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Unit 6
Hot! Hot! Hot!
From this video, what can you know
We can see the terrible result of volcano’s eruption----no life.
What do you know about other disasters
earthquake
flood
drought
typhoon
avalanche
blizzard
wildfire
Complete the reports with natural disasters.
In1881, a(n) struck the small Vietnamese city of Haiphong, bringing terrible strong winds. When it hit the coast, huge tidal wavescaused severe flood, costing the lives of up to 300,000citizens.
In August 1949, the Landes region of Southwest France faced a major
that last almost a week. Some 500 km2 of forested land was burnt and 82 people killed. Even today, it is considered one of Europe’s most deadly forest fires.
The winter of 1950 to1951 came to be known as the Winter of Terror when over 600
struck towns and villages in the mountains of the Swiss-Austrian Alps. Caused by exceptionally heavy snowfall within a short period of time, they destroyed destroy buildings and forests, and claimed over 256 lives.
wildfire
avalanche
typhoon
In 1960, Chile suffered the strongest to be recorded in the 20th century. The shock is generally agreed to have had a magnitude of 9.5. it caused a(n) with waves of up to 25 meters affecting places as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
A(n) hit Iran in February 1972, causing a week of extremely low temperatures. Winter storms brought as much as 7.9 metres of snow in the south of the country, resulting in the deaths of about 4000 people.
In July 2011, a(n) struck East Africa. It was said to be the worst in 60 years, not a single drop of rain fell for almost a whole year. It led to a severe food crisis and threatened the livelihoods of more than 9.5 million people.
earthquake
drought
blizzard
flood
What can you infer from the two
pictures
Global warming
Match the main idea of the paragraphs.
Para. 1 A. The author’s feeling after walking
out of the Tube station
Para. 2 B. The high temperature at London Tube station
Para. 3 C. The strange ideas and concerns of the author in the Tube
Para. 4 D. The author’s experience and feelings inside the Tube
Para. 5 E. News of natural disasters around the world
What can we learn from the text
A. There is a volcano in London erupting now.
B. The working place will move to the top floor.
C. The author wants to sell his flat and buy a boat.
D. The temperature in London is higher than before.
D
The passage is developed in the order of______ .
space
Paragraph 1: at the Tube station
Paragraph 2-4: in the train
Paragraph 5: out of the train
D
30 plus degrees
melting and become one
a bit scared
put his flat on the market and buy a boat
speak with his manager about moving to the top floor
learn to swim
Climate change
nervous
worrying too much
Do you think he worries too much
What should we do
We’d better do…
I suggest that we should…
We have the right to protect environment and should take actions/measures/ steps to do
What about other parts Like organizations and countries
countries
They should take responsibility for what they do and make suitable laws to protect the environment.
organizations
They could hold various activities to make people aware of the importance of protecting environment.
obey / observe the laws
take part in all kinds of activities about protecting environment
Protecting the earth is protecting ourselves!