Unit 6 Natural disasters

Tasks for Preview : 1. Read the new words on P92— Go through P How many common natural disasters do you know?

Task One: Talk about some common weather.

snowy

windy

rainy

Task two: Meet the comic strip.

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? Did you hear the rain?

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?

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

Task three: Use the past continuous tense to make some sentences.

I am going to school. He was going to school when the fire started.

He was walking when it began to snow.

He was eating when it started to rain.

Task four: Learn about the bad weather.

r rainstorm

snowstorm

typhoon [tai'fu:n]

thunder and lightning ['θ ʌ ndə]

natural disaster flood It washes away everything. [di'z ɑ :stə]['n æ t ʃ ərəl]

Task five: Describe the pictures.

tsunami typhoon tornado earthquake [ts u:'n ɑ :mi] [t ɔ :'neidəu]

Task six: Can you guess ?

forest fire It burns everything in the forest.

drought When it comes, we are short of water. [draut]

The soil, sand, stones and water went down from the mountain in no time. landslide ['l æ ndslaid]

Everything is covered with sand. People can not see anything through the thick sand. sandstorm

tornado A strong wind comes round and round from the sky quickly like a dragon.

earthquake When it comes, buildings fall down and you can hear a loud noise like a bomb.

Try to remember the natural disasters on the screen.

earthquake landslide tsunami typhoon sandstorm forest firetornado drought flood

Tell the differences between natural disasters and accidents. Task seven:

Natural disasters are caused by natural forces.

Accidents are caused by people. accident

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

把地拖干净 自然灾害 烧起大火 成千上万人 将村庄冲走 从树上掉下来 雷电 输掉比赛 撞上全身湿透了 mop up the floor natural disaster start a big fire thousands of people wash the village away fall from a tree thunder and lightning lose the game crash intobe all wet

Complete the following sentences 年的特大洪水冲垮了许多房屋和大树。 The big flood in 1998_____________________ 2. 在唐山大地震中, 成千上万人遇难。 The Tang Shan earthquake ___________________ 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 doesn ’ t hurt badly. 4. 上个星期五两个小学生在教室里玩火, 将整撞大楼烧 了起来。 Two pupils played with fire in their classroom last Friday and _______________. 5. 在昨晚的事故中，一辆大客车撞倒了数上。 A coach crashed into a tree_______________ last night. washed a lot of houses and trees away. killed thousands of people fell from 19th floor started a big fire in the building in the accident

A very terrible tsunami happened in Indonesia. Nearly 20,000 people lost their lives.They were having a good time by the sea at that time. Suddenly water rushed rudely onto the beach. It’s really frightening. China Daily 12/2004

A strong typhoon hit Taiwan Island this morning. It’s so serious that no one can go out. Schools have to rest until the disaster is over. China Daily 8/2006