高中英语阅读教学模式初探

1. 高中英语阅读教学模式初探 张金芝

2. Unit 5 The Power of Nature

3. I.Lead-in Do you know any natural disasters?

4. earthquake flood drought

5. thunder/ lightning hurricane /typhoon tornado tsunami

6. volcano-eruption

7. Do you know how a volcano erupts?

8. Ash cloud/volcanic ash Crater volcano-eruption Lava Boiling rock under the earth becomes hotter and hotter and erupts from the crater, producing thick ash clouds. Magma chamber (岩浆库/囊)

9. An Exciting Job

10. II. Fast reading Task 1: Read through the passage quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.

11. After the eruption the writer and two other scientists went to have a closer look at it. Para. 1 A Para. 2 Why the writer is still enthuastic about his job after many years. B Para. 3 The writer’s job. C Para. 4 D The importance of being a vocanologist. Para. 5 E The writer’s first experience of watching the volcano eruption. www.themegallery.com

12. Task 2：The structure of the passage: Part 1 (Para 1-2) Part 2 (Para 3-4) Part 3 (Para 5) The writer’s job and the importance of his job. The writer’s first experience of watching the volcano eruption. The reasons why the writer is enthusiastic about his job.

13. III. Careful reading Task 1: Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:

14. Why does the author consider his job the greatest in the world (Para 1) • 2) Why is a volcanologist’s job important?(Para 2) • 3) Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption? (Para 3) • 4) Why did the scientists have to get close tothe volcano after it began erupting? (Para 4) • 5) What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes evenafter studying them for many years? (Para 5)

15. Because he can travel to unusual places, work alongside people from all over the world, and help protect ordinary people from the vocano. 1) Why does the author consider his job is the greatest in the world (Para 1) 2) Why is volcanologists’ job important? (Para 2) 3) Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption? (Para 3) 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 near the crater. Because volcanologists study volcanoes so that they can warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and so they can save many lives.

16. 4) Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting? The scientists needed to get samples of the lava so they could study them later on. 5) What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for many years? The writer is impressed by the beauty of the volcanoes as well as their potential to cause great destruction.

17. Task 2 Read the passage carefully again and finish the following tasks: 1) Which sentence in the passage has the closest meaning to the following one? Unluckily, we can’t stop the lava flowing over their homes, which caused many of them to be covered with the lava or completely burned. Unfortunately, we can’t move their home out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to the ground.

18. 2) Paraphrase the following sentence: Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. After I have collected and evaluated the information, I help…

19. 3) Translate the following sentence: The other two climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study, but this being my first experience, I stayed at the top and watched them. 另外两个人攀下火山口去采集供以后研究用的岩浆，因为我是第一次经历这样的事，所以留在山顶观察他们。 this being my first experience, … 是“独立主格结构”，在句中作原因状语。 = because this was my first experience, …

20. appointed database evaluated IV. Consolidation: I have the greatest job in the world. I was __________ as a volcanologist working for HVO. My job is collecting information for a _________ about Mount Kilauea. Having collected and _________the information, I help predict where lava will flow and how fast. Our work has saved many lives. When boiling rock _______ from a volcano and crashes back to earth, it causes less damage than when it flows slowly like a _____ down the mountain. The eruption is really exciting to watch and I’ll never forget the first sight of one. I saw red hot lava was __________hundreds of meters in the air. It was an _________fantastic sight. The day after this eruption three of us scientists wore white protective ______ to get a closer look at it and collected some lava for later study. Having studied _________ for many years, I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their ________ to cause great damage. erupts wave fountaining absolutely suits volcanoes potential

21. V. Discussion Do you want to be a volconologist in the future? Why or why not?

23. VI. Homework • Finish Period 2; • Finish A3 of the newspaper.

24. Thank you!

25. 2. Guess: what kind of things a volcanologist might do.

26. 2) Where does a volcano often erupt? Along the edge of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

27. After the eruption the writer and two other scientists went to have a closer look at it. Para. 1 Reasons for being enthuastic about his job after so many years’ work. Para. 2 Evaluation on being a vocanologist. Para. 3 Responsibilities of a vocanologist. Para. 4 The writer’s first experience of watching the volcano eruption. Para. 5

28. But this being my first experience是独立主格结构，在句中作原因状语。当分词的逻辑主语和句子的主语不一致的时候，用独立主格结构。其构成为：名词 / 代词 +分词（现在分词 / 过去分词）+ 其他成分。 又如： Time permitting, we’ll go climbing together this weekend. = Everything considered, you should accept the job. If time permits, … = When everything is considered, …