1、Look at the following pictures and what are happening in the pictures?earthquaketsunami flood droughtvolcanic eruptions hurricane forest fire typhoonlandslide Review the wordsdroughts 旱災(zāi)旱災(zāi) earthquake 地震地震floods 洪水洪水, 水災(zāi)水災(zāi) forest fires 森林火災(zāi)森林火災(zāi) hurricanes 颶風(fēng)颶風(fēng) landslides 滑坡滑坡, 山崩山崩tsunamis 海嘯海嘯 typho

2、ons 臺風(fēng)臺風(fēng)volcanic eruptions 火山爆發(fā)火山爆發(fā)Which of the disasters do you think are: caused by people? made worse by people? natural?Discussion Read the article and check your answer to the questions: What cause the disasters?Reading Strategies: Completing texts with sentence gaps Read the text to get the ge

3、neral idea.Read a paragraph with a sentence gap and identify the topic, e.g. disasters.Read the sentences before and after the gap and look for clues about the missing sentence, e.g. is it an example of what is mentioned before?Certain words may help you: time references (then), pronoun references (

4、it, that), linking words (however).Decide which sentence goes in the gap. Check that it fits the sentences before and after it.Use the Strategies to complete the gaps in the text (1-5) with these sentences (a-g). There are two extra sentences you do not need.a) But evidence shows that 73,000 years a

5、go there was a much greater eruption.b) Even Europe has suffered and large areas have been underwater.c) That is probably not the most important factor either.d) Third, the other bits of land you might have been able to farm are now useless.e) On top of that add global warming.The answers: 1. b 2. f

6、 3. g 4. e 5. a f) For example, the Yellow River, once famous for flooding, failed to reach the sea at all for 226 days in 1997. g) One answer is overpopulation.Read the text again and answer these questions.1. What is the attitude of the journalist towards the future? Pessimistic/negative 2. Who ar

7、e most likely to be the victims of natural disasters? Poor people.3. Why are there now more hurricanes, floods and droughts? Overpopulation and mismanagement of the worlds resources.4. Why are volcanoes and earthquakes more dangerous now? Because around half the worlds population lives in cities, mo

8、re than 500 million people now live within the range of a volcanic eruption and an even greater number of people live at risk from earthquakes.5. What could be the biggest threat to the planet in the future? A volcanic eruption. 6. What effects might this threat have? It might send the planet into w

9、inter for years.Fill in the blanks about the text.In the last _ years, there are more and more disasters such as _, _, thunderstorms, earthquakes, _, volcanic _ and _ fires all over the world. Why are so many disasters? One of the reasons is over- _. ten floods tsunamistyphoons eruptions forest popu

10、lation_ addition, _ change and global _ caused by the mismanagement of the worlds resources can lead _ the disasters or make them worse. At present, volcanoes and earthquakes are more _ with the fast _ of people. Inclimate warmingtodangerous growthEarthquakes take the lives of 1.6 million people in

11、the last hundred years. What is worse, the disaster professionals predict that the things will get _. worse Decide if the underlined words in the sentences below are nouns or verbs. Then write down their Chinese meanings.1. a) She put her arms around me to comfort me. b) The soldiers were armed with

12、 guns.noun 手臂手臂 verb 武裝武裝2. a) Heavy rains resulted in floods. b) His results were not as good as he had hoped.3. a) He means well but just gets it wrong sometimes. b) The telephone is a means of communication.verb 導(dǎo)致導(dǎo)致noun 成績成績verb 意思是，懷意思是，懷(好意好意)noun 方法方法4. a) The children had fun sliding down th

13、e slide all afternoon. b) Penguins slide downhill over ice on their bellies.5. a) Be careful! Dont slip on the wet floor. b) Write your number on this slip of paper.noun 滑梯滑梯verb 滑行滑行verb 滑倒滑倒noun 小紙條小紙條6. a) What would you like on your bread roll for lunch? b) He rolled the ball across the floor to

14、 me.noun 卷卷verb 滾動滾動Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words above.1. The _ forces protected the city.2. When will you get your exam _?3. Don broke his arm when he _ and fell on the ice.4. I _ what I said.5. What would be the best _ of advertising our product?armedresultsslippedmea

