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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Listening and Speaking
To identify the common natural disasters.
To listen to news reports about natural disasters, listen for key words and details from a news report.
To present a brief news report with given details.
Learning objectives
Watch the video Natural Disasters and look at the photos. Do you know what these disasters are Write down their names.
Lead-in
tornado
tsunami
earthquake
wildfire
flood
What kinds of natural disasters do you know
Disasters
earthquake
flood
typhoon
hurricane
mudslide
drought
storm
sandstorm
tsunami
n.旱灾
n.泥石流
Listen and tick the disasters that you hear.
A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday.
More news about the floods in central China.
A tornado was just seen in southern Memphis.
A landslide damaged a library and a supermarket in a southern neighbourhood.
earthquake
tornado
wildfire
drought
landslide
tsunami
flood
volcanic eruption
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Listening
Listen for details
Tip:
Think about what you are listening for before you listen: numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places, reasons, etc.
Question Type of information
1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador number
2. How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador
3. Where are the floods
4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area
5. When did people see the tornado in Memphis
6. Which buildings were damaged in Seoul
7. What caused the landslide in Seoul
number
place
activities
time
place
reason
n.&v. 营救;救援
n.(地)震级;重大
Circle the key word(s) in the questions and write the kind of information they refer to.
Listen to the news report 1 and choose the right anwsers.
Q1: What was the magnitude os the earthquake in Ecuador
A. 7 B. 7.8 C. 8.7
Q2: How many people were killed or injured
A. 150;23 B. 15000;2300 C. 230; 1500
News Report 1
Listen to the news report 2 and fill in blanks.
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.
Place + damage + rescue work
Listen to the news report 3 and fill in blanks.
News Report 3
time + damage
Breaking news, Saturday 12 August. A tornado was just seen in southern Memphis, the USA. Eyewitnesses said that at 9:25 am, 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.
Listen to the news report 4 and answer the queations.
News Report 4
Q1: Which buildings were damaged in Seoul
Q2: What caused the damage
Q3: What other damage did the landslide do to Seoul
A library and a supermaket
It was caused by the heavy rain.
No one was injured, but several cars were damaged.
Listen again and answer the questions.
Question Answer
1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador
2. How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador
3. Where are the floods
4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area
7.8
About 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured.
central China
They are working day and night to make sure that people are safe.
Question Answer
5. When did people see the tornado in Memphis
6. Which building were damaged in Seoul
7. What caused the landslide in Seoul
at 9:25 a.m.
a library and a supermarket
By heavy rain that has fallen in the last week
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.
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.
Breaking news, Saturday 12 August. A tornado was just seen in southern Memphis, the USA. Eyewitnesses said that at 9:25 am, 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.
News=
time
+disaster & place
+damage
+rescue work
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.
What type of information does a news report about disasters include
What tense
Simple past tense (V-ed)
Language feature
Objective
Speaking
Read about the disasters. One of the students acts as a reporter to present the event.
Earthquake
Wenchuan, China
·14:28 Monday, 12 May
· Magnitude 7.8
·At least 8,500 killed (by 13 May)
·Rescue workers (medical teams, troops, volunteers) organized quickly
Wildfire
Alberta, Canada
·Began on 1 May
· 2,400 homes destroyed
· Almost 88,000 people evacuated
· Hundreds of firefighters arrived
· Planes, helicopters used to fight the fire
· No deaths, no injuries
Flood
Colombo, Sri Lanka
· Began in May
· 82 killed, 500,000 affected
· Rescue teams provided food and water
· Shelters set up by the government
Read about the disasters. One of the students acts as a reporter to present the event.
Time:
Good morning, today is _____
Place: _________
Disaster: ___________
…hit/ struck/ was seen in…
Damage:
________ were damaged.
________were killed.
________ were injured.
Rescue:
________ are helping ….
Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday afternoon…
local news 地方新闻
world / international news 国际新闻
exclusive news 独家新闻
front-page news / story 头版新闻
hard news 重要新闻
Let’s hear from John, who’s reporting live at the scene.
现在我们来听听约翰来自现场的报道。
新闻语块
Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday afternoon.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 8,500 people and thousands of people were injured. Rescue workers, medical teams, troops and volunteers organised quickly to help people in need. They also brought necessities to those who lost homes in this terrible disaster.
Good evening. Today is 13 May.
More news is about the wildfire in Alberta, Canada. The huge wildfire began on 1 May and 2,400 homes have been destroyed. The government is helping almost 88,000 people evacuate from the fire. Hundreds of firefighters arrived and put out the fire and planes. So many planes and helicopters are used to fight the fire. Up till now, no deaths and injuries have been reported.
Good afternoon. Today is 13, May.
There is the news about the flood in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The flood began in May because of the heavy rains. Up till now, 82 people were killed and more than 500,000 were affected by the flood. Rescue teams are providing food and water for those who lost their homes in the disaster. And the shelters have been set up for the homeless people.
1. Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the letters in bold.
keen glory
flash garage
fond view
French bridge
pipe brick
think they
truly draw
tend death
campus amaze
events friends
Pronunciation
pipe brick tend death
/p/ /b/ /t/ /d/
keen glory fond view
/k/ /g/ /f/ /v/
think they campus amaze
/θ/ / / /s/ /z/
flash garage French bridge
/ / / / /t / /d /
truly draw events friends
/tr/ /dr/ /ts/ /dz/
/p/
/t/
/k/
/f/
/s/
清辅音
/ θ /
/ /
/ t /
/ tr /
/ ts /
浊辅音
/b/
/d/
/g/
/z/
/ /
/ /
/ d /
/ dr /
/ dz /
/v/
Conclusion
Read the words aloud. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the -ed endings. Then write the words in the boxes.
begged
breathed
described
concentrated
confused
debated
exchanged
helped
laughed
learned
depended
embarrassed
pretended
reserved
shocked
viewed
watched
wished
/ t /
/ d /
/ id /
-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/ /t/后读作/ d/,如minded, landed。
Conclusion
Listen to the words in each box and repeat.
Make a brief news report on a natural disaster happened in your country. (place, time, disaster, damage, rescue)...
Homework