human beings and nature?

We can’t go against nature. We should live in harmony with the nature.

2. What should we do to protect the environment that we live in?

5R policy.

1. Reduce: Reduce the amount of waste by every possible means.

eg. Show a picture of a tree; explain to the students that we must reduce the amount of trees that we cut down.

2. Reuse: Reuse the useful things before getting rid of them.

eg. Show a picture of a coat; explain to the students that when our coat is not suitable for us to wear, we can give it to our brothers, sisters or give it to the Project Hope.

3. Recycle: Recycle the waste things if possible.

eg. Show a picture of a cola can; explain to the students that after drinking the cola, the cans left can be collected together and melt them to make new cans.

4. Recover: Make use of good parts while getting rid of the bad ones.

eg. Show a picture of a watermelon; explain to the students that if part of the watermelon is rotten, we can cut it out and eat the good parts.

5. Repair: Repair the broken things.

eg. Show a picture of a chair; explain to the students that if one leg of a chair is broken, we can repair it and use it again.

Homework:

1. Refer to the website to know more about the volcano.

http: //www.fsyz.com.cn/yanjiu/gta

http://www.cpus.gov.cn/zlg/huoshan

2. Preview the language points in the passage

Period 5. (Intensive reading)

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the important phrases and expressions of the reading passage.

2. Understand the reading better.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Learn the useful phrases and expressions:

Teaching Difficult Points:

1. Master the useful phrases and expressions:

1. Learn the expressions and sentences such as dirty weather.

Teaching Methods:

1. Explanation and illustration.

3. Pair work or group work to get the students to be active in class.

Teaching Aids:

1. a computer

2. a projector

3. a tape recorder

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Revision.

Ask some Ss to retell the passage that they have learnt in last period.

Step 2. language points:

1 .attract/ draw sb’s attention 引起某人的注意

attract/ draw sb’s attention to將某人的注意力吸引到…上去

pay attention to/ give one’s attention to注意…

call sb’s attention to叫某人注意…

bring sth. to sb’s attention使某人注意…

2 rise vi. rose risen

1)（太陽(yáng)、月亮、星星等）升起，出現(xiàn) The sun has risen

2) (水位，價(jià)格,聲音等)升高, 上升, 上漲，提高，增長(zhǎng)/強(qiáng)

The flood has risen two feet. 洪水上漲兩英尺。

Our confidence rises.我們的信心增強(qiáng)。

3）起立/床 rise from table(餐畢)起立離桌

4）（河流）發(fā)源于 The river rises in the mountains.這河發(fā)源于群山之中。

raise vt. raised, raised

1）抬高；舉起；使升起

raise one’s arms 抬起手臂 raise one's head抬起頭 raise the flag 升旗

2）使升高/上升/上漲/增加/增長(zhǎng)；提高

raise salaries提高工資 raise the rent提高租金 raise one’s voice提高聲音

3）飼養(yǎng); 養(yǎng)育; 栽培

raise a family供養(yǎng)一家人 raise chickens and corn養(yǎng)雞和種植玉蜀黍

4）提出 raise a question to sb向某人提一個(gè)問(wèn)題

5）籌集(款)；召集; 征集,) raise funds 籌集資金raise an army召集軍隊(duì)

比較下面的句子：

He raised his voice他提高了嗓音。

His voice rose in excitement.他激動(dòng)得聲音提高了。

They raised the prices他們提高了價(jià)格。

The prices rose 價(jià)格上漲/增長(zhǎng)。

3. sit vi 坐下 seat vt 使…就坐/安排…坐下 seat sb. seat oneself

記�。杭拔飫�(dòng)詞必須有賓語(yǔ)，如后面無(wú)賓語(yǔ)肯定用過(guò)去分詞表被動(dòng)，不及物動(dòng)詞不可接賓

語(yǔ)也就不可用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)

Sitting/ Seated at the table, my father and I were talking about my job.

I found the boy seated/ sitting on his mother’s knee.

We got them to raise the prices. We got the prices raised. The prices keep rising.

