Unit 4 Earthquakes（通用3篇）
Unit 4 Earthquakes 篇1
unit 4 earthquakes1.shake vi. & vt.(1)my hands shook during the exam. vi. 摇动，摇撼，颤抖 (2)the earthquake shook the lights. vt.使摇动 (3)vt.使受震撼，使（信念等）动摇 be shaken by/with/at 辨析：
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tremble
指人因感情激动、寒冷、惧怕等引起的身体颤动。the boy trembled with fear.
shake
作“颤抖”讲时与tremble同义。它还有“握手，摇头或捧腹大笑”的意思。the earthquake shook the lights.2.right away“立刻，马上”的表达方式：right away, without delay, right now, straight away, at once, in no time, immediately 3.well-- you don’t look very ____. are you ill? -- no, i’m just a bit tired. a. good b. well c. strong d. healthy (1)adj.健康的 (2)n.井，水井；油井；气井 (3)adv.熟练地，有效地，令人满意地；很，非常 very/rather/fairly/quite/pretty well 4.too…to…具有否定意义，常用not…enough to…和so…that…句型结构改写。 i am too old to understand the cartoon. =i am not young enough to understand the cartoon. =i am so old that i can’t understand the cartoon. (1)e.g. i’m only too delighted to be here. 当too前有副词far, much, but, only等词修饰时，此结构没有否定意义，而表示肯定，意为“非常，十分……”，too后的形容词多是表示某种心情的，如happy, pleased, willing, thankful, anxious, eager, delighted等。 (2)e.g. it’s never too late to learn. 当too前有否定词时，此结构表示肯定。 (3)too+ adj. +for sb./sth. 表示“太……，不适合……” 5.burstburst forth突然出现 burst into突然闯入 burst out冒出 burst upon突然展现 burst open突然开了 6.event事件，大事；项目，赛事 all the events/in any event无论如何 in the event结果，到头来 after the event事后 in the event that/of…倘若，万一 in that event/in that case如果那样的话 辨析：
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accident
意外事故。car accident
incident
附带的小事件，事端；政变。july 7th incident
event
重大的事件。what were the chief events of last year?7.directly(1)adv.径直地；坦率地；直接地；立刻 e.g. the bus goes directly to hk. (2)conj.一……就……引导时间状语从句 directly he went out he was caught. 8.ruinin ruins 严重受损 fall into ruins成为废墟 ruin＞destroy＞damage 9.extreme(1)adj.极度的，严重的；极端的，偏激的；过分的 extreme weather conditions极端恶劣的天气状况 extreme sports极限运动 (2)n.[c]极端不同的感情（情况或行为方式）；完全相反的事物 [u]极端，极度，极限 extremes of cold, wind or rain严寒、狂风、骤雨 take sth. to extremes采取极端行为 10.injure受伤，伤害辨析：
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hurt
普通用语，既可指肉体，也可指精神、感情i don’t want to hurt you.
injure
健康、成就、容貌，强调功能的丧失a bullet injured his left leg.
wound
枪伤、刀伤、刺伤等皮肉之伤，尤指战场上所受的伤the soldier was wounded badly.
harm
伤害有生命的东西，常指伤及人的健康、权利、事业等smoking seriously harmed his health.11.cover(1)盖，覆盖，掩盖 e.g. i covered the novel with my english book. the novel was covered with my english book. cover sth. with sth.用某物盖某物（表动作） be covered with被……盖着（表状态） (2)占有（多少面积）；包含，包括 our orchards cover an area of 1000 mu. (3)报道 cctv covered the whole game. (4)走完（一段路程） the red army covered 25,000 li during the long march. (5)掩护 12.trap vt. & n.be trapped in困在……中，陷在……中 trap sb. into doing sth.陷害（诱骗）某人做某事 13.wonder(1)对（某事）感到惊讶，不能相信 wonder +about/at/to do/that-clause e.g. sometimes i wonder about their behavior. (2)对（某事）感到疑惑；想要知道 wonder +if/whether/wh- + to do/wh- 从句 (3)惊叹，惊奇，诧异 i am filled with wonder. (4)奇观，奇才 the great wall of china is one of the wonders in the world. 14.dig dig out挖出，翻找出 dig up翻挖；找出，查明 dig into深入钻研；挖掘 dig at钻研；挖苦（嘲笑） dig through挖通 15.burye.g. i bury myself in puzzling games. bury oneself in= be buried in埋头于……，专心于…… 16.shelter(1)庇护所，避难所；遮蔽物 (2)庇护，遮蔽，掩蔽 e.g. their immediate need is for food, clothing and shelter. (3)提供庇护（所） e.g. the wooden house sheltered us from the wind. take shelter from躲避…… run for shelter找躲避处 shelter sb./sth. from庇护某人、某物以免…… under the shelter of在……庇护下，受……的保护 17.breathe 呼吸；低声说e.g. “i’m here,” she breathed. 18.while conj.(1)引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时候”“在……期间” (2)引导时间状语从句，意为“与……同时” e.g. you may go singing while i am doing my homework. (3)引导让步状语从句，意为“虽然”“尽管” ____ the internet is of great help, i don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time on it. a. if b. while c. because d. as (4)用作并列连词，表示前后两个分居之间的对比，意为“然而” 辨析：
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while
作“当……时候”讲时，只能与延续性动词连用。while he was reading, he fell asleep.
