unit 4 earthquakes period 6 reading task and speaking task 从容说课 this is the sixth teaching period of this unit. as usual, the teacher should check the students’ homework and offer chances for the students to go over what they learned in the last period at the beginning of the class. in this period, the teaching emphasis will be put on developing the students’ reading and speaking ability by dealing with the parts reading task and speaking task. in the part reading task, the students will read a passage titled the story of an eyewitness, written by a famous american writer jack london. in order to lead in the topic, the teacher can first ask some students to talk about the tangshan earthquake. then ask them to read and compare the pas
