1.  大学体验英语听说教程供大学英语教学基础 阶段使用。该教材注重培养表达能力，强调 交际内容的实用性，将课堂教学与自主学习 相结合，重视文化教学，图文并茂，形式新 颖。大学体验英语听说第三册主题与前两册 相同，但学习内容及难度有所增加，更能体 现真实的语言环境和文化背景，激发学生的 兴趣和主动性。  该课程主要培养学生的听说能力，通过贴近 大学生活的主题，形式各样的课堂活动，训 练学生的听力和口头表达能力，以达到学生 综合交际能力的目的。

2. Experiencing English Listening and Speaking Book 3

3. Unit 14 Disasters

4. Weathering the weather Whether the weather be fair or whether the weather be not, whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, we'll weather the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not!

5. Talk about the different kinds of the natural disasters with your partner.

6. drought / earthquake / flood / hurricane (in the Caribbean and the United States) / typhoon ( in the western Pacific Ocean) / cyclone ( in the Indian Ocean) / tornado (violent and destructive whirlwind, the twister of dark spiraling clouds) / avalanche / landslide / blizzard / tsunami / volcanic eruption / wildfire / heat wave/ mudslide, etc. Talk about the different kinds of the natural disasters.

7. Backgroud Information ◆ Earthquake: A sudden movement of the earth’s crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity.

8. An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit the cities of Jiujiang and Ruichang in east China's Jiangxi Province on Nov. 26, 2005 ， killing 13 people and destroying many buildings. 2005 Jiangxi earthquake

9. The number of people dead and buried in the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, reached 292,000. There were thousands of bodies, under the debris in the affected areas in Aceh province in Indonesia. The catastrophe on Dec. 26 caused more than a half million people homeless.

10. Vocabulary Task Get the Feel of it Complete each sentences with the help of the Chinese clue in the bracket when you finish, listen and compare your answers with the recording. A I’m trying to watch my spending. But this sweater may never be this cheap again. Oh, well, that’s what credit cards are for.

11. B If only I could afford this killer dress. I guess I have to wait until it’s on sale. In the meantime, I’ll try to save up enough money. C This style is really in this year. It’s the latest thing. I know I’m just paying for the designer’s name. But it’s so me. I’ve just got to have one. Vocabulary Task