1、Unit 8,Natural disasters,Welcome to the unit,Warm up,To get a general idea about natural disasters To learn to talk about natural disasters,單詞回顧,學(xué)生早讀時(shí)已預(yù)習(xí)過本單元單 詞，可利用幾分鐘時(shí)間帶學(xué)生快速回顧溫習(xí)。對(duì)單詞的熟練度越高，閱讀的速率也越高。,disaster mop up earthquake thousands of accident coach,n. 災(zāi)難；不幸，禍患 vt. 用拖把擦干凈 adv.完全地 n. 地震 成千上萬的 n.

2、事故，意外的事 n. 長(zhǎng)途汽車,Words review,crash flood wash away village lightning storm thunder catch fire,vi. 碰撞 n. 洪水，水災(zāi) 沖走 n. 村莊 n. 閃電 n. 風(fēng)暴，暴(風(fēng))雨 n. 雷；雷聲 著火,Words review,Whats the weather like today?Whats happened to Hobo? Lets have a look.,Lead-in,Listen and answer the questions.,1. Whats the weather like?

3、2. Whats happened to Hobo? 3. What was Hobo doing when it started to rain? 4. When did Hobo hear the rain? 5. Why does Hobo want Eddie to go home with him?,Its raining.,His house is all wet.,He was sleeping.,When he woke up, he heard.,He wants Eddie to mop up the water.,What words do we use to talk

4、about natural disasters?,What words do we use to talk about accidents?,rainstorm, snowstorm, typhoon ,Natural disasters and accidents,car accident, plane crash, fire.,All these natural disasters are caused by natural force. They are different from accidents. Accidents are usually caused by people.,C

5、an you tell the difference between natural disasters and accidents now? Here are some newspaper headlines. Please find out which ones are natural disasters.,School football team loses final 2. Earthquake kills thousands of people 3. Car accident kills three men 4. Coach crashes into tree,Natural dis

6、asters and accidents,5. Flood washes away village 6. Lightning starts big fire in classroom building 7. Young boy falls from tree and hurts legs 8. Big storm kills 20 people,Please distinguish (區(qū)別) the following natural disasters,floods,forest fires,hurricanes,landslides,tsunamis,typhoons,volcanic e

7、ruptions,droughts,2008Chinasnow havoc,2009Chinaearthquake,2010Chinarainstorm,2013China earthquake,Complete the following sentences.,1. 1998年的特大洪水沖走了許多房屋和 大樹。 The big flood in 1998 _ _ 2. 在唐山大地震中，成千上萬人遇難。 The Tangshan Earthquake _ _,washed a lot of houses and trees away.,killed thousands of people.,E

8、xercise,3. 昨天一個(gè)年輕人從2 樓摔下來，竟然安然無 恙。 Yesterday a young man _, but he didnt get hurt. 4. 上個(gè)星期五兩個(gè)小學(xué)生在教室里玩火， 將整幢大樓燒了起來。 Two pupils played with fire in their classroom last Friday and _ _. 5. 在昨晚的事故中，一輛大客車撞到了樹上。 A coach crashed into a tree _ last night.,fell from 2nd floor,started a big fire in the building,in the accident,Homework,Write an article around 70 words on the topic of natural disasters. Collect enough information before you write.,Prev