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The Fifth Period
●从容说课
This period lays emphasis on writing，which is a best way to test if the students
have mastered what they have learned.
First，the students will revise what they have learnt in the last period，that is，the
Attributive Clause.Teacher will check the students’ translation of some sentences，which
should contain the Attributive Clause.Then，students are asked to read out some sentences
they have finished，which should also contain the Attributive Clause，after reading a
passage.
Then the students should read one invitation.According to the invitation，the students
are asked to write a speech，which is made to honor those who died in the earthquake
and those who helped the survivors.This task is a bit challenging for the students，but
very practical.It requires the students to put what they have learned into daily use，which
is the real purpose of language learning.Teacher should instruct the students what to
include in such a speech in order to make it sound formal.
Next the students will have to finish a little talk.This step is to train the students’
speaking ability as well as the ability to search for the reason for doing something.
Then the students are asked to write a newspaper story to report an unusual event
that happened in his or her hometown.This step is to help the students know the process
of writing a report.It includes choosing the headline，listing the main ideas and listing the
detailed information.Writing is a higher stage of language learning.Teacher should
frequently give the students some assignments of writing.In this way the students can use
what they have learned more freely.
●三维目标
1.Knowledge：
（1）Know how to write a speech.
（2）Know how to write a newspaper story.
2.Ability：
（1）Train the students’ speaking ability.
（2）Train the students’ ability to search for doing something.
（3）Train the students’ ability to do things step by step.
3.Emotion：
（1）Honor the great people of Tang-shan.
（2）Learn to cooperate to each other.
●教学重点
（1）Train the students’ speaking ability.
（2）Train the students’ ability to search for doing something.
●教学难点
（1）Know how to write a speech.
（2）Know how to write a newspaper story.
（3）Learn to cooperate to each other.
1●教具准备
（1）a tape recorder
（2）a projector
（3）the blackboard
●教学过程
Step 1 Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step 2 Revision
T：In the last period，we learned the Attributive Clause and how to choose a proper
relative pronoun.Now let’s check your homework exercises.
First I will ask some of you to read the sentences that you have translated.
S：Her parents wouldn’t let her marry anyone whose family was poor.
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S ：The two friends talked about a lot of things and persons that they could
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remember at college.
S：The girl who/that is singing over there is my younger sister.
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S：Is this museum the one that/which you visited last month？
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S：The pen with which he is writing is mine.
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T：Excellent.Please open your textbooks and turn to Page 64.Look at Part 1 in Using
Structures.I will ask some of you to read the sentences out.
（The teacher corrects mistakes if there are any.）
Step 3 Reading and Writing
T：Read the letter on Page 29.In the blank at the beginning of the letter，write the
last number of the year it is now.Then in the blank near the end of the letter，use a
number to say how many years ago the quake happened.
（After several minutes，the teacher checks the answers with the class.）
T：Suppose you are the student who was invited to give the speech.What should you
include in your speech？
S：I should first thank Mr Zhang Sha and the city government and the visitors.
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S ：I should thank those who helped the survivors and list what they did after the
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quake.
S：I will also encourage the people to be always proud of the city.
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T：Yes.While writing，don’t forget to contain the information.Now I will give you 15
minutes to write the speech.
（While the students are writing，the teacher gets around the classroom and helps the
students to deal with any difficulties that they have.）
（After 15 minutes.）
T：Are there any volunteers to read his or her speech？
S：Let me have a try.
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Ladies and gentlemen，
Good morning.It’s my great honor to be given the chance to give the speech.Thank
Mr Zhang and the city government for inviting me to speak.And thank all of you to
attend this activity.
Everybody knows that this park will be opened to honor those who died in the
terrible disaster on this day 29 years ago.We should say that all of you are very lucky to
2have survived.But never can we forget those who helped you do the rescue work.They
dug out those who had been trapped and buried the dead.Most of the 10000 miners who
had been trapped underground were rescued.They also helped build the new city.They built
shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.They built new homes and offices
in only seven years.The United Nations honored them for their quick work.While doing
the rescue work and rebuilding the city of Tangshan，many workers and soldiers lost their
lives.We should show our greatest honor to them.
When I first arrived in the city yesterday，I came to understand why Tangshan was
called “Brave City of China”.What you have done made the whole world surprised.Look
at the tall buildings and the beautiful environment.There is little trace of the terrible
earthquake.How brave you are! All the people in the world should learn from you.I think
you should always be proud of the city.
Thank you for listening to my speech.
T：You did an excellent job.
Step 4 Speaking
T：Imagine that after your speech，Zhang Sha asks you to give a short talk about the
new stamps about Tangshan to honor the city.First，ask and answer the following questions
in pairs.
（1）What do these stamps show？
（2）Do you think these stamps are very important and why？
（3）Will you collect these stamps？Why and why not？
（After the students ask and answer these questions in pairs.）
T：Now try to fill in the lines in the little talk.You can use some of the answers to
the questions.
（After several minutes.）
T：Next I will ask one of you to read the little talk.
Step 5 Writing
T：Now you are going to write an article for a newspaper about a special event that
happened in your hometown.First ， let’s learn some skills of writing newspaper
stories.Before you write，you should write an outline.This is very useful.It helps you to
choose a topic，decide what to write about and organize your ideas and write clearly.
S：What should be contained in the outlines？
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T：It should contain a headline，a list of main ideas and a list of important details.A
headline is always an interesting title that tells the readers what your topic is.Then each
paragraph should have a different main idea or purpose.Next，you can put some details
into each paragraph.These details help the readers better understand the main idea.
