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Hot! Hot! Hot!
Unit 6 understanding ideas
This summer, we went through _____________.
Some people even suffered heatstroke.
extreme heat
Many natural disasters happened due to extreme heat.
Observe the thermometer and think:
extreme temperatures
What problem is reflected here?
What happens when the temperature goes very high or very low?
How do people deal with extreme temperatures?
2. What happens when the temperature goes very high or very low?
It may cause heatwave, drought, wildfire and storms, etc.
3. How do people deal with extreme temperatures?
People should raise their awareness of protecting the environment.
How do you describe the picture?
What are the people doing in this picture?
What is special about these people?
They are waiting in line for the London Tube.
They are painted in red. It seems that they are melting.
Look at the picture and the title, and predict what the passage is about.
Check your predictions: what the passage is about.
It’s about the author’s _________ and ________on the London Tube on an unusually ______ day.
feelings
concerns
hot
How does the author describe “hot” ?
Simile (明喻)
Exaggeration
Sure enough, going down the stairs and onto the platform is like jumping into a volcano that’s erupting.
This, however, is nothing compared to the train.
I’m sure the passanger next to me and I are melting and becoming one.
1. What is the type of this passage?
2. The passage is developed in the order of _____________.
A. Exposition
B. Narration
C. Argumentation
space
at the Tube station
(Para. 1)
inside the train
(Para.2-4)
out of the station
(Para. 5)
How did the author’s feelings change?
awful
refreshed
a bit sick,
a bit scared,
nervous,
a heavy heart
Complete the flow chart with words and expressions from the passage.
1. 30-plus degrees
2. melting and becoming one
3. a bit scared
4. put his flat on the market and buy a boat
5.speak with his manager about moving to the top floor
6.learn to swim
7. climate change
8. nervous
9. worrying to