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The Violence of NatureM3More and more natural disasters and
extreme weather are impacting on our lives. Can you give any other examples? What’s the video about?natural disasters2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and
Tsunami in Indonesian island 2005 Hurricane Katrina in USA2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China2011 Flood in Thailand2013 Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines To learn about the natural disasters
and their damage
2. To learn some new words and useful
expressions to describe disastersObjectivesHow many natural disasters do you know? Can you speak them out?
flood
lightning
thunderstorm
sandstorm
hurricane
tornado
typhoon
landslide
earthquake
tsunami
volcano eruption闪电
洪水
龙卷风
雷暴
火山喷发
沙尘暴
海啸
地震
飓风
滑坡
台风Disasters of Nature (match up)lightning: the flash of light which happens during a thunderstormGuess what the natural disaster is according to its definition.tsunami: an earthquake happening under the sea floorearthquake: a sudden violent movement of the Earth’s surface, sometimes causing great damagethunderstorm: a lot of rain falling quickly, with loud noises and flashes
of lightsandstorm: a storm caused by strong
winds and blowing sand or dust volcano eruption: ash sometimes rise into
the air from inside the earthflood: a lot of water in an area which is usually drytornado: a column of air that turns very quicklytyphoon: a tropical cyclone (热带气旋) occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceanshurricane: a violent storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rainlandslide: a large amount of earth and rocks falling down a cliff or the side of a mountain. Can we do something to reduce the disasters?
In order to reduce the occurrence of natural disasters and the further deterioration of the environment, we should try our best to protect our environment!Create word webs for the following
two terms and find some words
/expressions related to them. hit strikebreak outoccurtake placeWhen/where/whatlasthappendisasterdamageinjure/hurt/kill cause/affect buryblock/cut off be trapped in/be caught in/ get into trouble lose one’s life burndestroy
/ ruin 1. Have you ever experienced a
thunderstorm, a flood, a hurricane, a
tornado, or an earthquake?
2. Do you know anyone who has
experienced one of the events?
3. Have you ever read a news story about
one of the events? Can you describe it?DiscussionWork in pairs and talk about one of the disasters from the following aspects:
1) the reason
2) the main phenomenon
3) the damage
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1. What is a current?
(a) A kind of electricity
(b) A movement of water
(c) A kind of wind
2. What kind of things flow?
(a) Water (b) Time (c) Money
3. If two places are on the same latitude,
they are on the same line _____.
(a) east/west (b) north/southRead about the Gulf Steam on page 22 and check the meaning of the words. HomeworkTo read the passage and preview the new words and expressions on Pages 22&23