1、 Look at the picture, what is a hurricane? Hurricanes are strong tropical storms, and they usually occur in the southern Atlantic Ocean, The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. There are violent winds of 120 Kph or more, which cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods. There are on average six Atlan
2、tic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coat of the US from Texas to Maine. Look at the pictures about Hurricane Katarina, learn something more about it. Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes that hit Louisiana on August 29, 2005. It was the most destructive natural
3、 disaster in U.S. history. It impacted 93,000 square miles. Its storm surge crested at 27 feet. Katrina was massive before it even made landfall. Its hurricane-force winds reached 75 nautical miles (海里海里) east of the center. Its maximum winds stretched 25 to 30 nautical miles. It forced the evacuati
4、on of 75% of the 819 manned oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. By the time it made its way to southern Florida on Aug. 25, Katrina was a moderate Category 1 hurricane. Katrina re-intensified into a hurricane on Aug. 26, and became a Category 5 storm on Aug. 28, with winds blowing at about 175 mph
5、(280 kph). The storm weakened to a Category 3 storm before making landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border on the morning of Aug. 29 with sustained winds of 120 mph (193 kph). The video is a short clip of former American president Barack Obamas talk. View it and you can get how terribly the h
6、urricane affected the people in New Orleans. 1. Where did Hurricane Katrina form? Katrina initially formed about 200 miles (322 km) southeast of the Bahamas on Aug. 23, 2005, as a tropical depression, according to the NOAA (美国国家海洋和大气局美国国家海洋和大气局). 2. Where did it hit? It hit New Orleans, Louisiana, A
7、labama, Mississippi. It hit in just the right areas to cause much more damage than other storms. 3. How long did it last? It lasted for more than a week. 4. How many people lost their lives in the hurricane? The death toll of Katrina was 1,833 people. 5. What was the cost of the damage Hurricane Kat
8、rina caused? According to the NOAA, it caused about $108 billion in damage. Its true cost was $250 billion including both the damage and its economic impact. Read the passage and talk about your understanding of the title. People usually use stars in the sky to represent beauty and the guiding light
9、. Sometimes people also use stars to represent love. But in this text, the writer use stars to represent hope for the future. People often use emotional words and imagery to describe an important event or memorable experience. These words and phrases help us identify and interpret the thoughts and f
10、eelings of the author of the passage. hopedisaster Structure of this passage: Para. 1-2 What my family experienced during the hurricane Para. 3-4 Our living condition right after the hurricane Para. 5 We were rescued and resettled. Para. 6 We were back home with hope one year later. Complete the dia
11、gram with words and expressions form the passage. HURRICANE KATRINA During the hurricane _ The roof _ _ The street turned into a river and we were going nowhere. frightened just flew off suddenly Feelings Causes HURRICAN E KATRINA Right after the hurricane worried We didnt have enough drinking water
12、. It was hot and _ _. it smelled hopeful Mom told us to _ _. The amazing stars at night gave us hop for the future. so bad everywhere see the good side of things Feelings Causes HURRICANE KATRINA A few days later We were rescued. Smartie _ _. came home _ just in time happy Feelings Causes HURRICANE
13、KATRINA One year later Many families have come back to New Orleans and are working together to _ _. rebuild our homes optimistic and our lives Feelings Causes 1. Why does the author say “Although it was only a few days before we were rescued, it felt like months”? The reasons are: 1. The situation w
14、as terrible. They had little food to eat, little water to drink and no comfortable place to sleep in. 2. They felt worried and depressed after the hurricane, so the time seemed to be stopped. 2. What sort of attitude to life is reflected in the authors experience of looking at the night sky? The att
15、itude to life reflected in the authors experience is that we should be positive towards life when were facing with terrible situations. 3. If you were in the same situation as the author, what would you think and do? 1. Keep a good and calm mood in life. 2. Ask friends for help. 3. See the bright si
16、de when facing a negative situation. 4. Fulfill hope for the future. 5. Do some preparation. 4. What do you think could be done to help the local people rebuild their homes? Raise money for them to rebuild. Write letters to encourage them. Do some physical work for them if possible. Post necessary m
17、aterials to them. Work in pairs. Act out an interview with the author about their experience of Hurricane Katrina. 1. Read the passage again and underline the important information. 2. Prepare questions for the interview using the information you underlined. How did you feel when you realised that S
18、martie had disappeared? 3. Decide the roles of interviewer and interviewee. Act out the interview. Language Points 1. I was sitting in my room with my cat, Smartie, on my lap, when the roof just flew off. All of a sudden, there was sky where the roof had been. I was so frightened that I just froze.
