Unit 6 When disaster strikes：Starting out & Understanding ideas课件（共19张PPT）-2025-2026学年八年级上册《英语》（外研版）

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Unit 6 When disaster strikes
Starting out & Understanding ideas (文本解读)
册 次：八年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版）
They are trying to put out the wildfire.
A wildfire and firefighters.
Look, think and say.
1. What can you see in the picture
Wildfires are a kind of .
natural disaster
2. What are the people doing
A/B/C层
What are you going to learn in this unit
influence of natural disasters
disaster
warnings
getting back to life after disasters
A/B/C层
Nvwa Fixes the Sky
Dayu Controls the Floods
Do you know the stories in the pictures
Look and answer.
Houyi Shoots Down the Suns
A/B层
______ the Sky
_________ the Floods
1. Do you know who they are
2. Do you know the stories in the pictures
Look and answer.
Houyi
C层
Fixes
Nvwa
Dayu
________ Down the Suns
Controls
Shoots
Which natural disasters could they relate to
Wildfires and floods
Floods
Droughts
Look and answer.
Nvwa Fixes the Sky
Dayu Controls the Floods
Houyi Shoots Down the Suns
A/B/C层
Earthquakes, wildfires, storms, floods...
Answer the question.
What kind of natural disasters do you know
A/B/C层
Watch the video and answer the question.
How has people’s understanding of natural disasters changed
In the past, people connected natural disasters with the powerful beings from ancient stories, so they felt scared and hopeless. As time passed, they started noticing the rules of these events. For example, dark clouds, strong winds and changes in temperature can cause storms.
A/B/C层
1. What can you see in the pictures
2. How might people feel in the first picture
3. What do you think happened to the city in the second picture
People might feel shocked and scared. They might be living between hope and fear.
I think there might have been a disaster. The city turned into broken stones.
Look and answer.
In the first picture, I can see a volcano erupting. There is heavy smoke and dark clouds. The ash is spreading over the land. In the second picture, I can see an old city. The buildings are broken. No one lives here.
A/B/C层
1. When the earth shook
3. Finally the daylight returned
Read and find.
2. When the eruption happened
Pliny the Younger survived by leaving the town.
A/B/C层
Read and choose.
A/B/C层
After the eruption, people feel
__________________.
During the eruption, people feel
__________________.
Before the eruption, people feel
_________________.
shook
shocking
flood
smoke
crying
shouting
hope
fear
scared and shocked
terrified and helpless
less worried but uncertain
Complete the timeline.
A层
B/C层
The earthquake
Getting away
The volcanic eruption
People’s reactions
The results
Complete the timeline.
Complete the timeline.
B/C层
shook
shocking
flood
smoke
crying
shouting
hope
fear
What do you think of Pliny the Younger
Think and share.
I think he was brave and caring. He was also a good writer.
A/B/C层
What else do you know about the disaster in Pompeii
Think and share.
I know many people died and no one lived there again. The city was kept under ash for many centuries. People found it in the 18th century.
A/B/C层
Try to retell the story in the order of time. Please include:
1) Before the eruption, ...
2) During the eruption, ...
3) After the eruption, ...
Homework
A层
Try to retell the story based on the timeline on Page 86.
Homework
B/C层
THANKS