1、The Story of an EyewitnessLearning objectivesLearning objectivesuuImprove the reading comprehension with a Improve the reading comprehension with a literary journalism about a natural disaster.literary journalism about a natural disaster.uu Appreciate writing techniques used in the Appreciate writin
2、g techniques used in the literary journalism.literary journalism.uuWrite a summary successfully.Write a summary successfully.Watch and answer:1.What is it about?2.How would you feel? Lead-inWatch and answer:1.What is it about?2.How would you feel? an earthquakea natural disasterfrightenedshockedscar
3、edLead-inAnother suitable title for the test is_. A. People of San FranciscoB. San Francisco after an EarthquakeC. Everything is DestroyedD. An EarthquakeBPost-readingWhat type of writing is the text?Literary journalismIt is a text type between news report and literary work which describes real even
4、ts or people in the literary way, with vivid descriptions and strong feelings.Think and discussQ1. Which was more destructive, the earthquake or the fire? why?Q2. Why couldnt the firefighters put out the fires when they first started?Q3.Where was the writer? Did he suffer from the fire?Q4.How did th
5、e people of San Francisco behave during the disaster? Pre-readingearthquakefireshook down hundreds of thousands of walls and chimneysdamage: burned up hundreds of millions of buildings and housesSo the fire was more destructive. Q1. Which was more destructive, the earthquake or the fire? why?Think a
6、nd discussQ2. Why couldnt the firefighters put out the fires when they first started?Because of the damage the fire caused, there was no water and no way to move things or people around easily. The firefighters couldnt organize or communicate well.Think and discussQ3.Where was the writer? Did he suf
7、fer from the fire?He was in a ship on the bay and he didnt suffer.eyewitnessThink and discussQ4.How did the people of San Francisco behave during the disaster? peoplemake ruins; look for shelter;dressed only in blankets didbehaveno fights and no pushing or shoving;worst brought up best; never so kin
8、dNever before in history has a city been so completely destroyed.Never in all San Franciscos history were her people so kind as on that terrible night.Somehow this worst of disasters brought out the best in the survivors.San Francisco is gone. The factories, the hotels and the great houses of the ri
9、cher are all gone. All the ways man had made to keep the city safe were gonein the 30 seconds the earth moved. What was the first disaster?When and where did it happen?What was the second disaster?What damage did it cause?How did people behave?Who described the event?The first disaster was the earth
10、quake that struck in the morning.It happened on Wednesday, April 18, 1906 at 5:15 in the morning.The second disaster was the fires caused by the earthquake.It destroyed half of the city centre.They behaved well and there were no fights and no pushing or shoving.Jack LondonFind answers to questions f
11、rom the text.A summary is a short statement of main points. A summary paragraph tells the main ideas and the most important information of a longer passage.The first disaster was the earthquake that struck San Franciscos on Wednesday, April 18, 1906 at 5:15 in the morning. The second disaster was the fires caused by the earthquake. There fires destroyed half of the city centre in a day. But people behaved well and there were no fighting or pushing. Jack London described the event from a ship in the harbour.Sample Writing
