新教材人教版高中英語必修一 Unit 4 Reading for Writing課件

1、Unit 4UNIT 4 NATURAL DISASTERSReading For WritingTo read the news report to find out five Ws and one H; identify main points of a news report.To organize the structure of a summary.To write a summary.How to write a summary:What is a summary? A summary is a short statement of main points. A summary p

2、aragraph tells the main ideas and the most important information of a longer passage.What elements should be contained in a summary?Five Ws and one H (who, what, where, when, why, and how)TSUNAMI HITS ASIA:OVER 6,500 DEADRead and find out the five Ws and one H of the reading material:whowhatwherewhe

3、nwhyhowListen and read for Detailed InformationMore than 6,500 people were killedA powerful tsunami crashedAlong the coastlines across Asia Sunday, 26 December Caused by a powerful earthquakeUnexpectedly and terriblyRead the news report released the day after a tsunami and answer the questions.TSUNA

4、MI HITS ASIA:OVER 6,500 DEAD1 When did the tsunami happen?2 What caused the tsunami?3 Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies?It happened around 7:00 am Sunday, 26 December 2004.A very powerful earthquake of 9.0-magnitude which happened under the sea off the west coast of Sumatra Isla

5、nd in Indonesia.Because dangerous conditions and damaged roads would make it difficult to deliver food and supplies.Read the summary of the news report. Check the main points it includes.datetimeplaceeventcauseeffectfollowing eventRead and checkn.影響；結(jié)果Follow the steps below to write a summary for th

6、e text on page 50.Reading for WritingStep 1. Write a list of the main details. Step 2. Write down the main idea of each paragraph based on the details.Step 3. Organize the ideas and draft your summary. Step 4. Exchange drafts and give feedback on your partners draft.Step 1. Read the text and write a

7、 list of the main details.Strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake.An earthquake hit _ China on 28 July 1976.TangshanThe number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 4000,000.Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.Soldiers and medical work

8、ers came to help the people who had had great loss and to try and find survivors.With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the citys people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.Step 2. Write down the main idea of each paragraph based on the details above.Stra

9、nge things happened in the countryside of Hebei, China.A strong earthquake hit Tangshan and many people were killed or injured.The city was greatly affected and nearly destroyed.The rescue work began surviving work soon after the quakes.With strong support from the government and the citys people, t

10、he new city of Tangshan was built.Step 3. Organize the ideas and draft your summary. Pay attention to the following:A summary should be around one third the length of the original text.Write down the key supporting points for the topic.Do not include unimportant details or examples.n.長；長度Step 4. Exc

11、hange drafts. Use the checklist to give feedback on your partners draft.Does the summary give you a clear idea of what the text is about?Does the summary include only the most important information of the text?Is the summary the proper length?Are there any spelling or punctuation errors?Does the wri

12、ter use the correct tenses?Peer evaluation1. Give a mark to your partners draft.(Highest for 25 scores)2. Get your draft back and revise it.3. Put up your summary in the classroom or read it to the class.For several days, strange things o urred in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. Then, on 28 J

13、uly 1976, an earthquake hit Tangshan city. The city was greatly affected and nearly destroyed. Many people were killed or injured. The rescue work began soon after the quakes. Soldiers and medical workers arrived to find survivors and help the people who had lost everything. With strong support from

14、 the government and the tireless efforts of the people, a new Tangshan was built.讀后續(xù)寫B(tài)rave dog wasnt always his name. In the beginninghe was just Stray (流浪的) Dog.I saw him for the first time one evening when Mattie and I went to milk the cows. The dog was dirty and thin, hardly worth a second look.

