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《英语》（八年级上册） Unit 8 Natural disasters Reading (I) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. read the passage about the Taiwan earthquake fluently; 2. understand the meanings of the new words from the context; 3. know what Timmy did and how he felt before and after the earthquake; 4. understand the damage that an earthquake could bring about and the ways to reduce the losses of an earthquake. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: shake, fear, silent, nervous, heart, beat, since, alive, dark, shout, safe; in all directions, come down, not … at all, find one’s way out, at last 2. New structures: I was sleeping when the earthquake started. I tried my best to run out too, but I could not. Outside, people were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down. Luckily, there was just enough space for me to move. Hours later, as I was trying to find my way out, I suddenly heard some noise above me. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty Summarize the passage in sequence in students’ own words. Learn to use the expressions of describing an event. IV. Teaching procedures Step I Lead-in 1. Play a guessing game according to some hints: T: What natural disaster is it? 2. Present the topic about an earthquake. Then watch a video about the Taiwan Earthquake. 3. Help the students draw a conclusion of the effects of the earthquake: Many people died … People lost their homes … Many things were destroyed … 【设计意图】鼓励学生谈论地震带来的危害，形成良好的心理预设，通过师生交流导入故事文本。 Step 2 Presentation 1. Show the key words (1) Show the general idea of the story Present “The Taiwan earthquake”. Tell the students about Timmy’s story and present some key words. (shake, scream, direction, come down, silent, be trapped, calm down, at last, safe) (2) Ask the students to match some key words and their correct meanings. 2. Listen to the story with the help of Pocket Dictionary, and then answer the q