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

Unit 6 When disaster strikes Starting out & Understanding ideas They are trying to put out the wildfire. 1. What can you see in the picture? Wildfire is a kind of natural disaster. 2. What are the people doing? A wildfire and firemen. Are disasters terrible? Have you ever heard of or experienced a natural disaster? What are you going to learn in this unit? Natural disaster Influence of natural disasters Disaster warnings Getting back to life after disasters Make a poster about natural disaster Look and think 02 Lead in Let’s learn the new words and phrases. natural disasters：自然灾害 get back to one’s life：回归某人的生活 disaster warnings：灾害预警 past continuous tense：过去进行时 make a poster：制作一张海报 Nvwa Fixes the Sky 1.Do you know the stories in the pictures? Houyi Shoots Down the Suns Dayu Controls the Floods 2.Which natural disaster could they relate to? wildfires, floods floods droughts relate to 与...有关；涉及 Volcano [ɜː'θkweɪk] [tsu:'nɑːmɪ] [tɔ:'neɪdəʊ] [vɔl'keɪnəʊ] What other kinds of natural disasters do you know? Tornado龙卷风 Tsunami海啸 Earthquake 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 ___________, 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 Unit 6 When disaster strikes A lost city 8 Look at the picture and answer the question. What's this natural disaster? A volcanic eruption 9 Look and say shake earth dark cloud spread turn into smoke hope fear What can you see in the picture? I can see a __________________. There is heavy_________ and _______________. The ash(灰烬) is ______________over the land. volcanic eruption smoke dark clouds spreading v. 摇晃 n. 地球，大地 n. 乌云 v. 传播 变成 n. 烟雾 v/n.希望 n. 害怕 10 Look and say shake earth dark cloud spread turn into smoke hope fear People might feel_________and _________.They might be living between______and ______. How might people feel? shocked scared hope fear Look and say shake earth dark cloud spread turn into smoke hope fear I can see an ___________.The building are _______.No one lives here. The city turned into _______________. What can you see in the picture? old city broken broken stones What happened to the city? There might have been a serious disaster. Do you know which city it is? Pompeii /pɔmˈpeɪ/ 庞贝城 Pompeii 庞贝城 庞贝是意大利南部的一座古城，约建于公元前7世纪。距离苏威火山约10千米。公元79年火山爆发，庞贝城被湮没。18世纪上半叶被发现，1748年开始发掘其遗址，至今已大体完成。考古学家发掘出石头街道、各种建筑物、工艺品及雕塑、壁画等大量遗迹，再现了罗马帝国初期意大利城市生活情景，为研究古罗马社会历史提供了珍贵的资料。 Pliny the Younger is a writer. He is also a survivor of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He recorded the eruption of Mount Vesuvius carefully. Let’s read his record and find out how did he survive the eruption. Pliny the Younger Do you know who was he? Read for gist Choose the best summary of the passage. 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. adj.丢失的，遗落的 Read for gist Match the subtitle with each paragraph. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Mount Vesuvius erupted The earthquake happened People got out of town The daylight returned The earthquake happened People got out of town Mount Vesuvius erupted The daylight returned Read for structure The earthquake happened. People got out of town. Mount Vesuvius erupted. The daylight returned. Before the eruption. During the eruption. After the eruption. In time order. How many parts can we divide the passage into? In what order does the writer organize the message? Read for details The earthquake happened Who Read and fill in the table. When Where What My mother and I a night when the earth shook a town near Pompeii Read for details The earthquake happened 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 so scared. 3. What did they do? They decided to leave the town. Scared Read for details Read Para2-3 and choose. What shocking things happened on the road?(多选) a. The coach conldn’t go straight. b.The sea move back suddenly. c. A dark cloud covered the sea. d. Children began to sing. People got out of town 直行 后退 左右摇晃 Shocked Read for details Mount Vesuvius erupted Read para3 and answer Women were_______________ Children were______________ Men were __________________ People were trying to__________________________ A very dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius. Soon, the cloud moved down and covered the sea.Then the cloud spread over the land like a flood. It turned day into night. What was the sky like when the volcano erupted? How did people react to the disaster? calling crying shouting find their families in the dark hopeless powerless helpless The cloud The air Thick with smoke and ash began to fall in heavy showers How did they feel at that time? Read for details The daylight returned What was it like when the eruption was over? The daylight returned.Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter. We feel both hopeful and afraid all night long.Then we didn’t know about what would happen next. How did they feel after the night? They had no thoughts of things to come. relieved less worried uncertain Feeling Before the eruption During the eruption After the eruption scared Time shocked helpless less worried unsure How did people feel in each period? complete and retell The daylight returned. was covered in ash the ground shook rushed into stay outside leave the town moved down, covered, spread over, turned day into night was thick with smoke fall in showers were calling/crying/shouting, the coach… the sea… the sea animals… Complete the timeline shook shocking flood smoke shouting hope fear crying Think and answer What do you think of Pling the Younger? brave and caring My mother asked me to continue without her,but I refused to leave her behind. observant善于观察的 He described the special details like “ The sea moved back suddenly,and many sea animals were left on the sand.” Was the way of Pompeii really lost? Why or why not? Yes and no, 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(时间胶囊)”under the ash. “A lost city”中的“lost” 一词蕴含双重含义： 1. 字面意思：庞贝城因维苏威火山喷发被彻底掩埋，如同文中描述的”Eevrything 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”。 01 Stay calm and don’t panic. 保持冷静，不要恐慌 02 Follow official instructions. 听从官方指示 03 Move to a safe,open area. 转移到安全的开阔的地带 05 Stay away from windows and glass. 远离窗户和玻璃 04 Have an emergency kit ready. 提前准备好应急包 What should you do when encountering natural disasters? Homework 想象你是Pliny the Younger, 在逃灾难后第二天，给你的朋友写一封信。 要求： 1.信中需描写至少三个逃亡过程中让你印象深刻的场景（例如：地动山摇、海水后退、黑云遮天、灰烬如雪）。 2.简单描述你和你母亲当时的感受。 3.字数：80词左右 Unit 6 When disaster strikes Thank you www.aliyun.com - Media Transcoding $