19、We could also say: I was sitting in my room and my cat Smartie was on my lap. Just then, the roof of my room was blown away. Suddenly, there was no roof, but the sky. I was very scared and didnt know what to do. : to go away or separate quickly and suddenly 掀翻掀翻, 剥离剥离, 脱离脱离 fly off The car crashed w
20、hen the wheel flew off. 轮子轮子脱落时，汽车撞毁了。脱落时，汽车撞毁了。 After the gunshot, the birds flew off. 枪枪响后，鸟飞走了。响后，鸟飞走了。 本句中本句中Smartie是是my cat的同位语，指代同一事的同位语，指代同一事 物。再如：物。再如： We students need to study hard. all of a sudden: suddenly, quickly and without warning 突然，忽然（固定搭配）突然，忽然（固定搭配） All of a sudden, we heard a lo
21、ud noise. 突然突然，我们听到了一声巨响。，我们听到了一声巨响。 Then the pictures seemed vague all of a sudden because my eyes were wet. 然后然后画面突然变得模糊起来，因为我的画面突然变得模糊起来，因为我的眼眼 睛睛都湿了。都湿了。 sudden adj. suddenly adv. It was a relief and I came to a _ stop just in the middle on the road. _, he saw a car with its bright lights on. In
22、 the quietness of my bedroom, the story _ all became clear to me. sudden 【语境应用语境应用】用用sudden的正确的正确形式形式填空。填空。 Suddenly suddenly 2. He (Smartie) had disappeared the moment the storm hit. the moment / minute / second (that): as soon as 一一就就，前面可以加前面可以加very等形等形 容词来修饰，容词来修饰，that经常可以省略。经常可以省略。 I want to see
23、 him the minute that he arrives. 他到达我就要见他。他到达我就要见他。 I started the very moment I got your call. 我一接到你的电话就开始了。我一接到你的电话就开始了。 3. But as Mom kept on reminding us, we were all together and safe. keep on doing sth : to continue doing sth, or to do sth many times 继续继续 Keep on practicing these positive habit
24、s and youll surely see a noticeable improvement in your productivity level at work. 坚持练习这些积极的习惯，你一定会发现你的坚持练习这些积极的习惯，你一定会发现你的 工作效率有了明显的提高。工作效率有了明显的提高。 keep ones eyes on 注视；盯着看注视；盯着看 keep ones head 保持冷静保持冷静 keep ones figure 保持身材保持身材 have/keep ones feet on the ground 注重实际，脚踏实地注重实际，脚踏实地 keep ones schedu
25、le 遵守日程安排表遵守日程安排表 keep ones word 遵守诺言；守信遵守诺言；守信 keep ones promise 遵守诺言遵守诺言 【拓展拓展】 1. 在在我看来，人们需要学会接受现实，我看来，人们需要学会接受现实，不断尝不断尝 试试。 2. 如果如果有很多工作要做，我很乐意有很多工作要做，我很乐意一直干一直干到完到完 成为止。成为止。 In my opinion, people need to learn to accept the reality and keep on trying. If theres a lot of work to do, Im very happ
26、y to keep on until it is finished. 【语境应用语境应用】翻译句子。翻译句子。 3. I remember us all lying under the midnight sky and looking up at the stars. Because there were no lights, we could see the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper and the Milky Way. The Miley Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system. “Milky” d
27、escribes its appearance seen from Earth a dim glowing band arching across the night sky, in which the naked eye cannot distinguish individual stars. The Big Dipper (北斗星座北斗星座) is a pattern of stars that looks like the outline of a larger ladle, or dipper (长柄勺长柄勺). It consists of the 7 brightest stars
28、 of the constellation Ursa Major, also known as the Great Beat. The 7 stars of the Little Dipper belong to the constellation Ursa Minor, or the Little Beat. Some of them are rather dim and can only be seen without the influence of light pollution. lie, lay的用法归纳的用法归纳 词条词条汉语意思汉语意思过去式过去式 过去过去 分词分词 现在现在