＊.sight n

1) 景象，景物, 場(chǎng)景, 景觀 a beautiful sight美麗的景象 a sad sight悲慘的場(chǎng)景

2) 風(fēng)景，名勝（人工造的景色, 常用復(fù)數(shù)）

see the sights游覽名勝see the sights of the West Lake.觀賞西湖風(fēng)景

3) 視覺(jué)，視力

lose one's sight 失明 have long/far sight遠(yuǎn)視 have short/near sight近視

have good/poor sight視力好/差 have one’s sight tested視力檢查

4) 看，觀望；觀覽

at first sight 一見(jiàn)就..., 初次看見(jiàn)時(shí)at the sight of一看見(jiàn)…就...

catch /have/ gain/ get sight of突然瞥見(jiàn)

5) 視野，眼界

be in sight可看得見(jiàn)的，在視線內(nèi)out of sight看不見(jiàn)的，在視線之外

be/ go /get out of sight看不見(jiàn)了lose sight of 看不見(jiàn)...了

＊. scene

1）自然景色，風(fēng)景

The scene is a perfect dream when you see the sun rising slowly in the east.

2）眼前的情景，景象（包括人及活動(dòng)在內(nèi)）

The scene after the earthquake was horrible.地震后的場(chǎng)景十分可怕。

There is a happy scene of children playing in the garden.

3）現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，出事地點(diǎn) a crowd at the scene of the accident在出事地點(diǎn)的人群

4）場(chǎng)所，地點(diǎn) What's new on the film scene? 電影院演什么新片？

5）（戲�。﹫�(chǎng)景，布景

＊.view

1）常指從某處可以看到的自然景色

It's a room with a view. You'll like it.

There is a lovely view from this window

2）scenery指某地總的自然風(fēng)景或景色，尤指美麗的鄉(xiāng)間景色。不可數(shù) 。

4 .awake vt.(awoke,awaked) 喚起,叫醒；提醒,啟發(fā)；激起,激發(fā)

awake sb.'s sympathy喚起某人的同情心

adj. [用作表語(yǔ),補(bǔ)語(yǔ)] 醒著的;意識(shí)到

be broad /wide awake完全醒著;完全知道, 充分覺(jué)察到 (be sound asleep酣睡)

awake to 明白, 認(rèn)識(shí)或意識(shí)到

5 .at hand在手邊；在跟前

keep sth. at hand把某物放在手邊 have sth. at hand手頭上有某物

give sb. a hand with sth.在某方面幫某人 be made by hand手工制作的

6. way out（克服困難的）辦法，出路

find a way out找到出路 help sb. out （of）幫助某人擺脫（…）麻煩

7 escape 指“脫離或避開即將來(lái)臨或近在眼前的傷害、危險(xiǎn)、災(zāi)禍等事物”常作借喻用 escape

death幸免一死

escape punishment/ being punished避免/逃脫懲罰

escape from the burning house從燃燒的房子里逃出來(lái)

flee含有所做的逃避動(dòng)作迅速，倉(cāng)促而情況緊迫之意

flee( from) the burning house從燃燒的房子里逃出來(lái)

flee/ escape to sp逃到某地

avoid 強(qiáng)調(diào)“有意識(shí)地躲避不愉快的或可能發(fā)生危險(xiǎn)的事物或情況”

I cannot avoid meeting her.我怎么也避不開她。 avoid being killed避免被殺

run away著重動(dòng)作快速敏捷，不強(qiáng)調(diào)情況緊急，較口語(yǔ)化，有時(shí)可用get away代替，

但get away 有時(shí)含有“掙脫”之意

She hit the boy and he ran away. She tried to catch a butterfly, but it got away from her.

8. urge doing sth. 極力主張做某事 urge against極力反對(duì)

urge sb. to do sth.= urge sb. into doing sth =urge that sb. (should) do sth. 極力勸/主張/催促/慫

恿某人做某事

9. the other way 另一個(gè)方向；相反 just the other way正相反

10. on/ upon arrival一到就

on/ upon one’s arrival at/ in sp= on/ upon arriving at/ in sp 某人一到某地就

on/ upon doing sth.在做某事時(shí)，當(dāng)某事發(fā)生時(shí)，一做某事就

11. calm down平靜/鎮(zhèn)定下來(lái) calm sb. down使某人平靜/鎮(zhèn)定下來(lái)

12. 形容詞作狀語(yǔ)表示伴隨的狀態(tài) lie awake 躺著沒(méi)睡著 lie/ sit/ stand still 躺/坐/站著不動(dòng)

13. more…than與其說(shuō)是……不如說(shuō)是……

14. It is one thing to do…, another to do…. “……是一回事，……是另一回事”

15. the public 公眾 in public公開地

Homework：

Finish the exercises of this unit（優(yōu)化集訓(xùn)）.

