内容正文:
Unit 7 Natural Disasters
Warming up and Listening and Speaking
一、教学目标
1.identify the vocabulary of natural disasters and make a brief introduction.
2.understand the reasons for flight cancellations and natural disasters.
3. predict the listening content and summarize the theme. Ask and respond to the topic of natural disasters and human travel, and put forward their own views.
四、教学重点、难点分析
Key points:ss can know some words about some disasters and ask some information about it.
Difficult points:in the communication,ss can speak the reasons and influence about natural disasters.
五、教学过程
Step 1 Warming Up
*1. Brainstorm.
(1)the teacher show ss some pictures about disasters.and then ask ss to discuss the disasters.
(2) situation:What disasters may be caused by the eruption of Tangjia volcano?
2. Look and match.
Finish activity1,ask ss to introduce the connection and disasters about it and match them.
3. Think and tick.
(1)finish activity2
Ss discuss activity6 and have a guess the possible influence.
What are the possible effects of natural disasters?
(3) ask ss to imitate activity2 and introduce the text.
Step 2 Listening
1. Listen and choose.
Finish activity3
2. Listen and decide.
Finish activity4 and ask ss to choose their answers .then the teacher check the answers.
3. Listen and complete.
Finish activity5 and the teacher lead ss to finish the listening part.
Step 3 Speaking
1. Listen, read and underline.
The teacher introduce the background and ask ss to imitate and show their the conversation.
*(2)activities: the teacher ask ss to practice the sentences and analyse them.
delay、 due to、cause damage to、It is lucky that... 、It is possible (for sb) to do something
2. Imitate and talk.
3. Finish activity7
(2)ss work in groups and make conversations to practice.
3. Role play.
(1)finish activity8
① Discussion:
Ask ss to discuss the following questions.
Why were the flights cancelled?
Why were the trains delayed?
②according to the situation,ask ss to discuss