15、He barked (吠叫) at us. But Mattie went straight towards him, reaching out to pet him, saying, “What a pretty dog!”The dog looked unsure, as if he werent used to being spoken to kindly. “Keep away from that stray dog,” I told Mattie.“Dont call him Stray Dog,” said Mattie. “Hes a pretty dog.” “You dont

16、 call boy dogs pretty,” I laughed at Mattie.“Im keeping him and Im calling him Pretty Dog,” she threw back at me.To Mattie, he was Pretty Dog. To me, he was Stray Dog. I did everything I could to chase (追趕) him away. But Stray Dog kept ing back.Of course, Mattie did everything she could to make sure

17、 of that. She talked to him, played with him, and fed him.He followed her like a shadow (影子).I had a kind heart, but I had no interest in dogs, especially stray ones. But when winter came, something happened that changed my mind. One cold day, Dad set off to go ice fishing. Id have gone with him, bu

18、t I was busy working on a school project. Mattie had asked to go, but Dad said no. “You wont stand the cold,” he said. “I want to do some serious fishing.”Dad came home a few hours later. “Got me some fine ones,” he shouted. “ e see!”Ma came from upstairs where she was painting a bedroom. I came fro

19、m the parlor (客廳) where I had my project spread out.“Wheres Mattie?” Dad asked.I looked at Ma. “I thought she was helping you paint,” I said.Ma looked at me. “I thought she was helping you with your project,” she said. She turned to Dad with troubled eyes. “Maybe she went looking for you.”“She never

20、 came to the lake,” Dad said. Worry showed on his face. “Come on, weve got to find her.” 注意：1. 續(xù)寫短文的詞數(shù)為150左右；2. 續(xù)寫部分分為兩段，每段開頭語已寫好。Paragraph 1:We started to search. _Paragraph 2:Morning light was just breaking across the sky when we heard a shout from up the road. _We started to search. Minutes turne

21、d into hours as early evening darkness spread across the sky. Every time we called, “Mattie! Mattie, where are you?”, no answer came. Ma was shaking, but I knew it was from fear, not cold. That night, the temperature dropped below zero, but everyone kept searching. We searched right through the nigh

22、t, fear and worry sinking our hearts lower and lower with every empty minute that passed.Morning light was just breaking across the sky when we heard a shout from up the road. Over the hill came Dad with Mattie in his arms. At his side walked Stray Dog. “I wouldnt have found her if it hadnt been for

23、 Stray Dog,” he said. “I heard him barking and went to look. And I found Mattie under a fallen tree.” “We took the wrong road,” Mattie said. “I tried to get to the right one through the trees. Then I fell and hurt my foot so I couldnt walk. Pretty Dog stayed with me.” I dont remember which one of us

24、 started calling him Brave Dog, but that was his name from then on. He became as much a member of the family as any of us were.1. The most powerful earthquake in the past 40 years caused a tsunami that crashed into coastlines across Asia yesterday crash to have an a ident in a car, plane etc. by vio

25、lently hitting something else vt.&vi. 碰撞；撞擊 n. 撞車；碰撞eg Its still unclear what caused the car crash. He drove after drinking and crashed his car into a wall. (翻譯) 造成撞車事故的原因仍然不清楚。 他酒后駕車，把車撞到了墻上。2. and cars were swept away by huge waves sweep vt. & vi. (swept, swept) to clean the dust, dirt etc. from t

26、he floor or ground, using a brush with a long handle 打掃；清掃 sweep away to pletely destroy something or make something disappear 消滅；徹底消除eg Bert swept the path in front of the house. (翻譯) A sudden feeling of grief (悲痛；憂傷) swept all my anger away.(翻譯) 伯特清掃了屋前的小路。 一陣突如其來的悲傷使我的怒氣全消。3. The undersea quake s

27、truck around 7:00 a.m. strike vi. & vt. (struck, struck/ stricken) to hit or fall against the surface of something 侵襲；突擊；擊打 n. a period of time when a group of workers deliberately stop working because of a disagreement about pay, working conditions etc. 罷工；罷課；襲擊 eg Another hurricane struck the coas

28、tal town last night. As the old saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. The farm workers strike is in its third week. After the air strike, the whole city was in ruins. 【語境應用】完成句子。1)老師進來的時候，學生們在敲打課桌。 The students _ _ _ _ when the teacher came in.2)沒過多久這個地方再次遭受了洪水的襲擊。 It was not long before _ _ _ _ _ _ _ again.were striking their desks this area was struck