Unit 4 Natural disasters Reading period2（课件）-2025-2026学年沪教牛津版英语九年级下册

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U4 Natural disasters
Reading 2 The great flood
2025/12
Karida
Learning objectives
To learn to use it as the empty subject.
1
To understand the story The great flood and the author’s writing purpose.
2
To learn the new words and useful expressions
3
01
Reveiw
02
Vocabulary
03
Language points
04
Exercise
目录
Reveiw
Last week in Geography class, Kevin learnt that if all the ice in the North and South Poles ______, sea level around the world would rise, and many cities would be _______ and _________! Then Kevin started to ___________ it.
He _____________ a great flood last night:
Fill in the blanks to finish the summary of the text and then retell it.
melted
flooded
disappear
worry about
dreamt about
Reveiw
It was nine o’clock in the morning. Kevin’s bedroom floor was _____________. He ____________ the window and saw the water was everywhere. He tried to tell everybody about the flood. But his cries ______________. In offices and homes, people just sat and ________ their computer _______ and had _______ to think about the flood. Very soon the water __________ people’s homes and offices. It was too late to escape!
fell on deaf ears
a pool of water
looked out of
stared at
screens
no time
poured into
Vocabulary
地理课
南北极
消失
appear
出现
disappear
rise
raise
上升（不及物v.）
上升（及物v.）
The sun rises in the east.
Please raise your hand.
rose
risen
rise
raised
raised
raise
bad(adj.坏的)
badly（adv.严重地)
worse－worst
-
alive
活着的
活的
living
做表语
做定语
后置定语
This is a living fish.
= This is a fish alive.
梦见
dream about
look out of
向外看
一池水
pass by
经过
have to do
不得不
try to do sth.
努力做某事
坚持
担心
try doing sth.
尝试做某事
没有足够时间/钱能买/做
闲坐
worry about
sit around
can’t afford to do
have no time to do sth.
没有时间做某事
考虑
think about
不被理睬
fall on deaf ears
似乎/看来…
It seemed that
It appeared that
盯着
stare at
惊讶地
in surprise
令某人吃惊的是
to one’s surprise
醒来
awake
awoke
awoken
暂时
Check your answer. (P52)
C1
1 My computer is ______, so I will have to buy a new one. (no
longer working)
2 When you are given a difficult task, try to _________ it and
finish it. (continue with)
3 The girl was ______, so she had to be very careful when
crossing the road. (not able to hear)
4 The boy was so quiet that often no one would ______ when
he came in the room. (realize)
5 When the man ______, he found that the window was open
and it was raining heavily. (stopped sleeping)
dead
stick with
C Vocabulary
deaf
notice
awoke
C2
alive fall on deaf ears object
badly have no time to sit around
Kevin: It’s been raining (1)______ for ten days.
What awful weather!
Kate: I heard on the news that the heavy rain has
caused floods in several towns.
Kevin: Really Has anyone been hurt
badly
Kevin is talking about the weather with his sister plete the conversation below with the words from the box. Change their forms if necessary.
Kate: Yes. Some people were hit by (2)_______ that
were floating in the water. The government asked
people to leave for higher ground, but this
(3)_____________. Many people just
(4)_________ and waited for the rain to stop.
When the floods came, they (5)____________
pack up and leave.
Kevin: That was terrible!
Kate: Yes, but fortunately everyone was able to get out
(6)_____. Nobody was killed.
objects
fell on deaf ears
sat around
had no time to
alive
Language points
1. Would anyone remain alive 还会有人活着吗？
remain: Link V.(系动词) to continue to be sth; to be still in the same state or condition保持不变，仍然是, 后常加adj./n.
(1) He remained silent.
(2) It remains a secret.
(3) The bank will remain open while renovations are carried out.
这家银行在修缮期间依旧开门营业。
这仍然是个秘密。
他保持沉默。
(1) Things are hard at the moment, but if we stick with it, they will get better.
目前情况困难，但如果我们坚持下去，一定会有所好转。
2. stick with it: idiom to continue doing sth although it is difficult坚持下去；挺住
同意：insist in/persist in/adhere to
pass v. 通过
pass through 穿过……；通过……
pass on 传递；继续；去世
pass by 经过；走过；逝去
pass the time 打发时间；消磨时光
没有你的帮助，我不能通过这次考试。
Without your help, I cannot pass the examination.
3. pass v. 通过
4. badly adv. 严重地；厉害地
大火严重地烧坏了这座房子。
The fire has badly damaged the house.