when
作“当……时候”讲时，既可与延续性动词连用也可与瞬间动词连用。when mom came in, i was reading the novel. when i was sleeping, a thief broke in.
as
强调主从据谓语动词表示的动作同时进行，意为“一边……一边……”。它还有“随着……”的意思。i looked behind from time to time as i walked. as time went by, i became more and more nervous.19.title(1)n.[c]标题，题目 (2)n.[c]职位名称；职称 (3)vt.加标题，订题目 e.g. my book was titled “windy’s fantasy world”. 20.givegive out发布；用光；精疲力竭；发出；散发 give away送掉；捐赠；表露 give in让步；屈服，投降；交上 give back返还，归还；恢复 give off发出（气味、光、热、声等） give up放弃；戒掉；交出，让出 21.congratulation(1)congratulation作“贺词”讲或单独使用时常用复数形式 (2)表示因某事向某人祝贺时常用（offer one’s）congratulations to sb. on sth. (3)congratulation用于成功、结婚、毕业等个人性的祝贺，不用于节日致词，还可用作抽象意义但不用复数形式。 i received many letters of congratulation. congratulate sb. on sth. congratulate oneself on/that暗自庆幸 辨析：
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congratulate
意为“祝贺”，为个人间行为，常用于congratulate sb. on sth.中其名词形式为congratulation,常用复数形式。we congratulated him on his passing the exam.
celebrate
意为“庆祝”，后面常接生日、胜利、纪念日之类的名词，通常以多人参加的某种形式进行。其名词形式是celebration，意为“庆祝，庆祝会”，可数名词。thousands of people attended the celebration of national day in tian’anmen square.
Unit 4 Earthquakes 篇2
unit4 earthquakes
the first period leading in, warming up
& pre-reading
by liu xiaohua from hongling middle school
一、 教学目标（teaching aims）
student’s book
1. 能力目标（ability aim）
a . let the students know something about the earthquakes.
b . enable the students to talk about what they should do in a disaster for themselves
2. 语言目标(language aim)
a. words and expressions
imagine, shake, right away
b. important sentence
what do you think may happen before an earthquake?
二、 教学重难点(teaching important points)
let the students know what a correct attitude towards a disaster is and what they should do in a disaster for themselves and for the other people.
三、 教学方法 (teaching method)
a. discussing
b. talking
c. activities.
四、 教具准备 (teaching aids)
multi-media computer
五、 教学步骤 (teaching procedure)
stepⅰ. lead-in:
t: what’s the biggest sound you have heard in your life?
( the sound of the wind that blew in a winter night; the nose when planes take off; the sound of trains; the sound of thunder…..)
but did you once hear the sound that the heaven falls and the earth crack. in chinese it is 天崩地裂？
if there is a sound like this what is it? what will happen?
today we’ll learn something about earthquakes. can you imagine how terrible it is?
first let the students answer the following question.
which of the following may cause people the greatest damage?
earthquake, typhoon, flood, drought
various answers are possible. students should give reasons to support their answers. all of them are natural disasters, they have something in common, at the same time, they have many differences.
let the students know something about the earthquake. (slides)
t: how does the earthquake occur?
then show the film to the students. ( film about the earthquake )
t: when some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. many earthquakes begin under the sea. in fact, earthquakes may happen near high mountains.
during an earthquake, the shaking make rocks rise suddenly and even cracks open. houses fall, people are killed or hurt, and sometimes the whole villages or cities are destroyed. some villages even disappear completely.
step ⅱ. talking
t: earthquakes are disasters to everybody. now look at the two pictures of tang shan and san francisco. can you describe what you see in the pictures?
(show two pictures to the students and tell the students they are today’s tangshan and san francisco. but many years ago some big earthquakes hit these two beautiful cities.)
1. show the pictures of san francisco to the students and let them describe today’s san francisco and then let them know what happened in san francisco in 1906
(from the picture of san francisco, we can see it is a very big city. there are many tall buildings thickly standing on the earth. and the population of the city is very large.)
2. show the pictures of tangshan to the students and let them describe today’ tangshan and then let them know what happened in tangshan in 1976.
( today’ tangshan is a beautiful city. it has beautiful gardens, broad roads and some tall buildings.)
t: but, what will happen if there has been a big earthquake in these two cities? work in groups and discuss it. then i’ll ask some of you to say out your opinion.
