(共20张PPT)
Unit 5 Humans and Nature
Lesson 1 A Sea Story
Do you know any stories about people and the sea?
Activity 1
Use the words and phrases below to describe the pictures.
a fisherman a fishing boat a whirlpool waves
to escape to survive a storm to float wild
Activity 2
Read the Fact File on page 30 and answer the questions.
What is a “Moskoe-strom”?
Who wrote the story?
What do you think will happen in the story?
It is a system of tidal whirlpools in the Norwegian Sea.
Edgar Allan Poe wrote the story.
Activity 3
Read the text and answer questions.
1. Who are the main characters in the story?
2. Who is telling the story?
3. When and where did the story happen?
4. What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller?
Who are the main characters in the story?
2. Who is telling the story?
3. When and where did the story happen?
4. What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller?
The main characters are the fisherman and his brothers.
The fisherman is telling the story.
This story happened about three years ago in the sea.
It broke his body and soul. (It took less than a single day to change his hair from black to white.)
Activity 4
Read again and complete. Then add the storyteller’s feelings during each situation.
1. When we were coming back from the island, the sky ________________________. Then a huge wave ___________________ and my younger brother _______________. My elder brother _____________ “Moskoe-strom”!
The storyteller’s feelings:
____________ ____________
2. The wind and the waves carried us ________________________________. Then, we were _______________ it. Suddenly, we _________________.
was covered with dark clouds
covered our boat
fell into the sea
cried out
towards the direction of the whirlpool
on the edge of
went over the edge
frightened
hopeless
Activity 4
3. The boat was on the inside of ___________________ and we were going round in ________________________. After I made three important observations, I tied myself to _____________________. I tried to make my brother _________, but he was ____________________.
4. Soon afterwards, the whirlpool ________________. The waves soon carried me away and finally a boat _______________.
The storyteller’s feelings:
____________ ____________
the huge whirlpool
in circles at great speed
a barrel to help me float
understand
too frightened to get it
calm
became less wild
picked me up
tired
Activity 5
1. How did the storyteller overcome his fear and struggle to survive from the whirlpool?
When the Moskoe-strom came …
The boat went in the direction of the whirlpool …
Activity 5
2. Retell the story, using time words such as when, suddenly, then, and finally.
Activity 6
Group Work: Think and Share
1. What were the three observations the storyteller made?
2. Why did the storyteller survive while his elder brother didn’t?
3. What does the storyteller mean by “it took only six hours to break my body and soul”?
4. What lessons have you learnt from the story? Give your reasons.
5. What is the story trying to say about the relationship between humans and nature?
Activity 7
Synonyms and Antonyms.
Synonyms: words with similar meanings
Antonyms: words with opposite meanings
Word Synonym Antonym
child youngster adult
whisper murmur shout
quiet silent noisy
nearer closer further
falling dropping rising
curious inquisitive uninterested
observed saw unnoticed
Activity 7
Find synonyms and antonyms in the story.
Synonyms terrible — horrible
amazing — wonderful
cried out — shouted
frightened — scared
Antonyms black — white
dark — light
top — bottom
old — young
single — double
less — more
edge — centre
calm — wild
Activity 8
Complete the summary.
The storyteller experienced a Moskoe-strom which broke his 1_____________. One day, he was out fishing with his two brothers when the sky suddenly clouded over and they were in 2______________. A huge 3________ covered the boat and his younger brother 4___________ the sea. The boat went over the edge into the 5_________ and they went round in circles. The storyteller felt there was no escape but observed that round and 6_________ shaped objects of 7___________ fell down more slowly. So he 8____________________ to help himself float. He tried to make his elder brother understand, but he was too 9______________________________. Finally the storyteller 10________ the storm.
body and soul
a terrible storm
wave
fell into
whirlpool
tube-
equal extent
tied himself to a barrel
terrified and stayed in the heavy boat
survived
Activity 9
Relative clauses
Definition: a relative clause a part of a sentence that has a verb in it and is joined to the rest of the sentence by “who”, “which”, “where”.
Example:
That was the day when it took only six hours to break my body and soul.
… the reason why I’m here to tell the story is that I made the right decision.
… and the wave soon carried me to an area where the other fishermen were.
Underline the words that introduce relative clauses and circle the words that the relative clauses refer to.
That was the day when it took only six hours to break my body and soul.
… the reason why I’m here to tell the story is that I made the right decision.
… and the wave soon carried me to an area where the other fishermen were.