15、nmeans6. Would you like honey on your _?7. The house _ down the mountain side in the flood last year.8. The match _ in a draw. They had 2 points each.rollresultedslid1. A number of nations have already been in armed conflict over water, and reduced rainfall in the west of the US has resulted in huge

16、 forest fires.寓詞于境寓詞于境 閱讀下列句子，注意閱讀下列句子，注意arm的詞性及意思。的詞性及意思。1. I saw him walking with a girl on his arm.2. He unbuttoned his overcoat and sat on the arm of the chair.3. His forces are equipped mostly with American arms.4. He said both sides are arming themselves.5. War is certain; we should arm withou

17、t delay.自我歸納自我歸納 arm作名詞時，意為作名詞時，意為“手臂手臂”，如句，如句1；“扶手扶手”，如句，如句2；“_”，均用復(fù)，均用復(fù)數(shù)形式，如句數(shù)形式，如句3。arm作動詞時，既可作及物動詞，也作動詞時，既可作及物動詞，也可作不及物動詞，意為可作不及物動詞，意為“武裝武裝”，如句，如句4和句和句5。武器武器 即學(xué)即練即學(xué)即練 猜猜下列句子中劃線部分的意思。猜猜下列句子中劃線部分的意思。1. The girls ran down the road arm in arm.2. The majority of their soldiers simply laid down their

18、arms.3. The people were quick to take up arms to defend their freedom.手挽手地手挽手地放下武器，投降放下武器，投降 拿起武器，準(zhǔn)備戰(zhàn)斗拿起武器，準(zhǔn)備戰(zhàn)斗語境展示語境展示 閱讀下列句子，注意閱讀下列句子，注意result in的意思及用的意思及用法。法。1. The accident that happened in front of our school yesterday resulted in ten deaths.2. If left untreated, the condition will eventually r

19、esult in blindness.自我歸納自我歸納 result in 意為意為“導(dǎo)致，造導(dǎo)致，造成成”，后接導(dǎo)致某事的，后接導(dǎo)致某事的_，句子的，句子的主語是主語是_。 拓展拓展 result from 表示表示“由由造成，因造成，因而產(chǎn)生而產(chǎn)生”，后接導(dǎo)致某事的原因，句子，后接導(dǎo)致某事的原因，句子的主語是結(jié)果。如：的主語是結(jié)果。如：The terrible accident resulted from his careless driving.結(jié)果結(jié)果原因原因即學(xué)即練即學(xué)即練 根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示完成下列句子。根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示完成下列句子。1. His being late for

20、 the performance _ (導(dǎo)致了全盤導(dǎo)致了全盤失敗失敗).2. His heart disease _ (是由食用過多的高脂肪食物造成的是由食用過多的高脂肪食物造成的).resulted in a complete failureresulted from eating too much fat-rich food3. The experiment _ (導(dǎo)致新導(dǎo)致新發(fā)現(xiàn)發(fā)現(xiàn)) a cure for cancer.resulted in a new discovery of2. In the last three years, Indonesia has had a rough

21、time, suffering several killer quakes and .寓詞于境寓詞于境 閱讀下列句子，給出閱讀下列句子，給出rough的意思。的意思。1. Could you give me a rough idea what time youll be at home?粗略的，大概的粗略的，大概的rough adj. 艱難的艱難的2. The first year was rough, but things have gotten better.3. The other boys were rough, always looking for a fight.4. It was

22、 a rough mountain road, full of stones and huge holes.艱苦的艱苦的粗暴的，粗野的粗暴的，粗野的高低不平的，粗糙的高低不平的，粗糙的3. People in agricultural areas, without any means to earn their living, move to the cities, and then .寓詞于境寓詞于境 閱讀下列句子，注意閱讀下列句子，注意means的意思及用法。的意思及用法。1. Every possible means has been tried, but none of them wo

23、rked. 2. All possible means are considered, but none can handle the problem. 3. Could I borrow that book for a few days, please? By all means. 4. The young man realized his dream by means of hard work. 5. Whatever happens, by no means should we lie to our parents. 自我歸納自我歸納 means n. 意為意為“_”,單復(fù)數(shù)形式相同。單復(fù)數(shù)形式相同。means作主語時，其作主語時，其謂語動詞要按其所表達(dá)的意思來確定用謂語動詞要按其所表達(dá)的意思來確定用