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(共20张PPT)
Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Report natural disasters
Report natural disasters
Describe natural disasters
Write a summary
1
2
3
Natural
disasters
1
2
3
Discussing useful structures
1
2
3
1
2
3
Opening page
Listening and speaking
Listening and talking
Reading and thinking
Expanding your world（WB）
Reading for writing
Writing a summary of
a news report
Reading and writing（WB）
Learning Aims
1. know and recognize different natural disasters.
2. Apply the listening strategies to get the main idea
(structure) of news reports quickly.
3. Prepare a short news report based on key information and talk it to others.
4. Show a brief news report with given details.
学习目标
Warming-up
1. What can you see in the picture？
2. What happened？
An earthquake hit the area.
rescue workers
（soldiers）
survivor
（the injured）
A troop[tru p] of（一群） soldiers are rescuing a survivor from the ruins.
Look at the pictures and name the natural disasters.
[t ne d ]
tornado
[tsu nɑ mi]
tsunami
[ θkwe k]
earthquake
[ wa ldfa (r)]
wildfire
Look at the pictures and name the natural disasters.
[v l k n k 'r p ( )n]
volcanic eruption
[dra t]
drought
[ l ndsla d]
landslide
[fl d]
flood
P48 Ex2
Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear.
News Report 1
News Report 2
News Report 3
News Report 4
While-listening
Question Type of information Answer
1 What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador number
2 How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador
3 Where are the floods
4 What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area
5 When did people see the tornado in Memphis
6 Which buildings were damaged in Seoul
7 What caused the landslide in Seoul
Circle the key word(s) in the questions below and write the kind of information they refer to. Then listen again and answer the questions.
Listening Strategy
Listen for details
Think about what you are listening for before you listen: numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places, reasons, etc.
While-listening
Question Type of information Answer
1 What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador number
2 How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador
3 Where are the floods
4 What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area
5 When did people see the tornado in Memphis
6 Which buildings were damaged in Seoul
7 What caused the landslide in Seoul
Circle the key words and write down the type of information.
number
place
activities
time
place
reason
Listen again and answer the questions.
Question Type of information Answer
1 What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador number
2 How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador
3 Where are the floods
4 What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area
5 When did people see the tornado in Memphis
6 Which buildings were damaged in Seoul
7 What caused the landslide in Seoul
number
place
activities
time
place
reason
earthquake in Ecuador
floods
landslide in Seoul
tornado in Memphis
7.8
230; 1500
central China
working day and night
at 9: 25 am
a library & a supermarket
heavy rain
11
Good morning, it's 17 April.
A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and early reports said that about 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the survivors.
Beginning(Greetings and time reporting)
Topic(disaster+place)
Details
(damage +rescue work)
Ending(reporters & news resources)
Study the organisation
This is xx from CCTV news. Thanks for listening/watching.
Discuss in groups of 4 to find out how many parts a news report is made up of.
News Report 1
Post-listening
Let’s make a news report!
● Began in May
● 82 killed, 500,000 affected
● Rescue teams provide food and water
● Shelters set up by the government
● Began on 1 May
● 2,400 homes destroyed
● Almost 88,000 people evacuated
● Hundreds of firefighters arrived
● Planes, helicopters used
to fight the fire
● No deaths, no injures
Earthquake
Wildfire
Flood
Wenchuan, China
Alberta, Canada
Colombo, Sri Lanka
● 14:28 Monday, 12 May
● Magnitude 7.8 (8.0)
● At least 8,500 killed (by 13 May)
● Rescue workers
(medical teams, troops,volunteers, etc.) organized quickly
Share your news reports!
tornado tsunami earthquake wildfire flood
Work in pairs. Choose a disaster and prepare a list of safety instructions.
Talking about safety instructions
Show time
Live to tell:
Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality.
—United Nations International Strategy
for Disaster Reduction (2016)
/m t l ti/
death rate
We can’t stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge.
How do you understand the quote
Conclusion
Love our earth, love our home
Do some research on a natural disaster happened in your hometown (location, time, disaster, damage, rescue)...
Make a brief news report (or interview with a partner) and record a video.
Thank you!

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