Unit 4 Natural Disasters Listening and Speaking 课件（共37张PPT）

(共37张PPT)
Unit 4 Natural Disasters Listening and Speaking
Learning objectives
In this class, you will
1. listen to four news reports and get the information about
natural disasters by applying listening strategies;
2. report news about natural disasters;
3. practice pronunciation of voiced and unvoiced consonants.
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tornado
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Warming up
tsunami
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Warming up
earthquake
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Warming up
wildfire
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Warming up
flood
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Warming up
volcanic eruption
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Warming up
landslide
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Warming up
drought
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Warming up
Warming up
earthquake
wildfire
tsunami
tornado
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flood
drought
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Warming up
volcanic eruption landslide
tsunami wildfire
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earthquake
tornado
flood
Warming up
volcanic eruption
drought
landslide
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How do these natural disasters affect our life
What may happen in these disasters
damage Several vehicles were damaged in the crash.
destroy The building was completely destroyed by fire.
survive Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived.
幸存 survivor Officials said there were no survivors of the plane crash.
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幸存者
摧毁
破坏
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Listen for details
Think about what you are listening for before you listen:
numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places,
reasons, etc.
Listening
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Time 16 April
Place Ecuador
Disaster earthquake
News report 1
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Damage The disaster damaged many buildings.
About 230 people and more than 1,500 were injured.
Rescue Volunteers and rescue workers are
helping the survivors.
News report 1
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Time & Place
Damage
Rescue work
What expressions are used in these news reports to introduce
the following information
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Listen, read, and find out the expressions to
introduce time, place, damage and rescue.
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News report 1
Good morning , it ’s 17 April . A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and early reports said that about 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the survivors.
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News report 2
Good evening . Today is 27 March . More news about the floods in central China. The government is helping more than 12,000 people in Hunan and Jiangxi get away from the rising water. Homes and land have been destroyed, but no one has been killed. Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people are safe. They are also bringing food and water to those whose homes were lost in the disaster.
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News report 3
Breaking news, Saturday 12 August. A tornado was just seen in southern Memphis. Eyewitnesses said that at 9:25 a .m ., the tornado destroyed four homes . A police officer tells us that at least one person has died. More tornados are possible, and the police advise avoiding the area.
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News report 4
And in Seoul , a landslide damaged a library and a supermarket in a southern neighbourhood. The landslide was caused by the heavy rain that has fallen in Seoul over the past week . According to the police , no one was injured in the landslide, but several cars were damaged. Those are the top news for today, Wednesday 21 July.
Listening
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Time & Place It’s/ Today is... A strong earthquake hit... (地点) A tornado was just seen in... (地点)
一般现在时
一般过去时
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Expressions that introduce the time and place:
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Damage
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake damaged... 一般过去时
... were killed/ injured.
... have been destroyed but no one has been killed. 现在完成时
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Expressions that introduce the damage caused by the disaster:
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Rescue work
... are helping the survivors.
... are working day and night to make sure that people are safe.
... are bringing food and water to... 现在进行时
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Expressions that introduce the rescue work:
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Typical expressions to report news:
Good morning/evening
breaking news
those are the top news for today
early reports said that
more news about
… was just seen
eyewitnesses said
according to …
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Read about the disasters below and prepare a short news report on one of them. Then present your news report to a partner.
Speaking
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Sample News Report
Good morning . Today is 13 May . A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday. It has killed at least 8,500 people by now . The earthquake measured 7 . 8 on the Richter scale. Injured survivors have been moved to safety by rescue workers, including medical workers, troops, and volunteers, who organised quickly.
Speaking
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unvoiced consonants (清辅音)：
p t k f th s sh ch /p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ / θ / /s/ / / / t /
voiced consonants ( 浊辅音)：
b d g v th z g dg /b/ /d/ /g/ /v/ / / /z/ / / / d /
Pronunciation
dr ds
/ dr / / dz /
ts
/ ts /
tr
/ tr /
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described concentrated
laughed learned
shocked viewed
debated
embarrassed
wished
Read the words aloud. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the –ed endings. Then write the words in the boxes.
breathed
helped reserved
confused
depended watched
begged
exchanged pretended
Pronunciation
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/d/ /id/
/t/
Pronunciation
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/id/
concentrated
debated
depended
pretended
/d/
begged
breathed
described
confused
exchanged
learned reserved
viewed
/t/
helped
laughed
embarrassed
shocked
watched
wished
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Conclusion
-ed 在动词词尾的发音有三种情况：
1) 在清辅音后读作/t/， 如asked, helped ；
2) 在浊辅音和元音后读作/d/， 如listened, loved ； 3) 在/d/ 后读作/id/， 如minded, landed。
Pronunciation
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information about the four natural disasters
listening strategy: think about what you are listening for before you listen
expressions used in news reports about natural disasters
voiced consonants and unvoiced consonants
Summary
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Read the four news reports.
Report a recent natural disaster.
Homework
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