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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Reading and Thinking
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Objective 4
Objective 3
Objective 2
Objective 1
To analyse the structure and language features of an earthquake description, and learn the style of literary journalism
To identify the signs before earthquake by viewing a short video
Learning Objectives
To discuss how to make event description vivid, and to raise positive attitude to disasters,
To review words and expressions relating to natural disasters
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Warm up
Review the words of natural disasters
drought 干旱
typhoon 台风
tsunami 海啸
wildfire 森林火灾
landslide 山体滑坡
hurricane 飓风
earthquake 地震
volcanic eruption 火山爆发
tornado 龙卷风
flood 洪水
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Activity 1
Viewing for Background Information
in Para.1
What are the strange things in the video?
Do you think they were warning signs ? For what?
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Now, let's enjoy a short video about strange things. While watching, please note down the key words of strange things.
Recall as many strange things as you can.
Water rose and fell
Deep cracks appeared
Smelly gas came out of wells
pigs were too nervous to eat
Dogs refused to go inside buildings.
Mice looked for places to hide
Fish jumped out of the water
Chickens and
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Activity 2
Scanning for General Information(3mins.)
Circle out the adverbs of time.
Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.
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before going to Scan your learning sheet, and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
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Before
After
1. adverbs of time
Before
During
During
After
In less than one minute
later that afternoon
Soon after the quake
For several days
At 3:42 a.m
Para.5
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Para.1
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Part 2
Part 3
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2. topic sentence of each para.
Before
After
Signs
During
Damage/
Ruins
Hope/
Revive
Para.5
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Para.1
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noun.+ verbs
(as short as possible)
Activity 3
Read for Det