1、Unit 5Natural DisastersPart ILead-inPart IIListening TaskPart IIISpeaking TaskPart IVSpecific FocusPart VSelf-enjoymentUnit 5Natural DisastersIn this unit,you will:n Learn how to describe and get prepared for natural disastersn Listen to different materials about natural disastersn Practice talking
2、in English about natural disastersn Master a listening skill of English note-takingn Enjoy a wonderful speech and some English idioms about natural disastersPart I:Lead-inSection A:Group WorkDirections:Please discuss the following questions in pairs.Try to talk in English as much as possible.1.As fa
3、r as you know,what measures can be taken to predict natural disasters such as earthquakes,floods and storms?2.To minimize the damage caused by natural disasters,how should people prepare for them in advance,and what preventative actions should be taken?3.How should the governments cope with the cons
4、equences of natural disasters?4.What roles should educational institutions play in dealing with natural disasters?Part I:Lead-inSection B:Useful Words and ExpressionsPart I:Lead-inSection B:Useful Words and ExpressionsPart II:Listening TaskListening Skill Note-taking(I)Part II:Listening TaskSection
5、A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.Try to find the best answer to the question.1A.The woman doesnt like the movie.B.The world is going to end in 2012.C.The man enjoys
6、 the movie.D.Many people are too scared to see the movie.W:Have you seen 2012 that depicts the end of the world?The scenes of natural disasters on a global scale really scared me.M:Its an awesome movie.The effects are so brilliant that many people have been made afraid of the future.Q:What can be in
7、ferred from the conversation?TapescriptPart II:Listening TaskSection A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.Try to find the best answer to the question.2A.Like before,the
8、 weather this year is quite severe.B.Its nice to stay indoors on such a cold day.C.Its a nice day but the woman prefers to stay at home.D.Despite the cold weather,she chooses to go outside.M:It was much warmer this time before,but the weather this year is quite severe.W:Oh,yes.Id rather stay at home
9、 and its comfortable inside on a day like this.Q:What does the woman mean?TapescriptPart II:Listening TaskSection A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.Try to find the b
10、est answer to the question.3A.The man has not been to Mount Vesuvius before.B.The man doesnt think Mount Vesuvius is worth seeing.C.The man has been to Mount Vesuvius before.D.The man thinks Mount Vesuvius will erupt in the near future.W:Im thinking of traveling to Mount Vesuvius.Do you think its wo
11、rth seeing?M:It is an active volcano in Italy and may erupt any time in the near future.I wish I had been there.Q:What do you learn from the conversation?TapescriptPart II:Listening TaskSection A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of eac
12、h conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.Try to find the best answer to the question.4A.The woman didnt know about her destination.B.The womans trip was cancelled because she hadnt chosen a destination.C.The woman didnt travel to Mexico.D.The womans flight was cancelled.M:How w
13、as the trip to Mexico?W:It was cancelled because the destination was flooded.Q:What do you learn from the conversation?TapescriptPart II:Listening TaskSection A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a ques
14、tion based on what you hear.Try to find the best answer to the question.5A.It was his fault.B.He will take full responsibility.C.He will be more careful next time.D.He is not to blame.W:What an accident!If you had been careful,things would not be as they are.M:What do you mean?It was my fault?If it
15、were,surely I would take full responsibility for it.Q:What does the man mean?TapescriptPart II:Listening TaskSection B:Long ConversationDirections:Listen to the conversation carefully and then answer the questions according to what you hear.Part II:Listening Task1.What does Tim do besides chasing an
16、d videotaping the storms?_2.What is the correlation between the pressure and the wind speed of a tornado?_3.What did Tim and his partner discover when they filmed the tornado in Manchester?_4.What is Tims goal?_5.What remains to be a mystery to this day?_He also does some valuable research,using pro
