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Teaching objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. know and recognize different natural disasters.
2. Apply the listening strategies to get the main idea(structure) of news reports quickly.
3. Command the usage of some expressions to show the damage of disasters and so on.
4. Prepare a short news report based on key information and talk it to others.
Unit 4
Natural Disasters
1. What's going on in this photo
2. What other kinds of natural disasters can you think of
In the photograph, a team of soldiers are rescuing somebody from a collapsed (倒塌的) building following an earthquake.
a sudden violent movement of the Earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage
sand storm
Volcanic eruption
glacier calving
冰裂
mudflow
tsunami /tsu: nɑ:mi/
an earthquake happening under the sea floor
a violent storm with very strong winds
hurricane / h r k n/
droughtlandslide
flood
an uncontrolled fire occurring in rural areas
wildfire
tornado /t : ne d /
a column of air that turns very quickly
Write down the names of the following disaters
tornado
flood
earthquake
wildfire
tsunami
● earthquake ● tornado ● wildfire ●drought
● landslide ● tsunami ● flood ● volcanic eruption
1st listening
Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear.
Listening: fill in the blanks
NEWS REPORT 3 (tornado)Breaking news, __________________.A tornado was just seen ___________________________._____________ said that at 9:25 a.m., the tornado destroyed _____________.A police officer tells us that ____________________ has died.More tornados are possible, and the police ________________________.numbers, dates, people orplaces, activities, disasters, damage, reasons, rescue workSaturday 12 Augustin southern Memphis, the USAEyewitnessesfour homesat least one personadvise avoiding the areaNEWS REPORT 1 (earthquake)Good morning, it's 17 April.A strong earthquake ______ Ecuadoryesterday.The 7.8 magnitude earthquake ______________________, and early reports said that about ____________________ and ___________________________. Volunteers and rescue workers ______________________.hit/ strike/there be/ something is seen...damage/destroy/cause/affect/ in ruinskill/ death/dead/die/injured/ be lost...help/organise/advise avoiding the area/ provide food and water / bring/set up shelters ...hitdamaged many buildings230 people were killedmore than 1,500 were injuredare helping the survivorsNEWS REPORT 2Good evening.Today ____ 27 March.More news about the floods in central China . The government ____________ more than 12,000 people in Hunan and Jiangxi get away from the rising water. _______________________________ , but no one ___________________.Rescue workers and soldiers _________________________ to make sure that people are safe.They __________________________ to those whose homes ____________ in the disaster.pay attention to thetenseis helpingisHomes and land have been destroyedhas been killedare working day and nightare also bringing food and waterwere lostNEWS REPORT 1
Good morning, it's 17 April.A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday.The 7.8 magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and early reports said that about 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured.Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the survivors.
greeting
disaster: time/people/places
damage
rescue activities
Main points of a news report:
time, place, disaster, damage, rescue
Expressions:
hit/ strike/there be/ something is seen...
damage/destroy/cause/affect/ in ruins
kill/ death/dead/die/injured/ be lost...
help/organise/advise avoiding the area/ provide food and water / bring/set up shelters ...
Pay attention to the tense
Speaking
Speaking
NEWS REPORT 1
Good afternoon, it's____________.A strong earthquake hit____________in west China. The_________________ earthquake__________(kill) at least 8500 by 13, May. Rescue workers, including ___________, _______ and volunteers _____________ quickly to help people in the disaster. They have been working day and night to make sure that people are safe. They also bring food and water to those who lost homes in the disaster.
Monday,12 May
Wen Chuan
8.0-magnitude
has killed
medical teams
troops
were organized
Speaking
Main points of a news report:
time, place, disaster, damage, rescue
Expressions:
hit/ strike/there be/ something is seen...
damage/destroy/cause/affect/ in ruins
kill/ death/dead/die/injured/ be lost...
help/organise/advise avoiding the area/ provide food and water / bring/set up shelters ...
Pay attention to the tense
A huge wildfire began on 1 May in Alberta, Canada.
2,400 homes were destroyed.
Almost 88,000 people evacuated(撤退) .
Hundreds of firefighters arrived to put out the fire
Planes and helicopters were used to fight the fire.
Luckily, no deaths or injuries have been reported.
Speaking
A flood began in May in Colomboin Sri Lanka.
82 people were killed and more than 500,000 were affected by the flood.
Rescue teams provided food and water for those who lost their homes in the disaster.
Shelters were set up for the homeless people by the government.
Speaking
Homework
1. Polish the news report.
2. Preview the pronunciation of voiced and voiceless consonants.