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The second period Reading and comprehending
1.First reading
Skinning & skimming
1)Ask students to read through the passage quickly to get a main idea of
the whole passage. Give them a limited time to read the whole passage
in order to encourage them to practice reading for general ideas and
2、to
discourage them from reading word by word
main idea: This passage is a first-person account of a volcanologist’s experiences. The volcanologist described his exciting job and wrote down his first sight of an eruption.
What does a volcanologist do ?( answer in the text )
Then let students d
3、o the multiple-choices (见课件)
2)Set Exercise 1 in “comprehending” either as a group or whole-class activity. Explain to students that the purpose of questions like these is to help them develop skills of evaluating a text.
2.Second reading (intensive reading)
Before reading, glance through Ex
4、ercise 2 on Page35.
Choose some to ask them and check their answers:
1). Why is a volcanologist’s job important ?
Volcanologists study volcanoes so that they can warn people when the volcano
is going to erupt and so save many lives.
2). Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more danger
5、ous than the actual
eruption ?
The lava flows down the mountain and can cover up or burn villages in its path. the rocks that erupt from the volcano usually don’t damage anything because no one lives the crater.
3). Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater ?
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The author was wearing special protective clothing that made it difficult
to walk
4). What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for 20 years ?
The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great destruction.
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7、Third reading (Read again to find more details)
1).what made the author realize that an eruption occurred ?
answer: my bed began shaking
a strange sound
my bedroom became as bright as day
an abosolutely fantastic sight
red hot lava was fountai
8、ning hundreds of metres into the air
2).what did the scientists do after the eruption ?
answer: put on white protective suits, helmets, big boots
dropped as closed as possible to the crater
slowly make our way to the edge of the crater
looked down into the red boiling center
Homework
9、Spend some time researching one disaster. You can use books, magazines, newspapers
or the Internet. Collect pictures and diagram and look for information about:
• what causes this kind of disaster
• actrual events that happened in the past in china and/or the rest of the world
• how people helped the victims
• what is being done to prevent the disarster happening again or to lessen the damage
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高二英语（选修六）unit 5 课时教案The second periodReading and comprehending
