1. SAO PAULO FIRE 03 级外语系 4 班 曲晓燕 20030614139

2. FIRE

3. Important points 1 To master structure of this passage 2 To know how to describe a fire clearly

4. New words and phrases 1 rescue 2 belong to If I own this book,this book belong to me. 3 put out The pan was on fire,we should turn off the gas and put out the fire. 4 lose one’life He lost his life when he was rescuing the little boy 5 break out The World War broke out in 1914.

5. Questions 1 What is the cause of the fire? 2 What is the results of the fire? 3 Why were so many people killed in this fire?

6. Paragraph 1 :general idea 1What happened? 2 When did it happen? 3 Where did it happen? 4What’s the results? A fire broke out. 1974 February 4th. In the Capital Building in Sao Paulo. (1)More than 220 people were killed ( 2 )The whole building were destroyed (3) The workers’cars were also destroyed

7. Paragraph 2 What’s the cause of the fire? On which floor did the fire break out?

8. Paragraph 3 What’s the main idea of this paragraph? How many people were trapped above the fire?

9. Paragraph 4 What’s the main idea of this paragrapa? What was sent to rescue the people trapped above the fire ? Why couldn’t they get close enough to the people trapped? When did they be able to get close to the people trapped ?

10. Paragraph 5 What’s the main idea ? What happened when the firefighters reached the burning building?

11. Paragraph 6 How long did the fire last?

12. Structure General idea:what,when,where,result Cause of the fire 3,4,5 Why were so many people killed This kind of structure can alse be used in reporting flood,earthquake,disaster,etc

13. Grammer The differences between the past indefinite tense and the past continuous tense He read a novel yesterday. He was reading a novel yesterday. 一般过去式用于表示已完成的动作, 过 去进行式表示动作还没完成

14. Class is over! Goodbye