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1、U Unit nit 4 4Natural Natural DisastersDisastersLook & Look & discussdiscuss1. Whats going on in this photo?2. What kinds of natural disasters can you think of?Possible answer: In the photograph, a team of soldiers are rescuing somebody from a collapsed( (倒倒塌塌) ) building following an earthquake.Pos
2、sible answer: Some natural disasters are hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, wildfires, and tornadoes.Report natural Report natural disastersdisastersListening and SpeakingWatch the video Natural Disasters and look at the photos. Do you know what these disasters are? Write
3、 down their names.tornadofloodearthquakewildfiretsunamiP48 1Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear. earthquake tornado wildfire drought landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruptionP48 2QuestionType of information1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador?number2. Ho
4、w many people were killed or injured in Ecuador?3. Where are the floods?4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area?5. When did people see the tornado in Memphis?6. Which buildings were damaged in Seoul?7. What caused the landslide in Seoul?Circle the key word(s) in the q
5、uestions below and write the kind of information they refer to.P48 3 Listen for detailsThink about what you are listening for before you listen: numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places, reasons, etc.numberplaceactivitiestimeplacereasonListen again and answer the questions.P48
6、3QuestionAnswer1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador?2. How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador?3. Where are the floods?4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood- hit area?5. When did people see the tornado in Memphis?6. Which buildings were damaged in
7、 Seoul?7. What caused the landslide in Seoul?7.8About 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. be heavy rain that has fallen in the last weeka library and a supermarket at 9:25 a.m.They are working day and night to make sure that people are safe. central China.Read about the disaster
8、s below and prepare a short news report on one of them. P49 4Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday afternoon Sample News Reports1. Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday. It has killed at least 8,500 people by now. The
9、earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. Injured survivors have been moved to safety by rescue workers, including medical workers, troops, and volunteers, who organised quickly.2. A wildfire which began on 1 May in Alberta, Canada, has destroyed 2,400 homes. Almost 88,000 people have been evacu
10、ated. Hundreds of firefighters along with planes and helicopters have arrived to help fight the fire. Luckily, there have been no deaths or injuries.3. A flood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has killed 82 people. The flood, which began in May, has affected nearly 500,000 people. Rescue teams are providing f
11、ood and water, and shelters have been set up by the government.1. Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the letters in red. pipe brick tend death keen glory fond view think they campus amaze flash garage French bridge truly draw events friends2. Read the words aloud. Pay attention to the pronunciation
12、 of the -ed endings. Then write the words in the boxes.begged breathed described concentrated confused debated exchanged helped laughed learned depended embarrassed pretended reserved shocked viewed watched wished/t/d/d/helped laughedembarrassedshockedwatchedwishedbeggedbreatheddescribedconfusedexch
13、angedlearnedreservedviewedconcentrateddebateddependedpretended3. Listen to the words in each box and repeat.earthquaketornadowildfiredroughtlandslidetsunamifloodvolcanic eruption1.1.地震地震2.2.龙卷风；旋风龙卷风；旋风3.3.野火野火4.4.旱灾；久旱旱灾；久旱5.5.崩塌；滑坡崩塌；滑坡6.6.海啸海啸7.7.洪水；大量洪水；大量8.8.火山喷发火山喷发Self-evaluationSelf-evaluation各个击破各个击破1. What kinds of natural disasters do you know?2. Can you give a short news report on one of the disasters?1. Finish the exercises in Learning English.2. Preview Reading and Thinking on pages 50-51.
