Unit8 Natural disasters Comic strip & Welcome to the unit 八A八A

 To get a general idea about natural disasters  To learn to talk about natural disasters Objectives

What’s the weather like today? What’s happened to Hobo? Let’s have a look. Lead-in

snowy

windy

rainy

1 What’s the weather like ? It’s raining. =It’s rainy. 2 What’s wrong with Hobo’s house ? His house is wet. Listen and answer :

Read the dialogue and answer. 1.What was Hobo doing when it started to rain? 2. Why does Hobo come to Eddie’s house ? He was sleeping when it started to rain. He wants to ask Eddie to mop all the water up. mop all the water up 把所有水拖干净

One day, Hobo went to Eddie’s home, because his own home was all________. He was _________ when it started to _______. When he _________, there was water ______. He asked Eddie to ______home with him because he wanted Eddie to _________ all the water _________. wet sleeping rainwoke up everywhere go up mop was sleeping 过去进行时 （表示过去某个时间正在发生的事情） 结构： was/were (not) + doing

rainstorm [ reinst ɔ :m] '

snowstorm

sandstorm

typhoon [tai'fu:n]

lightningthunder and [ ' θ ʌ ndə ]

Write the correct names of bad weather typhoonThunder and lightning rainstorm snowstorm Practise

rainstorm 暴雨 flood Sometimes bad weather cause natural disasters. cause

natural disaster 自然灾害 A flood washed everything away. 把 --- 冲走 ['næt ʃ ərəl] [di'za:stə (r) ] flood [fl ʌ d]

bad traffic cause snowstorm 暴雪

thunder and lightning 雷电 a big fire cause

typhoon 台风 flood accident 事故 cause

The earth is short of water. It is very dry. drought 干旱 Some other natural disasters 缺水

earthquake 地震

Natural disasters are caused by natural forces.

A car crashed into a tree. accident 事故 撞上

Accidents are caused by people.

Finish Part A on Page 93.

Listen then answer questions. 1.What happened to Vivien’s school? 2. Was anyone hurt? Lightening caught a fire. Nobody was hurt.

Talk about natural disasters in pairs.

disaster mop up earthquake thousands of accident coach n. 灾难；不幸，祸患 vt. 用拖把擦干净 adv. 完全地 n. 地震 成千上万的 n. 事故，意外的事 n. 长途汽车 Words review

crash flood wash away village lightning storm thunder catch fire vi. & vt. 猛撞 ; 碰撞 n. 洪水，水灾 冲走 n. 村庄 n. 闪电 n. 风暴，暴 ( 风 ) 雨 n. 雷；雷声 着火 Words review

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 !