(共13张PPT)
Unit 6
Disaster and hope
Starting out
Drought
Flood
Earthquake
Extreme cold
(极度严寒)
Blizzard(暴风雪)
Typhoon
Hurricane(飓风)
Forest fire
Sandstorm(沙尘暴)
Landslide(山体滑坡)
What natural disasters do you know
Can you list some
Watch and say
1. Where is the city What happened there
2. How did people there react to the disaster What was the result
Watch the video and answer the questions.
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People there were frightened by the sudden disaster. They took what they could as they tried to get away from the city.
Many people were trapped by the buildings that were falling down, and killed by the powerful flow of gas, ash and rock.
1. Where is the city What happened there
2. How did people there react to the disaster What was the result
The city was in Italy. It was close to a volcano and in the year 79 AD, the volcano erupted, and the city was destroyed.
Check your answers!
A healthy environment is important for our survival. However, in recent years, with the rapid development of economy, the environment has been seriously damaged, which leads to more and more natural disasters.
Look at the film posters and answer the questions.
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Have you seen the films What are they about
What do you think the main characters do in the face of these disasters
美国气候学家杰克认为，温室效应正在引发地球的大灾难，北极冰川的融化，会让地球回到冰河世纪那样的劫难。他的提醒并没有引起美国当局的重视，一切都已经太晚：飓风、冰雹、洪水、冰山融化、极度严寒，一系列的地球巨变引发了一场不可挽救的灾难。美国政府组织北纬30度的民众转移到赤道周围，场面一片混乱。更糟糕的是，杰克的儿子，正困在曼哈顿的图书馆里，靠烧书生火来维持体温。大家怎样才能逃过这场灭顶的灾祸？冰天雪地的地球何时才能回暖？
Brief introduction to these films
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist(古气候学家), must make a daring trek(艰难跋涉) from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
《后天》
《唐山大地震》
1976年7月28日凌晨，一场大地震将唐山在23秒之内变成一片废墟。一位年轻的母亲在面对两个孩子只能救一个的绝境下，无奈选择了牺牲姐姐而救弟弟。这个决定改变了整个家庭的命运，也让幸存者陷入一个难以弥合的情感困境，但终究在2008年汶川大地震时释怀。
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner(班船) Poseidon capsizes(倾覆) after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.
《海神号》
新年的钟声即将响起，欢快喜庆的气氛弥漫在正孤独航行于北大西洋上的海神号中。这是一艘拥有800个房间、13层楼高、载客量超过2000人的超豪华邮轮。在船长麦克 布莱福德的组织下，达官显贵、社会名流纷纷云集在豪华明亮的大厅，伴着美食佳酒、轻歌曼舞一同庆祝新年的到来。与此同时，大西洋底的地壳发生剧烈震动，继而掀起足以摧毁万物的滔天巨浪。在自然面前，再坚固的船只也需俯首称臣。海神号被巨浪掀翻，无数人丢掉性命。面对死神的威胁，侥幸逃过第一波劫难的人们开始想尽办法逃生。在茫茫无所依靠的大海中央，他们的命运终将如何？
《不惧风暴》
《不惧风暴》的故事背景设定在一个名为西弗敦的小镇，在同一天中，史无前例的多个龙卷同时席卷这个小镇，在这些难以预测且极度致命的龙卷风群袭击下，整个小镇面临灭顶之灾。但专门研究龙卷风的追风人预测，更糟糕的情况还尚未真正到来。大多数居民都在紧迫寻找避难所，而这些追风者们却“逆向而行”赶到龙卷漩涡前，测试需要走多远才能拍到这千载难逢的极端时刻。
Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday townspeople document an unprecedented(史无前例的) onslaught(袭击) of tornadoes(龙卷风) touching down in the town of Silverton.
What other stories do you know about natural disasters Share an example with the class.
Share the story you know about natural disaster with your classmates.
What is the natural disaster
What is the characters’ reaction in face of the disaster
What's your reflection about this story
In the film Geostorm(全球风暴), there are kinds of disasters, such as tsunamis(海啸), hails(冰雹), fire eruption and so on. In the face of a wave of extreme weather events in 2019, people realized, “The world came together as one,” and the scientists from the world get together to build a network of weather-adjusting satellites to save our earth.
What impresses me most is/ What I have found most impressive is/ I am impressed with/by the characters’ cooperation and determination.
One possible version:
1. What natural disasters do you know
Can you list some
2. Can you describe the natural disasters in the films
3. Have you got the idea what you should do in the face of the disasters
Self-evaluation
Preview the passage Hot! Hot! Hot! on pages 62-64.
