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Unit4 NATURAL DISASTERS
Listening and speaking
1. Let's talk about natural disasters!
(Anyone who answers a question can get a red star.)
What disaster is it?
earthquake/ˈəːθkweɪk/地震
1
The building fell down.
What happened to the building?
What disaster is it?
2
tornado/tɔːˈneɪdəʊ/
龙卷风
Many things were damaged/destroyed.
What can you see?
/dɪˈstrɔ/
/ˈdæmɪdʒ/
What disaster is it?
3
landslide/ˈlæn(d)ˌslaɪd/
山体滑坡
The landslide damaged /destroyed many houses.
What did it damage/destroy?
What disaster is it?
wildfire/ˈwaɪl(d)faɪə/
山火
The firefighters worked hard to put out the wildfire.
What did the firefighters do?
4
What disaster is it?
tsunami /tsu:ˈnɑ:mi/
海啸
Many people would be killed or injured.
What would happen to the people on the beach?
5
What disaster is it?
flood /flʌd/洪水
They helped them evacuate from it.
How did the soldiers helped the people affected?
6
/əˈfɛkt/
/ɪˈvækjʊeɪt/
What disaster is it?
volcanic eruption
/vɔlˈkænɪk/ /ɪˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/
火山爆发
Boiling rocks erupted from the volcano.
What can you see?
7
/vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/
What disaster is it?
drought /draʊt/
干旱
It caused many deaths.
What damage did it cause to the sheep?
8
/dɛθ/
Who are they?
They used helicopters to rescue people.
9
rescue /ˈrɛskjuː/workers
营救人员
How did they go to the place affected?
/ˈhɛlɪkɒptə/
Who are they?
10
troops /truːps/士兵
What did they do?
They set up shelters.
/ˈʃɛltə/
(Anyone who answers a question can get a red star.)
2. Let's listen to the news reports!
listen to the news reports and tick the disaster you hear.
● earthquake ● tornado ● wildfire ●drought
● landslide ● tsunami ● flood ● volcanic eruption
P48
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P48
3
Circle the key word(s) in the questions below and write the kind of information they refer to.
number
place
activity
time
address
reason
/ˈɛkwədɔː/厄瓜多尔
/ˈmɛmfɪs/孟斐斯
/səʊl/首尔
(numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities,
people or places, reasons, etc.)
/ˈmæɡniˌt(j)ud/
interrogative疑问词
key word 中心词
Questions type of info