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Unit 4
Natural Disasters
Listening and Speaking
Report natural disasters
Live to tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality.
用生命呼吁:增强减灾意识,减少人员伤亡。
Warming-up
What can you see in the picture?
Rescue workers
(soldiers)
survivors
(the injured)
are rescuing
from the ruins.
An earthquake hit/struck
the area.
2
Warming-up
iii. people suffer death.
2. What does the earthquake bring to us?
i. It destroys/damages the duildings
ii. people are trapped in the ruins
iv. people are buried under the ruins.
Pre-listening: Watching a video introducing natural disasters – write down their names
Look & Give the names of the natural disasters
earthquake
tornado
wildfire
drought
landslide
tsunami
flood
volcanic eruption
Lead-in
To give more details about natural disasters to the public, we need …
News Reports!
P48 Ex2
Listen to the news report and tick the disasters that you hear
News Report 1
News Report 2
News Report 3
News Report 4
Listening
Listening
number
place
activities
time
place
reason
7
Listen for Details
News Report 1
Listen to the news report 1 and choose the right anwsers.
Q1: What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador?
A. 7 B. 7.8 C. 8.7
Q2: How many people were killed or injured?
A. 150;23 B. 15000;2300 C. 230; 1500
Listen for Details
News Report 2
Listen to the news report 2 and fill in blanks.
3. Where are the floods?
4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area?
central China
They are working day and night to make sure that_________________.
They are also bringing ______________________to those homes were lost in the disaster.
people are safe
food and water
Listen for Details
News Report 3
Listen to the news report 3 and fill in blanks.
Breaking news, Saturday 12 August. A tornado was just seen in southern Memphis, the USA. Eyewitnesses said that at 9:25 am, the tornado destroyed four homes. A police officer tells us that at least one person has died. M