29、 分词分词 lie说谎说谎liedliedlying lie躺，平卧；躺，平卧； 位于位于; 存在存在 laylainlying lay放置；下蛋放置；下蛋 laidlaidlaying Notes： lie n. 谎言，谎话谎言，谎话 tell a lie 说谎说谎 4. Some families have yet to return, but many others have come back. Although we are surrounded by reminders of the disaster, we ate working together to rebuild our
30、homes and our lives. Paraphrase: Although some families have not returned yet, many others have. The surroundings remind us of the hurricane, but we are working together to build our homes and our lives again after the disaster. : formal used to say that sb has not done sth, or that sth has not happ
31、ened when you think it should already have been done or have happened 尚未做某事尚未做某事 have yet to do I have yet to hear Rays version of what happened. 我我还没有听到雷对所发生事情的说法。还没有听到雷对所发生事情的说法。 We have yet to invent a firewall that is secure against ordinary humans, let alone super intelligent machines. 我们我们还没有发
32、明一种防火墙来保护普通人类还没有发明一种防火墙来保护普通人类 的安全，更不用说超级智能机器了。的安全，更不用说超级智能机器了。 In spoken English, yet usually comes at the end of the sentence: They havent finished the job yet. Yet can also come after do not, have not, is not etc: They havent yet finished the job. In British English, yet is used with perfect tens
33、es when referring to a past event: Have Joe come back yet? yet adv. 还；但是；已经还；但是；已经 The language was simple, so simple I could plainly understand its meaning, yet it was still beautiful. 语言语言很简单，简单到我可以清楚地很简单，简单到我可以清楚地 理解它的意思，但它仍然是美丽的。理解它的意思，但它仍然是美丽的。 In American English, the simple past can also be u
34、sed: Did Joe come back yet? yet conj. 但是；然而，可以和但是；然而，可以和and yet互换互换 And yet this is just what we must do. 然而，这正是我们必须做的。然而，这正是我们必须做的。 sth that makes you notice, remember, or think about sth 暗示暗示；提醒的人；提醒的人/物物 reminder n. 【拓展拓展】 a reminder of a reminder that remind的用法回忆：的用法回忆： remind sb. of 使某人想起使某人想起
35、remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事提醒某人做某事 remind (sb.) that 提醒提醒(某人某人) Occasional bursts of gunfire are a reminder that the rebels are still active. 偶尔的几声枪响提醒人们，叛乱分子仍在活动。偶尔的几声枪响提醒人们，叛乱分子仍在活动。 I am forever grateful, not just for the warmth that night, but for the lifelong reminder of the goodness of peopl
36、e. 我永远感激，不仅因为那一晚的温暖，更因为我永远感激，不仅因为那一晚的温暖，更因为 那一生中人们的善良。那一生中人们的善良。 【语境应用语境应用】根据根据所给提示完成句子。所给提示完成句子。 My mother was going to see the film, but I _ (提醒她提醒她) seeing it before. When he was studying abroad, Mr. Zhang put up a picture of the Great Wall in his bedroom to _ (提醒自己提醒自己) he came from China. remin
37、ded her of remind himself (that) she reminds me, too, that no matter how harsh or unpredictable the future , theres almost always some measure of joy to be extracted from the moment. 她也提醒我，无论未来有多艰难，无论未来她也提醒我，无论未来有多艰难，无论未来 有多不可预测，总有一些快乐可以从那一刻有多不可预测，总有一些快乐可以从那一刻 中获得。中获得。 【语境应用语境应用】翻译句子。翻译句子。 We have experienced a kind of disaster recently, that is “novel coronavirus (新型冠新型冠 状病毒状病毒)”. Hows your feeling at that time? What did your family do to protect yourselves? What about the government? Write a short passage about the disaster.
