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Unit4NaturalDisasters

TheNightTheEarthDidn’tSleep

(Readingforlanguage)

单元主题语境：HumanandNature

单元标题：NaturalDisasters

教材分析：

Thisunitisthe4thunitofModuleOne,focusingonnaturaldisasters,withtheaimofexploringtherelationshipbetweenhumanandnature.Startingwiththereportofdifferentnaturaldisasters,thisunittellsusthehorribledisastersathomeandabroadinthehistorywhichcausedgreatdamagetocitiesandpeople.Thenittalksabouthowtoprepareforadisaster,howtoprotectourselvesindisasters,andhowtowriteasummaryofdisasters.Thisunitaimstoshowusthetheme--Disastersaremerciless,butpeoplearesokindandhelpfulthattheyaretoowillingtohelpthoseintrouble.Andweshouldbelieveifweunifyandstaypositive,wewillbuildanewhomeafterdisasters.

Thisperiodfocusesonthelanguageofthereadingpassage.Thestudentshaveexploredthetextandhaveagoodunderstandingofthepassage.Soitiseasyforthemtocollectthetopicexpressionsanddescriptiveexpressions.Thistextbelongstoliteraryjournalism,whichhasitsownlanguagefeaturesandwritingskills:figuresofspeech,figuresandclearstructureorganizedintimeorder.Thewholetextcanbedividedintothreeparts:beforetheearthquake,duringtheearthquakeandaftertheearthquake.InParagraphOne,differentverbsareusedtodescribethestrangethingsbeforetheearthquake.InParagraphTwoandParagraphThree,manyadjectivesandverbsareemployedtodescribethefiercehappeninganddamageoftheearthquake.Besides,figuresinthispartmakethedescriptionmoreconvincing.Languagesaboutrescueandrevivalinthelasttwoparagraphsarealsovivid,makingreadersproud.Allthesecharacteristicsarewhatstudentsshouldkeepinmindwhentheyacquireandusethetargetlanguage.

单元教学目标：

Bytheendofthisunit,studentswillbeexpectedto:

havetheabilitytogetthemainideaofapassage,outli