(共23张PPT)
Lesson 41 World news
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A busy world
The latest news
A front page picture of the Sun newspaper shows imprisoned former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in his underpants and has other pictures inside of various aspects of his life in prison. [Reuters]
The map of the world
Montserrat
Montserrat’s main town is evacuated as scientists warn of a major eruption.
Volcano
Volcano eruption
1.What was burned after the volcano eruption
2.What was created after the volcano eruption
Earthquake
An earthquake in California
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If you had to leave your home suddenly and could only take one suitcase, what would you take
For example:
A: B, If you had to leave your home suddenly and could only take one suitcase, what would you take
B: I will take ………..
A: What’s your reason
B: Because…………
1.If there was a big earthquake in your city , and it caused a great damage, what should we do now
2. Do we have to evacuate Zhong Shan Why or why not
Answer the following questions:
1. Why have they decided to evacuate Salem
2. Where were the islanders moving to
3. How is the government going to help the islanders
4. Why have some islanders criticised the government
5. How strong was the Iranian earthquake
6. Which countries are involved in the rescue operation
7. Why has it been decided to evacuate the cities in the Qasvin region
8. What will be announced by officials at the United Nations
True or False ( )1.People in Salem have to move because there will be a heavy earthquake. ( )2.The decision of evacuation was made because scientists had warned that there would be a large explosion. ( )3.Though local people were being moved, they were still not happy because the government didn’t take enough action. ( )4.The earthquake happened soon after scientists warned people of the quake. ( )5.The quake caused a lot of damage and experts around the world had gone to help. ( )6.A lot of people have become homeless and the cities and town will be rebuilt.
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Fill in the blanks
There is a __________ of a volcanic explosion on
the Caribbean island. The_______was made by
the UK’s minister of the island.The safety of the
local people cannot be__________.People were
___________to a safe zone,but the situation has
not been_________,it’s total _______.The region
of Qasvin was____by a huge earthquake, a
warning had been________ by scientists. It has
____serious damage.A massive rescue operation
was _____________to find_______.A_________
to rebuild the cities will be __________by officials.
growing risk
decision
guaranteed
being moved
improved
chaos
hit
issued
caused
being organised
survivors
special fund
announced
Lesson 41 main points
1.The decision was made by Bertrand Osborne.
The local people cannot be guaranteed.
People were being moved to a safe zone
Financial help will be announced later this week.
No action was taken.
The situation has not been improved.
Grammar : The passive voice (page 92, grammar5)
review the passive voice of different tenses
the Present Simple, The Past simple,
The Present continuous,The Present/past Perfect
2.They are expected to arrive in the region soon.
Most of the parents expect much of their children.
The first message is expected to arrive at 7
o'clock this evening.
3.As further quakes cannot be ruled out.
I have nothing further to say.
He was too tired to walk any further.
farther:
The new stadium is on the farther side of the river.
That’s a possibility that can’t be ruled out.
1.criticise:His policies were severely criticized.
他的政策受到了严厉批评。
2.earthquake: In this earthquake, 2000 people were killed.
3.rescue:We rescued the boy who fell into the river.
我们救起了掉进河里的小孩。
4.guarantee:The rain____保证了a good crop this year.
5.survivor:She is one of the _____(生还者)in this accident.
6.damage:The storm did a lot of damage to the crops.
The earthquake damaged several buildings.
地震使一些建筑受到了破坏。
Home work
1.Go over Lesson 41,we’ll have a dictation.
2.Prepare for the rest, we’ll study grammars.
3.Grammar : The passive voice (page 92, grammar5)
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