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高中英语“自主——辅导”创新课堂
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高一英语(外研版)第3册(必修3)
Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia
Reading and Vocabulary
Please look at these pictures.
How beautiful they are !
But one day something happened .
What natural disaster is it?
It is a _________. It is very__________.
sandstorm
frightening
The sand almost buries the house .
cycle/wear/mask
Skimming Reading
Skim the first two paragraphs quickly and answer the following questions.
Task One
Q1: What's a sandstorm?
Q2: What are the four main places where there are sandstorms in the world?
Q3: How did Ren Jianbo describe a terrible sandstorm he had experienced?
A
B
C
D
Central Asia
North America
Central Africa
Australia
Scan the passage and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Scaning reading
1. Land becomes desert only because people cut down trees and dig up grass.
TRUE OR FASLE
F
Task Two
2. Traffic moves very slowly when sandstorms come.
TRUE OR FASLE
T
3. The Chinese Central West Station can not forecast sandstorm before it comes.
TRUE OR FASLE
F
4. The government doesn't know how to prevent sandstorms coming nearer.
TRUE OR FASLE
F
Task Three
skipping reading
Choose the correct answer by the context of this text.
①Sand dunes (in Paragraph 2)mean _____
(a) plants growing in sand (b) sand hills
②desertification (in Paragraph 3) means _____
( a) making land become desert (b) throwing sth away
③If you want to wear a mask (in Para5), you should wear it over your ____
(a) face (b) body
1. to ride a bicycle ( )
2. someone who knows a lot about a particular subject ( )
3. things that happen one after another ,and have a result ( )
4. someone who lives in a particular town or country ( )
cycle
expert
process
citizen
Match the words with the definitions.
5. very small bits of dirt or earth, on the ground or in the air ( )
6. to continue to live after a difficult or dangerous situation or event( )
7. to say what will happen ( )
8. everything that is happening at a particular time ( )
dust
survive
forecast
situation
Match the words with the definitions
Task Four
Inferring reading
Fill in the blanks according to what you read. The first letter is provided for you.
Sandstorms have been a major d_____ for many Asian countries for centuries. Northwest China is p___ of the sandstorm center in Central Asia. Sandstorms begin in d_____ areas. This is a p_____ that happens when land becomes desert because of c _____ changes and because people c___ down trees and d__ up grass. It was frightening to be outside in a s________ .I was in a very big sandstorm some years ago. Luckily, everyone s________.
isaster
art
rocess
andstorm
urvived
esert
limate
ut
ig
Task Five
Discussion
Sandstorms bring us not only “sand” but also________?
Homework
Write a short passage of about 120 words, including the following questions:
(1)What causes sandstorms?
(2)As a senior student, what should we do to prevent sandstorms?
Thank you
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