外研版八年级英语上册课件 Module 12 Help Unit 3 (共17张PPT)

(共17张PPT)
Listen and complete the sentences.
We were having ________ at home when the earthquake happened.
The room started to _________.
Father shouted to everyone to get under the ___________.
We could not get out of the room because the __________ would not open.
My father called for help on his ___________.
People came to help us and we left our ______.
dinner
shake
kitchen table
door
mobile photo
flat
Have you ever heard about the tsunami which happened in the Indian Ocean in 2004
The tsunami wave devastated nearby areas where the wave may have been as high as 25 meters tall and killed nearly 300,000 people from nations in the region and tourists from around the world.
Tilly Smith, the 10-year-old British girl, who was called as “Angle of the Beach”, saved 100 tourists from a Thai beach hit by the tsunami in 2004 and has been named Child of the Year by readers of a French children’s newspaper.
Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
( ) 1. What is the best title for this passage
a) 2004 Asian tsunami.
b) A girl saves tourists from tsunami.
c) Underwater earthquakes.
( ) 2. What did Tilly notice
a) Water coming to the beach.
b) People watching the water.
c) Bubbles in the water.
b
c
( ) 3. What does her teacher think of Tilly
a) She is lucky.
b) She does not do silly things.
c) She is a clever student.
c
Read again and answer the questions.
Who saved one hundred other tourists in the 2004 tsunami
A ten-year-old girl.
2. How did she save those people？
She warned them that a tsunami, a huge ocean wave, was on its way across the sea.
3. Why did she know the tsunami would
happen
Because she learned about underwater
earthquakes at school only a few
weeks earlier.
Special buildings in Japan
The Yokohama Landmark Tower
横滨名胜大厦
Earthquakes and tsunamis are common in Japan, but Japan is the best-prepared
country in the world. Why
In Japan, the building codes (建筑规范) have long been very strict on specific
matters like how much a building may
sway (摇摆) during a quake.
Over the years, Japan has spent billions of dollars developing the most advanced technology against earthquakes and tsunamis.
1. Tallest building in Japan.
2. Currently has the world's second fastest elevator - traveling at 750m / min.
3. Two tuned dampers (调谐阻尼器) are located 282m above ground level.
Facts about the Yokohama Landmark Tower
4. The Yokohama Royal Park Hotel occupies floors 49 to 70 of the building, making it Japan's highest hotel. The lower 48 floors are used as offices and retail.
5. The building is the second tallest building and 4th tallest structure in Japan, standing 296.3m high. Work on the building was finished in 1993.
Other special buildings in Japan
可漂浮的 抗震住宅
弹性大楼
高层抗震大厦
廉价抗震房
Making a poster about preventing accidents at school
Making a list of accidents that may happen at school. Make a poster about preventing accidents at school using must / mustn’t.
Talk with your classmates about the knowledge of how to survive or protect yourself in an accident. Then try to make a role play.