(共15张PPT)
More Practice
(Reading skills )
Natural Disasters
Unit 4
Teaching aims
1. Read and understand the article.
2. Understand the text type of the article.
3. Further develop reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, scanning.
4. Learn about ice storm.
5. Think about the relationship between human and nature.
6. Think of measures to take in the face of natural disasters.
What can you see
What happened
The ice storm
What:
a storm in which falling rain freezes on contact.
Ice storms are caused by freezing rain.
The ice storm
What
Where
Why
How
Think about the form of rain and snow.
When
The ice storm
Read for main idea:
Read the passage quickly, divide it into different parts and find out the main idea of each part.
Part Paragraph Main idea
Part 1 Paragaph 1 -2 An unusual ice storm happened in Canada.
Part 2 Paragraph 3-7 The ice storm caused great damage and people suffered.
3 minutes
The ice storm
Read for details:
1. Why was the storm in 1998 unusual in Canada
2. What problems did the ice storm cause
Time&Problem
3. Did the trouble end when the ice storm stopped Why or why not
5 minutes
The ice storm
Read for details:
Why was the storm in 1998 unusual in Canada
Because the rain turned to ice as it fell through the cold air.(Para.1 line 2)
The ice storm
2. What problems did the ice storm cause (Time-Problem)
On 5th January
No electricity, roads covered in ice.
People had to stay at home and burn wood to keep warm.
By the third day
branches and whole trees fell down; more power lines fell down; the roads dangerous.
no food
After six days
the whole area was dangerous; ice fell from the roofs of buildings and trees; power lines were badly damaged.
Some people had no electricity for a whole month. Homes were damaged. People lost their businesses.
The ice storm
3. Did the trouble end when the ice storm stopped Why or why not
“…the trouble was not over.”
The huge amount of ice -> the whole area very dangerous.
The melting ice-> it fell from the roofs of buildings and trees like knives.
Power lines -> they were so badly damaged that they could not be repaired.
The ice storm
Newspaper.(News report)
Where can you most likely to find this article
Human being and nature
Have you ever experienced or heard about any other natural disasters
What kind of natural disaster might happen in Guangzhou
What should people do in the face of natural disaster
Discussion
4 minutes
United, we are stronger.
Read the article again and highlight useful words and phrases.
Homework
Thank you for your cooperation !