Unit
4
Natural
Disasters
Listening
and
Speaking
习题
Write
as
many
words
to
express
different
kinds
of
disasters
according
to
the
pictures.
Vocabulary
about
natural
disasters.
海啸__________________
台风__________________
火山喷发__________________
洪水__________________
滑坡，山崩__________________
飓风,
狂风__________________
Present
your
news
report
to
a
partner.
Earthquake
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Wildfire
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Flood
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Earthquake
Wenchuan,
China
Good
morning.
Today
is
13
May.
A
huge
earthquake
hit
Wenchuan,
China
yesterday
afternoon
just
at
14:28
Monday,
12
May.
It
was
a
big
earthquake
of
magnitude
7.8(8.0)
.
At
least
8,500
people
were
killed
by
13
May.
Soon
after,
rescue
workers,
such
as
medical
teams,
troops,
volunteers,
etc.
were
organized
quickly
to
the
disaster
area
to
rescue
the
survivors.
Wildfire!
Alberta,
Canada
Good
morning.
Today
is
2
May.
A
huge
wildfire
hit
Alberta,
Canada
yesterday
afternoon.
The
terrible
wildfire
began
on
1
May,
in
Alberta,
Canada.
There
were
2,400
homes
which
were
destroyed
and
there
were
almost
88,000
people
who
were
evacuated
during
the
wildfire.
Fortunately,
hundreds
of
firefighters
arrived
for
rescue,
and
together
thousands
of
planes,
helicopters
were
used
to
fight
the
fire.
It
was
the
immediate
rescue
from
them
that
helped
out
all
the
people
who
were
living
in
the
space.
Good
News:
No
deaths,
no
injuries!
Flood
Colombo,
Sri
Lanka
Good
morning.
Today
is
2
May.
A
huge
flood
hit
Colombo,
Sri
Lanka
yesterday
afternoon.
The
severe
flood
began
in
May.
Almost
82
people
were
killed,
and
nearly
500,000
lives
were
greatly
affected.
Supported
by
the
government,
there
were
a
variety
of
rescue
teams
which
showed
up
and
provided
food
and
water.
Shortly
after,
plenty
of
shelters
were
set
up
by
the
government
as
well
for
the
people
in
the
disaster
district
to
stay
for
the
rest
of
life.
Reading.
Is
Amy
Amazing
to
You?
During
this
wonderful
70th
birthday
of
our
Party,
I
began
to
read
Good
English
8.
To
my
great
amazement,
I
fell
in
love
with
it
at
the
first
sight
of
it.
This
passage
is
mainly
talking
about
the
amazing
hedgehog
girl.
The
girl
is
named
Amy,
who
is
an
amazing
girl
for
the
reason
that
she
is
helpful
and
smart.
It
started
with
three
amazing
things
she
did.
She
had
a
mean
neighbor
called
Mr.
Peck.
As
a
kind
girl,
she
liked
hedgehogs
so
much,
but
her
neighbor
didn't
at
all.
At
the
beginning,
to
my
great
surprise,
Amy
could
talk
with
hedgehogs
and
she
knew
hedgehogs
could
curl
up
into
a
ball
and
also
where
to
find
the
tastiest
grubs
in
order
that
they
were
going
to
have
a
good
sleep
throughout
the
whole
winter.
Everyone
around
her
clapped
and
cheered
for
Amy,
when
they
saw
Amy
could
talk
and
understand
how
the
hedgehogs
were
living
in
a
friendly
way.
That's
why
I
think
Amy
was
amazing
to
us
for
she
was
very
smart
with
little
animals
like
hedgehogs.
However,
Mr.
Peck
was
always
playing
a
trick
on
Amy.
He
used
Amy
and
hedgehogs’
performance
to
demand
money
from
his
neighbors
with
a
sight
of
one
pound
for
biscuits.
But
Amy
is
very
smart.
She
was
trying
her
best
to
change
his
mind.
So
she
imitated
what
Mr.
Peck
had
done
to
play
a
trick
on
Mr.
Peck,
and
made
him
donate
all
his
money
to
the
sick
hedgehogs.
Mr.
Peck
was
upset
and
angry,
but
he
still
didn't
have
any
help
though
there
were
many
people
standing
round
him.
Finally,
he
had
to
hand
over
the
money
in
silence.
This
is
the
second
time
that
I
think
Amy
was
amazing
for
she
was
helpful
to
little
animals,
hedgehogs
by
doing
the
same
to
Mr.