5. alive adj. 活着；在世
living可用于人或物，作定语时可前可后。
alive指虽有死的可能，但仍活着，一般只作表语。
live只做前置定语，用于动物和个别事物前。
恐怕他不能活着回来。
I’m afraid he can’t come back alive.
6. line n. 电话线路
on line 在线的；联机的
off line 线下的；掉线的
7. dead adj.（因为缺电）不运行的；不转动的
线路中断了，杰克把听筒放回原处。
The line went dead. Jack replaced the receiver.
7.dead adj.
同根词 词性 词义 句子
dead adj. 已死的
dying adj. 垂死的
die v. 死，去世
death n. 死亡
“not living”死了的
“not working”（因缺电）不运转的
He is dead.（状态的持续）
My phone was/went dead
He is dying.
He died. (动作的发生)
His death makes us sad.
8. boss n. 老板
boss 非正式用词，多作口语用，可指任何负责人，也可指经理、老板或工头。
leader 指国家、民族、政党、组织等的领导或领袖。
head 多指一个机构或团体等的负责人或最高首长。
chief 最广泛用词，上可指最高统治者，下可指顶头上司，即可指任何一级的头头。
我要问一下老板我能不能请一天假。
I’ll ask my boss if I can have a day off.
9. immediately adv. 立即；马上；即刻
同意思短语：
right now/at once/ right away
词根：
immediate adj. 立即的；直接的；最接近的
她几乎立刻就回答出了这个问题。
She answered the question almost immediately.
10. fellow adj. 同类的；同伴的
fellow members 同一组织的成员
fellow workers 同事
他是和我同火车的旅伴。
He is my fellow passengers on the train.
11. awake
v. （使）醒来
make sb not sleep
awake - awoke - awoken
派大星被噪音吵醒了。
Patrick Star ________________(awake) by
the noise.
was awoken
adj. 醒了的
not sleeping
【同根词】wake v.叫醒，醒来
【固定搭配】wake up ≈ get up
I felt wide ________(wake) at midnight, but my mom was asleep.
awake
awake asleep（睡着的）
反义词
Post-reading
1.alive (adj.): _______(v.)_______(adj. 活跃的) _________ (adj. 活着，在世)
2. dead (adj.)______(v.)_________(n.)
3. missing (adj.)________(v.)
4. badly (adv.)_______(比较级)______(最高级）
5.awake (v.) ______(过去式)_______(过去分词)
6. survival(n.) ________(v.) ________ (n.)
7. notice (v.) _________ (n.)
8. flood (n.) _________ (v.)
More Practice
die
death
awoke
awoken
miss
worse
worst
live
lively
living
survive
survivor
notice
flood
用所给单词的正确形式填空。
1. The thieves’ car was ______(bad) damaged and easy to recognize.
2. She has been ________(die) for three years.
3. The house _________ (flood) after the rainstorm.
4. She was __________(surprise) at the boy’s answer.
5. On my way home, I noticed an old man_________ (lie) on the ground.
badly
dead
surprised
was flooded
lying
6. They started off at once in search of the ________ (miss) girl.
7. I often notice him _______ (play) in the garden.
8.Knowing this, my parents looked at each other in ___________ (surprise)
9.Look! There are five __________ (coach) in front of my house.
10. I have no time ________ (think) about this question now.
play
coaches
surprise
to think
missing
三、完形填空。
On Sunday, the biggest earthquake (地震) in India took the 1 of 25,000 people. In the morning, when everybody was enjoying 2 , the earthquake began. “There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been 3 ,” said one of the villagers 4 . “There is no water, no food and no one has come to 5 .”
Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky.
( ) 1. A. bodies B. lives C. legs D. hands
( ) 2. A. the weekday B. the holiday C. the evening D. days
( ) 3. A. pulled into B. pushed to C. pulled over D. pulled down
( ) 4. A. alive B. living C. life D. lively
( ) 5. A. help B. eat C. drink D. sleep
B
B
D
A
A
In Lahore American School, where I was 6 , all of the students were safe. They were on the field, so most children didn’t feel anything. The earthquake was 7 by the teachers that were on the second floor. However, though Mrs. Young was also on the second floor, she didn’t feel anything. She didn’t know what happened 8 a teacher told her about it. Those teachers who were on 9 floors had different
feelings. Mr. Emond, the maths teacher from Australia, said that when the earthquake started he thought there was 10 wrong with him, but then another teacher said that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr. Emond felt better.
( ) 6. A. studying B. living C. sleeping D. volunteering
( ) 7. A. heard B. seen C. smelt D. felt
( ) 8. A. until B. unless C. before D. after
( ) 9. A. the other B. another C. others D. each other
( ) 10. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
A
D
A
A
C
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