Mule3TheVilenefNature教学设计.doc

Module 3 The violence of nature 教学设计 CULTURAL CORNER Goals ?To read about earthquakes Procedures Step 1: Before you read Please go over the word list for this module，paying attention to the pronunciation of the word，the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling. Step 2: While you read Cut/ the sentences into thought groups，blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives. Step 3: After you read Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book. You may make sentences with these expressions. Useful expressions from Earthquakes Around the Pacific earthquakes around the Pacific，occur worldwide every day，more than a hundred thousand in a year，be situated in one of the most active earthquake regions，in the world，terrible earthquakes， the most serious of these，affect eight provinces, in Central China，cover an area of 800 square kilometers, 60 percent of the population，in all，lose one’s lives，the California Earthquake of the 18lh of April 1906, take place at 5:15am，last for only a minute，cause the worst natural disaster，in the nation’s history，be caused by...，do the most damage, destroy a total of 25,000 buildings，be made homeless，cause about 3,000 deaths，one hundred years later，continue to cause problems for the whole of... Introduction Step 1 Presentation As you know，nature plays an important part in our daily life. We sometimes meet the violence of nature by accident. The terrible weather has a bad effect on our daily life. Because of the destruction by human beings, this kind of weather occurs often. Step 2 The teacher says, can you know the names of nature disasters The teacher shows pictures of flood，hurricane lightening thunderstorm tornado . The purpose of the pictures is to lead in the five important words and know the names of the violence ? Step 3 Match the words in the box with their definition. Flood hurricane lightening thunderstorm tornado. a lot of water in an area which is usually dry. a very strong