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Unit 2
Natural disasters
Period 4
Integrated skills
By the end of this class, students will be able to :
1. learn to listen for key words and phrases in listening;
2. obtain the information about floods and food safety tips;
3. analyse the typical features of a story about a family caught in a flood;
4. continue the story about Mary’s family caught in a flood.
CONTENTS
Listening
I
Reading
II
Writing
III
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Lead-in
What would you do during a flood?
stay informed on local news
prepare an emergency bag with food, drugs...
know how to get to safety places
leave before flooding starts
keep useful items at home (sandbags,
rope...)
turn off the
power
Don’t walk or drive in flood water.
get to a higher ground
follow evacuation orders
lead animals to a safer place
Pre-listening
It is important to listen for keywords carefully.
Keywords are often s_______.
Keywords are often r_______.
There is usually a p_____ before a keyword.
tressed
epeated
ause
How do you identify the keywords?
Tips
Keywords are the most important words in a sentence or paragraph.
While-listening
Leo has found an online talk about flood safety tips.
A1 True(T) or False(F)
Listen and finish part A.
Check your answers one by one.
250 million
three
Sixty
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Or 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.
Flood safety tips
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 learn when it is safe to go home.
• Watch out for (8) ______________ and power lines.
• Stay away from the floodwater. It may be polluted and unsafe to touch.
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Check your answers.
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.
disaster supplies
a light source
warm clothes
most important objects
Flood safety tips
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 learn when it is safe to go home.
• Watch out for (8) ______________ and power lines.
• Stay away from the floodwater. It may be polluted and unsafe to touch.
higher ground
walk or drive
news reports
damaged roads
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Tapescript
Reading
Try to describe the picture with your own words.
A house, with the door and windows shut tightly, was surrounded by a flood. The trees beside it were bent by the strong wind. The wind roared and the rain beat on the roof and windows. There was a car caught in the moving floodwater, like a boat.
After completing his research, Leo began to write a story about a family caught in a flood. Read the first half of the story and answer the questions.
How
Where
When
Who
Characters
Setting
Plot
Why
What
Mary and her parents
On a rainy day
In their house
They were caught in a flood.
It had been raining non-stop for three days.
How can they save themselves
from the flood?
Activity 1 Read for some details
1. Fill in the mind map.
Mary thought they should leave right away while her parents didn’t agree.
2. What’s Mary’s opinion?
What about her parents’ ?
Activity 2 Read for the structure
Fill in the mind map with the following options.
Trapped
Different opinions
Silence
What to do
Plot line:
Silence; Different opinions; Trapped
(1)It had been raining non-stop for three days.
(2)The wind roared and the rain beat on the roof and windows.
(3)The sudden silence in the house seemed to make the wind and rain more frightening outside.
Activity 3 Read for some good sentences
Find sentences describing scenes.
Activity 4 Discussion
What might happen next?
Answers may vary.
Activity 5 Writing outline
According to the exercises above, we can learn when continuing a story, we can use the following outline.
Figure out the setting which includes when, where and cause of the event.
Figure out the characters and their relations.
Figure out the plot and find the conflict.
Predict the following story and solve the conflict.
We have read the story about Mary’s family caught in a flood, what happened to them in the following story? Let’s Continue the story about Mary’s family caught in a flood.
Writing
Continue the story about Mary’s family caught in a flood.
At the beginning of your writing, use transitional words or sentences to make connections with the first half of the story. Make sure the second half matches the first half in terms of characters and content.
Learning about the structure
Planning your writing
Learning about the language
Dialogue is important in a story. It can show emotion, move the plot forward and reveal a character’s personality. Dialogue is usually placed inside quotation marks.
Tip
Follow the original language style and keep the style consistent.
Dialogues
“Mum, Dad,” said Mary suddenly, “I think we should leave here right away!”
“No,” said Dad. “It’s too late! The radio says the city has already been flooded.”
“We can drive our car through the floodwater! Let’s just leave! I’m really scared!” cried Mary.
“We can’t do that, honey,” explained Mum, “otherwise the moving water could wash the car away.”
“Don’t open the door!” shouted Mum and Dad at the same time. “The water may flood in!”
More specific words to replace say
cry, explain, shout, scream, yell, roar, whisper, add, continue, remark, repeat, complain, warn, reply, apologize, comfort, beg, refuse, answer, cheer …
Descriptions of scenes
It had been raining non-stop for three days.
The wind roared and the rain beat on the roof and windows.
The sudden silence in the house seemed to make the wind and rain more frightening outside.
The functions of scene descriptions
Specify the setting
Create tension
Move the plot forward
Descriptions of actions
Mary was looking through the windows at the endless rain outside.
Mary walked to the door. She was curious to see how much water there was outside.
Dad was listening to a weather report on the radio, while Mum was putting their important documents and disaster supplies into a bag.
Dad moved the dinner table against the door, in case the floodwater forced the door open.
Mum waved to Mary to sit on the sofa.
Without saying a single word, Dad walked to the sofa, sat down and hugged his wife and daughter.
Tips on describing actions
Use specific verbs.
Use verb chains to show a series of actions.
本单元的写作任务是续写被自然灾害困住的一家人的故事。进行续写时要注意下面几点:
1.通读全文,把握全文的核心内容;
2.明确故事中的人物关系;
3.明确故事中的主要事件;
4.对故事的发展进行合理推测。
写作技巧法
【常用表达】
1.Mary’s mother continued to comfort her...
2.Hearing the knock on the door,Mary’s father...