17、bes to measure the barometric pressure drop inside a tornado.The greater the pressure drops,the higher the wind speeds are.Since the tornado there destroyed a farmhouse,theyve got a great comparison in terms of pressure and the damage that it can do.His goal is to increase our lead time in forecasti
18、ng tornadoes.What makes tornadoes work and why some thunderstorms produce tornadoes and others dont.Part II:Listening TaskSection C:PassageDirections:Listen to the short passage carefully,and then decide whether the following statements are true or false.Write T for true,and F for false.Part II:List
19、ening Task1.22,000 people were killed in natural disasters in 2008.2.The number of natural disasters in 2008 was lower than in 2007,and the disasters proved to be less destructive.3.An earthquake struck Chinas Sichuan province in May.4.Around 1,000 people died in floods in India,Nepal and Bangladesh
20、.5.Typhoon Fengshen killed more than 500 people in China and the Philippines.()()()()()FFTFTPart II:Listening TaskSection D:Real World ListeningDirections:Listen to the movie clip carefully and then try to answer the following questions according to what you hear with brief English.Part II:Listening
21、 Task1.When did the earthquake happen?_2.Where was the epicenter of this earthquake?_3.What was the worst injury from the earthquake?_4.According to the two men who spoke to the BBC,what did people do when the earthquake occurred?_5.How has this earthquake affected the people there?_It happened on 2
22、7th February,2008.The epicenter was in a small town in Lincolnshire.A chimney collapsed,and a man broke his pelvis when the chimney fell on him.They went outside when they felt the shake,and then they just realized it was an earthquake.The earthquake caused very little structural damage to property,
23、but for the people affected,it certainly came as quite a surprise.Dialogue 1Part III:Speaking TaskSection A:ModelsDirections:Complete the following dialogues with the words you like,but the sentences you fill in and the whole dialogue must make sense.A:It has been raining for three days._?B:Ive just
24、 checked the weather forecast.There is still going to be heavy rain.A:Really?Thats too bad.What about our picnic party?_?B:Im afraid well have to hold an indoor picnic.And do you think _ _?A:I hope not and if only the heavy rain could _ _.Will the weather be fine tomorrowShould we delay it until nex
25、t weekthis rain will possiblycause floodmove into northern area where the forest fireis still burningDialogue 2Part III:Speaking TaskSection A:ModelsDirections:Complete the following dialogues with the words you like,but the sentences you fill in and the whole dialogue must make sense.A:Oh my God._?
26、B:Yes,and I found the bottle on the table shaking just now.A:Was it an earthquake?_?B:Calm down._.Anyway things have not fallen off the shelves,and we are all right now.A:Wed better get out of the house._.B:Ok,lets take the earthquake emergency kit and get out of the house.Did you feel the shakeWhat
27、 are we supposed to do nowIt might be a minor earthquakeThere might be aftershocksPart III:Speaking TaskSection B:Group DiscussionDirections:Divide the class into several groups of four to five students,and ask each group to hold a discussion on the following topic:How to Prepare an Earthquake Survi
28、val Kit?Part III:Speaking TaskSection C:Story TellingDirections:Collect stories about how people survived natural disasters,and then tell them to your classmates.Part III:Speaking TaskSection D:PresentationDirections:Search for information about how a natural disaster(e.g.,earthquake,flood,volcano e
29、ruption,tidal wave)happens,how it causes damage to human beings and property,and how we can get prepared for it.Then present your findings to the class.Part IV:Specific FocusPart IV:Specific FocusSection A:Multiple ChoiceDirections:Listen to the first part of the VOA talk carefully,and then choose t
30、he best answer to each question.1.A coalition called the Aceh Humanitarian Axis is doing the following except.A.raising money B.collecting donationsC.sending volunteers D.applying for loans2.What is not true of the 2004 tsunami?A.It occurred five years ago.B.It was the worst natural disaster to hit
31、the world in decades.C.It affected more than 30 countries.D.Survivors of it are helping victims of last months earthquake in southwestern Sumatra.3.How many volunteers have been sent to Padang?A.30.B.40.C.180.D.18.4.What is not true of last months earthquake in southwestern Sumatra?A.It killed hundr
