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Unit2 Nature Disasters
Welcome+ReadingI
Nature is kind of a loving mother, but also a butcher in cold blood.
(大自然是慈爱的母亲, 也是冷血的屠夫 )
——Victor Hugo
Welcome to the unit
Free talk 1
What natural disasters do you know?
Welcome to the unit
tornado
typhoon
[tɔːˈneɪdəʊ]龙卷风
Welcome to the unit
volcano[vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ]
drought [draʊt]
flood
landslide [ˈlændslaɪd]
tsunami [tsuːˈnɑːmi]
earthquake[ˈɜːθkweɪk]
Free talk 2
What can help us survive these disasters?
Take immediate action
Stay calm
……
Related knowledge and practice
It is preparations for a natural disaster that have helped saved lives.
Better warning plans
Advanced technology
1. What are the elements of a news report?
The title, the lead, the body and the tail.
2. What kind of information does the lead mainly cover?
The most basic information: where, when, who, what, why and how.
Pre-reading
Inverted pyramid structure (倒金字塔)
The tail
The lead
The body
the most important information
detailed information
background or supporting information
The Lead
The Body
The Tail
Fast-reading
The Lead
The Body
The lead Para. 1: FALMONT—On __________(when), _____________________________(who) at ________________________(where)__________(what) an earthquake that hit the county at 2:27 p.m.
The body Paras.2-3: The _________ of escaping successfully from the earthquake.
The tail Para. 4: The ________ for their calmness in the earthquake.
at Falmont Primary School
process
reason
Report1 Fill in the table
17 March
476 students and 36 teachers
escaped
News report 1
When (1) _________
Where Falmont Primary School
What Students and teachers at a primary school
(2) ___________________________________.
How They reacted correctly and quickly when the earthquake hit.
Why (3) __________________________________________
____________________________________.
17 March
escaped an earthquake
They practised safety procedures that taught