Period 6 Integrating skills(on P79)

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn the text “typhoon” and master the detailed information in it.

2. Learn useful words and expressions

Teaching important points:

1. To train Ss’ reading skills and writing skills

2. To master the usages of the new words and expression of this period.

Teaching difficult points:

1. To write a passage about terrible weather---- typhoon

2. To understand the difficult words, phrases and sentences

Teaching methods:

1. Fast reading and careful reading: to get the Ss to grasp the detailed information

2. Writing practice: to get the Ss to learn how to describe something terrible

3. Pair work or group work: to get the Ss to be active in class

Teaching Aids:

a computer, a projector, a tape recorder ( if the teacher wants )

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 .Revision

1.Check the homework

2.Retell the story.

3.Review the words and expression for talking about weather.

(This activity aims to review the words and motivate the Ss. In this way, the topic will be turned to typhoon.)

Step 2 Lead in

T: In the last few periods, we deal with a letter about volcano. It is a terrible nature disaster typhoon is also a terrible disaster, It can cause great damage, isn’t it? Can you describe it? ( Ss: …. )

T: If it happens in USA, what do people call? (A hurricane )

In fact, a typhoon is the same thing as a hurricane except the place where they form. Before we deal with the detailed information, let’s watch a short video to experience the story wind again and here are two questions for you.

1. What does the hurricane bring in?

2. How long will it usually last?

(Ss watch the video and give the answers. If it is necessary, play it twice.)

Step 3 .reading

Fast reading: skim the passage and try to get the general idea of the text.

( Ss answer the main elements of a story: who, when, where, how)

Careful reading: Ss finish two tasks after reading.

Task1.Scan the passage and find the answer to the following questions.

1. Where did the ship meet the typhoon?

2. What was the weather at first?

3. Why did the capital say that it looked as if a typhoon was coming on?

4. Where were they when the full force of the hurricane struck the ship?

5. What should they do in such terrible weather?

6. What does the sentence “ Another one like this, and that’s the last of her” mean?

7. Why did the capital strike a match? What did he see?

Task2. Try to explain the difficult sentence in bold in English.

1. It was fine, for there was no wind and the heat was close.

2. Because he observed the barometer fell steadily and he knew that a terrible storm would come soon.

3. When the hurricane struck the ship with full force, they were all on the bridge.

4. They could only move the ship over the high sea and into the very eye of the wind.

5. It was the lowest reading he had ever seen in his life

Step 4.Deal with language points.

1. on board = in or on ( a ship, an aircraft or public vehicle)

eg. 1) Have the passengers gone on board yet?

2) 一上船，我總想吐。 As soon as I’m on board I always feel sick.

2. close adj. = lacking fresh or freely moving air

eg. She noticed that the air was very close.

The atmosphere in a steam- heated building is often close

3. dirty adj. = ( of the weather ) rough and unpleasant

4. knock about = knock around ① “ 漫游, 流浪” ② “ ( 狠 )打”

eg. He has knock about all over Europe.

After he graduated from college, Joe knocked about for a year seeing the country before he went to work in his father’s business.

They say he knocks his children about.

5. all of a sudden = suddenly / unexpectedly

eg. 1)All of a sudden, the tyre burst.

2)他轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)但是忽然跌倒了.

He turned around but fell down all of a sudden.

6. do for sb./ sth. “破壞, 使…失敗.”

eg. 1) The spelling mistake in the exam did for him.

2) 若資金不能在十五天內(nèi)到位，工廠就完了。

The factory will be done for it if capital can’t arrive in fifteen days.

do for “ 設(shè)法弄到” 常用于how , what 開頭的疑問(wèn)句中.

eg. How did you do for food when you were in the desert?

7. as though = as if

eg.1) I remember the whole thing as if it happened yesterday.

2) She felt as if the girl were a member of her own family.

8. all at once =suddenly and unexpectedly/ at the same time.

9. swear v. = promise or declare formally

Step 5 Post- reading

Task. Ss discuss the end of the story in groups and one reported it to the class.

(The Ss can express their own opinions and communicate properly. They can improve their speaking skills and the ability to do things in English.)

Step 6. Discussion

T: We know typhoon can cause great damage to our life. How can we reduce the loss? How can we protect ourselves?

( Ss discuss in pairs or in groups and then report what they discuss. )