Unit 6 Natural disasters

Welcome to the unit

New words natural disaster mop earthquake accident crash adj. 大自然的，自然的 n. 灾难，祸患 v. 用拖把拖洗 n. 地震 n. 事故，意外的事 v. 猛撞，撞毁

New words wash village lightning storm rainstorm thunder typhoon v. 冲掉，冲走 n. 村庄，乡村 n. 闪电 n. 风暴，暴风雨 n. 暴雨 n. 雷，雷声 n. 台风

What’s the weather like today? Hobo has some trouble. What’s happened to him? Let’s have a look. TALK

I was sleeping when it started to rain.

Not until half an hour later. You must come home with me now. Did you hear the rain?

Questions 1. What’s the weather like? 2. What happened to Hobo? 3. What was Hobo doing when it started to rain? It’s raining. He got wet. He was sleeping.

4. When did Hobo hear the rain? 5. What do you think happened to Hobo’s house? 6. Why doesn’t he want to go home alone? Half an hour later. He needs Eddie to mop all the water up. The floor was all wet.

What words do we use to talk about bad weather? Bad weather can sometimes cause natural disasters. Look at the pictures. Write the correct names under the pictures. rainstorm, snowstorm, typhoon…

typhoon The boy was walking home when the typhoon came.

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

A man and a woman were walking in the water. rainstorm

snowstorm People were having dinner at home when the snowstorm came.

All these natural disasters are caused by natural force. They are different from accidents. Accidents are usually caused by people. Can you tell the difference between natural disasters and accidents now? Here are some newspaper headlines. Please find out which ones are natural disasters.

1.The school football team lost the game. 2. The Taiwan earthquake killed thousands of people. 3. A car accident killed three men. 4. A coach crashed into a tree last night. Natural disasters and bad weather

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.

Complete the following sentences 年的特大洪水冲走了许多房屋和 大树。 The big flood in 1998_________________ ___________________________________ 2. 在唐山大地震中, 成千上万人遇难。 The Tangshan Earthquake ___________ ___________________________________ washed a lot of houses and trees away. killed thousands of people.

3. 昨天一个年轻人从 19 楼摔下来, 竟然安 然无恙。 Yesterday a young man ______________ ______, but he didn’t get hurt. 4. 上个星期五两个小学生在教室里玩火, 将整幢大楼烧了起来。 Two pupils played with fire in their classroom last Friday and _____________ _________________. 5. 在昨晚的事故中, 一辆大客车撞到了树上. A coach crashed into a tree __________ ___________last night. fell from 19th floor started a big fire in the building in the accident