expressions listed under each scene.

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

Enable the students to write a diary entry describing how they felt during and after the disaster.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Listening, task-based learning, discussing and writing.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A tape recorder and some pictures.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ Talking (P69)

T: Look at the picture on page 69, Talking. What happened to the house? Can you guess?

S1: Maybe it was damaged in an earthquake.

S2: Maybe a fierce cyclone happened in the area.

T: You got it. The house was damaged by a cyclone. Have you experienced a cyclone before?

Ss: No.

T: How about typhoon, snowstorm or hailstorm? What are they like? You can choose one and describe it to your partners.

Sample descriptions:

Hurricane

One Friday, a hurricane struck the southeast of England.