Lesson 3 Natural Disasters Nature is turning on us

Look at the following pictures and point out what kind of disasters they are? earthquakes

floods

drought

forest fires

volcanic eruptions

hurricane

Typhoon 台风

hurricane 飓风和台风都是指风速达到 33 米 / 秒 以上的热带气旋，只是因发生的地域 不同，才有了不同名称。出现在西北 太平洋和我国南海的强烈热带气旋被 称为 “ 台风 ” ；发生在大西洋、加勒比 海和北太平洋东部的则称 “ 飓风 ” 。 typhoon

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What do you think causes the disasters, people or nature? Discussion

Read the text quickly, complete the gaps in the text (1- 5) with these sentences (a-g). (1) a (2) b (3) c (4) d (5) e f g

Read and listen to the text again and answer the 2 questions. 1. What is the attitude of the journalist towards the future ? 2. What effects might the volcanic eruption have in the future?

In the last decade, natural disasters, such as thunderstorms, floods, earthquakes, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and forest fires, __________ (become) increasingly common. In some zones terrible flooding exists, _____ many other zones are becoming drier. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have always been a _____ (threaten)in certain parts of the world. There have been a lot of examples in recent years. Moreover, they are even _______________ (danger) than in the past. The reasons for nature’s _________ (turn on)us are _____________ and_____________. As a result __ the second reason, a hotter ocean causes more powerful winds. Most disaster experts predict that the world has not seen the worst nature can do and _____ things could get a lot ______ (bad). have become while threat more dangerous turning on of over-population global warming that worse

Ex 5: 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 guns. noun 手臂 verb 武装 ussion

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 引起 noun 结果 verb 本意是 … noun 方法 ussion

4. a). The children had fun sliding down the slide all afternoon. b). Penguins slide downhill over ice on their bellies. 5. a). Be careful! Don’t slip on the wet floor. b). Write your number on this slip of paper. noun 滑梯 verb 滑动 verb 滑倒 noun 纸条 ussion

6. a). What would you like on your bread roll for lunch? b). He rolled the ball across the floor to me. noun 卷形物 verb 滚动 ussion

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? armed results slipped mean means

6. 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. roll resulted slid

1. a number of : 2. armed conflict 3. result in 4. wipe out 5. at the rate of 6. within the range of; 7. to some degree

1. turn on sb. : attack 攻击, 变得与 …… 敌对 Language Points The dog turned on me and bit me in the leg. e.g. He turned on his girlfriend, who, he thought, had cheated him.

* Storms have been getting worse, with a growing number of hurricanes ______ (hit) the US. hitting * 他走开了，门开着 / 把她一个人留在那里。 He walked away, _______ (leave)the door open/ her alone. leaving

2. in armed conflict over water conflict [n] 斗争，冲突，矛盾，分歧 责任和欲望 / 宗教与科学之间的矛盾 the conflict between one ’ s duty and one ’ s desires

conflict [v] 斗争，冲突，矛盾，分歧 A and B conflict/A conflicts with B The two stories conflict, so I don’t know what to believe. = 两个故事相冲突，我不知道相信哪一个。 This story conflicts with that one, so…

3. The accident on the highway yesterday ___________ the death of 7 passengers. result from 由 …… 而产生 The fire ____________ his carelessness. = His carelessness __________ the fire. resulted in resulted from resulted in

4. with 的复合结构 : 在句子中可以做伴随 状语, 也可以做原因状语和后置定语 object with +n./pron. + adj/ adv/prep phrases /doing / done /to do e.g. He walked along with his head down/ with his face red. object complement

He is waiting for you, ____________________ ( 手里拿着一本书 ) ________________, I will go to the cinema. ( 没事可做 ) ___________________, he went back home. ( 作业做完了 ) He lay there, __________________________ ( 眼睛望着天空 ) 他站在那里, 手被绑在一棵树上。 with a book in his hand. With nothing to do With his work finished with his eyes looking at the sky.

4. wipe out: Para B e.g. Please wipe out these unhappy things between you and her. 最后，毛主席领导的军队消灭了所有 敌人。 e.g. A disease almost wiped out the population of the island. (1) get rid of / remove: 清除, 除去 (2) destroy completely: 毁灭, 消灭

5. fresh fresh bread 新做的面包 fresh vegetables 新鲜蔬菜 freshman 大一新生 fresh water 淡水 a fresh sheet of paper 一张干净纸 fresh air 清新的空气 a fresh memory 清晰的记忆

(1) 从（疾病）中恢复 : recover e.g. It takes time to get over a bad cold. (2) 克服 ( 困难 ) ，摆脱（悲伤，惊恐） e.g. I ’ ll never get over my grandmother ’ s death. 6. get over:

Paragraph C People in agricultural areas, without any means to earn their living, move to the cities, and then construct shabby homes from whatever materials they can find on poor clay soil.

手段，方法 7. means [sing or pl n.] use illegal means to make money by means of sth. =by using sth, with the help of sth. 依靠 … 方法, 借助 … 手段 He climbed the tree by means of a ladder( 梯子 ). by no means = not at all 绝不，一点也不 She is by no means a stupid student. by all means = of course 当然 “Can I open the door?”— “By all means!”

Para D There are more than 300 active volcanoes, about 50 of _______ erupt each year. which = and about 50 of ______ erupt each yeat. them

8. range: n. 范围、幅度 e.g. range from (v.) 在 … 范围内变化 There are clothes in a wide range of colours. in/within the range of 在 …… 的范围 He lives in the range of 4 miles. the range of his knowledge 他的知识面 The range of temperature is from 0ºC-40ºC

range from (v.) 在 … 范围内变化 医学的进步包括从在显微镜下发现疾病的 起因到外科手术过程。 Medical advances ranged from discovering the causes of diseases under microscopes to surgical procedures. The range of temperature is from 0ºC-40ºC ＝ The temperature ranges from 0ºC-40ºC

9. risk : e.g. You are to take risks to get what you want, but you must not risk your life ! They were ready to run/take the risk of being caught by the enemy. vt./n. 冒险, 风险 at risk (from/of sth) 有危险，处于危险中 at/ take/run the risk/risks of 冒 … 的危险 = in danger As long as I am_______, he will save my life ____________losing his own. 只要我有危险，他肯定会冒着失去生命的危险来救我. he will _________________ losing his life to save me. at risk at the risk of take/run the risk of