1、 Look and discuss: 1.Whats going on in this photo? 2. What kinds of natural disasters can you think of? 3. How do you understand the quote? Do you agree? Opening page A team of soldiers are rescuing somebody from a collapsed building flowing an earthquake. flood, tornado, landslide, typhoon, earthqu
2、ake, snow slide. The quote reminds people to raise the awareness of disasters so as to protect our own lives. Yes, I agree. Unit4 Natural Disasters Listening and Speaking Warming-up Watch the video Natural Disasters and write down the disasters you see in the video. Tornado; tsunami; earthquake; wil
3、dlife; flood How do these natural disasters affect our life? What may happen in these disasters? People may be killed; Homes may be damaged or destroyed; It will cause economy loss; People who survive might suffer psychological hurt; etc. What is the main idea of the conversation? First Listening Fo
4、ur news reports about natural disasters: earthquake, flood, tornado, and landslide. Type of information Answer 1.What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador? number 7.8 2.How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador? 3.Where are the floods? 4.What are the rescue workers and soldiers doi
5、ng 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? number place activities time place reason About 230 were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. Central China. They are working day and night to ma
6、ke sure that people are safe. At 9:25 p.m. A library and a market. By heavy rain that has fallen in the last week. Listen again and find out the following information. Second Listening Time Place Disaster Damage Rescue 1 16 April Ecuador The disaster damaged _ About 230 people_ and more than 1,500_.
7、 _ and _are helping the survivors. 2 _ have been destroyed. No one has been killed. _and_ are working day and night to make sure that people are safe. They are also bringing_to those whose homes were lost in the disaster. 3 southern Memphis _ were destroyed and at least _ person has died. The police
8、 advise _ 4 Seoul _ was injured. A library, a supermarket, and _ were damaged. Third Listening Listen again and find out the following information. Time Place Disaster Damage Rescue 1 16 April Ecuador earthquake The disaster damaged many buildings. About 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 we
9、re injured. Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the survivors. 2 Maybe days before 27 March central China flood Homes and land have been destroyed. No one has been killed. Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people are safe. They are also bringing food and w
10、ater to those whose homes were lost in the disaster. 3 12 August southern Memphis tornado Four homes were destroyed and at least one person has died. The police advise avoiding the area. 4 About 12 July Seoul landslide No one was injured. A library, a supermarket, and several cars were damaged. List
11、en and fill the blanks. News report 1 _. its 17 April. A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday. The 7. 8-magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and _ about 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the survivors. News report 2 Good eve
12、ning. Today is 27 March. _the floods in central China. The government is helping more than 12,000 people in Hunan and Jiangxi get away from the rising water. Homes and land have been destroyed, but no one has been killed. Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people
13、 are safe. They are also bringing food and water to those whose homes were lost in the disaster. News report 3 _, Saturday 12 August. A tornado_ in southern Memphis. _at 9: 25 a.m., the tornado destroyed four homes. A police officer tells us that at least one person has died. More tornados are possi
14、ble, and the police advise avoiding the area. News report 4 And in Seoul, a landslide damaged a library and a supermarket in a southern neighborhood. The landslide was caused by the heavy rain that has fallen in Seoul over the past week. _the police, no one was injured in the landslide, but several
15、cars were damaged. Those are _for day 21 July. Fourth Listening Good morning early reports said that More news about was just seen Eyewitnesses said that According to the top news Breaking news Read about the disasters below and prepare a short news report on one of them. Speaking 1. Good morning. T
16、oday is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday. It has killed at 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.
17、A wildfire which began on 1 May in Alberta, Canada, has destroyed 2,400 homes. Almost 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 food in Colombo. Sri Lanka, has killed 82 people. The flood, which began in May, has affected nearly 500,000 people. Rescue teams are providing food and water, and shelters have been set up by the government. Homework Broadcast a recent natural disaster.
