Unit 5 Nature's Temper-【教材笔记】2025-2026学年八年级下册英语（人教版·新教材）

Unit 5 Nature's Temper Section A,1b and 1c Conversation 1 Jack: Hi Xinyi.I heard about the flood in your town.Is everything OK? Xinyi: Yes,we're all right.Thanks.Our neighbour warned us about it in time. Jack: What a kind neighbour!What were you doing at the time? Xinyi: Oh,my family were having dinner when she called.We didn't notice that the water was rising! Jack: You're lucky! Conversation 2 Jiaming:Hi Kate.Are you OK?That was a big earthquake! Kate: Yeah!It scared me.I was doing my homework when the building shook all of a sudden.What were you doing when it started,Jiaming? Jiaming:Oh,I was doing some chores while my mother was preparing lunch.The earthquake took us by surprise too. Kate: Well,I'm glad we're all fine.Thanks for calling! Conversation 3 Susan: Wasn't the snowstorm last weekend terrible,Liu Yun? Liu Yun:Yes,it really was! Susan: What were you doing while it was snowing? Liu Yun:Not much.I was travelling on the train then.The ride took five hours longer! Susan: Oh no...I heard many people couldn't get home.They had to stay in hotels for the night. 154 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Section A,2b and 2c Interview 1 Reporter:Excuse me.Did you have any trouble during the typhoon? Boy: No.When the typhoon hit,my family were having dinner at home. Reporter:That's good.How about your neighbourhood?Was it OK? Boy: Oh,it was a mess.My parents and I helped with the clean-up this morning. Interview 2 Reporter:Miss,how did the typhoon affect you? Girl: I was OK,but I was worried about my grandparents. Reporter:Were they all right? Girl: Yes,thankfully.When I called them,they were playing chess at home. Interview 3 Reporter:Sir,what were your family doing when the typhoon hit? Man: Well,my children and I were reading together when a window broke.Even our roof nearly came off!My children were crying,and my wife was scared too. Reporter:Oh dear.Were you prepared for the typhoon? Man: Well,I heard the news,but I didn't think it would be that strong. Weather report Reporter:Now,the typhoon is slowing down as it moves west,but it's not over.If you're near one of the areas close by,be careful,and pay attention to our weather reports.Do stay inside. Listening Scripts 1555 Nature's Temper 大自然的脾气 How do natural disasters BIG affect our lives? Question 自然灾害如何影响我们的生活？ In this unit,you will 在本单元，你将 1.talk about different natural disasters and their 1.谈论不同的自然灾害及其影响。 impacts. 2.describe things that people do before,during, 2.描述人们在自然灾害发生前、发 and after a natural disaster. 生时和发生后所做的事情。 3.talk about a continuous action at a particular3.谈论过去某一特定时间持续的动作。 time in the past. 4.learn how to prepare for bad weather or natural 4.学习如何为恶劣天气或自然灾害 disasters. 做好准备。 Look and share 看一看并分享 1.What natural disaster is happening in the photo? 1.照片中正在发生什么自然灾害？ 2.When and where is it likely to happen? 2.它可能在何时何地发生？ 3.How does this photo make you feel? 3.