（1）Learn to compare two similar passages.

　　（2）Learn to find reasons for their choices.

　　●教具准备

　　（1）a tape recorder

　　（2）a projector

　　（3）the blackboard

　　●教学过程

　　Step 1 Greetings

　　Greet the whole class as usual.

　　Step 2 Revision

　　T：In the second period，you learnt some detailed information about the Tangshan Earthquake. Can you use fewer than five sentences to summarize the passage？

　　S：Let me have a try. The terrible earthquake struck the city of Tangshan while people were sleeping. More than 400000 people were killed or injured in the quake. After the quake，people found nearly everything was destroyed. But people in Tangshan didn't lose heart. They rebuilt the city with the help of soldiers.

　　T：Quite good.

　　Step 3 Reading and Comparing

T：In the first period，we also talked about the earthquakes that happened in San Francisco. Today，we will learn a passage titled "The