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Unit 8
Safe and sound
Reading
学习目标
To grasp some new words and phrases;
To learn about Timmy’s experience in the Highfield earthquake in 2021 through reading;
To talk about your opinions about how to prepare for possible earthquakes.
What happened in the video
Lead in
2.What is an earthquake
An earthquake is what happens when two
blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.
An earthquake.
1.What happened in the video
3.What can we see in the video
We can see the buildings shaking.
We can see pieces of glass and bricks falling down and then the walls coming down.
1 What may happen in an earthquake
2 What do you think people should do in an earthquake
Buildings may shake and even fall down. Roads can crack and break apart. Furniture and objects indoors can fall over.
Indoors, people should hide under strong furniture like desks or tables, and stay away from windows and heavy objects that could fall. Outdoors, they should move to an open area, away from buildings, power lines and trees.
Pre-reading
新课讲授
The Highfield earthquake
What is the article mainly about ( )
A. The causes of the Highfield earthquake
B. A personal experience during the Highfield earthquake
C. How to stay safe in an earthquake
D. The damage caused by the Highfield
earthquake
B
While reading
Write the correct paragraph number next to each main idea.
Paragraph number Main idea
Timmy found himself trapped in the building.
The earthquake started when Timmy was working.
A group of people helped Timmy out.
People were scared and tried to run out of the building.
Timmy tried to get help.
3
1
5
2
4
Timmy put some pictures he drew on the internet.Write the correct caption in the blank under each picture.Then put the pictures in the correct order. Retell the story in your own words.
a I was safe at last. b I shouted for help.
c I was trapped. d People ran in all directions.
e The walls came down. f The earth started to shake.
f
a
e
c
b
d
图片顺序：f-d-e-c-b-a
Sandy is reading a blog post by a forest fire plete the blog post with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
calm down fear fireman nervous
in all directions trap silent thunder
Running from the fire in the forest
It was a hot summer’s day. It was (1) ______around me at first except the sounds of nature. I was walking my dog in the forest when I started to smell smoke. I walked a bit further
and saw a fire. I felt (2) ________and didn’t know
what to do. Suddenly, there was a loud noise
like (3) ________ as a burning tree fell down
silent
nervous
thunder
Post-reading
in front of me—I was (4) ________.Soon the fire got bigger and bigger,
and (5) _____ ran through my mind. I told myself to (6) ___________. Some animals began to run (7) ________________.
I looked at Harry, my dog. He was jumping up and
down. Just at that moment, I saw some people
running through the trees. They were (8) ________!
They finally put out the fire. Luckily, Harry and I were safe.
trapped
fear
calm down
in all directions
firemen
Think about the questions below. Share your answers with your classmates.
1 “Outside, people were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were raining down.” How do you understand the phrase “rain down”
2 Do you think Timmy did the right thing Would you do anything different Give reasons for your answers.
3 What do you think people need to do to prepare for possible earthquakes
1.At first, I felt a slight shake.起初,我感到一阵轻微的晃动。
shake 可以作动词或者名词。作及物动词表示主动摇动某物；作不及物动词表示自身抖动或震动，shake 的过去式是shook；作名词除了表示摇动外，还可以表示“奶昔”，指一种饮品，如：banana milk shake 香蕉奶昔。常用搭配：shake hands 握手
e.g. Please shake the bottle before you drink the juice in it.
喝里面的果汁以前请摇动一下瓶子。
The leaves shake in the wind. 树叶在风中摇动。
She only gave us a shake of her head. 她只是冲我们摇了摇头。
In China, it’s normal to shake hands when friends meet.
在中国，当朋友见面时握手是很正常的。
Language points
2.People shouted in fear.人们吓得大叫起来。
shout 可以作动词或名词，意为“喊叫”，表示声音很高或传送到较远的距离。
shout at 对……大叫，通常指较近的人或物，多指因生气、愤怒等原因喊叫，带有情绪因素；
shout to 对……大声喊叫，通常指较远的人或物，不含感彩。
e.g. Don’t shout. They are having a meeting.
不要喊叫。他们正在开会。
He gave an excited shout when he heard the good news.
当他听到这个好消息时，他发出激动的叫喊。
Don’t shout at your parents. 不要对着父母大喊大叫。
I shouted to him across from the street, but he couldn’t hear me at all.
