Unit 8 Natural disasters.(Reading)

课件30张PPT。Unit 8
Natural disastersReading About two o’clock in the early
morning.He was sleeping.He heard a loud noise like thunder.He felt a slight shake.Complete the table. Read paragraph 1Complete the passage. The real noise was like ______ under the ground. People ran ______________. Timmy tried his best to _______ to the street. Pieces of glass and bricks ________________, and then the walls began to __________, too.bombsin all directionsrun out were falling downcome downRead paragraph 21. Timmy _____ after the noise and shaking ended.

2. He could see ______.screamed B. calmed down
C. ran wildly D. cried Anything B. someone around him
C. nothing D. the bright daylightBCRead paragraph 3Choose the best answer. Answer some questions.
1. What did Timmy feel when he was trapped?
2. Did he shout for help?
A moment of fear went through his mind.Yes, he shouted for help. But no one came.Read paragraph 4Presentationa bomb 炸弹in all directions 四面八方come down 崩塌，坍塌daylight
日光dark
黑暗shout 呼喊heart 心脏asleep 睡着的bricks 砖块slight
shake
loud
fear
bomb
shake
direction
in all directionsadj. 轻微的
n. 摇动，震动
adj. 响亮的；大声的
n. 害怕，恐惧
n. 炸弹
v. 摇动，震动
n. 方向
四面八方New words and expressionsbrick
come down
silent
not … at all
nervous
heart
beatn. 砖，砖块
崩塌，坍塌
adj. 寂静的
一点也不
adj. 紧张不安的
n. 心脏
vi. & vt. （使）规律作响，作节奏运动trapped
mind
calm
calm down
since
still
alive
darkadj. 困住的
n. 头脑
vi. & vt. (使)平静；(使)镇定
冷静
conj. 由于，既然
adv. 仍然
adj. 活着的
n. 黑暗shout
at last
daylight
safe
asleep
after
find one’s way outn. 呼喊，喊叫声
最后，终于
n. 日光
adj. 安全的
adj. 睡着的
conj. 在…以后
找到出路Timmy was asleep when the earthquake started.
At first, Timmy heard a loud noise like thunder.
People ran in the same direction in the street. zxxkTrue or false.TFF4. Timmy was trapped in a dark
place after the earthquake stopped.
5. There was not enough space for
Timmy to pull himself through.
6. People found Timmy soon after he
was trapped.TFFTimmy put some pictures he drew on his web page. Help Sandy write the correct caption in the blank under each picture. Then put the pictures in the correct order on page 95.I saw the bright daylight.
I was trapped.
The walls came down.
I screamed for help.
Some people ran out of the building.
The earth started to shake.I screamed for help.Some people ran out of the building.I saw the bright daylight.The earth started to shake.I was trapped.The walls came down.256143Sandy is writing about what happened to Timmy in her diary. Help her complete her diary entry with the words in the box.beating bricks calm fear mind nervous pulled safe saved sleeping thunder trapped When the earthquake hit Taiwan in 1999, Timmy was _________. He heard a loud noise like ________. Then the noise became louder, like bombs under the ground. People screamed in _____. Then pieces of glass and ______ fell down. sleepingthunderfearbricksWhen the noise and shaking stopped, Timmy was ________ and could not get out. He felt ________ and his heart was ________ fast. A moment of fear went through his ______. Then he tried to _____ down and ______ himself slowly through the dark.trappednervousbeatingmindcalmpulledFinally, people came and heard his cry for help. They moved away the bricks and ______ him. Timmy was _____ at last.savedsafe