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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Listening and Speaking
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Have you ever heard the sounds of nature?
Birdsong
Running water
Wind
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How about other sounds?
Earthquake
Flood
Typhoon
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A large amount of mud sliding down a mountain, often destroying buildings and injuring or killing people below.
A large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
A sudden violent movement of the earth’s surface, sometimes causing great damage.
An earthquake happening under the sea floor.
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/vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/ /ɪˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/
A large amount of mud sliding down a mountain, often destroying buildings and injuring or killing people below.
A large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
A sudden violent movement of the earth’s surface, sometimes causing great damage.
An earthquake happening under the sea floor.
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A large amount of mud sliding down a mountain, often destroying buildings and injuring or killing people below.
A large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
A sudden violent movement of the earth’s surface, sometimes causing great damage.
An earthquake happening under the sea floor.
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A large amount of mud sliding down a mountain, often destroying buildings and injuring or killing people below.
A large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
A sudden violent movement of the earth’s surface, sometimes causing great damage.
An earthquake happening under the sea floor.
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A mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain.
/ˈævəlɑːnʃ/
A long period of time when there is little or no rain.
/draʊt/
A strong wind carrying clouds of sand with it, especially in a desert.
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1st listening: Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear.
What should we pay attention to first when we do listening?
Questions/ Tasks
Circle the key word(s) in the questions in task 3 and write the kind of information they refer to.
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2nd listening: Listen and ans