Unit4Earthquakes,Unit4EarthquakeUsinglanguage,Hereisaletterofinvitation.Readitcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whowritetheletter?2.Whowillreceivetheletter?Thestudentwhohavewonthestudent’shighschoolspeakingcompetitionaboutnewTangshan.ZhangSha.,3.Whatwastheparkbuiltfor?4.Whenwillthestudentspeaktotheparkvisitor?Tohonourthosewhodiedintheterribledisasterandthosewhohelpedthesurvivors.OnJuly28at11:00am.,1.invitationn.邀请invitev.invitesb.todosth.邀请某人做某事aletterofinvitation一封邀请信2.giveaspeech作报告/演讲3.OfficeoftheCityGovernment市政府办公室Words&.Expressions,4.bepleasedtodosth愿意／高兴／乐于做某事bepleasedwithsth.对……感到满意5.congratulationn.祝贺，庆祝（常用复数）offer/sendone’scongratulationstosb.onsth.congratulatesb.onsth.因……祝贺某人congratulateoneselfon/uponsth/doingsth.congratulateoneselfthat…因……为自己高兴/庆幸=beglad/happytodo,6.judgen.评委、裁判员、法官Hewasapoorjudgeofman.他看人的能力很差。Theprisonerwastakentothejudge.他被带到了法官那儿。v.断定、判断、判决Ablindmancannotjudgecolors.盲人不能判断颜色。,judgesb./sth.by/from…根据…….判断某人/某物judgingby/from根据……判断（固定短语）不随主语而变化judgesb./sth.(tobe)+n./adj.判断某人/某物是……翻译句子：Don’tjudgeamanbyhisappearance.Heisagoodmanjudgingbyhiswords.Wejudgedhim(tobe)anartist.,7.beproudof…以...而感自豪=takepridein…eg.Iamproudofyou.=Itakeprideinyou.withpride=proudly自豪地，得意地8.honourn./v.荣誉、尊敬、敬意、纪念我们应该尊敬父母。Weshouldhonourourparents.=Weshouldshowhonourtoourparents.,honoursb./sth.尊重某人/事showhonourtosb./sth.inhonourof为了纪念……为祝贺……be/feelhonouredfor…因为……而感到荣幸havethehonourtodo/ofdoingsth.荣幸的做某事dohonourtosb.向……表示敬意dosb.an/thehonour使某人有特殊的荣幸,9.havesb.dosth(主动)让某人做某事havesb.doingsth(主动/持续)让某人长时间做某事/容忍某人做某事havesth/sbdone(被动)使某事被做Iwon’thaveyousaysuchwords.Hehaduslaughingallthroughlunch.Iwillhavemyhaircuttomorrow.,10.asyouknow如你所知11.onthatspecialday在那个特殊的日子12.writeanarticlefor…为…写文章13.writeanoutline写提纲14.disaster-hitareas受灾区15.thespeakingcompetition演讲比赛,12.frigheten,frightened,frighteninga.Theyweretryingto__________thepublictogivein.b.Sheseemedtobe___________oftheinterview.c.Thespeedofthecarwas____________frighetenfrightenedfrightening,Nowinpairsprepareashortspeech.,ThankMrZhangShaandthegovernmentforinvitingyoutospeak.Thankthosewhohelpedthesurvivorsandlistwhattheydidafterthequake.Thankthosewhoworkedhardtobuildanewcity.,Encouragethepeopletobealwaysproudoftheircity.Describeyourfeelingsaboutthecity,whichisknownasthe“BraveCityofChina”.Thankthevisitorsforlisteningtoyourspeech.,Iwouldliketoexpressmythanksto…who….;Here,Iwishtoexpressmythankstothegreatefforts…I’dalsoliketothank…Nowordsarestrongenoughtoexpressour…;Itwasterriblewhen…Itseemedasif….Iremember…Ifelt…Notlongafterthat…Luckily,…,Onepossiblespeech:Ladiesandgentlemen,Goodmorning.It’smygreathonortobegiventhechancetogivethespeech.ThankMrZhangandthecitygovernmentforinvitingmetospeak.Andthankallofyoutoattendthisactivity.,Everybodyknowsthatthisparkwillbeopenedtohonorthosewhodiedintheterribledisasteronthisday33yearsago.Weshouldsaythatallofyouareveryluckytohavesurvived