Peck.
“Please
take
good
care
of
the
vegetable
garden.
Make
sure
that
vegetables
will
not
be
eaten
by
slumps.”
This
was
what
Amy
said
to
the
hedgehogs.
During
the
following
days,
it
was
because
hedgehogs
cared
about
the
garden
so
well
that
Mr.
Peck
got
three
prizes.
Mr.
Peck
was
very
happy
to
show
Amy
his
three
prizes.
He
told
Amy
“it's
all
thanks
to
those
hedgehogs.
I
wish
I
had
known
before
how
useful
they
are”.
At
last,
he
bought
a
present,
one
tin
of
dog
food
for
hedgehogs
since
he
knew
hedgehogs
like
eating
it.
It
had
never
occurred
to
me
that
hedgehogs
had
their
mouths
full
of
dog
food
the
minute
they
got
it.
When
Mr.
Peck
saw
this,
he
even
asked
Amy
to
teach
them
not
to
speak
with
their
mouths
full,
just
because
it's
rude.
That’s
the
reason
why
I
think
Amy
was
amazing
again
and
again
because
not
only
she
was
helpful
and
smart
but
also
she
taught
Mr.
Peck
to
become
a
helpful
and
smart
man!
Answer
the
following
questions：
What
do
you
think
of
Amy?
Why
did
the
writer
describe
him
as
an
amazing
girl?Unit
4
Reading
and
Thinking
I.
Read
the
text
carefully
and
then
write
down
the
main
idea
of
each
paragraph.
Topic
Main
idea
of
each
paragraph
Paragraph
1:
Warning
signs
before
the
earthquake.
Paragraph
2:
Paragraph
3:
Paragraph
4:
Paragraph
5:
II.
Read
the
text
carefully
and
guess
the
meanings
of
the
following
key
words,
trying
to
look
them
up
in
the
dictionary.
Key
words
Part
of
speech
and
meanings
Sentence
pattern
ruin
brick
percent
shock
metal
trap
bury
breathe
electricity
effort
wisdom
III.
Read
carefully
and
try
to
find
out
the
attributive
relative
clauses
and
translate
them
into
Chinese.
If
you
want
to
teach
your
children
how
to
say
sorry,
you
must
be
good
at
saying
it
yourself,
especially
to
your
own
children.
But
how
you
say
it
can
be
quite
tricky.
If
you
say
to
your
children
“I’m
sorry
I
got
angry
with
you,
but
…”,
what
follows
that
“but”
can
render
the
apology
ineffective:
“I
had
a
bad
day”
or
“your
noise
was
giving
me
a
headache”
leaves
the
person
who
has
been
injured
feeling
that
he
should
be
apologizing
for
his
bad
behavior
in
expecting
an
apology.
Another
method
by
which
people
appear
to
apologize
without
actually
doing
so
is
to
say
“I’m
sorry
you’re
upset”;
this
suggests
that
you
are
somehow
at
fault
for
allowing
yourself
to
get
upset
by
what
the
other
person
has
done.
Then
there
is
the
general,
all
covering
apology,
which
avoids
the
necessity
of
identifying
a
specific
act
that
was
particularly
hurtful
or
insulting,
and
which
the
person
who
is
apologizing
should
promise
never
to
do
again.
Saying
“I’m
useless
as
a
parent”
does
not
commit
a
person
to
any
specific
improvement.
These
pseudo-apologies
are
used
by
people
who
believe
saying
sorry
shows
weakness.
Parents
who
wish
to
teach
their
children
to
apologize
should
see
it
as
a
sign
of
strength,
and
therefore
not
resort
to
these
pseudo-apologies.
But
even
when
presented
with
examples
of
genuine
contrition,
children
still
need
help
to
become
aware
of
the
complexities
of
saying
sorry.
A
three-year-old
might
need
help
in
understanding
that
other
children
feel
pain
just
as
he
does,
and
that
hitting
a
playmate
over
the
head
with
a
heavy
toy
requires
an
apology.
A
six-year-old
might
need
reminding
that
spoiling
other
children’s
expectations
can
require
an
apology.
A
12-year-old
might
need
to
be
shown
that
raiding
the
biscuit
tin
without
asking
permission
is
acceptable,
but
that
borrowing
a
parent’s
clothes
without
permission
is
not.
1.
