8A Unit6 Welcome to the uint

Brainstorm sun What’s the weather like? It’s sunny. (How is the weather?) The is shining brightly now. The weather is . sun sunny

clouds What’s the weather like? It’s cloudy. There are many in the sky. It is . clouds cloudy

rain What’s the weather like? It’s rainy. The is too heavy . It’s a day. rain rainy

wind typhoon（台风） What’s the weather like? It’s windy. The blows hard. The weather is . wind windy

snowstorm（暴风雪 ） snow What’s the weather like? It’s snowy. There is big today. Today is . snow snowy

rainstorm（暴风雨） storm What’s weather like? It’s stormy. thunder and lightning rainstorm（暴风雨） storm What’s weather like? It’s stormy. How big the is ! The weather today is . storm stormy

windy rainy sunny cloudy snowy stormy What's the weather like ? (How is the weather?) windy rainy sunny cloudy snowy stormy

Pair work What kind of weather do you like/dislike? I like/dislike …days. What about you? ……

Rainstorm暴雨 flood 洪水

accident事故 typhoon台风

thunder and lightning雷电 a big fire

snowstorm暴雪 bad traffic

typhoon thunder and lightning rainstorm snowstorm Look at the pictures. Write the correct names under the picture. typhoon thunder and lightning rainstorm snowstorm

(a long period without rain) drought 干旱 (a long period without rain)

earthquake地震 (a sudden violet movement of the earth’s surface)

(a violet storm with very strong winds) hurricane飓风 (a violet storm with very strong winds)

hailstones冰雹 (small balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain)

landslide泥石流 (The sudden fall of a mass of earth, rocks, etc.down the side of a mountain)

volcano eruption(火山喷发） (a violent outburst of lava, cinders, steam and gases through an opening in the earth’s surface)

A memory test Try to remember the natural disasters on the screen.

snowstorm landslide sandstorm typhoon 10 20 30 snowstorm flood forest fire earthquake landslide Remember the spelling and Chinese meanings rainstorm sandstorm typhoon

Natural disasters(自然灾害)

Guess

NO.1 What is it? Hint 1: Crazy animals Hint 2: Huge power Hint 3: The earth shakes

earthquake

1999 Taiwan earthquake over 1700 people died

NO.2 What is it? Hint 1: Start from the sea. Hint 2: Trees and houses in the sky Hint 3: Huge wind

typhoon

NO.3 What is it? Hint 1: Australia Hint 2: Dry and hot weather Hint 3: Burn

fire

Indian tsunami NO.4 What is it? Hint 1: Ocean Hint 2: Southern and Eastern Asian Hint 3: Indian tsunami

What were they doing for Indian tsunami? We should help the people in need! They were donating money .

accident

A car crashed into a tree .

The difference natural disasters bad weather accidents people

Accidents are usually caused by people! Disasters are usually caused by nature forces(自然力量)!

A D A A D D A D 2.The earthquake in Taiwan killed thousands of people. 1.The school football team lost the game. 2.The earthquake in Taiwan killed thousands of people. 3. A car accident killed three men. 4.A coach crashed into a tree last night. 5. A flood washed the village away. 6. Lightning started a big fire in a house. 7. A young boy fell from a tree and hurt his legs. 8.A big storm killed 20 people. D A A D D A D

What’s the weather like ? What happened to Hobo's house? What was Hobo doing when it started to rain?

until half an hour later 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

I was sleeping when it started to rain （表示过去某个时间正在发生的事情） 结构： was/were (not) + doing

Use the past continuous tense （过去进行时） to make some sentences.

He was going to school when the fire started.

He was walking when it began to snow.

Practice: Make some sentences The girl was doing homework in her bedroom when the thunder and lightning came. The boy was walking home when the typhoon came. People were having dinner at home when the the snowstorm came. A man and a woman were walking in the water

Let’s try our best to protect our earth and say goodbye to bad weather!

Life is beautiful because of the strong will. 生命因坚强而美丽 Life is wonderful because of the true love. 生活因关爱而精彩.

Thank you! Bye-bye!