1、Unit4Earthquakes Teaching aims:1. Topic: Basic knowledge of earthquakes; how to protect oneself and help the others in disasters 2. Useful words and expressions: shake, well (n.), rise, smelly, pond, pipe, burst, canal, steam, dirt, ruin, injure, destroy, brick, dam, useless, steel, shock, quake, re
2、scue, electricity, disaster, army, organize, bury, coal, shelter, fresh, percent, speech, judge, honour, prepare; right away, (be) at an end, dig out, bring in, a (great )number of3. Functions: Talking about past experiences: I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5
3、:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road. Sequence 4. Grammar: The attributive clause (I) 由that, which, who, whose引导的定语从句 The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. It was heard in Beijing which is one hundred kilometers away. Workers built shelters for s
4、urvivors whose homes had been destroyed.重点词组:have time to do 有时间做某事 happen to do 碰巧做某事shake hands with sb 握手 burst into tears/ laughter burst out crying/laughing突然哭/笑起来 in ruins 成为废墟 cut across 穿过、横穿blow away 吹走、刮走 fall down 倒塌rescue workers 救援人员 be pleased to do 乐意做某事make/ give a speech 发表演说 judgin
5、g.from 根据来判断agree on sth 达成一致意见 give back 归还right away= right now= at once= immediately 立刻as you know 正如你所知道的 be known as 作为而知名tens of thousands of 成千上万 dig out 挖掘a great/ large number of =a great many/good 大量的be trapped in/ under 陷入/ 陷在下面the high school speaking competition 高中演讲比赛 have sb do sth= m
6、ake sb do sth= let sb do sth 让某人做某事come to an end (vi) = put/ bring sth to an end = put/ bring an end to sth 结束某事be proud of / take pride in 以而自豪invite sb to do sth 邀请某人做某事 think little of 对评价低 invite sb for/ to sth think highly of 对评价高one-third 1/3 two-thirds 2/3 seventy-five percent 75%agree with
7、sb give out 发出(气味等);分发;耗尽agree to sth give off 发出(气味等)agree to do sth give away 赠送;泄露as is known to all 众所周知 be known for 因而出名as could be expected 正如可以预料到的 it is useless doing sth 干某事是无用的happen= take place= come about= break out偶发 有计划 偶发 战争等爆发1.It is always calm before a storm.2.Now, imagine there h
8、as been a big earthquake. 此句为There be 句型3.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. 现在分词表伴随4.It seemed that the world was at an end.5.Water, food and electricity were hard to get.句型:主语+ be + adj + to do 其中to do 用主动形式表示被动含义6.All hope was not lost. all 与not 连用 表示部分否定7.Its never too late t
9、o learn. 活到老,学到老。附:分词用法 之 作定语falling leaves 正在落的叶子 boiling water 正在沸腾的水fallen leaves 已经落在地上的叶子 boiled water 开水词汇讲解:1. lie lay-lain (v.) : to be, remain or be kept in a certain state 处于某种状态The village lay in ruins after the war.These machines have lain idle since the factory closed.2. in ruins: sever
10、ely damaged or destroyed 毁坏an earthquake left the whole town in ruins.His career is in ruins.3. number (n.): a quantity of people or things 数目;数量The number of people applying has increased this year.We were fifteen in number.a number of: a lot ofI have a number of letters to write.A large number of
11、people have applied.4. injure (v.): to hurt oneself/sb./ sth. physically 受伤 He fell off the bicycle and injured his arm.5. reach (v.): to achieve or obtain sth. 达成;达到;获得 Youll understand it when you reach my age.At last we reached a decision.6. rescue (n.): an act of rescuing or being rescued 搭救;解救
12、A rescue team is trying to reach the trapped mines. Rescue (v.): to save or set free from harm, in danger, or loss 解救;救出 The rescued the man from drowning.7. trap(v.): in a place from which one wants to escape but cannot 困住;陷于绝境 They were trapped in the burning hotel.8. all not = not all: some but not all 一些;但不是全部 Not all the girls left.=Only some of them left early. Not all the children are noisy.=Some of the children are not noisy.全部否定应用: none of None of us were allowed to go there. None of these reports is very helpful.