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牛津英语八年级上册
Unit 8 Natural disasters
Comic stip&Welcome to the unit
Listening Time: What’s the weather like?
1. What was Hobo doing when it started to rain?
2. What does Hobo ask Eddie to do?
He was sleeping when it started to rain.
He asked Eddie to mop up the house for him.
Read and answer
Before watching the video, I have two questions for you.
Now, did you find the answers?
Yes, Hobo was sleeping when it started to rain.
And he askes Eddie to mop up the house for him.
So what do you think of Hobo?
Do you think he is lazy?
And if you are Eddie, would you help him mop up the house?
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Complete the passage
One day, Hobo came to Eddie’s house because his own house was ________ .
He ____________when it began to rain. When he woke up, there was water ____________.
He asked Eddie to go home with him because he wanted Eddie to ________________.
all wet
was sleeping
mop up the water
everywhere
a heavy rain
flood
Sometimes bad weather may cause natural disasters .
cause
wash everything away
an earthquake ['ɜ:θ kweɪk]
kill thousands of people
An earthquake is a kind of __________________ .
It can ______________________.
natural disaster
kill thousands of people
See:
lightning ['laɪtnɪŋ]
Hear:
thunder ['θʌndə(r)]
Thunder and lightning may start a big forest fire.
The forest may catch fire.
着火
A guessing game
snowstorm
rainstorm
typhoon
flood
thunder and lightning
drought
sandstorm
earthquake
fog
It is an accident.
crash into a tree
Is this a natural disaster?
coach
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Which are about natural disasters?
1. School football team loses final.
2. Earthquake kills thousands of people.
3. Car accident kills three men.
4. Coach crashes into tree.
5. Flood washes away village.
6.Lightning starts big fire in classroom building.
7.Young boy falls from tree and hurts legs.
8.Big storm kills 20 people.
headlines
In newspaper headlines, the present tense is used.
In newspaper headlines, words like a,an,the and