(共22张PPT)
Unit 8 Natural disasters
Study skills
Play English riddles
1. What room can no one enter
2. What kind of table has no legs
3. What kind of dog does a fast food
restaurant sell
4. What starts with “T”, ends with “T”,
and is full of “T”
1. Mushroom 2. Timetable 3. Hotdog 4. Teapot
Warming-up
The earthquake happened. Timmy tried his best to run out of the house. Finally he was saved and saw a bright daylight in the end.
earth + quake = earthquake
day + light = daylight
Read the passage and pay attention to the underlined words.
Presentation
Put two words together to create new words. They are called compound words.
rail
way
+
railway
pan
cake
+
pancake
snow
ball
+
snowball
earth
quake
+
earthquake
Put two words together to create new words
Presentation
Compound words
grandfather
grandmother
sunlight
homework
housework
classmate
blackboard
...
Brainstorm
Presentation
make pancakes
Presentation
Look and learn
do the housework
grandfather
grandmother
grandson
granddaughter
Presentation
board
blackboard
Presentation
headache
toothache
Presentation
countryside
Presentation
rail + way → railway
snow + ball → snowball
earth + quake → earthquake
Sometimes we need to add a hyphen(-).
Tip
north + east → north-east
ten + year + old → ten-year-old
fashion + designer → fashion-designer
Presentation
Divide words
1. countryside = ________ + ________
2. pancake = ________ + ________
3. newspaper = ________ + ________
4. overcoat = ________ + ________
5. toothache = ________ + ________
6. seafood = ________ + ________
7. friendship = ________ + ________
8. worldwide = ________ + ________
country side
pan cake
news paper
over coat
tooth ache
sea food
friend ship
world wide
Practice
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bookcase
bookmark
bookshelf
bookshop
bookworm
grandfather
grandmother
grandparent
grandson
granddaughter
grandchild
weekday
weekend
Write words
book
grand
week
Practice
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→
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→
Englishman
Frenchman
fireman
fisherman
gentleman
milkman
policeman
postman
spaceman
walkman
homework
housework
schoolwork
teamwork
bathroom
bedroom
classroom
mushroom
washroom
workroom
man
work
room
Practice
air, bag, ball, box, green, farm, board, any, sun
A: school, letter, key, volley, line, one
B: thing, light, ice, black, lunch, house
C: glasses, land, how, port, set, basket
schoolbag
letterbox
keyboard
volleyball
airline
anyone
anything
sunlight
icebox
blackboard
lunchbox
greenhouse
sunglasses
farmland
anyhow
airport
sunset
basketball
Form words
Practice
1. A terrible __________ (地震) took place in
the __________ (西北) of Sichuan in 2008.
earthquake
north-west
Complete the sentences
2. The Chinese are a ____________ (勤劳的),
brave and ___________ (爱好和平的) people.
hard-working
peace-loving
Practice
3. A __________ (暴风雪) hit our city. Lots of cars
broke down on the ________ (公路). Many drivers
rang the ________ (热线) for help.
snowstorm
highway
hotline
4. It’s said that a _____________ (热心的)
____________ (女警察) helped two __________ (法
国人) who got lost in the street last ________ (周末).
warm-hearted
policewoman
Frenchmen
weekend
Practice
5. _________ (无论什么) happens, I believe _______ (自己)
to be able to _________(克服) difficulties. _________ (每
个人) should believe __________ (自己).
Whatever
myself
overcome
Everyone
themselves
Practice
6. The park is a ______________ (世界闻名的)
_____________ (中国式) garden. It’s made up of a hill, a
__________ (人造的) lake and a ________________ (40
米高的) tower. ________________ (说英语的) tourists
may __________ (下载) English information from the
Internet.
world-famous
Chinese-style
man-made
forty-metre-high
English-speaking
download
n.: seafood, hotline, grown-up
adj.: English-speaking, warm-hearted, 2-metre-tall
v.: outbreak, overcome, download
adv.: whenever, maybe, somewhere
pron.: themselves, nobody, everything
Read and learn
Extension
Compound
words
rail + way → railway
pan + cake → pancake
snow + ball → snowball
earth + quake → earthquake
Summary
1. Find more than 50 compound words in the textbook.
2. Use compound words to write a story at least ten sentences.
Homework
Thank you!