Activity 10
Pair Work: Read, compare and choose.
Read the sentence below and compare them. Which choice (a or b) do you think is better. Why?
1 a Is there a shop nearby? I want to buy some sweets in the shop.
b Is there a shop nearby where I can buy some sweets?
2 a We can go there on Sunday. Few people go to work on Sunday.
b We can go there on Sunday when few people go to work.
3 a He was so upset for some reason. He didn’t tell me the reason.
b He didn’t tell me the reason why he was so upset.
Using relative clauses helps to make the sentences logically clearer and concise. Relative clauses can also help to omit repeated words and expressions.
Activity 11
Talk about yourself using relative clauses.
I’ll never forget the day _________________.
I was born in a city/town _____________________.
I’ll never know the reason ______________________________.
Activity 12
Pair Work: Storytelling.
Tell your partner a special and personal experience using relative clauses.
Thank You
(共13张PPT)
Unit 5 Humans and Nature
Lesson 2 Professional Rescue Team
What natural disasters do you know?
Activity 1
natural disasters
a drought
an earthquake
a flood
a forest fire
a landslide
a storm
a volcanic eruption
a hurricane
Match.
( ) 1. Search and rescue vehicles are brought into destroyed areas.
( ) 2. Trained dogs are used to help search for anyone who is still alive.
( ) 3. Rescue teams try to save people trapped under buildings.
( ) 4. Many houses are destroyed by the terrible flood.
d
c
a
b
Group Work: Have you experienced any natural disasters?
What happened?
How did you feel?
Did you need help?
Activity 2
Listen to the first part of an interview.
What is the interview about?
Who is the interviewee?
Which two disasters are mentioned?
The interview is about what search and rescue teams do when a natural disaster happens.
The interviewee is Mr Wang, who is from China International Search and Rescue Team.
They mentioned two disasters, namely the Wenchuan earthquake, the Nepal earthquake.
Activity 3
Skill Builder: Listening for Main Ideas and Details
Main ideas are the key points of a presentation or a talk. They are supported by details.
Main Ideas
emphasized statement (usually at the beginning and end)
repeated key words, phrases and ideas
Details
Specific information that supports the main idea, e.g., examples, causes, reasons, facts and descriptions.
1. Our first and most important goal is to __________. ( )
2. We use search and rescue vehicles and ____________ to look for anyone who is still alive. ( )
3. In a rescue attempt during the Nepal earthquake:
Over _____ members and six dogs took part, and we were there for twelve days. ( )
We rescued ____ people and provided medical help to over ______ people. ( )
4. It’s our duly to try to reduce _________ and _______________. ( )
save lives
Listen again, complete the sentences, and then decide if the sentences contain a main idea (MI) or a detail (D).
MI
trained dogs
sixty
two
2000
D
D
D
suffering
the loss of life
MI
Activity 4
Pair Work: Work out four questions you may ask according to the information in Activity 3. Then ask and answer the questions.
Questions Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
Activity 5
1. Listen to the second part of the interview. What advice does Mr Wang give about surviving an earthquake when you’re outdoors, indoors or trapped?
Outdoors Indoors Trapped
______________________ from any building or streetlights. _____________________ anything that can break or fall. ______________ to help people find you and ____________ when someone is nearby.
Stay away and move away
Stay away from
Knock on a wall
only shout
2. Do you have any other advice that might be helpful?
Activity 6
Talk Builder: Maintaining, interrupting and ending a conversation.
Write M, I, or E.
1. Excuse me, Mr Wang, but can I interrupt you there? ( )
2. OK, if I’m outdoors, … ( )
3. Sorry, but my advice is to … ( )
4. Sorry for interrupting again … ( )
5. Well, I’d love to know more, but, unfortunately, we’ve run out of time. ( )
6. So, I’m very sorry, but we’ll have to finish there. ( )
I
M
I
I
E
E
Activity 7
Can you find more ways to politely interrupt or end a conversation?
To interrupt
1. Do you mind if I interrupt?
2. I’d like to add something to that, …
3. I beg your pardon, but I need to say something.
4. …
To end
1. It’s been great talking with you.
2. Please excuse me, I have to, …
3. Please get in touch if I can help you in any way.
4. …
Activity 8
Pair Work: Role Play
Situation 1: Two friends talking on the phone
Friend 1: talking about his/her worries for the next day’s presentation
Friend 2: needs to end the conversation so as to catch a train
Situation 2: An English teacher and a student in an English class
English teacher: explaining how to use relative clauses
Student: needs to interrupt so as to ask a question
Thank You
(共15张PPT)
Unit 5 Humans and Nature
Race to the Pole
Can you guess where this is?
