Unit 6 Starting out & Understanding ideas Reading 课件 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“自然灾害”主题，聚焦相关词汇运用、过去进行时及救生方法描述，通过图片分析（如女娲补天、火山喷发图）和问题链（“古代人如何看待灾害”“现代预警技术作用”）导入，连接神话认知与科学理解，搭建从词汇积累到语用输出的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，采用“Global-Close reading”分层任务（如按时间顺序划分段落、T/F细节判断），结合庞贝古城历史记录（Pliny的叙述）渗透文化意识。通过思维导图绘制、短文改写等实践活动，学生提升语言运用与逻辑梳理能力，教师可依托清晰环节设计高效开展读写教学。

Unit 6 When disaster strikes Starting out & Understanding ideas(Reading) After learning this lesson,I am able to... 1.Use words and expressions in the unit to talk about natural disasters.(学习理解) 2.Try to understand the past continuous tense to tell natural disaster stories.(应用实践) 3.Describe the ways of saving lives.(迁移创新) Learning Objectives What can you see in the picture? A big fire Firemen woods Forest P82-83 自然灾害 海报 Natural disasters greatly affect peoples’ life Technology helps with disasters warning We need to face disasters with courage What is natural disasters? Natural disasters are unexpected and dangerous. They bring big dangers to people’s lives and homes. Common kinds are earthquakes and floods. Both of them happen suddenly and can destroy a lot of things. Let’s Talk About Natural Disasters Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment What is natural disasters? When a disaster comes, people often feel scared at first. But good responses can make losses smaller. Mobile phone alerts are...... Have you ever done disaster prep(灾难准备), like drills(演习) or making emergency kits(制作应急包), to face these surprises? 2 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. Do you know the stories in the pictures? Nvwa Fixes the Sky Dayu Controls the Floods Houyi Shoots Down the Suns 女娲补天 大禹治水 后羿射日 1 3 1 Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Which natural disasters could they relate to? P83 与...有关 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 2. Which natural disasters could they relate to? The story of Dayu could relate to floods. Dayu Controls the Floods 大禹治水 1 Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 1 P83 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 2. Which natural disasters could they relate to? The story of Houyi could relate to droughts. 后羿射日 2 Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 1 Houyi Shoots Down the Suns P83 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 2. Which natural disasters could they relate to? Nvwa Fixes the Sky 女娲补天 The story of Nvwa could relate to wildfires and floods. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 1 What kind of natural disasters do you know? P83 Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 2 P83 1.What kind of natural disasters do you know? Typhoon 台风 Earthquake 地震 Flood 洪水 Tornado龙卷风 Volcano 火山 Tsunami 海啸 Blizzard 暴风雪 Hurricane 飓风 Wildfire 野火 Drought 旱灾 Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment P83 In the past, people connected natural disasters with the powerful beings from ancient _, so they felt _and _. As time passed, they started noticing the _of these events. For example, dark clouds, strong winds and changes in temperature can cause _. stories scared helpless rules storms Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 2.How has people’s understanding of natural disasters changed? P83 Think and answer the questions. 1. What may happen in a natural disaster, such as an earthquake? 2. How does it influence our lives? Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. What can you see in the picture? I can see a volcano erupting. There is heavy smoke and dark clouds. The ash is spreading over the land. 2. How might people feel? People might feel shocked and scared. shake earth dark cloud spread turn into smoke hope fear Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment P84 1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. What can you see in the picture? I can see an old city. The buildings are broken. No one lives here. 3. What do you think happened to the city? I think there might have been a disaster. The city turned into broken stones. shake earth dark cloud spread turn into smoke hope fear Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment P84 1 Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Global reading Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 1.Who is the writer? Pliny the Younger. 2.What disaster is mainly described in the passage? A. Earthquake. B. Flood. C. Volcanic eruption(火山喷发). D. Hurricane(飓风). Pliny the Younger was a writer. He recorded the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Let’s read and find out what happened to him. 维苏威火山 (Vesuvius) 位于意大利南部,是世界著名的火山之一。它在历史上多次喷发,公元79年的大规模喷发是最著名的一次,摧毁了当时的庞贝城。 Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 2.What is the main idea of this passage? A. The daily life in a town near Pompeii. B. The author's happy journey with his mother near Pompeii. C.The author's experience during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. D.How people rebuilt the town after the volcanic eruption. Read the passage again and match the headings. Daylight Returns Earthquake happened Strange Events on the Road Mount Vesuvius erupted Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment In what order does the writer organize the message? Daylight Returns Earthquake happened Strange Events on the Road Mount Vesuvius erupted Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment In time order . How many parts can we divide the passage into? Before the eruption After the eruption During the eruption Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment In time order . Three. