Unit 6 starting out+understanding ideas 课件-2025-2026学年外研版八年级英语上册

Starting out & Understanding ideas When disaster strikes 汇报人：WPS By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: Summarize the events of Pompeii’s eruption using key vocabulary (e.g.,eruption, ash, tremors and expressions from Pliny the Younger’s account. Students will demonstrate mastery of the Past Continuous Tense by writing 3+ sentences describing disaster scenarios . Working in groups, students will design a natural disaster preparedness poster incorporating historical lessons, survival tips, and unit vocabulary to showcase real-world relevance. Learning Objectives What Are Natura·l Disasters? 02 Lead in A wildfire and firefighters. 1. What can you see in the picture? 2. What are the people doing? They are trying to put out the wildfire. Wildfires are a kind of natural disaster. Look, think and say. 02 Lead in Let’s learn the new words and phrases. natural disasters：意为 “自然灾害” disaster warnings：“灾害预警” past continuous tense：“过去进行时” saving lives：“救生” poster：“海报” 03 Starting out Nvwa Fixes the Sky Look and answer the questions. Do you know these stories? Dayu Controls the Floods Houyi Shoots Down the Suns 03 Starting out Wildfires and floods Look and answer the questions. Which natural disasters could they relate to? Floods Droughts relate...to 与。。。有关 1 What kind of natural disasters do you know? 2 How has people's understanding of natural disasters changed? Look at the picture and answer the questions. I know floods. Rivers rise and cover land. There are also earthquakes that shake the ground. And droughts can make land very dry. Storms with strong winds and heavy rain are also disasters. In the past, people thought disasters were punishments. Now, we know they're natural events. We use science to study and deal with them to keep ourselves safe. Understanding ideas Look at the two pictures and answer the questions. Use the words andexpressions to help you. 1 What can you see in the pictures? 2 What do you think the local people did in the disaster? 3 How might people feel? In the first picture , the volcano is erupting and there is black smoke all around. In the second picture , there is a ruin(废墟). People might feel shocked and be full of fear. They call for help , hoping to be saved. They might call for help, cry in fear and shout to warn others. /vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/火山 Read the record of Pliny the Younger and find out how he survived the eruptionof Mount Vesuvius. 维苏威火山。 A lost city 1My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. The earth shook these days, That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard.My mother rushed into my room to wake me up. We had to stay outside for the night, My mother was so scared. She didn't shut her eyes for evenone second. By six o'clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking. We decided to leave the town. 庞贝 冲进 wake sb. up把某人叫醒 呆在外面 be scared of/be scared todo sth.害怕做。。。 shut off关闭，停止运转 到。。时（为止）；乘坐 decide to do sth.决定做 小普林尼 2The road was crowded, We were at a place out of town. Just then,shocking things happened. Our coach couldn't go straight ahead. It began to move from side to side. The sea moved back suddenly, and many sea animals were left on the sand. 3We noticed a very dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius. Soon, the cloud moved down and covered the sea. My mother asked me to continue without her, but I refused to leave her behind. We moved on while the cloud was spreading over the land like a flood. It turned day into night.The air was thick with smoke and ash began to fall in heavy showers.All around us, women were calling, children were crying and men were shouting, People were trying to find their families in the dark. 城外 就在那时 径直向前 begin to do sth.开始做 左右摇晃 后退 向下移动 refuse to do sth.拒绝做某事 leave sb./sth.behind,留下某人、某物 继续前行 继续前行 转换成。。 倾盆大雨 try to do sth.尽力做某事 14 5Thankfully, after a while, the daylight returned! Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter, After a night of living between hope and fear, we had no thoughts of things to come. Pliny the Younger 在。。和。。中 have no thoughts没有想法 片刻之后 3.Choose the best summary of the passage. a Pliny the Younger and his mothersaw Mount Vesuvius erupt and got away from it. b Pliny the Younger had no thoughtsof things to come after the volcano erupted. c People have lived near Mount Vesuvius for thousands of years. 1 What do you think of Pliny the Younger? 2 What else do you know about the disaster in Pompeii? I think Pliny the Younger was brave and caring.When his mother asked him to continue without her, he refused to leave her behind. He also tried his best to escape from the disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius happened in 79 AD. The disaster was so sudden and violent(强烈的)that most of the residents had no time to escape, and many people were buried alive. The site of Pompeii is now a popule tourist attraction and a UNESCO World Heritage Site(联合国教科文组织世界遗产). Think and share The earthquake Getting away The volcanic eruption People's reactions The results Pliny the Younger was sleeping when the ground1 very hard. He and his mother decided to leave the town. They were at a place out of town, Just then,2 things happened. Their coach moved from side to side. The sea movedback and there were many sea animals on the sand. There was a dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius.It came down and covered the sea. Then the cloud 3 over the land like a flood. The air was thick with and 4 ash began to fall. Women were calling , children were 5 and men were6 They were trying to find theirand men were families. After a night of living between 7 and8 they had no thoughts of things to come. shook shocking spread smoke crying shouting hope fear 4.Complete the timeline with the words and expressions from the passage. 18 Disasters Past, Lessons Future How can we better prepare today? --强化安全意识-- --学会避险自救-- 自救逃生 了解地震 应急防护 Thank you! 202X/01/01 汇报人：WPS null 144803.05 Lavf58.46.101 Lavf58.46.101 null 112125.64 Lavf59.14.100 $