我对着街道对面的他大声喊叫，可是他根本听不见。
fear 作名词意为“害怕”，可以用作可数名词。常用搭配：have a great fear of 很害怕……
overcome one’s fear 克服恐惧 in fear 恐惧地；害怕地
fear 也可以作动词，意为“恐惧；害怕”，后面可以直接接名词、代词或不定式作宾语。fear that 意为“恐怕……”，表示一种可能出现的意外情况。
e.g. She has a great fear of water. 她很害怕水。
The animals in the zoo looked at the tourists in fear.
动物园里的动物惊恐地看着游客们。
He fears to speak in front of his classmates. 他害怕在同学面前讲话。
I fear that he won’t come to our meeting. 我担心他不会来参加我们的会议。
3.Some ran out of the building.
run out of 从……跑出；用完，耗尽
e.g. When the bell rang, the students quickly ran out of the classroom.
铃声响起后，学生们迅速跑出教室。
The problem is that we have run out of money.
问题是我们钱已用完了。
4.I tried my best to run out too.我也尽力跑出去了。
try one’s best 意为“尽力做某事”，通常用于表达一个人全力以赴地试图完成某个任务或达成某个目标。可以单独使用，也可以在后面接动词不定式，即try one’s best to do sth.， one’s 是形容词性物主代词；其同义词组是do one’s best。
e.g. Don’t worry, Mum! I will try my best .
不用担心妈妈！我会尽力的。
I will try my best to make my dream come true.
我会尽力让我的梦想实现。
5. Outside, people were running in all directions while pieces of glass and
bricks were raining down.
外面，人们四处奔逃，玻璃碎片和砖块如雨点般落下。
(1) in all directions 意为“朝四面八方，向各个方向”，用来描述某物或某人向多个方向移动或扩散的状态。其同义短语是in every direction。
in the direction of 朝着……方向
under the direction of 在……的指导下
e.g. The ping-pong balls bounced in all directions.乒乓球向四面八方弹跳。
The chickens ran away in every direction.小鸡朝各个方向跑开了。
The man walked in the direction of the post office.
那个人朝邮局的方向走去了。
He finished his homework under the direction of his teacher.
他在老师的指导下完成了作业。
短语 rain down 的意思是“雨点般落下”。
e.g. Tears were raining down his face. 他泪如雨下。
长难句分析：这是一个含有时间状语从句的复合句。主句主语是people，谓语是were running，in all directions 是方式状语。从句是由while 引导的时间状语从句，while 表示两个动作同时发生。
6. Then the walls began to come down too!
come down “坍塌；倒下”，其他含义：①下来；落下 ②（价格、温度等）下降 ③（飞机）着陆；降落
e.g. The cold rain came down. 下起了冰冷的雨。
Interest rates should come down. 利率应该降低。
7.It was dark and silent around me.我周围一片黑暗和寂静。
silent 是形容词，意为“安静的；沉默的”。用于描述人或环境的安静状态，也可以表示某人由于某种原因而不说话或沉默。
silent 的名词形式是silence，常用搭配：in silence 沉默地
e.g. The small forest is very silent in the early morning.
清晨小树林非常安静。
He kept silent during the meeting. 他在会议期间保持沉默。
After the meeting, they went home in silence.
会议结束后他们默默地回家了。
8. I couldn’t see anything at all, and I didn’t know if
anyone else was around me.
我什么也看不见，也不知道周围还有没有其他人。
(1) 短语 (not) at all 指“完全（不），一点也（不）”，常位于否定句的句尾。
e.g. I didn’t enjoy the film at all. 我一点也不喜欢那部电影。
(2) if 是连词,意为“是否”,引导宾语从句从句要使用陈述语序。
if 还可以表示“如果”,引导条件状语从句,此时句子要遵循“主将从现”或“主祈/情从现”原则。
e.g. I don’t know if he will come to the party.
我不知道他是否会来参加聚会。
If it rains tomorrow, I will stay at home.
如果明天下雨，我就待在家里。
If you drive too fast, you may have an accident.
如果你开得太快，你可能会发生事故。
9.I felt nervous, and my heart was beating really fast.
我感到紧张,心跳得很快。
nervous adj. 焦虑的；胆怯的，在句子中通常作表语，放在be 或连系动词的后面。
get nervous 变得紧张不安
feel nervous about 对……感到紧张
e.g. She was always nervous because of problems at work.
由于工作问题她总是处于焦虑之中。
She got very nervous when she saw the new teacher.
当她看到新老师时她变得紧张不安。
She felt nervous about her first job interview.
