1、Unit 5 Humans and Nature Lesson 2 Professional Rescue Team What natural disasters do you know? Activity 1 natural disasters a drought an earthquake a flood a forest fire a landslide a storm a volcanic eruption a hurricane Match. ( ) 1. Search and rescue vehicles are brought into destroyed areas. ( )
2、 2. Trained dogs are used to help search for anyone who is still alive. ( ) 3. Rescue teams try to save people trapped under buildings. ( ) 4. Many houses are destroyed by the terrible flood. d c a b Group Work: Have you experienced any natural disasters? (1) What happened? (2) How did you feel? (3)
3、 Did you need help? Activity 2 Listen to the first part of an interview. 1. What is the interview about? 2. Who is the interviewee? 3. Which two disasters are mentioned? The interview is about what search and rescue teams do when a natural disaster happens. The interviewee is Mr Wang, who is from Ch
4、ina International Search and Rescue Team. They mentioned two disasters, namely the Wenchuan earthquake, the Nepal earthquake. Activity 3 Skill Builder: Listening for Main Ideas and Details Main ideas are the key points of a presentation or a talk. They are supported by details. Main Ideas 1. emphasi
5、zed statement (usually at the beginning and end) 2. repeated key words, phrases and ideas Details Specific information that supports the main idea, e.g., examples, causes, reasons, facts and descriptions. 1. Our first and most important goal is to _. ( ) 2. We use search and rescue vehicles and _ to
6、 look for anyone who is still alive. ( ) 3. In a rescue attempt during the Nepal earthquake: Over _ members and six dogs took part, and we were there for twelve days. ( ) We rescued _ people and provided medical help to over _ people. ( ) 4. Its our duly to try to reduce _ and _. ( ) save lives List
7、en again, complete the sentences, and then decide if the sentences contain a main idea (MI) or a detail (D). MI trained dogs sixty two 2000 D D D suffering the loss of life MI Activity 4 Pair Work: Work out four questions you may ask according to the information in Activity 3. Then ask and answer th
8、e questions. Questions Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. Activity 5 1. Listen to the second part of the interview. What advice does Mr Wang give about surviving an earthquake when youre outdoors, indoors or trapped? Outdoors Indoors Trapped _ from any building or streetlights. _ anything that can break or fall. _
9、 to help people find you and _ when someone is nearby. Stay away and move away Stay away from Knock on a wall only shout 2. Do you have any other advice that might be helpful? Activity 6 Talk Builder: Maintaining, interrupting and ending a conversation. Write M, I, or E. 1. Excuse me, Mr Wang, but c
10、an I interrupt you there? ( ) 2. OK, if Im outdoors, ( ) 3. Sorry, but my advice is to ( ) 4. Sorry for interrupting again ( ) 5. Well, Id love to know more, but, unfortunately, weve run out of time. ( ) 6. So, Im very sorry, but well have to finish there. ( ) I M I I E E Activity 7 Can you find mor
11、e ways to politely interrupt or end a conversation? To interrupt 1. Do you mind if I interrupt? 2. Id like to add something to that, 3. I beg your pardon, but I need to say something. 4. To end 1. Its been great talking with you. 2. Please excuse me, I have to, 3. Please get in touch if I can help y
12、ou in any way. 4. Activity 8 Pair Work: Role Play Situation 1: Two friends talking on the phone Friend 1: talking about his/her worries for the next days presentation Friend 2: needs to end the conversation so as to catch a train Situation 2: An English teacher and a student in an English class English teacher: explaining how to use relative clauses Student: needs to interrupt so as to ask a question Thank You
