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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Warming up & Pre-reading
Mr. Nature is emotional
Warming-up: Activity ① Introduce a new friend
Pre-reading
It will cause natural disasters when he is angry.
Can you list some examples of natural disasters
Warming-up: Activity ② Brain stroming
Pre-reading
earthquake
flood
sandstorm
typhoon
landslide
hurricane
drought
mudflow
tsunami
volcano eruption
Earthquake
Flood
A sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface
A large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
Typhoon
Sandstorm
A violent tropical storm with very strong winds
A storm in a desert in which sand is blown into the air by strong winds
Landslide
A mass of earth, rock, etc. that falls down the slope of a mountain or a cliff
A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean
Hurricane
Drought
Tsunami
A long period of time when there is little or no rain
An extremely large wave in the sea caused, for example, by an earthquake
Mudflow
Volcano Eruption
A fast-moving downhill flow of mud and soil loosened by rainfall or melting snow
A volcanic eruption is when lava and gas are released from a volcano—sometimes explosively
Warming-up: Activity ② Brain stroming
Pre-reading
Which disaster may cause the worst damage
to us why
Earthquakes can cause secondary disasters!
Fire, landslide, flood (tsunami), toxic gas leakage, infectious diseases (plague)... ...
Warming-up
Pre-reading: Activity ① Search information with Ipad
Surf the internet and try to find some pictures that hit you
before or after an earthqauke in Tangshan or San Francisco.
Then share your feelings with your classmates.
Task one
Describe the picture.
In the picture, we can see... ...
Task two
Share your feelings
I feel sad
/angry/
frigthened..., because...
Warming-up
Pre-reading: Activity ② QQ chat with your Ipad
What do you want to know about earthquake
1.
2.
3.
... ...
Work in groups, and write down the questions that you want to
know about earthquake in our chatting room in QQ.
Warming-up
Pre-reading: Activity ② QQ chat with your Ipad
Why an earthquake happens
What may happen before an earthquake
What should we do when an earthquake happens
Warming-up
Do you know why an earthquake happens
The world is divided into six major plates: Asia-Europe plate, Pacific plate, American plate, African plate, Indian Ocean plate and Antarctica plate.
Warming-up
Do you know why an earthquake happens
Earthquakes occur because the earth's crust accumulates stress in the process of plate movement. When the Earth's crust can no longer accumulate stress, the Earth's crust breaks, releasing seismic waves that shake the ground.
Warming-up
Do you know why an earthquake happens
crust
Warming-up
Pre-reading: Activity ③ Brain storming
weather
well
There might be some strange signs!
environment
The earth will shake, and cracks will appear in the ground
The weather will be ...
The wall of a well will be ...
The water in a well will be...
What else can you think of
Animals have the ability to sense earthquakes
Warming-up
Pre-reading: Activity ③ Brain storming
animals
pig
dog
rat
Animals have the ability to sense earthquakes!
They might be not willing to enter the house, and their behavior seemed very anxious so that they even can’t eat and sleep well. What else
What insights can you get from animals’ ability to sense earthquakes
... ...
Warming-up
Pre-reading: Activity ③ Brain storming
What will happen, if people ignore these signs
weather...
well...
aninmals
environment
pig...
dog...
rat...
Raise our awareness to avoid the damage and destruction of natural disasters!
Warming-up
Pre-reading: Activity ④ Discussion in groups
What should you do when an earthquake hits
Before an earthquake How about food clothes location ...
During an earthquake When you are indoors outside driving
After an earthquake What can we do to help others
Warming-up
Pre-reading: Activity ⑤ Role-play
Group 1-2 are acting in scene 1 How to be prepared,
Group 3-4 are preparing for scene 2 What to do during an earthquake,
Group 5-6 are preparing for scene 3 What to do after an earthquake.
Homework: Presentation
Group 1-2 are acting in scene 1 How to be prepared,
Group 3-4 are preparing for scene 2 What to do during an earthquake,
Group 5-6 are preparing for scene 3 What to do after an earthquake.
All the members in each group should act in the show. You should chose a real situation when an earthquake hits, and give correct actions as well as reasons in your perfomance.