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Unit 8
Natural disasters
Period 1
Welcome to the Unit
1.学习目标
3.重点探究
2.自主学习
学习导航
5.当堂检测
6.课堂总结
4.拓展提升
新课导入
Free Talk
1. Do you know what natural disasters are
2. Can you tell the differences between
natural disasters and accidents
1.能熟悉并正确运用本课时的重点单词和短语。
2.能了解一些自然灾害和事故。
3.能用英语谈论自然灾害和事故。
学习目标
New words
自主学习
disaster
mop
up
earthquake
accident
coach
n. 灾难;不幸,祸患
vt. 用拖把擦干净
adv. 完全地
n. 地震
n. 事故,意外的事
n. 长途汽车
New phrases
crash
flood
village
lighting
storm
thunder
vi.&vt. 猛撞;碰撞
n. 洪水,水灾
n. 村庄,乡村
n. 闪电
n. 风暴,暴(风)雨
n. 雷,雷声
thousands of
wash away
成千上万的
冲走
catch fire
着火
重点探究
Video about natural disasters
How many natural disasters do you know
fire
火灾
typhoon
台风
flood
洪水
earthquake
地震
A. Sandy is reading some newspaper headlines. Look at them. Which are about natural disasters Put a tick (√) in the correct boxes.
1. School football team loses
final
2. Earthquake kills thousands
of people
3. Car accident kills three
men
4. Coach crashes into tree
5. Flood washes away
village
6. Lightning starts big fire
in classroom building
7. Young boy falls from
tree and hurts legs
8. Big storm kills 20 people
√
√
√
√
Tip:
In newspaper headlines, the simple present tense is used and words like a, an, the and the verb be are often left out.
Free Talk
There are many natural disasters in the world. Can you say some natural disasters happened in the world What disasters did they cause
B. Sandy and Millie are chatting online about natural disasters and accidents. Listen to the tape and answer the questions below.
1. What they are talking about, a natural disaster or an accident
A natural disaster.
2. Why do you think it was a natural disaster
Because there was a heavy storm with thunder and lightning.
Lighting hit a classroom building and it caught fire.
Sandy: Did you hear about the fire at a school in the UK last week
Millie: No. What happened
Sandy: It was at my friend Vivien’s school. She told me about it.
There was a heavy storm with thunder and lightning.
Millie: Oh, really
Sandy: Yes. It was terrible. Lightning hit a classroom building and
it caught fire.
Millie: Was anyone hurt
Sandy: No. Nobody was hurt. It happened at night.
B. Work in pairs and discuss the topic with your partner. Use the conversation below as a model.
A: Did you hear about ...
B: No. What happened
A: My friend told me about it. There was ...
B: Oh, really
A: Yes, it was terrible. ...
B: Was anyone hurt
A: Yes/No, ...
Listen to the tape and answer the question below.
1. What’s the weather like
2. What happened to Hobo
It is raining.
His house is all wet.
It’s raining. My house is all
wet. Can I come in, Eddie
Sure, come in.
I was sleeping when it
started to rain.
Didn’t you hear the rain
Why
No. When I woke up, there was water everywhere! Come with me, Eddie.
Who will mop up the water
if I go home without you
Retell the story
This morning, Hobo came to Eddie's house for h___, because his was all w____. He was s________ at that time and didn't h_____ the rain. When he woke up, there was water e___________. He wanted Eddie to go home w___ him and help him to m___ up all the water. Eddie doesn't feel very happy. Will he help Hobo
elp
et
leeping
ear
verywhere
ith
op
Discussion
How can we prevent the natural disasters from happening
Stop cutting down the trees.
Plant more trees.
Protect our environment and wild animals etc.
拓展提升
e.g. I mop up the water on the bathroom floor.
Language Points
1. When I woke up, there was water everywhere!
wake up 醒来
e.g. I wake up at six every morning!
我每天早上六点钟醒来。
mop up 擦干,抹干,拖干
我拖干了浴室地板上的水。
2. Who will mop up the water if I go home without you
e.g. A car crashed into a tree last night.
3. Earthquake kills thousands of people
thousands of 成千上万的
e.g. There are thousands of people on the road.
路上有成千上万的人。
crash into 猛撞,碰撞
昨天晚上一辆车猛撞到一棵树上。
4. Coach crashes into tree
e.g. What did people use to start a fire many years ago
5. Flood washes away village
wash away 冲走,洗掉
e.g. A terrible flood washed away his house.
一场可怕的洪水冲走了他的房子。
start a fire 生火,放火
许多年前,人们用什么来生火?
6. Lightning starts big fire in classroom building
e.g. They must decide what to leave out.
7. Young boy falls from tree and hurts legs
fall from 从……落下
e.g. An apple fell from the tree.
一个苹果从树上掉下来了。
leave out 遗漏,省去;不考虑
他们必须决定省去什么。
8. ... words like a, an, the and the verb be are often left out.
e.g. These cookers catch fire easily.
9. Did you hear about the fire at a school in the UK last week
hear about 听说;得知
e.g. I heard about his illness just now.
我刚才听说他病了。
catch fire 着火
这些厨具容易着火。
10. Lightning hit a classroom building and it caught fire.
当堂检测
一、用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. It’s _______ (rain) outside. You should take an umbrella.
2. —What’s mum doing
—She is ________ (mop) up the floor.
3. A coach _______ (crash) into a tree just now.
4. Our school football team ____ (lose) the game last Friday.
5. My brother ___ (fall) off his bike just now.
6. I _________ (do) my homework when my mother came back.
mopping
crashed
raining
lost
fell
was doing
二、翻译下列句子。
1. 下周天气将会变得更糟。
The weather _______ _______ ______ next week.
2. 数千人在一次地震中丧生了。
________ _____ people _______ ______ _______ in the earthquake.
3. 一场洪水冲走了他们的房子。
A flood ______ _______ _______ _______.
4. 如果你不小心驾车,你会撞到那棵树。
If you _____ ______ ______, you _____ _____ _____ _____ _____.
5. 上周六Daniel从自行车上摔下来了。
Daniel _______ _______ the bike last Saturday.
will become worse
Thousands of
lost their lives
washed away their houses
don’t drive carefully
will crash into the tree
fell from
课堂总结
Unit 8
Period 1
重点单词和短语:
disaster, mop, up, earthquake, accident, coach, crash, flood, village, lighting, storm, thunder, thousands of, wash away, catch fire
自然灾害:
地震_________,火灾_________,
洪水_________。
earthquake
fire
flood