1. Calamities & Rescue Unit 4

2. Natural Disasters 地震 洪水 干旱 森林大火 龙卷风 台风 飓风 Earthquake Flood Drought Forest fire Tornado Typhoon Hurricane

3. Natural Disasters 沙尘暴 海啸 暴风雪 旋风 酸雨 火山爆发 Sandstorm Tsunami Snowstorm Whirlwind Acid rain Volcano eruption

4. Technological Tragedies 飞机失事 交通事故 海难 / 船只失事 煤气中毒 煤气泄露 核爆炸 恐怖袭击 火车相撞 Plane crash Traffic accident Shipwreck Gas poisoning Gas leakage Nuclear explosion Terrorist attack Train collision

5. Questions for discussion What are natural disasters? And what are man-made disasters? Suggested answer: Natural disasters are caused by forces of nature. Earthquake, floods, volcanic eruptions and droughts are natural disasters that are beyond the control of humans, while plane crashes, traffic accidents, shipwrecks belong to man-made disasters.

6. What damage can they cause? Suggested answer: Natural disasters may claim hundreds of thousands of lives and leave thousands of people homeless.

7. Describe an accident or disaster you yourself have experienced or one that you have read or heard about. When, where and how did it happen?

8. How to describe a disaster I read in this morning’s newspaper / heard over the radio / saw on TV/ found on the Internet a volcano erupted in an earthquake struck a plane crashed shortly after takeoff a strong typhoon hit a tornado landed on a heavy snowstorm swept through a fire broke out in the warehouse of a factory two vehicles clashed causing great /serious /severe / huge damage to human lives and property.

9. Death of a Dream Think of the questions before reading and then read the passage to find out the answers: What do you think is the passage about? What is the dream? Whose dream? When did it happen? Who were involved? How did it happen? Was the damage serious?

10. Who were Involved?

11. The 1961 US World Figure Skating Team Laurence Owen (Ladies champion) Maribel Y. Owen ( Pairs champions) Laurie Hickox and William Hickox (Pairs bronze medalists) Ida Hadley and Ray Hadley, Jr. (Pairs silver medalists) Patricia Dineen & Robert Dineen (Dance bronze medalists)

12. What Happened Exactly? 1. take off 2. near the airport 3. lower the wheels and began to land 4. pull the plane up 5. circle the airport and prepare to try again 6. come in a second time 7. increase his speed 8. pull the plane into a steep climb 9. hit the ground 10. explode Find all the verbal phrases used to illustrate flight movement:

13. All 72 people were killed. (including 49 Americans and 11 member of the crew) The Prague competition was canceled. The hopes and dreams ended in a flash……

14. In 1961 the 18 members of the US figure skating team boarded a plane with high hopes to travel to Belgium on their way to the world championships in Czechoslovakia. They were the best of American’s skaters and they were very excited and beamed for the camera. Among them was the brightest star of all, a girl of 16 with dazzling grace and great skill. As the plane approached Brussels, there was no distress signal of any kind. But something must have gone wrong. Death Of A Dream - Summary

15. Twice the pilot lowered the wheels of the jet and appeared to be making a normal approach to land, but twice he pulled the plane up. It was the second time of trying to come in when the plane exploded and crashed to the ground. There was a scene of total destruction. All 72 people on the plane were killed. Debris was scattered over 200 yards. The competition in Prague was canceled to honor the dead. Never before had such a terrible tragedy occurred in the sport of skating. Death Of A Dream - Summary

16. 18 U.S. SKATERS AMONG 73 DEAD IN A JET CRASH A Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 jet crashed near the Brussels Airport early today, killing seventy-three persons, including the eighteen members of the United States figure skating team. The plane, en route [ 法语 : 在途中 ] from New York, plunged to earth after it had twice circled the airport. The American figure skating team was on it's way to a world championship meet in Prague. The crash was the worst ever suffered by Sabena. It also marked the first time any passengers had been killed in a Boeing 707 accident. …

17. Disasters: The Bright Hope Killed Of all the eighteen young American skaters who scrambled aboard Sabena Airline's 707 Boeing jet, none had greater prospects of winning fame and glory than did 16-year-old Laurence Owen. She was bright-eyed, glowing with health and excitement, and she was already near to achieving the dream she had worked for all her life. Only a month ago, at Colorado Springs, she had won the U.S. figure-skating championship; then, on Feb. 12 she won the North American singles championship at Philadelphia. The next goal was the world championship at Prague… Newsweek Magazine, February 27, 1961

19. In the Nick of Time

20. In the Nick of Time Read the passage and answer the questions: 1.How many people are mentioned in the passage? Who are they? 2.When did the story happen? 3.Where did the family live? 4.What was the mother doing? 5.What were the children doing? 6.What was the danger? 7.What was the result of the emergency?

21. The mother 1. Unloaded bags of groceries from the trunk of her car 2. Put the first load 3. Returned to her car to get more bags 4. Heard the roar of the train 5. Went back into the house with another load of grocery bags 6. Heard the air horn and the screech of the train’s brakes 7. Raced outside 8. Looked around 9. Knew the truth

22. The kids 1.Played happily in the driveway 2.Were attracted by the sound of the train 3.Walked through the trees 4.Knelt down on the tracks 5.Looked up

23. Rich Campana 1.Saw the overhead lights give the “all-clear” 2.Pulled the throttle to resume full speed 3.Noticed the kids 4.Slammed on the train’s brake 5.Blasted his air horn

24. Who Is The HERO? Basic Information: Name: Anthony Falzo Age: 35 Job: conductor Other information: A 17-year veteran of the railroad Former gymnast

25. What did he do? –Part one 1.Stood next to Rich and shared some talk 2.Noticed the kids on the tracks 3.Knew the danger 4.Rushed out the engine’s cab door and onto its narrow running board 5.Made his way to the front of the engine 6.Climbed down a steel ladder to the last rung 7.Hung at the front of the train 8.Waved and shout at the kids, telling them to get off the tracks

26. What did he do? –Part two

27. What is the plan? 1.Leap off the train just as it nears the children 2.scoop up the boys 3.get them off the track in time Key to the success: time the jump exactly Possible results if he fails 1.Leap too soon: train would beat him to the kids 2.Jump too late: train would crush the boys beneath its wheels

28. The Train Slowly made its way up the incline Reached the top of the rise Run at full speed Slowed down Stopped its third car was perched a couple of inches over the heads of Falzo and the children

29. The Result The boys were safe Scott’s cut was not serious (13 stitches) There’s no word in Webster’s that can express our deepest, everlasting appreciation to Tony (Falzo) for what he did. ---- Katie