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Close reading Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Activity 4 1. My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. The earth shook those 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 even one second. By six o’clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking. We decided to leave the town. 1. What happened when the writer was sleeping? The ground shook very hard. His mother rushed into his room to wake him up. 2. How did the writer’s mother feel? His mother felt very scared. 3. What did they do? They decided to leave the town. Read paragraph 1 and answer. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Activity 4 1. My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. The earth shook those 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 even one second. By six o’clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking. We decided to leave the town. stay in 住在 Read paragraph 1 again and take notes. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment rush into 冲进 n. 地面 wake up 叫醒 adj.害怕的 shut one’s eyes 闭眼 n. 秒 decide to do sth. 决定做某事 2 The 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. Read paragraph 2 and answer. 1. Where were they when the shocking things happened? 2. “Our coach couldn’t go straight ahead.” In this sentence, what does “coach” probably mean ? A. 教练 B. 训练 C. 四轮马车 3. What unusual thing happened to the sea? They were at a place out of town. The sea moved back suddenly, and many sea animals were left on the sand. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Activity 4 2 The 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. 在城外, 离开城镇 Read paragraph 2 again and take notes. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 径直向前走 就在那时 从一边到另一边, 左右摇晃 向后移动 3 We 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. Read paragraph 3 and check “T” or “F”. 1.( )They saw a very light-colored cloud over Mount Vesuvius at first. 2.( )The writer left his mother and continued the journey alone. 3.( )The cloud spreading over the land made the day become night. 4.( )There was no smoke in the air, only ash falling down. 5.( )People kept quiet when the ash was falling. F F T F F Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Activity 4 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. 向下移动 Read paragraph 3 again and take notes. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 继续前行; 继续移动 refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事 turn...into... 把…变成… be thick with 充满;弥漫着 in heavy showers 大量地;如暴雨般(落下 ) try to do sth. 试图做某事;努力做某事 4 Thankfully, 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. 1. What was it like when the eruption was over? The daylight returned. Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter. 2. How did they feel after the night? They had no thoughts of things to come. Read paragraph 4 and answer. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Activity 4 4 Thankfully, 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. 过了一会儿, 不久之后 Read paragraph 4 again and take notes. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment 被……覆盖 be covered in 表动作 be covered with 系表结构,表示处于某种状态 be covered in 被……覆盖 一个……的夜晚 关于……的想法,对……的思考 thought v.认为,觉得;思考,考虑;想做,打算做 (think 的过去式和过去分词形式) n.想法,看法,主意;考虑;念头 a Pliny the Younger and his mother saw Mount Vesuvius erupt and got away from it. b Pliny the Younger had no thoughts of things to come after the volcano erupted. c People have lived near Mount Vesuvius for thousands of years. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Choose the best summary of the passage. 3 P86 离开某个地方; 避免被某人抓住;无法逃避某个事实 Complete the timeline with the words and expressions from the passage. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment P86 4 shook shocking flood smoke crying shouting hope fear Think and share 1 What do you think of Pliny the Younger? Pliny the Younger is brave and loves his mother. When he faced the disaster, he refused to leave her mother behind. He is also careful. He observed the disaster carefully and left a record, which is valuable for us to understand the event. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Think and share 2 What else do you know about the disaster in Pompeii? The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii. Many people were buried, and the city was preserved under ash, becoming an important site. It helps us understand the life of ancient Romans. Learning to think for question 2 Historical records, studies of experts and visiting historical places can help you learn more truth about a historical disaster. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Was the city of Pompeii really lost? Why or why not? “lost” 一词蕴含双重含义: (1)字面意义:庞贝城因维苏威火山喷发被彻底掩埋,如同文中描述的 “Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter.”。 (2)象征意义:灾难使城市从人类记忆中 “消失”,直到考古发掘让它重见天日,成为封印古代文明的 “时间胶囊”。 Yes, the city of Pompeii turned into broken stones after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. However, it was not “lost” forever – it became a “time capsule” under the ash. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Review the key words, expressions and sentence patterns in today's lesson and finish the exercise on the EXERCISE BOOK. Rewrite a short passage according to Activity 4/ Draw a mind map of the passage. Lead in Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading Diversify-assessment Homework www.aliyun.com - Media Transcoding $