Unit 6 Survival Developing ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 6 Survival 1. What does each picture show? 2. What difficulties would people have surviving in these situations? Activity 1. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. clay 黏土 --clayey adj.黏土的，粘土状的，含粘土的 e.g.The pot is made of clay. 这锅是用粘土制作的。 consumption (精力、油、电等的)消耗量 --consume v.消耗，消费，吃，喝，吞嚼，烧毁，使......着迷，充满 --consumer n.消费者，顾客，用户，食用者，使用者，消耗者 e.g.Do you know what our consumption of food is every day? 你知道我们每天的食物消耗量是多少吗？ agency 机构，（尤指政府内的）局，部，处 --agent n.代理人，代理商，经纪人，间谍，特工 e.g.I bought the house through an agency. 我通过一家机构买的这个房子。 astronaut 宇航员，太空人 --astronautics n.航天学，宇宙航行 e.g.Some Chinese women astronauts succeeded in going into space by spaceship. 一些中国的女宇航员成功乘坐宇宙飞船去太空。 dust 沙土，尘土 --dusty adj.布满灰尘的，土灰色的，缺乏活力的，枯燥无味的，粉状的 e.g.Cars are running like the wind in the dust. 汽车在尘土中飞奔。 exposure 暴露，接触，曝光，揭发，报道 --expose v.暴露，使显露，使面临，揭露，揭发，接触，体验 e.g.He is worried about the exposure of his bad behavior. 他担心他的恶劣行为被揭露。 Adjectives greedy 贪婪的，贪心的 (greedier, greediest) --greed n.贪婪，贪欲，贪食，贪吃 --greedily adv.贪婪地，贪食地 e.g.The boss is such a greedy man that we all dislike him. 老板是如此贪婪的人，我们都不喜欢他。 earthquake disease outbreak jungle shipwreck space water shortage What difficulties would people have surviving in these situations? In an earthquake, ______________ (通讯)and ________ (电力)may be cut off. If a disease breaks out, people will __________(恐慌) because of misinformation (________) , quarantine (隔离) , lack of _________(必要的) supplies and __________(医药的) care. In a jungle, people find it extremely difficult to find ____________(方向). Besides, there are ____________(潜在的) dangers such as wild animals and venomous insects. communication power 错误消息 essential medical directions panic potential earthquake disease outbreak jungle If a shipwreck happens, people need to escape in _________(救生船) or they will die from drowning _____________(立刻). In space, astronauts will live in a zero-gravity environment, which make simple actions _________. Severe water shortage will result in _________ shortage which will cause _____________(迁徙), collapse of social order and war. lifeboats immediately difficult food migration shipwreck space water shortage Activity 2.Vocabulary building Background Information Crises the world faces Not only should a single person know how to survive in crises, but also this world has to take measures to cope with the crises it faces. What are the crises this world faces? Vocabulary building Read the newspaper reports and answer the questions. Pay attention to the underlined words and expressions Doctors battle new disease Doctors are flying to an island off the coast of West Africa after an outbreak of a new disease caused by a flu virus. They will be testing various medicines in a struggle to find a cure. Europe Struggles with Heat Wave Countries in Southern Europe have issued warnings after temperatures rose to 40°C. They advise people to stay indoors and avoid exercise. Swimming pools and beaches are crowded with people trying to cool down. Vocabulary building Country Is Coping With Oil Shortage The President has announced emergency measures to limit fuel consumption. Meanwhile, scientists are working on energy-saving measures and new fuel sources to supplement oil supplies. Vocabulary building Scientists act to eliminate introduced species from island Scientists are implementing a three-year programme to kill all rats, cats and foxes that were accidentally introduced to King Island early in the 20th century and are now threatening the survival of local species. Vocabulary building Firefighters bring blaze under control Local firefighters successfully prevented further spreading of a huge fire caused by high temperatures in the south-west yesterday, after battling for hours in fierce conditions. Vocabulary building 1. What situations are mentioned in the headlines? The fifth one tells of the spreading of a huge fire. Vocabulary building The first one tells of an outbreak of a new disease. The second one reports a heat wave. The third one tells of an oil shortage. The fourth one reports the invasion of foreign species on an island. 2. How do people and organisations react to these crises? 1) Doctors are flying there and will be testing various medicines to find a cure. 2) Countries which are hit by a heat wave advise people to stay indoors and avoid exercise. Some people go to swimming pools and beaches to cool themselves down. Vocabulary building 4) Scientists are carrying out a three-year programme to eliminate the introduced species. 5) Firefighters brought the huge fire under control after battling for hours. Vocabulary building 3) The president has announced measures to limit fuel consumption and scientists are finding new measures and fuel sources. Vocabulary building SURVIVOR SURVIVOR is a new monthly magazine for people interested in ecosystem and disaster management. Each issue looks at some of the most urgent problems of our time. Our first issue has a special focus on Read the advertisement and rewrite the underlined expressions with the correct form of the words and expressions in Activity 9. Vocabulary building 1. fighting against global warming. Temperatures are rising, and nations are failing to 2. respond to it. As islands 3. wrestle with rising sea levels, what is to be done? Plus, it also includes a free poster illustrating Read the advertisement and rewrite the underlined expressions with the correct form of the words and expressions in Activity 9. Vocabulary building new plans to 4. get rid of the Ebola virus once and for all. We invite you to read Survivor and learn how we might 5. stop our problems from getting worse! Read the advertisement and rewrite the underlined expressions with the correct form of the words and expressions in Activity 9. Vocabulary building fighting against respond to wrestle with get rid of stop our problems from getting worse battling cope with struggle with eliminate bring our problems under control $$