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Natural disasters–Listening and Speaking
Report natural disasters
Lead in
What’s going on in the picture?
What natural disasters can you think of?
What may have happened before?
Pre-listening
earthquake tornado /tɔː'neɪdəʊ/ wildfire drought /draʊt/
landslide tsunami /tsuː'nɑːmɪ/ flood volcanic eruption
tornado
tsunami
earthquake
wildfire
flood
/vɒl'kænɪk/ /ɪ'rʌpʃ(ə)n/
Listening
Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear.
earthquake tornado wildfire drought
landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruption
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Question Type of information Answer
1.What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador?
2.How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador? /'ekwədɔ:/厄瓜多尔
About people were
killed and more than
were injured.
7.8
230
1,500
震级;the size of an earthquake
number
number
Question Type of information
3.Where are the floods?
4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area?
5. When did people see the tornado in Memphis?
6. Which buildings were damaged in Seoul?
7. What caused the landslide in Seoul?
Listening
Tips for listening
Circle key words in questions, decide the type of information it asks for , and then listen for those details with purposes.
place
activities
time
place
reason
Type of information:
number date/time address/place activity
people reason
Question Answer
3.Where are the floods?
4.What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area?
5.When did people see the tornado in Memphis?
6.Which buildings were damaged in Seoul?
7.What caused the landslide in Seoul?
Listening
Eyewitnesses(目击者) said that at ....
A landslide damaged and
in a southern neighbourhood.
The landslide was caused by that has fallen in Seoul over the past week.
China
Reasue workers and soilders day and night to make sure that people are safe. They are also bringing to the homeless.
central
are working
9:25 a.m.
a library
a supermarket
the heavy rain
food and water
When we hearing a news report about natural disaster, what aspects(方面) of information should be included?
Question Type of information Aspects
1.What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador? number
2.How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador? number
3.Where are the floods?
4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area?
5. When did people see the tornado in Memphis?
6. Which buildings were damaged in Seoul?
7. What caused the landslide in Seoul?
place
activities
time
place
reason
disaster/event
disaster/event
disaster/event
damage
damage
rescue work
reason
event
(what,when,where) damage reason rescue work
News report 1
News report 2
Listening
A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday.
floods in central China.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquakedamaged many buildings.About 230 people and more than 1,500 .
Volunteer and rescue workers
the survivors.
Homes and land ,
but no one .
Rescue workers and soldiers day and night to make sure that people are safe.
were killed
were injured
are helping
have been destroyed
has been killed
are working
?helped
event damage reason rescue work
News report 1
News report 2
A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday.
floods in central China.
Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the survivors.
Homes and land have been destroyed, but no one has been killed.
Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people are safe.
Good morning, it's 17 April.
Good evening.
Today is 27 March.
Greeting+Date
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and early reports said that about 230 people were killed and more than 1, 500 were injured.
When we listen to a news report, how can we tell it is a news report?
Read about the disasters in your book and prepare a short news report on one of them.
Earthquake
Wenchuan, China
14:28 Monday, 12 May
Magnitude 7.8 (8.0)
At least 8,500 killed (by 13 May)
Rescue workers (medical teams, troops, volunteers, etc.) organized quickly
basic information: what? when? where?
damage
rescue work
News Time
Good morning. Today is 12 May.
A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday.
It has killed at least 8,500 people by now. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. Injured survivors have been moved to safety.
Rescue workers are working day and night to help the people who are in need.
News Time
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