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Module6Period5参考教案
Step1.Pre-reading
Lookatthephotosandanswerthefollowingquestions.
Q1.Doyouknowthenamesofthetallbuilding?
Q2.WhathappenedtoitonSeptember11,2001?
Q3.Isitthetallestbuildingintheintheworld?
Q4.Beforeitwasbuiltup,whichbuildingwasthetallestoneintheworld?
Suggestedanswers:
Yes.TheWorldTradeCenter.
Itwasattackedbysomeplanes.
Yes,itis.
TheEmpireStateBuilding
Step2.While-reading
Readthepassagecarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.
ForhowlongwastheEmpireStateBuildingthetallestbuildingintheworld?
Whydoyouthinktherearesomanytallbuildingsintheworldnow?
What’stheheightoftheWorldTradeCenter?
HowmanylightningstriketheEmpireStateBuilding?
Howmanybrickswereusedintheconstructionofthebuilding?
Suggestedanswers:
For41years.
Open.MaybenotenoughspaceIncities,soyouhavetobuildup.
417and415metershigh.
500timesayear.
Tenmillionbricks.
Step3LanguageExplanations:
1.Fromtheobservatoryatthetop，onacleardayyoucanseefiveUSstates.
从顶部的观测所，在晴朗的天气里可俯视到美国的五个州。
observatory［C］天文台，观测所。例如：
astronomicalobservatory天文台
PurpleMountainObservatory紫金山天文台
RoyalGreenwichObservatory格林尼治皇家天文台
2.LightningstrikestheEmpireStateBuilding500timesayear.
每年帝国大厦遭雷电袭击达500次。
lightning［U］闪电，电光。例如：
Thetalltreewasstruckbylightning.
那颗高大的树被闪电击中了。
aflashoflighting一道闪电
strikevt.（灾害、疾病等）突然袭击。例如：
Averybigearthquakestruckthatcountymanyyearsago.
许多年前一次非常强大的地震袭击了那个县。
TheplaguestruckEurope.
瘟疫袭击了欧洲。
Beijingwasstruckbyaterriblesandstorm.
北京遭到了骇人的沙尘暴的袭击。
3.In1945，aUSmilitaryplane，whichwasflyingoverManhattanonafoggyday，crashedintothebuildingjustabovethe78thfloor.
1945年，一架美国军用飞机撞击到帝国大厦78层之上处，当时这架飞机正在大雾天气里飞行在曼哈顿上空。
militaryadj.军事的，军用的，军队的。例如：
militaryacademy陆军军官学校，军事学院
militaryage兵役年龄
militaryarts军事艺术
militarycourtesy军礼
militarylaw军法
militaryoperation作战；军事行动
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