8AUnit8NaturaldisastersWelcometotheunit课件.ppt

1、Unit 8,Natural disasters,Welcome to the unit,How awful!,LOOK,disaster mop up earthquake thousands of accident coach,n. 灾难；不幸，祸患 vt. 用拖把擦干净 adv.完全地 n. 地震 成千上万的 n. 事故，意外的事 n. 长途汽车,Words review,crash flood wash away village lightning storm thunder catch fire,vi. 碰撞 n. 洪水，水灾 冲走 n. 村庄 n. 闪电 n. 风暴，暴(风)雨 n

2、. 雷；雷声 着火,Words review,Whats the weather like?Whats happened to Hobo? Lets have a look.,Lead-in,has,1. Whats the weather like? 2. Whats happened to Hobo? 3. What was Hobo doing when it started to rain? 4. When did Hobo hear the rain? 5. Why does Hobo want Eddie to go home with him?,Its raining.,His

3、house is all wet.,He was sleeping.,When he woke up, he heard.,He wants Eddie to mop up the water.,What words do we use to talk about natural disasters?,What words do we use to talk about accidents?,rainstorm, snowstorm, typhoon, mudslide, earthquake, tsunami,volcanic eruption，hurricane,Natural disas

4、ters and accidents,car accident, plane crash, fire.,泥石流,台风,海啸,火山喷发,飓风,All these natural disasters are caused by natural force. They are different from accidents. Accidents are usually caused by people.,Here are some newspaper headlines. Please find out which ones are natural disasters.,力量,标题,School

5、football team loses final 2. Earthquake kills thousands of people 3. Car accident kills three men 4. Coach crashes into tree,Choose the natural disasters,5. Flood washes away village 6. Lightning starts big fire in classroom building 7. Young boy falls from tree and hurts legs 8. Big storm kills 20

6、people,Please distinguish (区别) the following natural disasters,floods,forest fires,hurricanes,landslides,塌方,tsunamis,typhoons,volcanic eruptions,droughts,2008Chinasnowstorm,2009Chinaearthquake,2010Chinarainstorm,2013China earthquake,TALK,Sandy and Millie are chatting on line about natural disasters

7、and accidents. Listen and answer.,What are they talking about, a natural disaster or an accident?,A natural disaster.,2.Why do you think so?,Because it was caused by a heavy storm with thunder and lightning.,Answer more questions,1.What happened to vivien”s school last week?,It caught fire.,2. What

8、caused the fire in vivien”s school?,Lightning hit a classroom building and caused fire.,3. Was anyone hurt?,No. It happened at night.,Let”s read together and explain the dialogue,Complete the following sentences.,1. 1998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 Ea

9、rthquake _ _,washed a lot of houses and trees away.,killed thousands of people.,Exercise,3. 昨天一个年轻人从2 楼摔下来，竟然安然无 恙。 Yesterday a young man _, but he didnt 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 2nd floor,started a big fire in the building,in the accident,Homework,Write an article around 70 words on the topic of natural disasters. Collect enough information bef