内容正文:
Unit 2 Natural disasters
Integrated skills: Continuing a story about a flood
· 内容分析:
本板块围绕单元话题,展开一系列听、读、说、写等任务活动:首先让学生从一段听力中获取有关洪涝灾害的常识信息和安全建议;然后阅读一则一家人被困洪水中的故事;接下来组织学生讨论故事可能的后续发展;最后让他们完成一个故事续写的任务。
· 教学目标:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. obtain the information about floods and flood safety tips;
2. analyze the typical features of a story about a family caught in a flood;
3. discuss what might happen next about the family;
4. continue the story about Mary’s family.
· 教学重难点:
1. To learn about safety tips in a flood;
2. To continue the story of the family caught in a flood.
· 教学过程:
Step 1 Lead-in
(Show Ss the picture of the Orange Isle.)
Q1: What can you see in the picture?
Flood.
Q2: When do floods usually happen?
Q3: What damages may floods cause?
Q4: How can we protect ourselves when facing a flood?
【设计意图:快速引入单元话题。】
Step 2 Listening
A. Leo has found an online talk about flood safety tips.
· A1 Listen and decide whether the statements are true(T) or false(F).
· Circle the incorrect information and correct it in the blanks.
1. About 250,000 people in the world are affected by floods every year.
F (250,000→250 million)
2. Floods are not always caused by heavy rainfall.
T
3. People should prepare food and drinking water to last at least seven days.
F (seven→three)
4. Fifteen centimetres of moving water can wash most cars away.
F (fifteen→sixty or wash most cars away→knock an adult down)
· A2 Listen to the talk again and complete the notes below.
Flood safety tips
Before a flood
• Prepare (1) ___________________. They should include:
· (2) _______________;
· sleeping bags;
· (3)_______________;
· food;
· drinking water.
• Bring the (4) ___________________ to the upper levels of the house.
During a flood
• Leave immediately and move to (5) ____________.
• Move to the upper floor if you are already inside a building.
• Do not (6) ____________ through the moving floodwater.
After a flood
• Listen for official (7) ___________ to lear