1. Reading&speaking Using Language Unit 4 earthquake

2. Free talk Do you like parties?? Have you ever been invited to a party? Have you ever received a invitation?

3. Task-reading P30 1.What kind of letter is it? 2.who invited the student ? why? 3.What was the park built for? 4.When will the student speak to the park visitor? invitation Office of the city government. Because the student win the high school speaking competition about new Tangshan It was built to honour those died in the earthquake and those helped the survivors. On July 28 at 11:00

4. Words &. Expressions be pleased to do 愿意／高兴／乐于做．．． =be glad/happy to do 我很高兴来参加你的派对 I am pleased to take part in your party. the speaking competition 演讲比赛

5. Judge n. 评委、裁判员、法官 他被带到了法官那儿。 He was taken to the judge. v. 断定、判断、判决 盲人不能判断颜色。 A blind man cannot judge colors.

6. Judge by… 根据 … 来判 Judge from … 从 … 来看 不要以貌取人。 Don’t judge a man by his appearance. 从他的话来判断，他是很高兴被邀请的。 Judging from what he said, he was please to be invited.

7. be proud of sb 以.. 而感自豪 I am proud of you. He is proud of his father. honour = in honour of n./v. 荣誉、尊敬、敬意、纪念 honour sb (for sth) 我们应该尊敬父母。 We should honour our parents. 这纪念碑为是纪念在战争中死去的战士而立的。 The monument was built in honour of the dead in the war.

8. Congratulations 祝贺 Open a new park 开放一个新公园 As you know 如你所知 Invite sb to do sth 邀请某人做某事 I will invite my friends to my birthday party. On that special day 在那特殊的日子

9. Those 后用 who 指那些人。 thank those who worked hard to rescue survivors. thank those who worked hard to build a new city.

10. Supposed you are the student who are invited to give a speech… Discussion What you should write in your speech?

11. thank those who worked hard to build a new city; (For example: they built new homes and offices in only seven years. The UN honoured them for their quick work.) thank the visitors for listening to your speech. 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;

12. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Wang Wei. First of all I would like to thank Mr. Zhang Sha and the city of Tangshan for the honour of talking to you. I would also like to thank each of you for coming here today for this special occasion. I’m sure all of us knows that this park will be opened to honour those who died in the terrible disaster on this day 33years ago. We should say that all of you are lucky to have survived. But never can we forget those who helped you do the rescue work. Sample speech

13. Part1: express your thanks to zhangsha, the government and all the people who attend the park Part2: how terrible the earthquake was, and how these workers helped us, they get honored by government and people. Part3:express thanks again and your best wishes.

14. 表达谢意, 感激之情： 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…. 巨大的努力 Be strong enough 足够强的 向 … 表达 …

15. I would like to thank Mr. Zhang Sha and the city of Tangshan for the honour of talking to you. I ’d also like to thank each of you for coming here today for this special occasion. Here, I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts of these brave workers. No words are strong enough to express our inspiring feelings to these workers.

16. 描述地震以及救援经过 It was terrible when ……. I remember……. It seemed as if…… I felt…… No longer after that…. Luckily,…… Not long after that 不久之后

17. The dug out those who had been trapped and buried the dead. Most of the 10 000 miners who had been trapped underground were rescued. They also helped build the new city. They built new homes and offices in only 7 years. The United Nations honored them for their quick work. While doing the rescue work and rebuilding the city of Tangshan, many workers and soldiers lost their lives. We should show our great honour to them. Thanks you for listening to my speech.

18. Pictures ----Tangshan Earthquakes

20. The monument of Tangshan earthquake New Tangshan

21. Review Words &. Expressions What you should write in your speech?

22. Write a short speech according to the invitation. Homework