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Starting out &
Understanding ideas
Unit 6 Disaster and hope
Learning aims
To list out the commonly seen natural disasters.
To read and understand the passage.
To get the detailed information of the passage.
To master the key words, phrases and sentence structures of this part.
To raise the students’ awareness of protecting our earth.
Comprehension
Part one
Starting out
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. Where is the city? What happened there?
2. How did people there react to the disaster?
What was the result?
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Starting out
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. Where is the city? What happened there?
2. How did people there react to the disaster? What was the result?
The city was in Italy. It was close to a volcano and in the
year 79 AD, the volcano erupted, and the city was destroyed.
People there were frightened by the sudden disaster. They took what they could as they tried to get away from the city.
Many people were trapped by the buildings that were falling down, and killed by the powerful flow of gas, ash and rock.
Starting out
Look at the film posters and answer the questions.
1. Have you seen the films? What are they about?
2. What do you think the main characters do in the
face of these disasters?
Starting out
What other stories do you know about natural disasters? Share an example with the class.
Starting out
Lead-in
What happens when the temperate goes very high or very low? How do people deal with extreme temperatures?
2. What were the highest and lowest temperatures
recorded where you live? How do you feel in
extreme temperatures?
Make a prediction of what the passage is about.
Lead-in
3. What’s your impression of the picture and the title?
2. Where does the story take place?
1. What kind of weather is the story about?
Lead-in
Fast reading
Read the passage and check your prediction.
The passage is about the author's feelings and concerns when he was on the London Tube on an unusually hot day.
Deep reading
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
To explain why summers in London are getting hotter and hotter.
To complain about the London Tube.
To warn people about the danger of London being flooded.
To express his worries about the dangers of extreme weather conditions.
To express his worries about the dangers of extreme weather conditions.
Read for the structure
Look through the passage and try to get its structure.
at the
tube station
on the
train
out of the
tube station
in the order
of space
Careful reading
Unusually hot, awful
Refreshed, comfortable
Feelings
Paras.
1.2.5
At the tube station
Inside the train
Out of the tube station
Melting, a bit sick, a bit scared
Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks.
Concerns
Paras. 3.4
Planning for the future, the author should
In the newspaper,
with reports of natural disasters around the world, the author thinks he should
Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks.
put the flat on the market and buy a boat
speak with the manager about moving to the top floor
learn to swim
Think about moving to space
as the disasters were caused
by climate change.
Careful reading
Think & Share
1. Do you share the author’s concerns about
extreme weather conditions? Why?
2. Do you think climate change will affect your
life in the future? How would you adapt?
Do you share the author’s concerns about extreme
weather conditions? Why?
Yes, I do. Because global warming is a serious problem caused by human actions.
Think & Share
2. Do you think climate change will affect your life in the future?
How would you adapt?
Absolutely! First, we would save water, because it is an essential natural resource. Then, we would focus on ecosystem in the sea. At last, we need to form a new habit to reduce the climate change.
Think & Share
Discussion
What can we do to help the environment?
reuse
planting trees
recycle
energy-saving bulbs
public transport
Language points
Part two
_______ n. 灾难,祸患 → ________ adj. 造成灾难的
2. ______ n. 管子→ ________ (伦敦的)地下铁道,地铁
3. _____ adj. (用于数字后面表示)多,余
4. ______ v. (火山)爆发,喷发→ ________ n. (火山)爆发,喷发
5. __________ adv. 即刻,马上→ _________ adj. 即刻的,马上的
6. _________ n. 飓风 7. ________ n. 山崩,滑坡
8. _____ v. 发生→ ________ 过去式/过去分词
9. ____________ n. 通告,公告→ ________ v. 宣告,宣布
plus
disaster
disastrous
tube
the Tube
immediately
eruption
erupt
Words
immediate
hurricane
landslide
occur
occurred
announcement
announce
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Phrases
1. 捡起,拿起;开车接;偶然学会;接收信号
2. 被预计/期望做某事
3. 与... ...相比... ...
