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Unit 8
Natural Disasters
Welcome to the unit
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Weather
Think and say
It's raining heavily outside Hobo's house.
1. What happened to Hobo's house?
2. What did Hobo want Eddie to do ?
Watch and answer
Watch and answer
1.What happened to Hobo's house?
2.What did Hobo want Eddie to do ?
His house was all wet.
He wanted Eddie to mop up the water.
Watch and answer
Do you have any questions about the comic strip? Ask and answer in pairs.
Act it out
1. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.
2. Add some body languages to make the dialogue more interesting.
Complete the passage
One day, Hobo came to Eddie’s house because his own house was ________ .
He ____________when it began to rain. When he woke up, there was water ____________.
He asked Eddie to go home with him because he wanted Eddie to ________________.
all wet
was sleeping
mop up the water
everywhere
It can cause flood.
When there is too much rain in a short time, what will happen?
Flood is a natural disaster.
?[fl?d]
wash a village away
flood
Flood is a kind of ________________.
It can _____________________
natural disaster
wash a village away
['v?l?d?]
What other natural disasters do you know?
rainstorm/storm [st?:m]
some houses fall down
Storm is a kind of ________________.
It can make some houses___________
natural disaster
fall down
snowstorm
fall from a bike
hurt her legs
Snowstorm is a kind of _______________.
Someone may _________________
and ________________.
hurt his/her legs
fall from a bike
natural disaster
typhoon [ta?'fu:n]
pull trees up
Typhoon is a kind of ________________.
It can _______________.
natural disaster
pull trees up
See:
lightning ['la?tn??]
Hear:
thunder ['θ?nd?(r)]
start a big fire in a house
Thunder and lightning is a kind of _______
_________. It can ______________________.
natural
disaster
start a big fire in a house
an earthquake ['?:θ kwe?k]
kill thousands of people
An earthquake is a kind of __________________ .
It can ______________________.
natural disaster
kill thousands of people
typhoon
rainstorm
flood
earthquake
snowstorm
thunder and
lightning
Natural Disasters
Play a game
Listen and say.
rainstorm
typhoon
lightning
and thunder
Natural disasters
earthquake
traffic accidents
A car crashed into the other car.
Tell the differences between natural disasters and accidents
an accident
Natural disasters
Nature
cause
People
Accidents
Are they accidents or natural disasters?
1. School football team loses final.
2. Earthquake kills thousands of people.
3. Car accident kills three men.
4. Coach crashes into tree.
5. Flood washes away village.
6.Lightning starts big fire in classroom building.
7.Young boy falls from tree and hurts legs.
8.Big storm kills 20 people.
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headlines
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In newspaper headlines, the present tense is used.
Fire happens at school in the UK.
headline
1. The fire happened at a _____ in the UK last week.
A. shop B. school C. restaurant
2.There was a heavy _____ with thunder and lightning.
A. storm B. snow C. rain
3. Lightning hit a ______ building and caught fire.
A. teaching B. office C. classroom
4. _______ was hurt in the fire.
A. Two teachers B. two students C. Nobody
Listen and choose
typhoon,
pull trees up
snowstorm,
can’t go to work
Can you give headlines(标题) of the news ?
Can you give headlines(标题) of the news ?
typhoon, pull trees up
Typhoon pulls some trees up.
snowstorm, can’t go to work
Many people can’t go to work
because of snowstorm.
To be a reporter!
Tips:
1. Choose a piece of news.
2. Do a scenario simulation.(情景模拟）
3. Do a news report.
4. Try to be complete(完整的), correct(准确的), fluent(流利的) and rhythmic(韵律的).
Group work
rainstorm,
car can’t move
earthquake, Japan
a fire, in a villiage
a car, crash into a tree
flood,
wash villiage away
1.Find what the news is about.
3.Choose some tools(工具）to help you.
2.Invite your partners to act it out.
4.Recommend a group member to be the reporter.
Have a discussion:
When we meet natural disasters, what can we do?
Calm down;
Find cover that can protect you;
Save your strength (体力)；
Try to contact (联系) other
people and ask for help；
Never give up;
……
When a disaster happens, we can：
Natural disasters
Nature
cause
People
Accidents
What have you learned today?
Tsunami 海啸
None of us can predict what will happen.

Cherish the present!
Cherish our lives!
珍惜现在！
珍爱生命！
Homework:
Try to write a report about one of the natural disasters, you can find more information as you like.
Thank you!