Unit 8 Natural disasters Comic strip &Welcome to the unit 课件2023-2024学年牛津译林版八年级英语上册

Unit 8 Natural disasters Nature Do you like our earth? Is the earth full of good things? what disasters do you know? Typhoon Earthquake Drought Tornado Landslides Blizzard Flood Dust storms Debris flow Volcanic eruption Hail Tsunami Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions: 1. What's the weather like? 2. What happened to Hobo? 3. What do you think happened to Hobo's house? 4. How does Hobo feel at Eddie's home? No. When I woke up, there was water everywhere! Come with me, Eddie. Who will mop up the water if I go home without you? 1. What's the weather like? It's rainy. 2. What happened to Hobo? His house is all wet. 3. What do you think happened to Hobo's house? There was water everywhere. 4. How does Hobo feel at Eddie's home? He feels warm. Let's answer the questions Welcome to the unit Natural disasters and accidents Practice: Find out which ones are natural disasters 1. School football team loses finally. 2. Earthquake kills thousands of people. 3. Car accident kills three men. 4. Coach crashes into a tree. 5. Flood washes away the village. 6. Lightning starts big fire in classroom building. 7. Young boy falls from tree and hurts legs. 8. Big storm kills 20 people. ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ The difference between disasters and accidents: Natural disasters are caused by natural forces. Accidents are caused by people. Sandy and Millie are chatting online about natural disasters and accidents. Sandy: Did you hear about the fire at a school in the UK last week? Millie: No. What happened?① Sandy: It was at my friend Vivien's school. She told me about it. There was a heavy storm with thunder and lightning.② Millie: Oh, really? Sandy: Yes. It was terrible. Lightning hit a classroom building and it caught fire.③ Millie: Was anyone hurt? Sandy: No. Nobody was hurt. It happened at night. Answer questions: 1. What happened to Vivien's school? Lightning caught a fire. 2. Was anyone hurt? No body was hu