这张照片让你感觉怎么样？ Unit 5 Nature's Temper 65 What happens during a natural disaster? 在自然灾害期间会发生什么？ Match the natural disasters with the pictures. 1⊙将自然灾害和图片匹配。 earthquake typhoon 地震 台风 wildfire snowstorm 野火 暴雪 flood drought 水灾 旱灾 D O【参考答案】（从左到右，从上到下）BFACED Listen to three conversations.What natural 66听三段对话。人们面临什 disasters did the people face? 么自然灾害？ 1. 2. 3. 2 3 D【参考答案】1.flood2.earthquake3.snowstorm Listen again.Circle what each person was d1⊙b再听一遍。圈出每个人在 doing when the natural disaster happened. 自然灾害发生时正在做的 事情。 1.Xinyi was warning a neighbour/having dinner. 1.欣怡正在提醒一位邻居/吃晚餐。 2.Kate was doing homework/calling her mother. 2.凯特正在做作业/给她的母亲 3.Jiaming was doing chores/preparing lunch. 打电话。 3.佳明正在做家务/准备午餐。 4.Liu Yun was staying in a hotel taking a train. 4.刘云正待在一家旅馆/正在乘 坐火车。 ,O【参考答案】Circled:l.having dinner2.doing homework3.doing chores4.taking a train 66 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Ask and answer questions about the people 1d询问并回答有关对话中人 in the conversations. 物的问题。 A:What was Xinyi doing at the time of...? A:在…的时候，欣怡正在做 B:She was... 什么？ B:她当时在… ②Read the statements about typhoons.Write②o阅读关于台风的说法。正 T for true or F for false. 确的写“T”,错误的写“F”。 )l.There are very strong winds and heavy rain（)l.台风期间有强风和暴雨。 during a typhoon. ()2.Sometimes there are tall waves and the ）2.有时有高的海浪，海岸 areas near the coast get flooded. 附近的地区会被淹没。 ()3.In the eye of a typhoon,the weather can be )3.在台风眼，天气可 very calm. 能会非常平静。 )4.Typhoons cause tsunamis to happen in )4.台风会在某些地方 some places. 引发海啸。 D【参考答案】1.T2.T3.T4.F Listen to the interviews and the weather d②6b听采访和天气预报。回答 report.Answer the questions. 问题。 1.When did the interviews take place? 1.采访是在什么时候进行的？ 2.Where did the interviews possibly take place? 2.采访可能是在哪里进行的？ 3.Who are the speakers in the interviews and the3.在采访和天气预报中，说话 weather report? 者是谁？ 4.What are the topics of the interviews and the4.采访和天气预报的主题是什么？ weather report? Unit 5 Nature's Temper 67 O【参考答案】l.The interviews took place after the typhoon. 2.The interviews possibly took place in the street. 3.The reporter. 4.The typhoon. Listen again and complete the sentences. d2⊙b再听一遍并完成句子。 Interview 1 访谈1 1.When the typhoon hit,the boy's family were 1.当台风来袭时，这个男孩的 at home. 家人正在家吃晚饭。 2.After the typhoon,they helped to the 2.台风过后，他们帮助清扫 neighbourhood. 社区。 Interview 2 访谈2 3.The girl's grandparents were at home 3.当这个女孩打电话时，她的 when she called. 祖父母正在家下国际象棋。 Interview 3 访谈3 4.The man's children were at the time of 4.在台风来袭时，这位男士的 the typhoon. 孩子们正在看书。 5.A in the man's house broke,and the 5.这位男士家的一扇窗户破了， roof nearly 屋顶几乎要掉下来了。 advise sb to do sth Weather report ?建议某人做某事 天气预报 6.The reporteradvisedpeople to be careful,pay 6.这位记者建议人们要小心， attention to the and 关注天气预报，并待在室内。 O【参考答案】1.having dinner2.clean up3.playing chess 4.reading 5.window;came off 6.weather reports;stay inside Role-play a conversation between the reporter 模拟（进行角色扮演）记者与另 and another person who experienced the typhoon. 一位经历过台风的人之间的对话。 