她对第一次工作面试感到紧张。
(2)beat vi. & vt. (使) 规律作响或运动;用力敲打。主要有以下几种意思：
指心脏等有规律作响或跳动；
指雨、风沙等敲打门、窗户等，或者用手敲打身体的某个部位；
指在比赛中打败某人取得胜利。
e.g. His heart beat fast when he stood on the stage.
当他站在舞台上时他的心跳加速。
The rainstorm beat against the windows hard.
暴风雨猛烈地敲打着窗户。
Don’t beat the boy on the head. 不要敲打孩子的头部。
Class 1 beat Class 2 in the soccer game.
足球比赛中一班打败了二班。
辨析: beat 与win
beat 意为“打败”，其宾语通常是人、团队或对手等
具体名词。
win 意为“赢得”，其宾语通常是比赛、奖品、名次
等抽象名词。
e.g.In the soccer game last week, our team beat their team and won
the championship.
在上周的足球比赛中，我们队打败了他们的球队，赢得了冠军。
10.“I’m trapped,” I said to myself.
say to oneself 心里想，自言自语
e.g. I say to myself every morning: "Today will be great!"
我每天早晨对自己说："今天会很棒！"
长难句分析：这是一个由并列连词“but”连接的并列复合句。第一个分句是一个“主谓状”结构的句子；第 二个分句的主语是I，谓语是told，宾语是myself，to calm down 是不定式短语作宾语补足语，since I was still alive 是since 引导的原因状语从句。
11. A moment of fear went through my mind, but I told myself to calm
down since I was still alive.
我的脑海中掠过一阵恐惧，但我告诉自己要镇定下来，因为我还活着。
calm 作动词，意为“(使) 镇静；(使) 平静”。calm down 使平静
calm 作形容词，可以描述人的情绪，意为“平静的；沉着的”，在句中作表语或定语；calm 还可以描述声音、天气等，意为“平静的；平和的”。keep calm 保持平静
calm 还可以作名词，表示平静或宁静的状态。
calm before the storm 暴风雨前的平静
e.g. Let's calm down and try to find a good way.
大家都冷静一下，设法想个更好的解决办法。
The sea was very calm this morning.今天早上大海很平静。
She is a very calm person. She is hardly flustered.
她是个很沉着的人。她遇事很少慌乱。
The town was very quiet, just like the calm before the storm.
小镇异常安静，恰如暴风雨前的平静。
since 作连词，意为“因为；既然”，引导原因状语从句；since 还可以作介词或连词，意为“自从、自从……以来”，后面可以接名词或句子，通常和现在完成时连用。
e.g. We decided to stay at home since it was raining hard.
因为雨下得很大，我们决定待在家里。
I haven’t seen her since last year.
我从去年以来一直没有见过她。
辨析: because 与since
because because 强调直接且具体的原因，语气较强，常用
于解释行为的动机或现象的原因，用以回答why
提出的问题。
since since 表示已知或显而易见的原因，语气较弱，
常用于表达一种背景或前提。
e.g. She didn’t come because she was ill. Since she couldn’t come,
let’s put off our meeting. 她没有来，因为她病了。既然她不
能来，我们推迟会议吧。
12.I cried out in a weak voice.我用微弱的声音喊道。
weak 作形容词，有以下几种意思：
(1)身体虚弱的：指人因为疾病、疲劳或缺乏营养等原因而体力不支，身体状况欠佳。
(2)脆弱的，无法承重的：指某物或某人在力量上不足以完成某项任务或对抗某种压力。
be weak in sth. 在某方面能力不足或表现不佳。其反义词组是be good at 或do well in，意为“擅长”或“在某个方面做得好”。
weakness 名词，意为“弱点”。
e.g. She was very weak after her illness. 生病后她很虚弱。
The door is very weak and won’t stand too much force.
这门很脆弱，承受不了太大的外力。
My friend Danny is weak in Chinese. But I am good at it.
我的朋友丹尼在语文方面薄弱。可是我擅长。
If you know your weakness and change it, you will do better.
如果你了解你的弱点并改正，你会做得更好。
voice 作名词，意为“嗓音；说话声；唱歌声”，特指从嗓子里发出的声音。
in a low voice 低声地
in a high voice 高声地
e.g. The girl has a beautiful singing voice.
这个女孩有一副美妙的嗓音。
Did you hear the voice from the next door
你听到隔壁的说话声了吗？
In the early morning, you can hear the voice of the birds in the woods.
