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(共25张PPT)
Understanding ideas—
Reading
Unit 6
When disaster strikes
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, we will be able to：
understand the text about the volcanic eruption and answer related factual questions.
use vocabulary and expressions from the text to recount the story of “A lost city”.
generate ideas for dealing with disasters and apply the positive spirit from the text to real-life situations.
grasp the key language points, such as “be doing…when” “refuse to do sth” and “leave sb behind”, and use them in context.
Pre-reading
What can you see in the pictures
How might people feel in the first picture
What do you think happened to the city in the second picture
Look at the two pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you.
shake
spread
smoke
dark cloud
earth
turn into
fear
hope
In the first picture, there is a volcano erupting. In the second picture, there are ruins of houses.
There might be an earthquake.
They may feel shocked and scared.
A lost city
My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. The earth shook those 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 outside for the night. My mother was so scared. She didn't shut her eyes for even one second. By six o'clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking We decided to leave the town.
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.
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.
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

While-reading
Skim the article and check the main idea of it:
A. The daily life in a town near Pompeii.
B. The author’s happy journey with his mother near Pompeii.
C. The author’s experience during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
D. How people rebuilt the town after the volcanic eruption.
Scan the record of Pliny the Younger and find out information like:
1.Where did the writer go
2.What happened when he was there
3.Who were involved in the disaster
A town near Pompeii.
A volcanic eruption.
Pliny the Younger and his mother.
While-reading
Read the first paragraph and answer the questions:
1.What was the author doing when the ground shook very hard
2.How did his mother feel
The author was sleeping when the ground shook very hard.
His mother felt so scared.
While-reading
Read the second paragraph and answer the question:
Why couldn’t the coach go straight ahead
Because the road was crowded and shocking things happened, such as the sea moving back suddenly and many sea animals being left on the sand.
While-reading
Read the third paragraph and answer the questions:
1.What did the dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius do
It moved down, covered the sea, spread over the land like a flood, and turned day into night.
2.What did people do in the dark
Women were calling, children were crying, and men were shouting. They tried to find their families in the dark.
While-reading
Read the fourth paragraph and answer the questions:
1.What was everything like after the daylight returned
2.What kind of emotions and thoughts might the survivors have
Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter.
The survivors might feel a sense of relief , happy for survival, but also sad and shocked for the destruction all around.
While-reading
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, _________ things happened.
Their coach moved from side to side. The sea moved back and there were
many sea animals left on the sand.
The volcanic eruption
There was a dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius. It came down and covered the
sea. Then the cloud spread over the land like a(n) ______. The air was thick with ______ and ash began to fall.
shook
shocking
smoke
While-reading
flood
Complete the timeline with the words and expressions from the passage.
People’s reactions
Women were calling, children were 5_______ and men were 6_________.
They were trying to find their families.
The results
After a night of living between 7______ and 8_____, they had no thoughts of things to come.
shouting
crying
hope
fear
While-reading
Post-reading
What can we do when we face a volcanic eruption
The more ways we know,
the better we can save
ourselves.
That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard.
“be doing...when”
解释：表示 “正在做…… 这时（突然）……”，when 引导时间状语从句。
例句：I was reading books when the terrible flood came.（可怕的洪水来袭的时候，我正在读书。）
My mother asked me to continue without her, but I refused to leave her behind.
“refuse to do sth”
解释：拒绝做某事
例句：I refused to help him to do his homework.（我拒绝帮他做家庭作业。）
My mother asked me to continue without her, but I refused to leave her behind.
“leave sb/sth behind”
解释：把某人/某物留下
例句：I choose to leave my pet dog behind.（我选择把我的宠物狗留下。）
The cloud moved down and covered the sea.
“cover...with...”
解释：用……覆盖……
例句：My mother covers the bowl with a cloth.（我妈妈用一块布盖住了碗。）
一、选择所给短语填空
I ______________ my homework ______________ my mother came in and told me there was a call for me.
The little boy ______________ ______________ go to bed because he wanted to watch the cartoon.
Don’t ______________ your friends ______________ when you achieve success.
She ______________ the table ______________ a beautiful tablecloth before the guests arrive.
was doing
when
refused
be doing…when cover…with… leave behind refuse to do
to
leave
behind
has covered
with
二、 汉译英
1.我正在做作业的时候，突然听到有人敲门。（be doing…when）
2.他拒绝接受这个礼物。（refuse to do）
3.地上覆盖着厚厚的雪。（cover…with…）
4.他匆忙离开家，把手机落在了家里。（leave behind）
I was doing my homework when I suddenly heard someone knocking at the door.
He refused to accept the gift.
The ground is covered with thick snow.
He left home in a hurry and left his mobile phone behind.
三、英译汉
They were playing football on the playground when it began to rain heavily.
My little sister refused to eat vegetables and only wanted to eat candies.
The old house is covered with a layer of dust because it hasn’t been lived in for a long time.
The old building left behind many memories of my childhood.
他们正在操场上踢足球，这时天开始下大雨了。
我的小妹妹拒绝吃蔬菜，只想吃糖果。
这座老房子覆盖着一层灰尘，因为已经很久没人住了。
那座旧建筑留下了我许多童年的回忆。
Tell your parents what you should do when you face a volcanic eruption.
Basic homework
Practical homework
Reread the article and retell the story.
Try to search more information about the ways of dealing with natural disaster.
Extended homework

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