1、Unit 2 Natural disasters Integrated skills Free talk 1. Can you describe a flood you have encountered or have heard of? 2. What were the consequences of the flood? 3. Can you give us some flood safety tips? Complete the notes Flood safety tips Before a flood Prepare (1) _. They should include: (2) _
2、 sleeping bags; (3) _ food; drinking water. Bring the (4) _ to the upper levels of the house. During a flood Leave immediately and move to (5) _. Move to the upper floor if you are already inside a building. Do not (6) _ through the moving floodwater. After a flood Listen for official (7) _ to learn
3、 when it is safe to go home. Watch out for (8) _ and power lines. Stay away from the floodwater. It may be polluted and unsafe to touch. disaster supplies a light source warm clothes most important objects higher ground walk or drive news reports damaged roads Listen and decide 250 million three Six
4、ty /knock an adult down Planning for continuation writing Read and analyse What is the text type? Its a short story. How Where When Who Characters Setting Plot Why What Mary and her parents On a rainy day In the living room They were caught in a flood. It had been raining non-stop for three days. Ho
5、w can they save themselves from the flood? What if Mary and her parents leave their house? What can they do to save themselves? Will any new characters appear? What safety tips from part A can be used to protect themselves? Will there be any emotional changes? stay at home? Discussing Discussing Wha
6、t if Mary and her parents try to leave their house? What if they decide to stay at home? Leave or stay? Stay: _ _ _ _ Leave: _ _ _ _ Which choice may bring them more danger and why? What may be the possible decision and who will make it? Analyse the emotions Dad: nervous, scared, curious seemingly c
7、alm, worried, cautious calm, cautious Mary: Mum: What safety tips from part A can be used to help Mary and her parents protect themselves? P Prepare disaster supplies. Moving to the upper floor if you are already inside a building. Dont walk or drive through the moving floodwater. If they decide to
8、leave the house, what do they need? If they decide to stay indoors, what do they need? Do they have them? Will any new characters appear? Who are they and what will they do? If new characters appear, who are they? What will they do? What will Mary and her parents do? If no new characters appear, wha
9、t will Mary and her parents do? Writing Dialogues “Mum, Dad,” said Mary suddenly, “I think we should leave here right away！” “No,” said Dad. “Its too late! The radio says the city has already been flooded.” “We can drive our car through the floodwater! Lets just leave! Im really scared!” cried Mary.
10、 “We cant do that, honey,” explained Mum, “otherwise the moving water could wash the car away.” “Dont open the door!” shouted Mum and Dad at the same time. “The water may flood in!” “Mary, dont worry. Everythings going to be OK,” she said softly, trying her best to comfort Mary. Her voice was calm,
11、but Mary could tell she was worried too. More specific words to replace say cry, explain, shout, scream, yell, roar, whisper, add, continue, remark, repeat, complain, warn, reply, apologize, comfort, beg, refuse, answer, cheer Descriptions of scenes It had been raining non-stop for three days. The w
12、ind roared and the rain beat on the roof and windows. The sudden silence in the house seemed to make the wind and rain more frightening outside. The functions of scene descriptions Specify the setting Create tension Move the plot forward Descriptions of actions Mary was looking through the windows a
13、t the endless rain outside. Mary walked to the door. She was curious to see how much water there was outside. Dad was listening to a weather report on the radio, while Mum was putting their important documents and disaster supplies into a bag. Dad moved the dinner table against the door, in case the
14、 floodwater forced the door open. Mum waved to Mary to sit on the sofa. Without saying a single word, Dad walked to the sofa, sat down and hugged his wife and daughter. Tips on describing actions Use specific verbs. Use verb chains to show a series of actions. Practice Plan your own story ending, us
15、ing what we have learned. Caught in a flood (Part II) After a brief discussion, Mum and Dad decided they should stay in the house._ _ _ _ _ Sample Finally, the rain stopped,_ _ _ _ Caught in a flood (Part II) After a brief discussion, Mum and Dad decided they should stay in the house. They thought i
16、t would be really dangerous to try to walk through the water to get to higher ground. “Mary, well have to go upstairs and wait there,” said Mum. “OK, Mum. If thats what you think is best,” Mary replied uncertainly. So they went upstairs and waited. Downstairs, water flooding into the living room and
17、 kitchen. All three of them were nervous, but at least they had disaster supplies, including food and drinking water. Sampl e Finally, the rain stopped, but Mary and her family could not leave while the house was still flooded. They listened to the radio and learnt that rescue workers in boats were
18、coming to rescue people who were trapped in their homes. They waited for a boat to arrive at their house. Their home had been badly damaged, but they were all happy to be alive. Sampl e Tip 1 Read for the basic information and draw a plot line to get a clear picture. Tip 2 Get clues from the given information to create a reasonable plot. Tip 3 Follow the original language style and keep the style consistent. Polish your continuation writing.
