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n. Try to express the meanings in some other words, drawing pictures or some other ways. 3. Students get more information about earthquake in different places. Study some new words such as “province, missing, strikestruck”. Teacher activity 1. Show a short movie about Wenchuan earthquake to students. 2. Teach the word “earthquake” here. Hand out a piece of paper to each group. Encourage students to write down some information about the earthquake. Each group chooses one place. Teacher can remind students with some questions. . Where did it happen? How many people lose their lives?... 3. Ask students to stick their paper on the blackboard. Invite students to present their information with the help of the paper. Write down the new words that students used in their reports to see if it is necessary for the passage, and teach students the new words. Step2 Presentation(15 minutes) Student activity 1. Students know they are talking about earthquake. But all the answers in 1b are related to earthquake. 2. Students listen to the tape carefully. They can hear “Qinghai, Wenchuan, Tangshan”. 3. Students hand up quickly, and the first one who hands up can be called. 4. Students read 1a carefully, and find out the words or sentences they can’t read. 5. Students read after the tape. Pay attention to the words and sentences they couldn’t read before. 6. Read the passage. Ask group leaders or teacher for help if necessary. 7. Students read the table carefully, then listen to the tape and fill in the blanks. 8. Listen to 1a, and check the answers in 1c. 9. P