Unit 4 Natural Disasters Listening and Speaking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第一册

Unit 4 Listening and Speaking 2. What happened on that day? 1. What date was it ? It was May 12th, 2008. There was a big earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province. 3. Have you experienced that disaster? What were you doing at that time? ... Warming up Pre-listening Watch the video Natural Disasters. How many natural disasters are mentioned in the video? What are they? Pre-listening tornado tsunami earthquake wildfire flood Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear. 〇 earthquake 〇 tornado 〇 wildfire 〇 drought 〇 landslide 〇 tsunami 〇 flood 〇 volcanic eruption Listen and tick 2. The government is helping more than 12,000 people in Hunan and Jiangxi _____ away from the rising water. Homes and land have been _________, but no one has been killed. Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people are _________. 1. A strong earthquake ______ Ecuador yesterday. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake _________ many buildings, and early reports said that about 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were ________. Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the ________. hit damaged injured survivors get destroyed safe Listen to the news report and fill in the blanks. Listen and fill Listen to the news report and fill in the blanks. 4. And in Seoul, a landslide damaged a _______ and a supermarket in a southern neighborhood. The landslide was _______ by the heavy rain that has _________ in Seoul over the past week. 3. Eyewitnesses said that at ________am, the tornado destroyed four homes. A police officer tells us that at least one person has died. More tornados are ________, and the police advise ________ the area. 9:25 possible avoiding library caused fallen Listen and fill Listen for details Tip: Think about what you are listening for before you listen: numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places, reasons, etc. While-listening Circle the key word(s) in the questions below and write the kind of information they refer to. number place activities time place reason Listen again and answer the questions. Question Answer 1. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador? 2. How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador? 7.8 About were killed and were injured. News reports 1 230 people more than 1,500 Question Answer 3. Where are the floods? _________ China 4. What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area? They ____________ day and night to make sure that_________________. They ___________________________ to those whose homes were lost in the disaster. central are working are also bringing food and water people are safe Listen again and answer the questions. News reports 2 Question Answer 5. When did people see the tornado in Memphis? Eyewitnesses(目击者) said that at ______________. 9:25 a.m. Listen again and answer the questions. News reports 3 Question Answer 6. Which buildings were destroyed in Seoul? a landslide damaged _______ and in a southern neighborhood. 7. What caused the landslide in Seoul ? The landslide was caused by that has fallen in Seoul over the past week. Listen again and answer the questions. News reports 4 a library a supermarket heavy rain NEWS REPORT 1 Good morning, it's 17 April. A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and early reports said that about 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the survivors.   NEWS REPORT 2 Good evening. Today is 27 March. More news about the floods in central China. The government is helping more than 12,000 people in Hunan and Jiangxi get away from the rising water. Homes and land have been destroyed, but no one has been killed. Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people are safe. They are also bringing food and water to those whose homes were lost in the disaster. Read and notice NEWS REPORT 3 Breaking news, Saturday 12 August. A tornado was just seen is southern Memphis. Eyewitnesses said that at 9:25 am, the tornado destroyed four homes. A police officer tells us that at least one person has died. More tornados are possible, and the police advise avoiding the area.   NEWS REPORT 4 And is Seoul, a landslide damaged a library and a supermarket in a southern neighbourhood. The landslide was caused by the heavy rain that has fallen in Seoul over the past week. According to the police, no one was injured in the landslide but several cars were damaged. Those are the top news for today, Wednesday 21 July. Read and notice Report natural disasters beginning damage rescue work Mind map local news 地方新闻 world / international news 国际新闻 exclusive news 独家新闻 front-page news / story 头版新闻 hard news 重要新闻 Let’s hear from John, who’s reporting live at the scene. 现在我们来听听约翰来自现场的报道。 新闻语块 Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchuan, China yesterday afternoon. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 8,500 people and thousands of people were injured. Rescue workers, medical teams, troops and volunteers organised quickly to help people in need. They also brought necessities to those who lost homes in this terrible disaster. Good afternoon. Today is 13, May. There is the news about the flood in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The flood began in May because of the heavy rains. Up till now, 82 people were killed and more than 500,000 were affected by the flood. Rescue teams are providing food and water for those who lost their homes in the disaster. And the shelters have been set up for the homeless people. Lavf58.12.100 null 122962.555 null 31164.326 null 30302.266 null 28421.406 null 28813.252 null 32992.92 null 29440.205 $