Unit4NaturalDisastersReadingforWritingbyGracebytheendofthisclass,studentsshouldbeableto:1.Toformaclearunderstandingabouttsunami2.Tounderstandthemainideaandstructurefeaturesofnewsreport3.TowriteaconcisesummaryofanewsreportwithaclearstructureLearningobjectivesLEAD-INWhichnaturaldisasterismentioned?Willitcausegreatdamagetohumans?Tsunami.whatisatsunami?Atsunamiisahugeoceanwavecausedbyanearthquakeunderthesea.Whenthewavereachesland,itcanfloodcities,washawaybuildings,andbeverydangerous.Peoplewholivenearthecoasthavewarningsystemstohelpthemstaysafe.LEAD-INPRE-READINGLookatthepictureandtitle,inferthetypeofthetextandpredictwhatthetextismainlyabout.1.Whatisthetypeofthetext?A.Narration(記敘文).B.Exposition(說明文).C.Anewsreport.2.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?____________(what)happenedin__________(where).WHILE-READINGheadline(whatthetextisabout)end(effectandfollowingevents)body(moredetails)lead(who,what,when,where,whyandhow)byline(showsthereporteranddate)Readthenewsreportandfindoutthestructure.WHILE-READINGwhatthetextisaboutmoreinformation,likedetails,examples,date...themostimportantpointusuallycover5W&1HinspirationThestructureofanewsreportheadlineleadbodyendWHILE-READINGReadtheheadlineandanswerWhathappened?Wheredidithappen?Howmanypeopleweredead?WHILE-READINGThemostpowerfulearthquakeinthepast40yearscausedatsunamithatcrashedintocoastlinesacrossAsiayesterday,killingmorethan6500peopleinIndonesia,India,Thailand,Malaysia,andatleastfourothercountries.Readthelead(para1)andfind_____________happenedin__________________on___________________.Itiscausedby____________________andkilled_____________________.AtsunamicoastlinesacrossAsia26December2004apowerfulearthquakemorethan6500peopleWHILE-READINGToshowthatthedisasterissevereandbemoreconvincing.Readthebody(therestofpara1andpara2)What’sthefunctionofthenumbers?atleast1870onemillion2,4891,900254541,900WHILE-READINGThousandsofpeoplearestillmissing,andthenumberofdeathsisexpectedtogrowevenhigheroverthenextfewdays.Foreignaidisbeingorganisedforthetsunami-hitcountries.However,dangerousconditionsanddamagedroadswillmakeitdifficulttodeliverfoodandsupplies.effectThousandsofpeoplearestillmissing,andthenumberofdeathsisexpectedtogrow.Readtheend(para3)andfindthemainideaofeachpart/followingeventspositive:Foreignaidisbeingorganised.negative:It'sdifficulttodeliverfoodandsupplies.WHILE-READINGReadforlanguageHowdoestheauthordescribenumbers?NOTE:usethewordsandphrasestodescribenumbersinyourarticle.POST-READINGSummary:On26December2004,atsunamikilledmorethan6,500tourists,fishermen,andotherlocalsinSoutheastAsia.Thousandsofpeoplearemissingandthenumberofdeathsisexpectedtogrow.Thedamagecausedbythetsunamiismakingitdifficultforrescueworkerstohelpthesurvivors.datetimeplaceeventcauseeffectfollowingeventsReadthesummaryofthenewsreport.Checkthemainpointsitincludes.PRE-WRITINGStep1.Writealistofthemaindetails.Step3.Organizetheideasanddraftyoursummary.Step2.Writedownthemainideaofeachparagraph.StepsofwritingasummaryNote:Asummaryshouldbearoundonethirdthelengthoftheoriginaltext.Writedownthekeysupportingpointsforthetopic.Donotincludeunimportantdetailsorexamples.PRE-WRITINGwriteasummaryforthetextonpage50.WHILE-WRITINGmaindetailsInformationwhen(date)what(event)where(place)who(effects)followingeventswhyhowsoldiersandmedicalworkersarrivedtoofferhelpanewTangshanwasbuiltStep1:alistofmaindetailson28July1976anearthquakehitTangshanCityinthecountrysideofnortheasternHebeimanypeoplewerekilledorinjuredthecitywasgreatlyaffectedandnearlydestroyednonenoneWHILE-WRITINGPara1:StrangethingshappenedinthecountrysideofHebei,China.Para3:Thecitywasgreatlyaffectedandnearlydestroyed.Para2:AstrongearthquakehitTangshan,andmanypeoplewerekilledorinjured.Step2:mainideaofeachparagraphPara4:Therescueworkbegansoonafterthequakes.Para5:Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthecity’speople,thenewcityofTangshanwasbuilt.Strangethingshappenedinthecountrysidebeforetheearthquake.Anearthquakehit_________Chinaon28July1976.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________WHILE-WRITINGStep2:mainideaofeachparagraphbeforetheearthquaketheearthquakehappenedeffectsoftheearthquakerescueworkrebuildingTangshanThenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorbadlyinjuredinthequakewasmorethan400,000.Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.Soldiersandmedicalworkerscametohelpthepeoplewhohadhadgreatlossandtotryandfindsurvivors.Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetirelesseffortofthecity’speople,anewTangshanwasbuiltontheruins.SamplewritingForseveraldays,somethingabnormal/strangeoccurredinthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.Intheearlymorning,on28July,1976,anearthquakehit/stuckTangshancity,whichwasgreatly/severely/seriouslyaffectedandnearlydestroyed.Hundredsofthousandsofpeoplewerekilledorinjured.Therescueworkbegansoonafterthequakes.Soldiersandmedicalworkersarrivedtofindsurvivorsandhelpthepeopl