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LISTENING AND SPEAKING
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Look and discuss
What's going on in this photo?
2. What kinds of natural disasters can you think of?
A troop of soldiers are rescuing an injured person after an earthquake.
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fire
台风
typhoon/hurricane
tornado
龙卷风
sandstorm
沙尘暴
snowstorm
snowslide
雪崩
landslide
(山体滑坡)
volcanic eruption
火山爆发
flood
水灾
tsunami
海啸
earthquake
Listening and Speaking:
1. Do you know what these disasters are?
Report natural disasters
earthquake
tornado
tsunami
flood
wildfire
2. listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear.
earthquake tornado wildfire drought
landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruption
Listen for details:
date/time
address/place
number
people
activity
reason
Listening skills
3. Circle the key word(s) in the questions below and write the kind of information they refer to. Then listen again and answer the questions.
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Question Type of information
1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador? number
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
address
reason
Listen again and answer the questions.
Question Answer
1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador?
2. How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador? About _______people were killed and more than ___________ were injured.
7.8
230
1500
News reports 1
Listen again and answer the questions.
Question Answer
3. Where are the floods? _________ China
4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area? They ___________ day and night to make sure that_________________.
They ______________________
to those homes were lost in the disaster.
central
Ne