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iscussed this sentence “It’s always calm before a storm.” They knew that it may be calm before a storm but there are also many natural signs of a ing disaster. So at first let students describe some pictures on page do you think will happen before an earthquake? 【設(shè)計(jì)說明:因?yàn)榈谝还?jié)課學(xué) 生已經(jīng)討論過唐山和舊金山地震,并且對 “It’s always calm before a storm.”這句話有自己的理解,認(rèn)為平靜下掩蓋了一些讓人不易察覺的信號。所以本環(huán)節(jié)以讓學(xué)生描述地震前夕動(dòng)物和自然界奇特的異常變化開篇,既可以延伸上節(jié)課的內(nèi)容又可引入目標(biāo)文章。】 Step2 Fastreading( class work 7 minutes) Ask students to look at the title “A night the earth didn’t sl