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　　Unit7 Earthquakes　
　　一、素质教学目标
　　（一）知识教学点
　　1．单词
　　shand plate while
　　2．词组或短语
　　what　 does… mean, as in the word so do you
　　at the time of
　　It sounds like…
　　feel sth. do
　　fall off
　　it is like doing
　　on the morning of April 18tha large number of
　　the number of
　　cut offbe made of
　　as a result of
　　mare that
　　It is a good idea to do sth. as strong as possible
　　fall down
　　stay up
　　ten times more than
　　spend money on sth.
　　3．日常交际用语
　　Were you in…at the time of…?
　　Sure I was. I'll never forget that.
　　What was it like?
　　Very strange. it sounded like…?
　　What happened next?
　　mare…
　　4．语法
　　学习由who, whom, which, that引导的定语从句
　　（二）能力训练点
　　1．提高听说能力
　　2．培养阅读能力
　　（三）德育渗透点
　　了解有关地震知识，刻苦学习科学文化知识，学好外语，为今后搞好科研工作，准确预测地震，减少人员伤亡打下良好基础。
　　二、重点、难点、疑点及解决方法
　　（一）重点
　　1．who/whom/which/that引导的定语从句。
　　2．本单元新出现的单词和词组
　　shand　 fall off　 for a while　 a number of　 cut off　 plate　 stay up　 hit
　　（二）难点
　　1．定语从句
　　2．a number of与 the number of
　　（三）疑点
　　1．Carl, what does“quake”mean, as in the word earthquake.
　　as in the word = as it is in the word
　　Here“it is”is cut off
　　2．Sure I was.
　　used for emphasis.
　　3．And then I watched all the glasses that were on the table fall off on the floor.
　　attributive clause,“that”is used as subject.
　　4．The Pacific plate is moving very slowly at 5.3 centimetres a year.
　　indicating rate, degree, value, or cost.
　　5．First, it is not a good idea to build houses along the lines where two of the earth's plates join together.
　　Relative adverb“where”is used as adverbial, indicating in the place.
　　6．Third, you must make the houses as strong as possible.
　　as… as possible
　　（四）解决办法
　　1．鼓励学生用英语解释本课出现的生词和词组。
　　2．通过练习使学生体会这些词的意义并掌握其用法。
　　3．组织学生造句
　　4．鼓励学生联句成文。
　　三、课时安排
　　3课时。
　　四、学生活动设计
　　（一）对话课
　　1．不看课本听录音。
　　2．根据所听内容回答问题。
　　3．分角色朗读。
　　4．鼓励学生用英语解释对话中的疑难句子或短语。
　　5．把某些重要词拿掉让学生根据记忆和语感填补。