( after the terrible quake, everything is destroyed, what we can see is fallen buildings and dead bodies. the policemen, the soldiers and some other volunteers are rescuing the people trapped in the ruins….)
t: right, now let’s see a film.
(let the students see a film about tangshan earthquake.) (film)
t: after the earthquake the city of tangshan became…..
let the students discuss what they saw. and then talk about the pictures in their own words.
the house….
the fire….
the bridge….
the road…
the police and the volunteers….
the people…..
( tangshan earthquake happened on july 28, 1976.it was the greatest earthquake of the 20th century in china. before the earthquake, many strange things happened, but people thought little of them. such a great number of people died during the earthquake, because the quake happened while they were sleeping. the number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. and all the traffic was almost destroyed after the quake. thousands of thousands of people became homeless in a short time. many soldiers were sent to tangshan to rescue the survivors after the earthquake.
let the students talk about the damage caused by earthquakes
using the following words and phrases:
shake, break, fall down onto, hurt, destroy, homeless, die…..
step ⅲ. pre-reading
t: but we can avoid or at least reduce the loss caused by earthquakes. and we can foretell it.
do you know what would happen before an earthquake?
can we do something to keep ourselves safe from earthquakes?
( 1. there is often a great sound.
2. animals may be too nervous to eat.
3. maybe there are bright lights in the sky.
4. a smelly gas may come out of the well.
5. in the city the water pipes in some buildings crack and burst.
6. scientists have studied earthquakes and make maps that show the “ earthquake belts”. in areas in these belts, it is possible for earthquakes to happen. in these areas we can build strong houses to fight against earthquakes.)
discussion & activities
1. show some pictures to the students and
let them discuss.
let the students look at them and decide
what situation may happen before an
earthquake.
2. then fill in the missing words
according to the pictures.
a. the water in the wells ____ and____. and some deep ______could be seen in the well walls. a ______gas came out the cracks.
b. mice ran out the fields ___________places to hide. fish _________out of bows and ponds.
c. the chickens and even pigs were ______ nervous _____eat. the dog was ________ loudly again and again.
d. people could see _______lights in the sky.
3. let the students discuss if they have ever experienced an earthquake.
step ⅳ discussion & activities
t: what do you think may happen before an earthquake?
(before an earthquake, animals will become nervous. cow, pigs,, horses and dogs will be upset. and people can see mice running about. if the earthquake happens during winter, people can even see snakes.)
t: have you ever experienced an earthquake?
let the students discuss and then talk about it.
step ⅴ homework
preview reading material and then do exercise on page 27. 1-3 ( in comprehending )
Unit 4 Earthquakes 篇3
unit 4 earthquakes
first period : warming up , pre-reading , reading
teaching aims:
1、 develop the students’ reading ability and let them learn to use some reading strategies, such as skimming , scanning and so on.
2、 enable the students to talk in english.
teaching important points:
1、 get the students to learn different reading skills.
2、 enable the students to talk in english.
teaching difficult points:
1、 develop the students’ reading ability.
2、 enable the students to talk in english.
teaching methods:
1、 task-based teaching and learning.
2、 cooperative learning.
3、 discussion.
teaching procedures:
step 1 : revision
ask the whole class to read the new words of unit4 together.
step 2: lead- in & warming up
1、 play a vedio about the earthquake.
2、 show some pictures to ask the students to say out the names of the natural disasters.
3、 ask the students to look at the pictures on page25 and try to describe what they have seen.
4、 ask the students to imagine what might happen to all these things if there is an earthquake.
step 3: pre-reading
1、 imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. you have time to take only one thing. what will you take? why?
2、 what do you think will happen before an earthquake?
step 4: while-reading
1、 skimming
task 1: find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
taks 2: divide the passage into three parts and complete the main idea of each part.
part 1 :(para.1) before the earthquake ___________ began to happen but everyone _______________ them.
part 2: (pare.2-3) the earthquake _________ the city of tangshan and
_________ people very much.
part 3:(para.4) _____ came to help the survivors,bringing______ for a new life.
2、 careful reading
task 1: read the passage carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences.
1.the chicken didn’t eat a. the army came to help them.
because
2.before the quake people b. the quake happened while they were sleeping.
didn’t worry because
3.such a great number c. they were nervous.
of people died because
4.water was needed d. dams and wells were useless.
because
5.the people did not lose e. they didn’t know what the strange events meant.
hope because
task 2: true or false
1. two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( )
2. all the people in tangshan were dead or injured during the earthquake. ( )
3. all of the city’s hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake.( )
4. later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook tangshan again. ( )
5. people slept outdoors after the earthquake.( )
step 5: homework
1、 learn the new words by heart.
2、 prepare for reading, underline the places where you don’t understand.
