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Unit
When disaster strikes
Understanding ideas
We often hear about natural disasters in the news. In this unit, let’s explore natural disasters. What may happen in a natural disaster How do disaster warnings help How can people get back to their lives after disasters By the end of this unit, you will make a poster about a natural disaster.
After completing the unit, you will be able to：
use words and expressions in the unit to talk about natural disasters.
use the past continuous tense to tell natural disaster stories.
describe ways of saving lives.
Starting out
1
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1 Do you know the stories in the pictures
2 Which natural disasters could they relate to
Yes, I know the stories: Nüwa Mends the Sky, Yu the Great Controls the Floods and Hou Yi Shoots Down the Suns.
These stories relate to natural disasters like the collapse of sky and earth, floods and extreme heat. (答案不唯一, 仅供参考)
2
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1 Which natural disasters are mentioned
2 How has people’s understanding of natural disasters changed
1
Understanding ideas
Look at the two pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you.
1 What can you see in the pictures
2 What do you think the local people did in the disaster
3 How might people feel
I can see the earth shaking and dark clouds spreading over the Mount Vesuvius.
The local people tried to escape and shouted, hoping to find their families in the dark.
People might feel shocked and scared, but also hopeful to survive. (答案不唯一, 仅供参考)
2
Read the record of Pliny the Younger and find out how he survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
A lost city
A lost city
My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. The earth shook these days. That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard. My mother rushed into my room to wake me up. We had to stay outsidefor the night. My mother was so scared, She didn’t shut her eyes for evenone second. By six o’clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking. We decided to leave the town.
遗失的, 丢失的
遗失的, 丢失的
过去式
地; 地面; 场地
地; 地面; 场地
把……叫醒/弄醒
害怕的, 恐惧的, 吓坏了的; 惊恐的
(使)关(合)上, (使)关闭
秒
不迟于; 在……之前 后接表示时间的词
The road was crowded. We were at a place out of town. Just then, shocking things happened. Our coach couldn’t go straight ahead. It began to move from side to side. The sea moved back suddenly, and many sea animals were left on the sand.
惊人的, 骇人的, 令人难以置信的
公共马车, 四轮大马车
笔直地, 成直线地; 径直
沙滩
We noticed a very dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius. Soon, the cloud moved down and covered the sea. My mother asked me to continue without her, but I refused to leave her behind. We moved on while the cloud was spreading over the land like a flood. It turned day into night. The air was thick with smoke and ash began to fall in heavy showers. All around us, women were calling, children were crying and men were shouting. People were trying to find their families in the dark.
refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事
洪水, 水灾
浓密的; 混浊的; 厚的
烟
一大批, 一阵; 淋浴
Thankfully, after a while, the daylight returned! Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter. After a night of living between hope and fear, we had no thoughts of things to come.
Pliny the Younger
Read the record of Pliny the Younger and find out how he survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
When the ground shook very hard that night, Pliny the Younger and his mother rode away in a coach from the town so that he survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
3
Choose the best summary of the passage.
a Pliny the Younger and his mother saw Mount Vesuvius erupt
and got away from it.
b Pliny the Younger had no thoughts of things to come after the
volcano erupted.
c People have lived near Mount Vesuvius for thousands of years.
1 What do you think of Pliny the Younger
2 What else do you know about the disaster in Pompeii
Think and share
Pliny the Younger is a great writer who recorded the disaster in Pompeii.
In the year 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and Pompei was buried under volcanic ash. (答案不唯一, 仅供参考)
Learning to think for question 2
Historical records, studies of experts and visiting historical places can help you learn more truth about a historical disaster.
4
Complete the timeline with the words and expressions from the passage.
The earthquake
Pliny the Younger was sleeping when the ground 1___________ very hard. He and his mother decided to leave the town.
Getting away
They were at a place out of town. Just then, 2___________ things happened. Their coach moved from side to side. The sea moved back and there were many sea animals on the sand.
shook
shocking
The volcanic eruption
There was a dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius. It came down and covered the sea. Then the cloud 3_____________ over the land like a flood. The air was thick with 4___________ and ash began to fall.
People's reactions
Women were calling, children were 5__________ and men were 6___________. They were trying to find their families.
was spreading
smoke
crying
shouting
The results
After a night of living between 7___________ and 8___________, they had no thoughts of things to come.
hope
fear
5
Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules.
That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard.
(b) We moved on while the cloud was spreading over the land like a flood.
Now find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage.
6
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 People ______________ (sleep) when the volcano erupted.
2 While they __________ (walk) along the river, a great storm broke out.
3 While the hurricane ____________ (blow) heavily, airlines could not fly in the area.
4 The fire ____________ (spread) quickly and ___________ (cover) the building when heard a voice.
was sleeping
were walking
was blowing
was spreading
covering
7
Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I 1___________(wait) at the railway station when l 2 ___________ (hear) a notice: there was a heavy rainstorm, so all train services were stopped.
was waiting
heard
While others 3___________ (call) their families or searching for news reports, I got more and more worried. I had a long journey to make. As time went by, people 4___________ (become) louder and angrier. Just then, a lovely music 5___________ (start).
The music of “Me and My Motherland” 6___________ (stop) all noises. Many travellers 7___________ (sing) along with the music. One woman started to cry while she 8___________ (listen). That wonderful music by a student orchestra lifted our spirit and gave us hope.
was calling
became
started
stopped
sang
was listening
Tell a story about a natural disaster. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you.
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Example
Useful expressions
· It was a terrible…
· A(n)... happened in…
· Buildings and roads were.....
· People were...
· The cause of... was...
· ... people lost their lives.
· ... people were influenced and... homes
were broken.
· 它是一场可怕的……
· 一场……发生在……
· 建筑物和道路(是)……
· 人们(是)……
· ……的起因是……
· ……人们失去了他们的生命。
· ……人们被影响, 并且……家
园破碎了。
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