If
a
mother
adds
“but”
to
an
apology,
_______.
A)
she
doesn’t
feel
that
she
should
have
apologized
B)
she
does
not
realize
that
the
child
has
been
hurt
C)
the
child
may
find
the
apology
easier
to
accept
D)
the
child
may
feel
that
he
owes
her
an
apology
2.
According
to
the
author,
saying
“I’m
sorry
you’re
upset”
most
probably
means
“____”.
A)
You
have
good
reason
to
get
upset
B)
I’m
aware
you’re
upset,
but
I’m
not
to
blame
C)
I
apologize
for
hurting
your
feelings
D)
I’m
at
fault
for
making
you
upset
3.
It
is
not
advisable
to
use
the
general,
all-covering
apology
because
_______.
A)
it
gets
one
into
the
habit
of
making
empty
promises
B)
it
may
make
the
other
person
feel
guilty
C)
it
is
vague
and
ineffective
D)
it
is
hurtful
and
insulting
4.
We
learn
from
the
last
paragraph
that
in
teaching
children
to
say
sorry
_______.
A)
the
complexities
involved
should
be
ignored
B)
their
ages
should
be
taken
into
account
C)
parents
need
to
set
them
a
good
example
D)
parents
should
be
patient
and
tolerant
5.
It
can
be
inferred
from
the
passage
that
apologizing
properly
is
_______.
A)
a
social
issue
calling
for
immediate
attention
B)
not
necessary
among
family
members
C)
a
sign
of
social
progress
D)
not
as
simple
as
it
seems
6.“I
had
a
bad
day”
or
“your
noise
was
giving
me
a
headache”
leaves
the
person
who
has
been
injured
feeling
that
he
should
be
apologizing
for
his
bad
behavior
in
expecting
an
apology.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7.Another
method
by
which
people
appear
to
apologize
without
actually
doing
so
is
to
say
“I’m
sorry
you’re
upset”;
this
suggests
that
you
are
somehow
at
fault
for
allowing
yourself
to
get
upset
by
what
the
other
person
has
done.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8.Then
there
is
the
general,
all
covering
apology,
which
avoids
the
necessity
of
identifying
a
specific
act
that
was
particularly
hurtful
or
insulting,
and
which
the
person
who
is
apologizing
should
promise
never
to
do
again.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9.These
pseudo-apologies
are
used
by
people
who
believe
saying
sorry
shows
weakness.
Parents
who
wish
to
teach
their
children
to
apologize
should
see
it
as
a
sign
of
strength,
and
therefore
not
resort
to
these
pseudo-apologies.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【参考答案】
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【参考译文】
如果你想要教会你的孩子如何道歉的话，你自己必须善于道歉，特别是对你的孩子也要善于道歉。但是如何做到呢，这确实是相当复杂棘手的问题。
如果你对你的孩子说“我很抱歉刚才对你发火了，但是……”“我今天过得很糟糕”或者“你吵得我头都痛了”，这后面接的“但是”就使得你的道歉没有效果。受到伤害的人他所期待的道歉，应该是对方对自己恶劣行为的道歉。
另外一种道歉的方式是：人们说：我很抱歉你难过了。这种方式好像是在道歉，实际上却算不上真正的道歉。这句话感觉就是，你由于别人的行为而使得自己不开心，怎么说自己也有责任和过错。
这里有个普遍的，任何场合都适用的道歉方式，它不需要确定某种特定的行为，不论这种行为是特别的伤感情还是出言不逊。在这种道歉方式里，道歉的人必须承诺以后再也不会这么做了。说什么“我是个没用的家长”并不能答应任何具体的改正。
那些认为道歉表示软弱的人都会用这种虚伪的道歉方式，希望教自己的孩子道歉的家长们应该把它看做坚强的象征，因此，不应诉诸于那些虚伪的道歉。
但是尽管孩子们看到了那些真诚道歉的例子，孩子仍然需要在家长们的帮助下了解到说出道歉的复杂情绪。一个三岁的孩子也许需要帮助才能理解，由于他用重的玩具砸到了玩伴的头上，而使人家感到很痛时，他就需要向这个和他一起玩耍的小朋友道歉。你也需要提醒六岁的小朋友，如果他破坏了其他小朋友的期望的话，是要道歉的。一个十二岁的小朋友得明白，未经允许从饼干罐里拿饼干是可以接受的，但是未经允许借父母的衣服是不行的。
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