1、Words Review disaster tornado drought landslide slide tsunami flood volcanic eruption n. 灾难；灾害灾难；灾害 n. (pl. -oes or -os)龙卷风；旋风龙卷风；旋风 n. 旱灾；久旱旱灾；久旱 n. (landfall) (山地或悬崖的山地或悬崖的)崩塌；滑坡崩塌；滑坡 vi. & vt. (使使)滑行；滑动滑行；滑动 n. 海啸海啸 n. 洪水；大量洪水；大量 vi. 淹没；大量涌入淹没；大量涌入 vt. 使灌满水；淹没使灌满水；淹没 火山喷发火山喷发 Read after the tape
2、and speak out the Chinese immediately. Words Review magnitude rescue damage destroy evacuate helicopter death affect shelter n. (地地)震级；重大震级；重大 n. & vt. 营救；救援营救；救援 vt. 损害；破坏损害；破坏 n. 损坏；损失损坏；损失 vt. 摧毁；毁灭摧毁；毁灭 vi. 疏散；撤出疏散；撤出 vi. 撤离撤离 n. 直升机直升机 n. 死；死亡死；死亡 vt. 影响；影响；(疾病疾病)侵袭；深深打动侵袭；深深打动 n. 避难处；居所；庇护避难处；
3、居所；庇护 vt. 保护；掩蔽保护；掩蔽 vi. 躲避躲避(风雨或危险风雨或危险) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Look & discuss 1. Whats going on in this photo? 2. What kinds of natural disasters can you think of? Possible answer: In the photograph, a team of soldiers are rescuing somebody from a collapsed( (倒倒塌塌) ) building following an earthq
4、uake. Possible answer: Some natural disasters are hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, wildfires, and tornadoes. Report natural disasters Listening and Speaking Watch the video Natural Disasters and look at the photos. Do you know what these disasters are? Write down their
5、names. tornado flood earthquake wildfire tsunami P48 1 Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear. earthquake tornado wildfire drought landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruption P48 2 Question Type of information 1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador? number 2. H
6、ow many people were killed or injured 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 buildings were damaged in Seoul? 7. What caused the landslide in Seoul? Circle the key word(s) i
7、n the questions below and write the kind of information they refer to. P48 3 Listen for details Think about what you are listening for before you listen: numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places, reasons, etc. number place activities time place reason Listen again and answer th
8、e questions. P48 3 Question Answer 1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador? 2. How many people were killed or injured 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
9、buildings were damaged in Seoul? 7. What caused the landslide in Seoul? 7.8 About 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. be heavy rain that has fallen in the last week a library and a supermarket at 9:25 a.m. They are working day and night to make sure that people are safe. central
10、 China. Read about the disasters below and prepare a short news report on one of them. P49 4 Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday afternoon Sample News Reports 1. Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday. It has killed a
11、t least 8,500 people by now. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. Injured survivors have been moved to safety by rescue workers, including medical workers, troops, and volunteers, who organised quickly. 2. A wildfire which began on 1 May in Alberta, Canada, has destroyed 2,400 homes. Al
12、most 88,000 people have been evacuated. Hundreds of firefighters along with planes and helicopters have arrived to help fight the fire. Luckily, there have been no deaths or injuries. 3. A flood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has killed 82 people. The flood, which began in May, has affected nearly 500,000 p
13、eople. Rescue teams are providing food and water, and shelters have been set up by the government. 1. Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the letters in red. pipe brick tend death keen glory fond view think they campus amaze flash garage French bridge truly draw events friends 2. Read the words alou
14、d. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the -ed endings. Then write the words in the boxes. begged breathed described concentrated confused debated exchanged helped laughed learned depended embarrassed pretended reserved shocked viewed watched wished /t/ /d/ /d/ helped laughed embarrassed shocked w
15、atched wished begged breathed described confused exchanged learned reserved viewed concentrated debated depended pretended 3. Listen to the words in each box and repeat. earthquake tornado wildfire drought landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruption 1.1.地震地震 2.2.龙卷风；旋风龙卷风；旋风 3.3.野火野火 4.4.旱灾；久旱旱灾；久旱 5.5.崩塌；滑坡崩塌；滑坡 6.6.海啸海啸 7.7.洪水；大量洪水；大量 8.8.火山喷发火山喷发 Self-evaluation 1. What kinds of natural disasters do you know? 2. Can you give a short news report on one of the disasters? 1. Finish the exercises in Learning English. 2. Preview Reading and Thinking on pages 50-51.
