(共20张PPT)
Unit 2
Natural disasters
Integrated skills (1)—
Listening and Reading
1. To be aware of the signs before the storm;
2. To know what you can do in the flood disaster;
3. To learn to listen for key words and phrases in listening;
4. To read a short story about flood and learn how to
continue it.
Lead-in
What would you do during a flood
stay informed on local news
prepare an emergency bag with food, drugs...
know how to get to safety places
leave before flooding starts
keep useful items at home (sandbags,
rope...)
turn off the
power
Don’t walk or drive in flood water.
get to a higher ground
follow evacuation orders
lead animals to a safer place
Pre-listening
It is important to listen for keywords carefully.
Keywords are often s_______.
Keywords are often r_______.
There is usually a p_____ before a keyword.
tressed
epeated
ause
How do you identify the keywords
Tips
Keywords are the most important words in a sentence or paragraph.
While-listening
Leo has found an online talk about flood safety tips.
250 million
three
Sixty
Or knock an adult down
A1 True or False
Listen and finish part A on page 22.
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Listen and finish part A on page 22 one by one.
250 million
three
Sixty
True or False
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Or knock an adult down
A2 Listen to the talk again and complete the notes below.
Flood safety tips
Before a flood
Prepare (1) ______________. They should include:
(2) _______________;
sleeping bags;
(3)_______________;
food;
drinking water.
Bring the (4) ___________________ to the upper levels of the house.
disaster supplies
a light source
warm clothes
most important objects
Flood safety tips
During a flood
Leave immediately and move to (5) ____________.
Move to the upper floor if you are already inside a building.
Do not (6) ____________ through the moving floodwater.
After a flood
Listen for official (7) ___________ to learn when it is safe to go home.
Watch out for (8) ______________ and power lines.
Stay away from the floodwater. It may be polluted and unsafe to touch.
higher ground
walk or drive
news reports
damaged roads
A2 Listen to the talk again and complete the notes below.
A2 Listen to the talk again and complete the notes below one by one.
Flood safety tips
Before a flood
Prepare (1) _______________. They should include:
(2) _______________;
sleeping bags;
(3)_______________;
food;
drinking water.
Bring the (4) ___________________ to the upper levels of the house.
disaster supplies
a light source
warm clothes
most important objects
Flood safety tips
During a flood
Leave immediately and move to (5) ____________.
Move to the upper floor if you are already inside a building.
Do not (6) ____________ through the moving floodwater.
After a flood
Listen for official (7) ___________ to learn when it is safe to go home.
Watch out for (8) ______________ and power lines.
Stay away from the floodwater. It may be polluted and unsafe to touch.
higher ground
walk or drive
news reports
damaged roads
A2 Listen to the talk again and complete the notes below one by one.
Tapescript
Reading
Try to describe the picture with your own words.
A house, with the door and windows shut tightly, was surrounded by a flood. The trees beside it were bent by the strong wind. The wind roared and the rain beat on the roof and windows. There was a car caught in the moving floodwater, like a boat.
After completing his research, Leo began to write a story about a family caught in a flood. Read the first half of the story and answer the questions.
How
Where
When
Who
Characters
Setting
Plot
Why
What
Mary and her parents
On a rainy day
In their house
They were caught in a flood.
It had been raining non-stop for three days.
How can they save themselves
from the flood
Activity 1 Read for some details
1. Fill in the mind map.
Mary thought they should leave the house right away while her parents didn’t agree.
2. What’s Mary’s opinion
What about her parents’
Activity 2 Read for the structure
Fill in the mind map with the following options.
Trapped
Different opinions
Silence
What to do
Plot line:
Silence; Different opinions; Trapped
(1) It had been raining non-stop for three days.
(2) The wind roared and the rain beat on the roof and windows.
(3) The sudden silence in the house seemed to make the wind and rain more frightening outside.
Activity 3 Read for some good sentences
Find sentences describing scenes.
Activity 4 Discussion
What might happen next
Answers may vary.
Activity 5 Writing outline
According to the exercises above, we can learn when continuing a story, we can use the following outline.
Figure out the setting which includes when, where and cause of the event.
Figure out the characters and their relations.
Figure out the plot and find the conflict.
Predict the following story and solve the conflict.
Finish the exercise that is given today.
Homework