1、Study nature,love nature,stay close to nature.It will never fail you.Frank Lloyd Wright(1867-1959),American architect1.Whats going on in this photo?2.What natural disasters can you think of?Activity 1:Watch the video and pay attention to the natural diasters mentioned.earthquake tornado typhoon hurr
2、icanewildfire landslide snowslide mudslide drought flood tsunami sandstormvolcano eruption Activity 2:Can you recognize the following natural disasters?tornadoearthquaketsunamiwildfirefloodActivity 3:Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear:earthquake tornado wildfire landslid
3、e drought flood tsunami volcanic eruptionActivity 4:Think about what you are listening for before you listen:numbers,dates,times,addresses,activities,people or places,reasons,etc.QuestionType of information1.What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador?number2.How many people were killed or i
4、njured in Ecuador?3.Where are the floods?4.What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area?5.When did people see the tornado in Memphis?6.Which building were damaged in Seoul?7.What caused the landslide in Seoul?numberplaceactivitiestimeplacereasonn.(地地)震震级；重大级；重大n.&v.营救；营救；救援救援
5、Listen again and answer the questions:QuestionAnswer1.the magnitude of.?2.How many.?3.Where are the floods?4.What are.doing.?5.When did people.?6.Which building.?7.What caused.?7.8About 230 people were killed and more than 1500 were injured.central ChinaThey are working day and night to make sure th
6、at people are safe.at 9:25 a.m.a library and a supermarketby heavy rain that has fallen in the last weekCEActivity 5:Pair workRead about the disasters.One of the students acts as a reporter to present the event while the other acts as a victim to share the experience.How to report news?greetingintro
7、duction of the event briefly(when,where,who,what.)details(damage,death,rescue work.)Good morning.I am XXX reporting live at the scene.An earthquake hit/struck.Lets get more information from the survivor XXX.How to share your experience?what you do and what you seehow you feel Began in May 82 killed,
8、500,000 affected Rescue teams provide food and water Shelters set up by the government Began on 1 May 2,400 homes destroyed Almost 88,000 people evacuated Hundreds of firefighters arrived Planes,helicopters used to fight the fire No deaths,no injuresEarthquakeWildfireFloodWenchuan,ChinaAlberta,CanadaColombo,Sri Lanka 14:28 Monday,12 May Magnitude 7.8(8.0)At least 8,500 killed(by 13 May)Rescue workers(medical teams,troops,volunteers,etc.)organized quicklyvt.疏散；撤疏散；撤出出 vi.撤离撤离n.直升机直升机n.死；死亡死；死亡n.避难所避难所