4. 一群
5. 成功,做到;到达;挺住
6. 反射出
7. 浏览,翻阅; 看穿;仔细检查
8. 由于,因为
9. 既然, 由于,因为
10. 毕竟
1. pick up
2. be expected to do
3. compared to /with
4. a crowd of
5. make it
6. reflect off
7. look through
8. due to
9. now that
10. after all
Key points
1. pick up 捡起,拿起;(开车)接人,搭载;(偶然)学会,得到;接收(信号等); 便宜地买到;恢复(健康);加速
说出下列句子中pick up的意思
The school bus stopped to pick up the students.
She picked up a lot of information about the subject.
Terry picked up his phone and left without a word.
My radio can’t pick up the sports news.
Mr. Lu picked up the old piece of furniture at a very low price.
After the operation, Roy picked up quickly.
(开车)接人
(偶然)得到
拿起
接收,收听
便宜地买到
恢复(健康)
2. compared to/with... 与……相比
(常在句中作状语,可位于句首或句末)
compare A with/to B 把A 和B 相比较
compare A to B 把A 比作B
beyond/without compare 无与伦比
Key points
单句语法填空
1. _________(compare)with your performance,your sister’s is better.
2. _________(compare) fresh and frozen vegetables and you’ll find the
fresh ones taste better.
3. Recently a survey _________(compare) prices of the same goods in two
different supermarkets has caused heated debate among citizens.
4. People often compare a teacher _____ a gardener.
5. Film has a much shorter history,especially when _________(compare)to
such art forms as music and painting.
Compared
Compare
comparing
to
compared
Key points
3. make it to(尤指在困难情况下)到达,赶上
make it 及时到达;获得成功;设法做成
make up 组成;编造;化妆;和好
make up for 补偿;弥补
make sense 讲得通,有意义
make one’s way(to)前往
make use of 利用,使用
Key points
单句语法填空
They set off in the morning and made it ___ a small town before
dark.
2. The plane leaves in five minutes. We’ll never make ____.
3. Your spare time should be made use _____ to improve your
English.
4. About twenty doctors and forty nurses made _____ this medical
team.
to
it
of
up
Key points
4. immediately (1)adv. 即刻,马上;接近,紧接
(2)conj. 一……就…… (= as soon as)
immediately用作连词,引导时间状语从句,意为“一……就……”。
“一……就……”的其他表达:
instantly /directly + 句子
the moment /minute /instant/second + 句子
hardly...when...;no sooner... than...
immediate adj. 即刻的,马上的
Key points
单句语法填空
1. Please give us a description of your tour of China __________( immediate).
2. The boss ordered them to take __________(immediately) action.
一句多译
3. 我一到那里就联系你。
immediately
immediate
I will contact you as soon as I arrive there.
I will contact you immediately I arrive there.
I will contact you the moment I arrive there.
Key points
5. look through 快速查看,浏览; 透过……看;(假装)没有注意到
look for 寻找 look forward to 期待,盼望(to 是介词)
look into 调查 look on... as... 把……看作……
look up 抬头向上看;查阅 look up to 尊敬,钦佩
look back on/to 回忆,回顾 look after 照料,照顾
look around/round 环顾;参观 look down on/upon 轻视,瞧不起
look out(= watch out)小心,当心
Key points
单句语法填空
1. I have looked _______ all my drawers,but I still can’t find my purse.
2. I have been looking forward to ________ (work) with you.
3. Don’t look ____ the new words in the dictionary when reading a story.
4. I saw Fiona in the street and she looked straight ______ me.
5. When I looked back _____ those days,I couldn’t help smiling.
6. Would you please look ______ the application letter and make any
necessary changes?
through
working
up
through
on/to
through
Key points
6. occur vi. 发生;(主意或想法)被想到
occur—occurred—occurred—occurring
sth. occurs/occurred to sb.(主意或想法)被某人想到
It occurs/occurred to sb. that... 某人想到……
It occurs/occurred to sb. to do sth. 某人想到做某事。
Key points
单句语法填空
1. Ralph W. Emerson would always write down the new ideas that
_________(occur) to him.
2. It never occurred to her _______(ask) for anyone when she was in
trouble.
3. It occurred to him ______ he had an important meeting to attend the
next morning.
4. A brilliant idea occurred ___ me this morning when I was on my way
to school.
occurred
to ask
that
to
Key points
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