A:Excuse me..Did you have any trouble during theA:打扰了。在台风期间你有没 typhoon? 有遇到什么麻烦？ B:Yes,it was awful.I.../No,not really.When the B:是的，非常糟糕。我…/不， typhoon hit,.… 没有。当台风来袭时，… 68 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Read the conversation.Whose family was 3©阅读对话。谁家为台风准 better prepared for the typhoon? 备得更充分呢？ Haitao:Hi,Lisa.Did your family have any trouble海涛：海，莉萨。你家在台风期 during the typhoon? 间遇到麻烦了吗？ Lisa:Yes,it was awful. 莉萨：是的，很糟糕。 Haitao:I'm sorry to hear that.Did you know that a 海涛：听到那个消息我感到很抱歉。 typhoon was coming? 你们知道台风要来了吗？ Lisa:No,we didn't know about it.We were driving 莉萨：不，我们不知道。我们正 home from our relatives'house when the 从亲戚家开车回家，这时 strong winds started. 开始刮起了强风。 Haitao:Oh no!It's dangerous to travel during a 海涛：哦，不！台风期间出行是 typhoon.来程a随有oto表示度 危险的。 Lisa:I know.It was raining hard while we were 莉萨：我知道。我们开车回去的 driving back.We almost got into an accident 时候雨下得很大。我们差 when a truck nearly hit us. 点出了事故，一辆卡车差 Haitao:Oh dear,I'm glad you were safe! 点撞到我们。 Lisa:Yes,but when we got home later,we found海涛：哦，天哪，我很高兴你们 water everywhere.The house looked awful! 平安无事！ Was yours OK? 莉萨：是的，但我们后来回到家 Haitao:Yes.Luckily, 时，发现到处都是水。房 we covered our 子看起来糟透了！你们家 windows and 还好吗？ moved our 海涛：还好。幸运的是，台风开始 things off the 之前我们把窗户遮盖住了， floor before the 把东西从地板上搬走了。我 typhoon started. 们还储备了食物和水。 We stored food 莉萨：那太好了！下次我们也会 and water too. 那样做。 Lisa:That's good!We'll do that next time. p【参考答案】Haitao's family was better prepared for the typhoon. Unit 5 Nature's Temper 69 Read again.Who experienced or did these ③6再读一遍。谁经历过或做 things?Tick the correct boxes. 过这些事情？在正确的方 格里画钩。 Experience Lisa Haitao 经历 莉萨 海涛 1.almost got into an 1.他们开车回 accident while they were 家的时候差 driving home 点出了事故 2.moved things off the 2.在台风（来临】 floor before the typhoon 前把东西从 地板上搬走 3.went home and found 3.回到家发现 water everywhere 到处都是水 4.stored emergency 4在台风（来临） supplies at home before 之前，在家里储 the typhoon 备了应急物资 5.stayed inside during the 5.在台风期间 typhoon 待在室内 D【参考答案】1.Lisa2.Haitao3.Lisa4.Haitao 5.Haitao Listen to the conversation.Then role-play it. d③©b听对话。然后进行角色扮演。 Imagine that Lisa or Haitao is your friend. ③©假设莉萨或者海涛是你的 Role-play a conversation about your friend's 朋友。分角色扮演一段关 experience with the typhoon. 于你朋友遭遇台风的对话。 A:Hi Lisa/Haitao.Iheard about the typhoon A:嗨，莉萨/海涛。我听说了 yesterday.Are you OK?hear about-hear 昨天那场台风。你还好吗？ of听说 B:Yes,I.../Not really.I... B:是的，我…/不太好。我… A:What were you doing when the typhoon hit? A:台风来袭时你正在做什么？ B:I was... B:我正在… A:Did your family make any preparations before A:台风登陆之前，你的家人做 the typhoon landed? 准备了吗？ B:Yes,we.../No,we... B:是的，我们…/不，我们… 70 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Grammar Focus Read the sentences.Underline the verbs which 40读句子。在表示过去正在 show an ongoing action in the past. 进行的动作的动词下画线。 What were you doing while it I was travelling on the 当雪下得很大时 当时我正在坐 was snowing heavily? train then 你正在做什么？ 火车。 What were your family doing My children and I were 当台风来袭时你的 我正在和孩子 when the typhoon hit? reading together. 