Unit 4 Earthquakes Reading Speaking and Writing

Part 1

What is the speech competition about? How many judges are there in the group? Why the park is opened? Why the student is invited to have a speech in the park? Listen to the letter and answer the following question. The speech competition is about new Tangshan. 5. To honor those who died in the earthquake and those who helped the survivors. He won the first prize in the speech competition.

英文信的格式 Address Date Dear…, ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________. Sincerely, …..

Part 2

If you receive the letter from Zhang Sha, you will give a speech in the new park. Now you prepare a short speech, in which you should:  Thank those who worked hard to rescue survivors and list some of the things the workers did to help them;  Thank those who worked hard to build a new city;  Thank the visitors for listening to your speech.

Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Wangwei. First of all I would like to express my thanks to Mr Zhang Sha and the city of Tangshan who are letting me talk to you. I would also like to thank you all for coming on this special occasion. Here, I wish to express my thanks to the worker who helped during that terrible disaster. Many thounsands worked hard to save others and to make them feel more comfortable. I’d also like to thank the soldiers who worked day after day without rest to help those who needed it.

Now we see around us a new city. No words are strong enough to express my pride at this. How lucky I feel to live in such a place and to see this beautiful new park which honours the survivors of the quake and those who saved them. We are indeed the “Brave City of China”. That’s all for my speech. Thank you.

Useful expressions I would like to express my thanks to … who… Here, I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts… I’d also like to thank… No words are strong enough to express our… It was terrible when… I remember… Not long after that… It seemed as if… I felt… Luckily, …

Situation 1: Practice teachers will leave Jangshan Middle School. Make a speech to send them off. Situation 2: If you are a singer, and now you get one important cup in an award eventing. So you need to have a speech to thank the people who have helped you.

Part 3

1.Usually a short story begins with small details and includes details later. A newspaper does the opposite. (Both kinds of stories use paragraph with the main idea.) 2.In a good newspaper story it is objective. In a short story it is subjective. The differences between newspaper stories and short stories

Put an “ X” in the chart if both kinds of stories use the writing part in the same way. Writing PartNewspaper StoryShort Story Headline Organization Use of main ideas Use of paragraphs Point-of-view XX XX

Headline: _______________________ Paragraph 1 Main idea:____________________ Detail 1: ______________________ Detail 2: ______________________ Detail 3: ______________________ …. Paragraph 2 Main idea:____________________ Detail 1: _____________________ Detail 2: _____________________ Detail 3: ____________________ ….

You are going to write an article for a newspaper about a special event that happened in your hometown. Before you start, you should write an outline of the story. Group Work