(共15张PPT)
Unit 5 Humans and nature
Professional Rescue Team
Learning Objectives
After this class, I will be able to:
1. tell as many natural disasters as you can;
2. learn the related work of rescue teams;
3. know how to be rescued/survive in outdoor and indoor natural disasters;
4. master some polite expressions of maintaining, interrupting and ending a conversation.
Warm-up
What natural disaster can you remember in the video
When a natural disaster happens, who will save people’s lives and reduce the loss
Professional Rescue Team
Lead-in
Match the photos (a-d)with the description(1-4)[ex. 1]
( ) 1. Search and rescue vehicles are brought into destroyed areas.
( ) 2. Trained dogs are used to help search for anyone who is still alive.
( ) 3. Rescue teams try to save people trapped under buildings.
( ) 4. Many houses are destroyed by the terrible flood.
d
c
a
b
Blue Sky Rescue Team
Private rescuers in China
Blue Sky Rescue Team is China's largest non-governmental humanitarian organization, established in 2007.
The rescue team has set up 31 branches around China. More than 30,000 volunteers were registered nationwide, drawn from every walk of life.
The team's primary tasks are search-and-rescue, information screening, medical assistance and water supply, as well as epidemic prevention.
Hello, everyone! Today I would like to introduce the rescue team’s job. Rescue teams are the people who work in 1. __________ ___________. As we know, natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and landslides can cause death and 2. ___________________.
In the rescue attempts, rescue teams’ first and most important goal is to 3. ___________. They use 4. _______________________ and trained dogs to look for anyone who is still alive. It is a 5. _____________ process. For example, in one of the rescue attempts of the Nepal earthquake, over sixty members of China International Search and Rescue Team 6. _____________. They were there for twelve days, rescued two people and 7. ___________________ to over 2,000 people.
It was a battle 8. _____________. And the team members were under much 9. _____________. But they knew it was their duty to try their best to reduce 10. ________________________.
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
natural disaster rescue
other loss and damage
save lives
search and rescue vehicles
challenging
took part
provided medical help
against time
pressure
suffering and the loss of life
While-listening
Listen again and complete the sentences. (ex. 3)
1 Our first and most important goal is to _______________.
save lives
2 We use ___________________ vehicles and ____________________ to look for
anyone who is still alive.
search and rescue
trained dogs
3 In a rescue attempt during the Nepal earthquake:
Over ______ members and _____ dogs took part, and we were there for _______
days.
We rescued ______ people and provided medical help to over ______ people.
2,000
two
twelve
sixty
six
4 It’s our duty to try to reduce ______________ and _________________.
suffering
the loss of life
Then decide if the sentences contain a main idea (MI) about rescue attempts or a detail (D).
1 Our first and most important goal is to save lives.
2 We use search and rescue vehicles and trained dogs to look for anyone who is still alive.
3 In a rescue attempt during the Nepal earthquake:
Over sixty members and six dogs took part, and we were there for twelve days.
We rescued two people and provided medical help to over 2,000 people.
4 It’s our duty to try to reduce suffering and the loss of life.
MI
D
D
D
MI
What is the work of professional rescue team like
What is the work of professional rescue team like
“we use search and rescue vehicles and trained dogs to look for…”
“Over 60 members and 6 dogs took part, and we were there for 12 days. We rescued 2 people and provided medical help to over 200 people. ”
“It was a battle against time.”
professional
Tough and
challenging
emergent
While-listening
Listen to the first part of the interview.
Answer the questions. (ex. 2)
What is the interview about
Who is the interviewee
Which two disasters are mentioned
It is about what search and rescue teams do when a natural disaster happens.
The interviewee is Mr Wang, who is from China International Search and Rescue Team.
They mentioned two disasters, namely the Wenchuan earthquake, the Nepal earthquake.
Listen to the second part of the interview. What advice does Mr Wang give about surviving an earthquake when you’re outdoors, indoors or trapped (ex.5)
Outdoors Indoors Trapped
________________________ from any buildings or streetlights. ____________ anything that can break or fall. ______________ to help people find you and ___________ when someone is nearby.
Knock on a wall
Stay there and move away
Stay away from
only shout
Listen and imitate. Decide whether the phrases in italics are used to: maintain (M), interrupt(I) or end (E) a conversation. Write the correct letter in the brackets. (ex. 6)
Maintaining, Interrupting and Ending a Conversation
Talk Builder
1. Excuse me, Mr Wang, but can I interrupt you there ( )
2. OK, if I’m outdoors, … ( )
3. Sorry, but my advice is to… ( )
4. Sorry for interrupting again… ( )
5. Well, I’d love to know more, but, unfortunately, we’ve run out of time. ( )
6. So, I’m very sorry, but we’ll have to finish there. ( )
I
M
I
I
E
E
What are polite ways to interrupt and end a conversation Can you find more expressions Write them below.
1. Let me interrupt for a minute, …
2. Do you mind if I interrupt
3. Excuse me, I need to say something here…
4. I beg your pardon, but I need to say something.
5. That reminds me…
Polite ways to interrupt a conversation:
1. Please excuse me…
2. I’m going to refresh my drink. May I get you anything
3. I’d better let you go. …
Polite ways to end a conversation:
Recite the key words and expressions.
Write a passage about how you rescue the earth if you are a professional rescue worker.
Homework