家人在做什么？ 们一起读书。 When my neighbour called,my family were having 当我的邻居打来电话时，我的 dinner. 家人正在吃晚餐。 We were driving home when the strong winds started. 当强风开始时，我们正在开车回家。 While we were driving home,the strong winds started. 当我们正开车回家时，强风就开始了。 It was raining hard while we were driving back. 我们开车回去时雨下得很大。 O【参考答案】Underlined:was snowing;was travelling;were reading;.were having; were driving;were driving;was raining;were driving 4 Combine each pair of sentences using when or ④⑥将每组句子用when或while while. 连起来。 1.I did my homework.The typhoon landed on the 1.我做作业。台风在海岸地区登 coast. 陆了。 2.The power went out.My father and I made dinner. 2.停电了。我和父亲做了晚餐。 3.Kate wrote a letter.Her brother called towarn her 3.凯特写了一封信。她的哥哥打 of the storm. ，,wamn sb of sth提醒某人某事 电话提醒她有暴风雨。 4.My parents packed the supplies.I moved our 4.我的父母收拾所需物品。我把 things off the floor.下倾金大雨 地板上的东西搬走了。 5.I slept soundly.Itrained cats and dogs. 5.我睡得很香。雨倾盆而下。 ,O【参考答案】1.I was doing my homework when the typhoon landed on the coast.. 2.The power went out while my father and I were making dinner. 3.Kate was writing a letter when her brother called to warn her of the storm. 4.My parents were packing the supplies while I was moving our things off the floor. 5.I was sleeping soundly while it was raining cats and dogs. Unit 5 Nature's Temper Complete the passage with was,were,when,or 4o用was、were、when或 while. while完成短文。 When Jenny looked up,thick black clouds were 当珍妮抬头看时，天空中鸟 forming in the 云密布，雨水拍打着他们的屋顶。 sky,and the rain “快点，这边走，”爸爸说。 beating 一家人立刻跑到安全室。当 against their roof. 他们等待时，珍妮的小妹妹开始 “Quick,this 哭了起来。爸爸给了她一些巧克 way,'”said Dad. 力，并告诉她他们是在躲避一只 The family ran to the safe room at once 愤怒的狮子很快，她又笑了起来。 they were waiting,Jenny's little sister started to cry 最后，暴风雨过去了。当他 Dad gave her some chocolate and told her that they 们走出屋时，他们发现阳光照耀 hiding from an angry lion.Soon,she was 着。人们相互询问是否安全，而 laughing again.≥宾语从句，作told的宾语 有些人则开始清理街道。珍妮笑 At last,the storm passed. they stepped 了。龙卷风虽然可怕，但它也让 outside,they found the sun shining.People were 所有人更加团结在一起。 asking one another if they were safe while some starting to clear the streets.Jenny smiled. The tornado wasscary,but it also brought everyone closer together. scary意为"吓人的，恐怖的” 常用来修饰事或物 ,D【参考答案】was;While/When;were;When;were 4 Imagine that you are a reporter.Interview a 4d设想你是一名记者。采访 member of Jenny's family and find out what 珍妮家的一位成员，了解 he or she was doing around the time of the 龙卷风来袭时他或她正在 tornado. 做什么。 A:What were you doing when the tornado hit? A:龙卷风来袭时你正在做什么？ B:My family and I were hiding in a safe room. B:我的家人和我正躲在一个安 A:What were you doing while you were waiting 全房间里。 there? A:在那儿待着的时候你在做什么？ B:Oh,while I... B:哦，当我… 2 教材笔记英语八年级下册 CT/c What can we do to prepare for the worst? 我们能做什么来做好最坏情况的准备？ What is the worst natural disaster you know ⊙你知道的最严重的自然灾害 of?Discuss it with a partner. 是什么？和一个同伴讨论。 DRead the first paragraph of the text.What do ⑥阅读文本第一段。你觉得蒂 you think happened to Tilly Smith and her family 莉·史密斯及其家人接下来 next?Then read the rest of the text to check your 发生了什么？