Activity 1
Antarctica
What do you know about Antarctica?
Area: 14,200,000?km2
Population: 1,106
Lowest temperature ever: ?89.2 ℃
Fun Facts:
Antarctica is, on average, the windiest place on earth.
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the single biggest mass of ice in the world.
There are 30 different countries that operate 80 research stations situated around the continent.
The continent remains dark throughout the entire winter season.
During the summer months the sun does not set in Antarctica.
Antarctica is a desert.
Exploring Antarctica
What difficulties do you think explorers may face there?
What preparations do they need to make?
Activity 2
Read and find out.
When did the two journeys begin?
What happed to the two teams?
Texts in italics are the exact words that the explorer wrote in his diary.
underline the general sentence and topic sentence for each paragraph.
Activity 3
Read again and complete.
Scott’s team Amundsen’s team
Nationality of the two teams
Before the journey
Journey to the destination
Arrival at the destination
The return journey
British
Norwegian
They organised food bases.
They organised food bases.
Two sledges broke down. The horses had difficulties with the cold. Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves.
He had teams of dogs puling the sledges and all his men were on skis. Because of this, he made rapid progress.
Scott arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January, 1912, and was disheartened.
Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for the return journey.
Men were very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. They brought rocks back for scientific evaluation. All members died.
Amundsen and his team arrived safely back to their starting base on 25 January, 1912, ten days ahead of their planned schedule.
Activity 4
Read and discuss.
How did Scott’s team feel at the beginning of the journey?
How did they feel at the end?
Why do you think this changed?
Activity 5
Make inferences.
Sometimes things are not stated explicitly in the text. To understand what is meant, you need to read between the lines.
Imagine you witness the following unrelated situations—what can you infer about each one?
You see a woman pushing a baby stroller down the street.
You are at a corner and see two parked cars at an intersection, and the driver in back starts honking his horn.
You are walking down the street, and suddenly a dog comes running out of an opened door with its tail between its legs.
Activity 5
Read the underlined sentences from Scott’s diary and letter. Write your inferences.
line 21 _____________________________________________________________
line 26 _____________________________________________________________
line 33_____________________________________________________________
line 42_____________________________________________________________
They lost the reason for the journey.
He is gong to walk into the cold and die away from the team.
The men were getting weaker.
The journey cost the men their lives.
Activity 6
Group Work: Think and share.
Would you say that Scott and his team were losers? Why or why not?
How do you understand Amundsen’s saying about Scott’s death “Captain Scott left a record, for honesty, sincerity, for bravery, for everything that makes a man”?
Activity 7
Suffixes
a letter or a group of letters that is added to the end of word to change its meaning.
prepare _______________
situate _______________
hope _______________
cheer _______________
explore _______________
anxious _______________
sad _______________
-tion
-less
-ful
-ness
-ly
preparation
situation
hopeless (ness)
cheerful
exploration
anxiously
sadness
Activity 8
Pair Work: Read the sentences from Scott’s diary and letter again.
Discuss what he was trying to say in each one.
Highlight the parts that impress you most and explain why.
Activity 9
Pair Work: Discuss.
Why do you think the writer of the text used the word “race” in the title?
Why was the world shocked by Scott’s death?
Activity 10
Search online and share.
Search online the main events in China’s Antarctica exploration.
Why do people try to explore the toughest part of the Earth?
Thank You
(共10张PPT)
Unit 5 Humans and Nature
Topic Talk
What comes to your mind when you see the word “nature”?
Activity 1
Nature
animals
plants
forests
floods
rivers
…
Page through a magazine on travel or nature. Show and explain your example of nature you found.
Activity 2
Preview the text in the Text Builder. Find words or expressions you don’t know.
wild animals collectively
a verbal or written remark expressing an opinion or reaction
full of people, leaving little or no room for movement
all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal
alive
the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
wildlife
comment
crowded
landscape
living
climate
ecology
Listen to the radio interview and complete.
Actually, the whole city is quite_____________. Comments
About 66% of the city is covered with _________________________. Nature landscape
It’s great for wildlife. You can see different kinds of _____. Living Things
There’s less ________________now than fifty years ago. The biggest environmental problems are ____________ and _____________. Environmental Problems
water or green space
green
birds
water pollution
air pollution
noise pollution
Activity 3
Talk about natural environment near the place where you live.
a. Do you have areas of nature close to you?
b. Do you have a garden?
c. Is there wildlife close by?