.Butnevercanweforgetthosewhohelpedyoudotherescuework.Theydugoutthosewhohadbeentrappedandburiedthedead.,Theyalsohelpedbuildthenewcity.Theybuiltnewhomesandofficesinonlysevenyears.Forthiswork,manyworkersandsoldierslosttheirlives.Weshouldshowourgreatesthonortothem.WhenIfirstarrivedinthecityyesterday,IcametounderstandwhyTangshanwascalled“BraveCityofChina”.,Whatyouhavedonemadethewholeworldsurprised.Lookatthetallbuildingsandthebeautifulenvironment.Howbraveyouare!Ithinkyoushouldalwaysbeproudofthecity.Thankyouforlisteningtomyspeech.,LookatthestampsofnewTangshananddiscusswhathadtobedonetorebuildacityafteranearthquake.,Samplediscussion:S1:Let’slookatthestamps.Theyseemtoshownewhouses,anewcitycenter,newfactories,schools,hospitalsandanewport.S2:ThatshowshowstrongtheearthquakemusthavebeenandhowmuchdamagetherewasifsomuchofTangshanhadtobereplaced.,S1:Yes,indeed.ThepeopleofTangshanmusthavehadaterribletimewhiletheearthquakewashappening.S2:Yes.Iwonderhowlongtheyhadtoliveintemporaryaccommodation?S1:Well,theUnitedNationspraisedthepeopleofTangshanforrebuildingtheircitysoquickly.Itonlytooksevenyears.,S2:Theremusthavebeensomuchtodo:clearthesiteofruinedbuildings;designnewonesthatwouldwithstandanotherearthquake;bringinnewbuildingmaterials,bringintheworkerstobuildthefactories,homesetc.Suchalotofwork!,S1:Yes,andmeanwhilethepeoplehadtoliveintents.Theymusthaveworriedalotabouthowtheywouldpayforfoodandclothes.Poorthings!S2:Indeed,weowethemalot.Andtheymadeeveryoneawareofthedangersofearthquakesandhowtoprepareforanotherone.Theythemselvesweresurvivorsinmorewaysthanone!,Listening1Howwouldyoufeelifyourhomewassuddenlydestroyedwithoutwarning?Inpairsmakealistofusefuladjectivestoexpressyourfeelings.,Usefuladjectives:veryshocked,frightened,veryupset,unabletounderstandwhatwashappening,confused,panic-stricken….,2Listentothetapeandthentellwhethertheyaretrueorfalse.1.Themanwassleepingdownstairswhentheearthquakehappened.2.Manyhugebuildingswereshaking–brickswerefalling.FT,3.Alotofpeoplewereburiedundertheruins.4.Somecowswerekilledinthefire.5.Hefeltsaferbecausehegoawayeasily.TFF,1.Whendidtheearthquakebegin?2.Whatdidthespeakerdoafterhewokeup?Listentothetapeagainandingroupsdiscussthesequestions.Around5o’clockinthemorning.Herushedoutsideassoonashewokeup.,3.Whatdidheseeandhearoutside?Whenhegotoutsidehethoughttheworldhadcometoanend.Heheardpeoplecryingandshouting.Hesawpeoplerunningeverywhereandbricksfallingdownfrombuildings.Therewerebigfirestoo.,4.Whathappenedtothemannexttohim?5.Howdidhegetawayfromthecity?6.Whichofyouradjectivesdescribetheman’sfeelingsmostclosely?Hewaskilledbybricksfallingfromanearbybuilding.Hegotawayfromthecitybyboat.Veryshocked,devastated.,1Iaskedamanstandingnex(t)tomewha(t)happened.2Someofthemha(d)brokentheirlegsandotherswereclimbinguponeachothertogetout.4Readthesentencesbelowandpayattentiontoliaisonandincompleteexplosion.,R:Whatwasthefirstthingyouremember?ListeningtextAreportisaskingamantodescribehisexperienceintheSanFranciscoearthquakeof1906.R=reporterM=man,M:Oh,mygoodness.Itwasabout5o’clockinthemorning.Iremember,IwokeupwhenIwasthrownoutofthebed.WhenItriedtowalk,thefloorshooksothatIfell.Ifeltterrifiedandrusheddownstairs.R:Whatdidyouseeoutside?M:Oh,IsawthingsIneverwanttoseeagain.Itseemedasiftheendofthe,worldcame.Peoplewerecrying,shoutingandrunningeverywhere.brickswerefallingdownfromsomebuildingswhilebigoneswereshaking…Lotsofpeopleweregettingburiedunderbricks.Thereweregreatfiresaroundus.Itwasterrible!R:Didyourealizewhatwashappening?M:No.Iaskedamanstandingnextto,mewhathappened.Beforehecouldanswer,somebricksfellonhimandhewaskilled.R:Thatsoundsfrightening.Didyouknowwheretofindasaferplace?M:Oh,no.LuckilyImetamanwhoknewthewaytoaboat.R:So…yougotawayeasily?,M:No,wedidn’t.Itwasdifficultbecausethestreetshaddeepcracks.Aswewerecarefullypickingourway,somefrightenedcowsrushedupMarketStreetanddroppedintooneofthem.I’llneverforgetthenoisetheymade.Someofthemhadbrokentheirlegsandotherswereclimbinguponeachothertogetout.Horrible!,R:Howdidyoufeelonceyou’dleftthecity?M:Umm.Ifeltsaferbecausewewerebeingcaredfor.Thesoldierssavedus.Theybroughtuswaterandfood.Thankstothemmanyofusarestillalive!,ReadingandwritingYouaregoingtowriteanarticleforanewspaperaboutaspecialeventthathappenedinyourhometown.Beforeyoustart,youshouldwriteanoutline.Itwillhelpyouorganizeyourideas.Anewspaperoutlineusuallyincludes:aheadline,alistofmainideasandalistofimportantdetails.,Aninterestingtitlethattellsthereaderwhatyourtopicis.HeadlineMainideasDetailsDoyouknowwhatanoutlineis?outline,1.Whyanoutlineisimportant?Becauseanoutlinewillprepareyoutowriteabetterstory.2.Whatshouldanoutlineconclude?Agoodoutlineshouldhaveaheadline,alistofmainideaandalistofimportantdetails.Discusswithyourpartnersthefollowingquestions.,3.Whyaheadlineisimportant?Aheadlinecantellthereaderwhatthetopicis,soitcanattractthereader’sattentionsincethereadermaynothaveboughtthenewspaperbeforetheyreadtheheadline.,4.Whatarethestepstofinishanewspaperstory?First,organizethemainideas.Next,putsomedetailsintoeachparagraph.5.Whatisthefeatureofthenewspaperstory?Anewspaperstorygivesthemostimportantnewsfirstandtheleastimportantnewslast.,Nowwriteyouroutline.Beforeyouwriteit,askyourselfthesequestions:Whathappened?Whendidithappen?Where?Whotookpart?Why?,SampleChinaleadsworldintrafficdeathExpertssaythatroadtrafficaccidentsareontheriseandChinaranksfirstintheworldintrafficdeathtolls.WorldwideStatisticsshowthattheglobaltrafficaccidentdeathtollamountedto500,000in2003,,withthelargestshare,104,000reportedinChina,followedbyIndiawith86,000,theU.S.with40,000,andRussiawith26,000,saidDuanLiren,formerdeputydirectoroftheBeijingTrafficManagementBureau.RoadaccidentsaretheseventhleadingkillerinChina.,Homework1.FinishReadingtaskonpage65.2.Finishexercisesonpage66.3.WriteanarticleforanewspaperabouttheWenchuanEarthquakes.,