T：Now let’s read the example of a newspaper story.Try to find the headline，main
idea and details of each paragraph.You may work in groups of four.
（After several minutes.）
T：What is the headline of the newspaper story？
S：Cyclists Ready to Go on the Road for Blind Kids.
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T：What is the main idea？
S：It tells us what the cyclists will do and the reason.It also tells us who they are.
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T：Then what is the detailed information？
3S：The cyclists will ride from July 5 to 28.
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They will ride their bikes 1888 km from Lijiang to Lhasa.
The team has talked about their plan in Beijing on June 3.
They hope to raise 1 million yuan to give to the school which help the blind
children in Tibet.
The cyclists are from China，the US，Europe and other places.
The team is made up of both men and women.
Their ages are from 25 to 65.
T：Now turn to Page 32 and check your main ideas and detailed information.
So now you know how to write a passage step by step.Prepare the outline for a
short newspaper story for China Daily.Use the example to help you to organize your
outline.You can first have a discussion with your partner and decide which event you will
write about.Try to write down the title，main ideas and detailed information.Then put them
into a short passage.
（Ss write the stories，meanwhile，the teacher goes around the classroom and helps the
students to deal with any difficulties that they meet.）
T：Please hand in your writing and I will mark them.
●板书设计
Unit 4 Earthquakes
The Fifth Period
An outline helps you to：
·choose a topic
·decide what you want to say about the topic
·organize your ideas and write clearly
A newspaper out line should have：
·a headline
·a list of main ideas
·a list of important details
4●活动与探究
Poster-making
Disaster Picture Show：
1.Divide the whole class into groups of four or five.
2.Go to the libraries or go online to search for pictures of natural disasters，such as，
typhoons，hurricanes，floods and earthquakes.
3.Each group chooses one or two best and typical pictures and shows them to the
whole class by a representative.At the same time，the other students can ask some
questions about the pictures.
●备课资料
Tsunami
Bangkod，Thailand（CNN）—Thailand’s tsunami death toll could reach 8000，with more
than half of those foreign tourists holidaying in the nation’s southern resorts when the
disaster struck.
There are more than 3000 visitors from Sweden among the missing in Thailand，and
the Scandinavian nation is braced for（准备对付） what could be the worst natural disaster
toll in its history.
Swedes greeted the New Year with a national day of mourning Saturday，flying flags
at half-staff and lighting candles for the missing.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shmawatra said Saturday many of those who were
still listed as missing were likely to be dead.
“Many corpses will be floating in the sea，” Thaksin said，according to wire
reports.“Of the 6500 missing，it is likely that they could mostly be dead as many days
have passed.”
Thailand’s official death count is 4812.
As the search for bodies continues，Thaksin said his government would investigate
why the tsunami warnings largely failed to reach officials and tourist resorts.
“We will have to investigate the whole incident.When it happened，why we were not
warned，” Thaksin said in his weekly radio address.
Officials at the country’s meteorological department did issue some warnings before
the waves slammed into tourist resorts and fishing villages，but they only got through to a
handful of officials，the Associated Press reports.
It is thought around 20000 Swedes have traveled to Thailand this holiday season，to
escape the cold winter of northern Europe.
While only 59 Swedes have so far been confirmed dead，authorities are fearing this
tragedy may well become the worst natural disaster in the nation’s history.With a
population of only 9 million，Sweden’s expected loss of life almost matches that of
Indonesia，and is exceeded（超过） only by Sri Lanka.
Questions：
（1）The tourists from which country have the largest number of deaths in Thailand
except the natives？
（2）Why did Swedes make flying flags at half-staff？
（3）What can we learn from Thaksin’s words？
（4）What’s the main purpose to write this passage？
5（5）Why Swedes like traveling to Thailand in winter？
Answers：
（1）The tourists from Sweden have the largest number of deaths in Thailand except
the natives.
（2）They did it in order to memorize/mourn the victims in the tsunami.
（3）Thaksin was angry at why few people were warned of the tsunami.
（4）The writer wrote the passage to report Thailand’s tsunami.
（5）They traveled to Thailand because they wanted to avoid the cold winter in their
own country.
Titanic
One night in April 1912，a new ship called “TITANIC” was crossing the Atlantic.It
was the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner（豪华远洋客轮） of that time.The ship was
going very fast.It was carrying 2224 passengers，including men，women and children.The
passengers were all having a good time when the ship suddenly struck an iceberg.The
iceberg tore a great hole in the ship’s side and it began to sink.
There was a great alarm on board.Warning bells rang out.Everyone rushed to
lifeboats，but there was not enough room for them all.The lifeboats took mostly women
and children.It was a terrible scene.Wives were weeping because they had to leave their
husbands to drown.Children were crying，because they had to say goodbye to their
fathers.The men had to remain on the ship.Another ship was passing nearby.The
“TITANIC” sent out signals for help，but no help came.
In the early hours of the morning the “TITANIC” sank while the band was
playing bravely on deck.Twenty minutes later，another liner arrived on scene and helped to
rescue the survivors from the icy water.But more than two thirds of the passengers went
down with the “TITANIC”.It was one of the greatest sea disasters of all time.
Questions：
1.Why did “TITANIC” sink with many passengers？
2.How many passengers went down with the “ TITANIC” according to the
passage？
Answers：
1.The ship was struck by an iceberg and was torn a great hole in its side.
2.More than 1480 passengers went down with the ship.
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