Activity 4
1. Preview the paragraph.
The two students were shocked at the lecture on nature. They didn’t know that we were 1_____________ so much. They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature 2_________ , felt pain, and finally 3______________ on us. They realised that nature is our home. Humans, animals, plants and 4__________________ live in it. We should 5________________ our “home”. We should 6_________ nature.
Activity 4
2. Listen and complete.
The two students were shocked at the lecture on nature. They didn’t know that we were 1_____________ so much. They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature 2_________ , felt pain, and finally 3______________ on us. They realised that nature is our home. Humans, animals, plants and 4__________________ live in it. We should 5________________ our “home”. We should 6_________ nature.
harming nature
got hurt
turned its back
all other living things
take care of
protect
Activity 5
What’s the relationship between humans and nature?
Try to link the words and concepts we have learnt today.
Thank You
(共11张PPT)
Unit 5 Humans and Nature
View Workshop
What do you know about the universe?
Activity 1
universe
stars
planets
vastness
infiniteness
…
…
…
…
What do you want to know about the universe?
Quiz
13.8 billion 27.5 billion 46 billion
1. The universe is about __________ years old.
2. The observable universe is about _________ light years across in diameter.
3. Today the distant objects like stars that we can observe are a bit more than ____________ light years away.
Activity 2
Watch the first part of the video. Check you predictions.
1. The universe is about __________ years old.
2. The observable universe is about _________ light years across in diameter.
3. Today the distant objects like stars that we can observe are a bit more than ____________ light years away.
13.8 billion 27.5 billion 46 billion
93 billion
13.8 billion
46 billion
Activity 3
Watch the rest of the video. Complete the table.
Questions Observable Universe Whole Universe
1. How big is it?
2. Is there an edge?
3. Is there a centre?
4. Is it getting bigger?
The observable universe is about 93 billion light years across in diameter.
Infinite.
Yes. Temporal edge.
No.
Yes. Earth/You.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
Activity 4
Watch again and discuss.
1) What is the Earth compared to? Is the comparison useful in understanding the infiniteness of the universe?
2) What methods does the presenter use to enable viewers to understand this piece of knowledge in physics?
The size of the Earth within the observable universe is roughly equivalent to the size of a virus within the solar system. That does not help much, because we cannot really appreciate the incomprehensible smallness of a virus nor the bewildering bigness of our solar system either.
The presenter provides comparisons that are relative to our knowledge.
Activity 5
Find more and share.
What have you learnt about the size of the universe?
Find more information online and share with the class.
Thank You
(共11张PPT)
Unit 5 Humans and Nature
Writing Workshop
What is a brochure?
A brochure is an informative paper document (often also used for advertising) that can be folded into a template, pamphlet or leaflet.
Activity 1
Pair Work: Discuss and decide.
Which disaster do you want to write about?
What advice would you give on surviving it?
Activity 2
Read the brochure on page 41. Underline what you should do when you’re indoors, outdoors and in a car.
Earthquake Safety
Activity 3
Read again and complete the table.
How to Survive an Earthquake
Situation 1: ______________
Situation 2: ______________
Situation 3: ______________
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
If you’re indoors
If you’re outdoors
If you’re in a car
Don’t run, but protect yourself.
Drop, cover and hold on.
Move away from anything that can fall.
Find a shelter where you can stay.
Wait before moving to another place.
Stop.
Stay seated.
Drive carefully when the quake stops.
Activity 4
Sentence Builder: dos and don’ts.
Dos Don’ts
Drop down onto your hands and knees. Don’t try to run out of the building during an earthquake.
Cover your head and neck with your hands, arms or hard objects.
imperatives
Activity 4
Please write your own dos and don’ts.
Dos Don’ts
Activity 5
Compose your writing.
1. Outlining
Use the structure in Activity 3 to prepare an outline for your brochure.
Activity 5
Compose your writing.
2. Drafting
Use your outline and the Writing Help to write your first draft.
Writing a brochure
It’s important to:
be clear and direct;
use simple and clear language. Make the information easy to remember;
give advice with reasons for actions in different situations;
use the present tense and imperatives;
include pictures and key words to show the important actions.
Writing Help
Activity 5
Compose your writing.
3. Editing
Edit your brochure in pairs. Then share what you have written in class.
Use the Peer Editing Sheet on page 90.
Thank You
