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Unit 6
1. What can you see in the picture?
2. What are the people doing?
A wildfire and firefighters.
They are trying to put out the wildfire.
Wildfires are a kind of natural disaster.
getting back to life after disasters
influence of natural disasters
disaster warnings
What are you going to learn in this unit?
After completing the unit, you will be able to:
use words and expressions in the unit to talk about natural disasters.
use the past continuous tense to tell stories about natural disasters.
describe ways of saving lives.
能够激活对自然灾害认知和感受。
能够激发对自然灾害话题的兴趣。
Have you ever thought about why ancient people created stories about fighting against powerful forces of nature, and how we deal with natural disasters today?
Who: ________________________
Story: _______________________
Disaster: _____________________
Nvwa Fixes the Sky
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. Do you know the stories in the pictures? What are they?
2. Which natural disasters could they relate to?
Nvwa
Wildfires and floods
Who: ________________________
Story: _______________________
Disaster: _____________________
Dayu Controls the Floods
Dayu
Floods
1. Do you know the stories in the pictures? What are they?
2. Which natural disasters could they relate to?
Who: ________________________
Story: _______________________
Disaster: _____________________
Droughts
1. Do you know the stories in the pictures? What are they?
2. Which natural disasters could they relate to?
Houyi
Houyi Shoots Down the Suns
Look at the picture and answer the question.
What kind of natural disasters do you know?
Earthquakes, wildfires, storms, floods…
Watch the video and answer the question.
How has people’s understanding of natural disasters changed?
In the past, people connected natural disasters with the powerful beings from ancient stories, so they felt scared and hopeless. As time passed, they started noticing the rules of these events. For example, dark clouds, strong winds and changes in temperature can cause storms.
Watch the video and check the answer.
What other kinds of natural disasters do you know?
气象灾害:热带风暴(tropical storm)、
龙卷风(tornado)、寒潮(cold wave)、旱灾(drought)
地表灾害:海啸(tsunami)、滑坡
(landslide)、森林火灾(forest fire)
地质构造灾害:火山爆发(volcanic
eruption)
I CAN
激活对自然灾害认知和感受。
激发对自然灾害话题的兴趣。
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Write down the natural disasters you know.
Preview Understanding ideas.
New words.
Read the passage.
Thank you!
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$People's reaction to natural disasters natural disasters have happened throughout human history. Earthquakes, wildfires, storms and floods have caused great harm and loss of life. In ancient times, people connected natural disasters with the powerful beings for mention stories. They felt scared and helpless. As time past, they started noticing the rules of these events. For example, dark clouds, strong winds and changes in temperature can cause storms. Ancient people created more ways to watch natural disasters carefully and lessen their effects. As earlier, AD one, three, two, john hung, the chinese scientist from the honda sty, invented a machine. IT could sense the ground's movements during an earthquake. In more recent times, there are Better ways with computer models, and satellite scientists can quickly know changes in weather and the earth movements. This has given us Better early warning. Natural disasters will always be dangerous for humans. However, we found many ways to reduce their harm and rebuild our society quickly.
People's reaction to natural disasters natural disasters have happened throughout human history. Earthquakes, wildfires, storms and floods, of course, great harm and loss of life. In ancient times, people connected natural disasters with the powerful beings for mention stories. They felt scared and helpless. As time past, they started noticing the rules of these events. For example, dark clouds, strong winds and changes in temperature can cause storms. Ancient people created more ways to watch natural disasters carefully and lessen their effects. As earlier, AD one, three, two, john hung, the chinese from the hand dynasty, invented a machine that could sense the ground's movements during an earthquake. In more recent times, there are Better ways with computer models and satellites. Scientists can quickly know changes in weather and the earth's movements. This has given us Better early warning. Natural disasters will always be dangerous for humans. However, we found many ways to reduce their harm and rebuild our society quickly.