学习目标： 1. 掌握几种常见自然灾害的英文名称。 2. 初步接触过去进行时，并会用过去 进行时造句。 3. 学会在自然灾害中自我保护。

a heavy rainrainstorm a kind of bad weather （暴雨）

snowstorm （暴风雪）

thunder and lightning

typhoon

A flood washed the village away

earthquake kill thousands of people

Lightning can start a big fire in a house.

Natural disasters are caused by natural forces （自然力）. earthquake tsunami typhoon sandstorm forest fire flood

Accidents are usually caused by people.

The school football team lost the game. The earthquake in Taiwan killed thousands of people. A car accident killed three men. A coach crashed into a tree last night. A flood washed the village away. Lightning started a big fire in a house. A young boy fell from a tree and hurt his legs. A big storm killed 20 people. Which are about natural disasters?

Listen and answer : 1.What happened to Hobo’s house? 2.What was he doing when it began to rain? 3.When did he hear the rain? It was all wet. He was sleeping. Half an hour later.

It ’ s raining. My house is all wet. Can I come in, Eddie? The floor is all wet. Who’s going to mop all the water up if you don’t come with me? I was sleeping when it started to rain. Not until half an hour later. You must come home with me now. Sure, come in. Why?

Fill in the blanks: One day, Hobo came to Eddie’s house, because his own house was __________. He ________________when it began to _______. And he didn’t hear the rain __________________________. He asked Eddie to __________________ because he wanted Eddie to _____________________________. all wet was sleeping rain until half an hour later go home with him mop all the water up

People were having dinner at home when the snowstorm came.

The boy was walking home when the typhoon came.

The girl was doing homework in her room when the thunder and lightning came.

A man and a woman were walking in the water.

What have you learnt in this class?

Do some exercises carefully.

Homework 1.Remember the words, phrases and the dialogue that we learned. 2.Finish doing the exercises. 3.Collect some information about the earthquake in Taiwan in 1999.

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