3.Some people rushed in the house the moment...
4.They tried their best to get them out of the house...
5.Moved by the firefighters,the whole family...
6.What you did really made a difference to others’ life.
习作分步演练
续写故事,描述玛丽一家被困洪水中的后续发展。
第一步 审题谋篇
[审题]
写作要求是续写被自然灾害困住的一家人的故事。写作时应注意下面几点:
1.确定文体:这是一个故事。写作时注意故事的要素和合理性。
2.主体时态:文章应以一般过去时为主。
3.主体人称:由于是描述一家人的故事,所以人称应该以第三人称为主。
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[谋篇]
第一段:玛丽一家人惊慌不已,不知道该怎么办。一家人互相安慰。
第二段:突然有人敲门,玛丽的父亲打开门,看到了一群人和一辆大卡车。
第三段:大卡车把玛丽一家带到了安全地带,有人送来了水和食物。玛丽一家非常感动。
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1.掩饰自己
2.过了一会儿
3.入睡
4.匆忙地
5.装满……
6.滚落下来
_____________
_____________
___________
__________
_________________________
__________
第二步 遣词造句
[核心词汇]
hide oneself
after a while
in a hurry
fall asleep
be filled with.../be full of...
roll down
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[连词成句]
1.当看到玛丽那么害怕时,她爸爸开始讲故事来安慰她。
When Mary’s father saw her so scared, ______________________
__________.
2.玛丽正要睡着,这时有人在疯狂地敲门。
Mary was about to fall asleep and at that time ______________________________.
he began to tell a story to
someone knocked at the door wildly
relieve her
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3.在她们家房子外面有一些消防队员和一辆卡车。
Some firefighters and a truck ____________________.
4.既惊又喜,玛丽的爸爸开始喊妻子和女儿。
Mary’s father was surprised and excited, _________________
__________________.
were outside their house
and he began to call
his wife and daughter
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第三步 句式升级
1.用分词短语作状语改写句1
__________________________________________________________________
2.用when作并列连词改写句2 _______________________________________________________________
Seeing Mary so scared, her father began to tell a story to relieve her.
Mary was about to fall asleep when someone knocked at the door wildly.
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3. 用倒装结构改写句3
______________________________________________
4.用形容词作状语改写句4
__________________________________________________________________
Outside their house were some firefighters and a truck.
Surprised and excited, Mary’s father began to call his wife and daughter.
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第四步 组句成篇
用适当的过渡词语,把以上词汇和句式,再加上联想内容,组成一篇英语短文。
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Remember to check your writing after you finish and exchange drafts between you and your partner. Pay attention to the following aspects:
□ Punctuation □ Spelling □ Grammar
□ Choice of words □ Style (formal/informal) □ Structure
Self-review
Does your writing match the first half of
the story in terms of characters and
content?
Do you use dialogue in your writing?
Peer review
What does your partner think of your writing? Does it show creativity and imagination?
What suggestions does your partner give on improving your writing?
Checking your writing
Seeing Mary so scared, her father began to tell a story to relieve(高分词汇) her.(高分句型1) Mary’s mother was also worried, but she tried to hide herself(高分词汇).
After a while, Mary was about to fall asleep when someone knocked at the door wildly(高分词汇).(高分句型2) Mary’s father walked to the door and opened it. Outside their house were some firefighters and a truck(高分句型3). Surprised and excited, Mary’s father began to call his wife and daughter. (高分句型4)They got on the truck in a hurry.
范文赏读
The truck drove Mary and her parents to a shelter nearby. Mary’s mother was too scared to take their bag filled with some food and other supplies. Hearing their story, some kind volunteers gave them some food and water(高分句型5). Mary’s mother was so moved that tears began to roll down(高分词汇) her cheeks.
Homework
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A friend of mine whose name was John Smith had a bad memory,which made him famous. He was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him of his meetings,his classes—even his meals!Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbours, “If John didn’t have his head tied on,he would forget that too!” Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university,his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment to him. He was not stupid,as some critical people tended to say,but just very very absent-minded.
One a hot summer day,Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children,he kept the name of the town a secret. However,by the time they arrived at the station,Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily,a friend of his happened to be at the station. He offered to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.
The professor’s wife was surprised to see him again so soon.
“Oh,my dear,I forget the name of the town.”
“What?You forget the name?Maybe one day you will forget my name!Now I’ll write the name of that town on a piece of paper,and you put it in your pocket and please,please don’t forget where you put it.”
Satisfied that she had solved the problem,she sent her husband off again.Ten minutes later,she was amazed to see him outside the house for the second time.
注意:续写词数应为150左右。
“What is the matter now?” asked his wife. _______________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hearing the cry,out rushed their neighbours,trying to find out what had happened. ________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“What is the matter now?” asked his wife. “I just can’t remember why I come back,” replied the professor. However, the real reason was that he forgot where he had left his children. Feeling something wrong, Mrs Smith didn’t believe his words. She asked her husband to tell her the truth. At last, John Smith had to admit that he hadn’t forgotten why he had come back, but forgotten the station where he had left those children. “What a bad memory!” cried his wife.
Hearing the cry, out rushed their neighbours, trying to find out what had happened. A fight between the couple was about to start when the professor’s cellphone began to ring. It was his friend at the station! The professor apologized, got into his car and drove to the station. Being afraid that he would make matters worse again, Mrs Smith decided to follow him, who then called a taxi and then caught up with her husband. At last, they took their children back home safe and sound together.
参考范文
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