Period 4 Listening and Speaking
整体设计
教学内容分析
The emphasis of this period will be placed on listening and speaking.There are altogether three texts for the students to listen to in this period：one is in the Student's Book and the other two are in the Workbook.The first one(on Page 38，Listening and speaking)is about three volcanologists talking about their frightening experiences in their work lif e.While listening to the experiences for a first time the students are asked to get some specific information about it and write their names under the pictures.While listening to the experiences for a second time the students are asked to fill in the chart.While listening to the experiences for a third time the students are asked to write the names of the persons beside the emotional expressions they talked about.At last the students are asked to think of or imagine a powerful natural force(such as an earthquake，flood，thunderstorm，typhoon，tsunami)that they have experienced or heard.Tell their partners about their experiences and how they felt.
The second one(on Page 69，Listening)is about a woman describing her experience during Cyclone Tracy when she was a young girl.And the third one(on Page 73，Listening Task)continues Sara's story from the time she got onto the roof until she was rescued by a helicopter and taken to hospital.
Knowledge and skills
1．To understand the meanings of the following key words and expressions while hearing them in the tape：crater(火山口)，frightening experience(令人可怕的经历)，measurement(测量)，mattress(床垫)，cyclone(旋风)，relieved(感到宽慰的)，backpack(背包)，soaking wet(湿淋淋的)，helicopter(直升机)．
2．To enable the students to understand the listening texts.
3．To help the students learn how to express their feelings of anxiety and fear.
Process and methods