清晨，你会听到树林里鸟儿的歌唱声。
He walked along the river singing in a low voice.
他一边沿着河走，一边低声唱歌。
辨析: sound, voice 与noise
sound 指声音的总称，如人或动物发出的声音或物体碰撞的声音；还可以作系动词意为“听起来……”。
voice 一般指人的声音（人的说话声、唱歌声等）。
noise 意为“喧闹声”，常常指不悦耳、不和谐的嘈杂声。
e.g. The cicadas in the tree outside the classroom were making much
noise. So the teacher had to raise his voice and told us that light
travels faster than sound. 教室外面树上的蝉发出很大的噪音，
因此老师不得不提高他的声音并告诉我们光比声音传播得快。
13.It was silent around me at first except the sounds of nature.
起初,除了大自然的声音我周围一片寂静。
except 作介词意为“除去；不包括”，通常用于表达同类事物中被排除在外的部分。它后面可以接名词、代词、副词或介词短语等。
e.g. They all went on a school trip except him.
除了他以外他们都去参加学校旅行了。
The movie was perfect except for the ending.
电影很好，除了结局。
辨析: except 与besides
except 表示“从所提到的人或事物中除去，即从整体
中除去一部分”，含有否定的含义。
besides 表示“除了……以外还有……”，指在整体中
加入一部分，含有肯定的含义，实际上是表示
强调。
记忆口诀
except 是“做减法”，besides 是“做加法”。
e.g. Last weekend, some of us went for a picnic except Tom because
he was ill. Besides Tom, another three students were also ill.
上周末我们当中的一些人去野餐了，除了汤姆以外，因为他
病了。除了汤姆以外，另外三个学生也生病了。
14.Suddenly,there was a loud noise like thunder as a burning tree
fell down in front of me—I was trapped.突然,一棵燃烧的树在
我面前倒下,发出雷鸣般的巨响——我被困住了。
burn 作动词意为“着火；烧毁；烧伤”，可以作及物动词或不及物动词。
burning 可以作形容词，意为“燃烧着的”。
burn away 意为“（使）烧掉，烧光”。
Burn the candle at both ends. 是一个英语谚语，意为“蜡烛两头烧/ 过度消耗自己”。
e.g. His farm burned last night. 他的农场昨天晚上着火了。
He blew out the burning candle and went to bed.
他吹灭燃烧的蜡烛然后去睡觉了。
The big fire burned away all his houses. 大火烧毁了他所有的房子。
15.They finally put out the fire. Luckily, Harry and I were safe.
他们终于把火扑灭了。幸运的是,哈利和我很安全。
put out 扑灭;熄灭。put out 是一个“动副型”短语,后跟代词时,代词要放在中间。在不同语境中呈现不同的意思,主要有：
(1) 表示扑灭火焰、关闭电源等动作；
(2) 表示伸出身体的某一部分如手、脚等；
(3) 表示出版书籍、报纸、杂志等。
e.g. She put out the fire with a fire extinguisher.
她用灭火器扑灭了火。
He put out his hand to his friend. 他把手伸向他的朋友。
The company plans to put out a new magazine next month.
公司计划下个月出版一本新杂志。
一、根据句意及首字母或音标提示,写出各单词的正确形式,每空一词
1.We often see the lightning first and then the t_________ comes next.
2._________ (既然) everyone is here, let’s start the meeting.
3.Kate is very thin and w______ because she eats the least food in our class.
4.On rainy days, I enjoy listening to the sound of rain that _______/bi ts/ against my windows.
5.We stared in disbelief at the black ________/sm k/ rising above the burning building.
6.Everyone is here _________(除了……外)Alan, because he is still ill in hospital.
hunder
Since
eak
beats
smoke
except
当堂检测
二、根据所给中文意思，用英语完成下列各句
1.每次汤姆遇到困难时,他总是对自己说:“是的,我能行!”然后努力去解决这些困难。
Every time Tom meets difficulties, he _____________________________, “Yes, I can!” and tries to solve them.
2.我的小弟弟怕狗。如果他看到狗,他会害怕得尖叫。
My little brother is afraid of dogs. He will scream ________ if he sees a dog.
3. 遇到危险时，我们应该冷静下来再采取行动。
We should ________________ before taking action when we are in danger.
4.许多消防员来扑灭了火。
Many firemen came and _______________________________________.
always says to himself
in fear
calm down
put out the fire/put the fire out

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