Unit4EarthquakesListening教案

　　step i greeting and leading int: now, we will listen to a non-fiction article common to science textbooks. this article is on geology. it provides many facts and describes cause and effect relationships.step ii listening (p62)t: you will listen to the tape three times. first, listen and try to get some details that exx1-2 request. second, listen and finish the exercises. third, listen and check your answers. answers to exercise 1.the true sentences are: 4,5,6 and 7.answers to exercise 2show the answers on the screen
　　cause of earthquakesearth plates jump and produce shock waves.moving speed of the pacific platemoving at 5.3 cm a yearin 1906 the pacific plate suddenly jumped5-6 meters to the north.the pacific plate pushes onchina from the east to the west.the indian plate pushed on china from the southwest to the northwest.ways of reducing losses from earthquakenot building where plates meet;buildingon rock;building strong houses.step iii listening (p66)this listening material gives the students a chance to learn more knowledge about earthquake. the way and steps of listening are the same with the ones in step ii.step iv speaking taskthis part comes after the listening. in content they have the same topic. it’s better to put them together. also this exercise gives students practice in taking words and phrases from the reading passage and putting them into a short dialogue. t: just now we have a listening, in which we learnt what to do during an earthquake. now you will work in pairs to choose eight things from the list below to put into your personal earthquake bag. remember these may be the only things you have, so make sure that you only take essential things with you. they must make you last for five dayss1: our earthquake bag will contain the following things:1. bottle of water 2. fruit 3. torch light 4.blanket 5. mobile phone 6. identity card 7.scissors 8. bowl and chopsticksstep v. homeworkpreview the using words and expressions on page 63, and do e 1-2 on page 28 in discovering useful structures.