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Period1
Listening and Speaking
Unit 1　Natural Disasters
英语
Studying objectives:
1. identify types of natural disasters and master core vocabulary;
2. extract listening details and generate structured news reports;
3. report news according to what they have learned.
重点：
1. Extract key information (numbers, times, places, rescue operations).
2. Keep the language simple and complete when broadcasting news.
难点：
1. Enable students to find out the key words and types of information.
2. Enable students to keep the language simple and complete when broadcasting news.
Studying key points and difficulties:
Lead in
Activity Look at the Opening Page and have a discussion.
1.What can you see from this picture
2.How many kinds of natural disasters do you know
In the photograph, a team of soldiers are rescuing somebody from a collapsed building following an earthquake.
Some natural disasters are hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, wildfires, and tornadoes.
Pre-listening
Activity Watch a video and write down the names of disasters.
tornado, tsunami, earthquake, wildfire, flood
While-listening
earthquake tornado wildfire drought
landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruption
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Activity 1 Listen to the news report and tick the disasters that you hear.
Activity 2 Circle the key word(s) in the questions and write the kind of information they refer to. Then listen again and answer the questions.
Question Type of information Answer
1.What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador number 7.8
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
About 230 were killed and more than 1,500 were injured.
central China
They are working day and night to make sure that people are safe.
at 9:25 a.m.
a library and a supermarket
by heavy rain that has fallen in the last week
Activity 3 Listen for the pattern and language features.
Listen again and find out what are the most important questions we should consider when reporting news.While listening, you should also pay attention to the language feature.
1.The most important questions to consider in presenting a news report are: ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ and ________
2.We are supposed to start with ___________________________ and then provide the ___________.
3.The news should be reported in a ____________ tone. We should be __________ and __________________.
What
Who
When
Where
Why
How
the most important information
details
serious
objective
precise
Post-listening
Activity 1 Report disasters
Read about the disasters below and prepare a short news report on one of them. Then present your news report to AI.
Earthquake
Wenchuan, China
· 14:28 Monday, 12 May
· Magnitude 7.8 (8.0)
· At least 8,500 killed (by 13May)
· Rescue workers (medical teams, troops, volunteers, etc.) organised quickly
Wildfire
Alberta, Canada
· 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 injuries
Flood
Colombo, Sri Lanka
· Began in May
· 82 killed, 500,000
affected
·Rescue teams provided food and water
· Shelters set up by the government
Post-listening
Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday. It has killed at least 8,500 people by now. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. Injured survivors have been moved to safety by rescue workers, including medical workers, troops, and volunteers, who organised quickly.
A wildfire which began on 1 May in Alberta, Canada, has destroyed 2,400 homes. Almost 88,000 people have been evacuated. Hundreds of firefighters along with planes and helicopters have arrived to help fight the fire. Luckily, there have been no deaths or injuries.
A flood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has killed 82 people. The flood, which began in May, has affected nearly 500,000 people. Rescue teams are providing food and water, and shelters have been set up by the government.
Post-listening
Activity 2 Talk about the past disasters
Have you ever experienced a natural disaster What kind of disaster was it Were there any details that you can remember
Post-listening
Yes, I experienced a flood when I was 12. It happened in July. There were too much rain falling in the river near our house, and soon it flooded. My family and I had to escape to a shelter. I felt scared because the flood was too severe, but neighbours in our community helped each other.
Homework
Record a 30-second English news broadcast video and upload it to the class platform.
Thank you !

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