32、eds of people.B.It destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings.C.Padang was the hardest-hit city in this earthquake.D.It occurred on September 13th.cPart IV:Specific FocusSection B:Filling BlanksDirections:Listen to the second part,and then complete the statements.1.Lilianne Fan,an _ to the governor of A
33、ceh,says the _ bring something to Padang that other volunteers may not have.2.These organizations,you know,_ people who are directly affected by the terrible disaster of 2004.3.They have themselves experienced what it is like to be _ of a devastating natural disaster.4.More than 200,000 people died
34、in the 2004 tsunami,the vast _ of them in Aceh.5.The people of Aceh,with the help of the Indonesian government and international aid organizations,_.advisorvolunteersare made up ofsurvivorsmajorityhave rebuilt their communitiesPart IV:Specific FocusSection C:DubbingDirections:Repeat the following se
35、ntences from the third part.1.The Aceh tsunami survivors can relate to the Padang earthquake victims on a personal level.2.The Aceh survivors can share practical knowledge on the process of setting up camps and clinics.3.The Aceh relief effort is motivated in part by gratitude for all the help Aceh
36、received after the tsunami.4.Its kind of giving back the good will that was given to them.5.The tsunami survivors of Aceh are paying the debt they owe.Part V:Self-enjoymentSection A:English SpeechDirections:Listen to the following narration from the documentary named“An Inconvenient Truth”narrated b
37、y Al Gore carefully,and then fill in the blanks with the phrases or sentences youve heard.An Inconvenient TruthThese are _ since our Civil War.In any given year,it might look like its going down,but the overall trend is extremely clear.And in recent years,_.In fact,if you look at the ten hottest yea
38、rs ever measured in this atmospheric record,theyve all occurred in the last 14 years.And the hottest of all was 2005.We have already seen some of the heat waves that are similar to what scientists are saying are gonna be a lot more common.A couple of years ago in Europe they had that _ _.India didnt
39、 get as much attention,but the same year the temperature there went to 122 degrees Fahrenheit.This past summer in the American west,there were a lot of cities that _ _ and number of consecutive days with a 100-degree temperature or more.Two hundred cities and towns in the west set all-time records.A
40、nd in the east there were a lot of cities that did the same thing including,incidentally,New Orleans.actual measurements of atmospheric temperaturesits uninterrupted and it is intensifyingmassive heat wave that killed 35,000peoplebroke alltime records for high temperaturesPart V:Self-enjoymentWe hav
41、e seen in the last couple of years a lot of big hurricanes.Hurricane Jeanne and Frances and Ivan were among them.And the same year that we had that string of big hurricanes,_ _ in the United States.Japan again didnt get as much attention in our news media,but they set an all-time record for typhoons
42、.Previous record was seven.Here are all ten of the ones they had in 2004.The science textbooks have had to be rewritten _ _ in the South Atlantic.But the same year the first one ever hit Brazil.Summer of 2005 has been one for the books.The first one was Emily that socked into Yucatan.Then Hurricane
43、Dennis came along and it did a lot of damage,including to the oil industry._ _ after Dennis went through.This one was driven into the bridge at Mobile.And then,of course,came Katrina.Its worth remembering that when it hit Florida,it was a Category One.But it killed a lot of people and _.And then wha
44、t happened?Before it hit New Orleans,it went over warmer waters.As the water temperature increases,the wind velocity increases,and _.And youll see Hurricane Katrina form over Florida.And then as it comes into the gulf over that warm water,it picks up that energy and gets stronger and stronger and st
45、ronger.Look at that hurricanes eye.And,of course,_ _.There are no words to describe it.we also set an alltime record for tornadoesbecause they say its impossibleto have a hurricaneThis is the largest oil platformin the worldcaused billions of dollars worth of damagethe moisture content increasesthe consequence wereso horrendousPart V:Self-enjoymentSection B:Idioms