然后阅读剩余 answer. 部分的文本以检验你的答案。 How One Girl Saved Many Lives 一个女孩如何拯救了许多生命 On 26 December 2004,Tilly Smith,a 10-year-old 2004年12月26日，10岁的 English schoolgirl,and her family were on holiday英格兰女学生蒂莉·史密斯及其家 in Phuket,Thailand.Everyone was enjoying the人在泰国普吉岛度假。那天早上， beautiful weather that morning.Some people were所有人都在享受着美丽的天气。有 swimming in the sea,and some were relaxing on the 些人正在海里游泳，有些人在海滩 beach.But while Tilly was walking along the beach上放松。但当蒂莉和她的家人沿着 with her family,she noticed something strange.海滩散步时，她注意到了奇怪的事 Thick white froth was forming on top of the waves. 情。海浪顶部形成了厚厚的白色泡 Next,she saw that the waves were coming in instead沫。接下来，她看到海浪并没有退 of going out. 去而是涌了过来。 Just then,she remembered something important. 就在那时，她想起了重要的 Two weeks before,her geography teacher had事情。两周前，她的地理老师曾 explained that earthquakes under the sea could解释过，海底的地震可能会产生 create dangerous waves called tsunamis! 被称为海啸的危险海浪！ "I know what's going to happen!There's going to be “我知道会发生什么！会有 a big wave,"Tilly cried.Unfortunately,her family 一个大浪，”蒂莉喊道。不幸的是， didn't believe her and wanted to continue their她的家人不相信她，想要继续前行。 Unit 5 Nature's Temper 73 walk.However,Tilly refused to take a single step 然而，蒂莉拒绝再迈出一步。最后， further.Finally,her mother decided to continue the 她的母亲决定独自继续前行，而她 refuse to do sth拒绝微某事 walk alone,and the rest of her family returned to the 的其他家人则返回了酒店。 hotel. 回到酒店，蒂莉的父亲向一 Back at the hotel,Tilly's father told a security guard 名保安讲述了这次海啸的情况。 about the tsunami.The security guard was shocked. 这位保安非常震惊。他知道附近 He knew about the huge earthquake in nearby 印度尼西亚（发生了)大地震。 Indonesia.It meant that a tsunami was possible! 这意味着可能会有海啸！他立刻 行动起来，迅速组织人们撤离海 He jumped into action right away and rushed to 滩。所有人都开始恐慌起来。当 get people off the beach.Everyone began to panic. 人们看到从海里涌出的巨大水墙 People were screaming and running as fast as they 时，他们尖叫着，以最快的速度 could when they saw a huge wall of water coming 奔跑着。 from the sea. 蒂莉是对的！她的母亲是海 Tilly was right!Her mother was one of the last 滩上最后（离开）的人之一，但 people on the beach,but thankfully,her family made 幸运的是，在海水冲击酒店时， it to safety just as the water hit the hotel.The 2004 她的家人安全脱险了。2004年的 tsunami caused over 200,000 deaths,but no one on 那次海啸造成了超过20万人死 the beach died that day. 亡，但那天海滩上没有人丧生。 This true story shows how a single lesson could 这个真实的故事表明，一堂 mean the difference between life and death.Thanks 课可能意味着生与死的差别。多亏 to her knowledge and quick thinking,one schoolgirl 了她的知识和敏捷的思维，这位女 -hanks to多亏 was able to save over 100 lives. 学生能够拯救100多人的生命。 Read the text again and complete the timeline. ⊙再次阅读文本，并完城时间线。 Understanding the order of events 理解事件的顺序 Identifying the beginning,middle,and end of a 找到故事的开端、中间和 story can help you understand the story better. 结局能帮你更好地理解故事。 Look out for words and phrases that tell you when 注意那些能告诉你某事发生时 something happens,such as next,then,finally, 间的词和短语，比如“接下 when,while,and two weeks before. 来”“然后”“最后”“当… 的时候”“同时”以及“两周前”。 教材笔记英语八年级下册