2. Happy to be with you! Welcome ! Everyone!

3. Unit 6 Natural Disasters

4. rainstorm

5. snowstorm

6. typhoon

7. thunder and lightning

8. fire

9. earthquake

10. flood

11. 1.Have you ever seen or heard a natural disaster?What was it? 2.How do you feel about it? Frightened or terrible. Yes,I have.It was a ---.

13. What disaster do you see in this video? What do you think of it? An earthquake.

14. shake v. 震动 摇动 shaking n. 震动

15. scream 尖叫，惊呼 in fear 恐惧地

16. run in all directions 方向 run wildly 失去控制地

17. come down fall

18. be trapped He was trapped. 陷入困境 He was still alive. be alive

19. a bomb a loud noise like bombs

20. The Taiwan earthquake There was an earthquake in Taiwan. Timmy survived the earthquake. He wrote his story and put it on his home page.

21. Read the story quickly and try to answer the following question: Did people save Timmy at last? Yes.

22. Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. 1thunder 2screamed 3come down 4calm down 5be trapped A stop being nervous or excited B fall C keep in a place and can not move D the loud noise following lightning E shout loudly

23. Listen to the story and write down “T” or “F”. 1. Timmy was in the street when the earthquake started. _____ 2. Timmy heard a loud noise of thunder at first. _____ 3. Animals ran wildly everywhere. ____ F F F shopping center like people

24. 5. Timmy had nothing to eat when he was trapped under the bricks and stones._____ 6. People found Timmy at night.____ 4.Timmy was trapped in a dark place when the earthquake stopped._____ T F F a packet of chocolate in the daytime

25. Read again,ask and answer in pairs. 1.Where was Timmy when the earthquake happened? 2.How did he feel at first? 3.Did people scream?Why? 4. What did people do when the earth started to shake? In the shopping center. He felt a slight shaking through his body. Yes.Because they were very frightened. They ran in all directions.

26. 5.Finally, Timmy ran to a safe place, didn’t he? 6.How did Timmy feel when he was trapped? 7.Did anyone hear Timmy’s shout at first? 8.Was he safe at last? No, he didn’t. He felt frightened for a moment,but he told himself to calm down. No. Yes,he was.

27. Interview R : reporter T : Timmy R: Hello, Timmy. I’m the reporter from … May I ask you some questions? T: Sure. R: Where were you when the earthquake started? T: …… R ： ……

28. 1.Remember all the new words. 2. Read the story again and again. 3. Retell the story using your own words.