Module4SandstormsinAsiaReadingandVocabularyModule4SandstormsinAsiaRe1Howmuchdoyouknowaboutnaturaldisasters?Howmuchdoyouknowaboutnat2tornadohurricaneearthquakelightingvolcaniceruptionNaturaldisasterstornadohurricaneearthquakeligh3Pleaselookatthesepictures.Howbeautifultheyare!Pleaselookatthesepictures.4AND...AND...5THENYOUCANSEE...THENYOUCANSEE...6Thesandalmostburiesthecar.Thesandalmostburiesthecar7Whatnaturaldisasterisit?

Itisa________.Itisvery__________.sandstormfrighteningWhatnaturaldisasterisit?8AGansuCBInnerMongolia

XinjiangAGansuCBInnerMongoliaXinji9ABCDNorthAmericaCentralAfricaAustraliaCentralAsiaABCDNorthAmericaCentralAfric10Therehasbeena_________.It___________fortenhoursandwasvery_________.Thewind___________thesandhigharoundthehouses,andsomecarswerealmostcompletely______bythesand.sandstormlastedfrighteningwasblowingburiedblowburyfrighteninglastsandstormhasLookatthepicturebelowandcompletethesentencesusingthecorrectformofthesewords.Therehasbeena_________.It11Whatishappening?Thereisasandstormblowing.Whatisthecyclistwearingandwhy?They'rewearinghoods,masksandglassestoprotectthemselves.Whatdoyouthinkhappenstotrafficinthissituation?Why?Itmovesveryslowly,becauseit'snotcleartoseeeverythingontheroadandpeoplemusttakegreatcare.Whatdoyouthinkexpertsadvisepeopletodointhissituation?Stayathome.Whatishappening?12ReadingReading13Readthepassageandmatch.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6SandstormsinAsia.SandstormssometimesaffectBeijing.Thegovernmentplantstreestopreventsandstorms.Sandstormshavebeenamajordisasterforcenturies.Sandstormsdoalotofdamagetopeople.SandstormsinChinaappeartohaveincreasedasaresultofdesertification.SkimmingReadthepassageandmatch.Par14I.Readcarefullyandchoosethebestanswers.1.

Sandstormsarestrongwindscarrying___________throughtheair.A.dirtandmudB.rainandheatC.sandanddustD.cloudandsnowCareful-readingI.Readcarefullyandchooset152.Whatdotheexpertsadvisepeopletodowhenasandstormarrivesinthecity?A.Don’tgooutB.Don’twearmasks.C.Don’tgotoworkasusual.D.Don’tridebicycles2.Whatdotheexpertsadvise163.Thefactorsthatcauselandtobedesertare______.A.cuttingdowntrees.B.diggingupgrassC.climatechangesD.alloftheabove3.Thefactorsthatcauseland174.Fromthelastparagraphweknow_____.A.thegovernmentwon’tplanttreesanymoreinfiveyearsB.

thedistancebetweenthedesertandthecenterofBeijingisonly250kilometersC.morethan30milliontreeshavebeenplantedinBeijingD.thegovernmentistakingmeasurestopreventsandstorms4.Fromthelastparagraphwe18II.Readthetextcarefullyandcompletethefollowingchart.SandstormsinAsiaDefinitionSandstormsare1.__________________________________________________.ThemainplaceswheresandstormsfrequentlyoccurredCentralAsia,NorthAmerica,2._________________________strong,drywindsthatcarrysandCentralAfricaandAustraliaII.Readthetextcarefullyan19SandstormsinAsiaSandstormsinChinaSomethingaboutthesandstormsinChina※Sandstormsbeginindesertareasandhaveincreasedasaresultof3.___________theseyears.※InBeijingthestormssometimescontinuealldayandthe4._________makestrafficmoveveryslowly.※Sometimesthestrengthofthestormis5.__________,andit’sdifficulttobreathe.desertification thickdust surprisingSandstormsinChina※Sandstorm20SandstormsinAsiaSandstormsinChinaWaystosolvetheproblem6.________________hasbeenstartedtohelpsolveitandthegovernmenthasalreadyplanted7.___________________treesandplansto8._______________forthenextfiveyears.Amasscampaignmorethan30billioncontinueplantingSandstormsinChinaWaystosol21Completethesentencesusingthecorrectwords.Post-readingCompletethesentencesusingt22Sandstorms,strongdrywinds1.

carrysand，havestrucksomeAsiancountriesforcenturies.AsaresultofdesertificationsandstormsinChinaseemto2.

(increase)inrecentyears.Thisisaprocessthathappens3.

landbecomesdesertbecauseofclimatechangesand4.

peoplecutdowntreesanddigupgrass.NorthwestChinaispartofthesandstormcentreinCentralAsia.Sandstormssometimeshave5.

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(especial)onitsweatherandtraffic.Tosolvetheproblem，manywayshavebeentried.Forexample,inordertostopthe課文語(yǔ)法填空thathaveincreasedwhenbecauseaespeciallySandstorms,strongdesert，7.

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(come)nearertoBeijing，thegovernmentisplantingtrees.Sofar，over30billiontrees9.

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(many)treeswillbeplantedforthenextfiveyears.whichcominghavebeenplantedmoredesert，7. isonly250Interview小組活動(dòng)：以“沙塵暴”為話題采訪Interview小組活動(dòng)：以“沙塵暴”為話題采訪Topic:sandstorms

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Roles:ar26ShowtimeShowtimeWhatarethecausesofsandstorms?Whatarethecausesofsandsto28Whatmeasuresshouldwetaketopreventsandstormscoming?Iwanttosay...Whatmeasuresshouldwetaket29Possibletips:1.Plantmoretreesandgrowmoregrass.2.Controlairandwaterpollution.3.Buildgreenfencesalongthedesert.4.Forecastsandstorm’srealtimetopreventdisaster.Possibletips:1.Plantmoretr305.Establishsandstormdatabankandcollectinformationaboutsandstorms.