Unit 5 第1课时 Section A 1a—1d-【七彩课堂】2025-2026学年八年级英语下册同步课件（人教版）

Conversation one. Hi tony. I heard about the flood in your town. Is everything okay? Yes, we're all right. thanks. Our neighbor warned us about IT in time. What a kind . neighbour. What were you doing at the time? Oh, my family were having dinner when he called. We didn't notice that the water was rising. You're lucky. Conversation two. hi, kate, are you okay? That was a big earthquake. yeah. IT scared me. I was doing my homework when the building shook all of a sudden. What were you doing when I started? Jimmy? Oh, I was . doing some chores while my mother was preparing lunch. The earthquake took us by surprise too. Well, i'm glad we're all fine. Thanks for calling . conversation . tree. Wasn't the snowstorm last weekend terrible? Liyang, yes. IT really was. What were . you doing while I was snowing? Not much. I was travelling on the train then. The ride took five . hours longer. Oh, no, I heard many people couldn't get home. They had to stay in hotels for the night. Section A 1a—1d Unit 5 Nature’s Temper Objectives To talk about different natural disasters and their impacts. To describe things that people do during a natural disaster. To talk about a continuous action at a particular time in the past. 2 Let’s talk! What natural disaster is happening in the photo? When and where is it likely to happen? How does this photo make you feel? Chant Nature’s Temper Earthquake shakes, Typhoon spins. Wildfire burns, The storm begins. Flood roars high, Drought dries the land. Snowstorm sweeps, Across the sand. Nature’s temper, strong and wild, Her powerful breath, her ancient child. n. 脾气；怒气 wind snow rain fire Nature Brainstorms earthquake Nature’s Temper n. 地震 typhoon n. 台风 snowstorm wildfire n. 野火 n. 雪暴；暴风雪 Nature’s Temper flood n. 洪水 Nature’s Temper drought n. 干旱 ______ earthquake Match the natural disasters with the pictures. 1a ______ typhoon F ______ wildfire ______ snowstorm ______ flood ______ drought B A C E D Listen to three conversations. What natural disasters did the people face? 1b 1. ______________ 2. ______________ 3. ______________ flood earthquake snowstorm Listening tips Quickly scan the questions and anticipate some natural disasters. While listening to the recording, focus on the information related to natural disasters. Listen again. Circle what each person was doing when the natural disaster happened. 1c Conversation 1 1. Xinyi was warning a neighbour / having dinner.   Conversation 2 2. Kate was doing her homework / calling her mother.   3. Jiaming was doing chores / preparing lunch.   Conversation 3 4. Liu Yun was staying in a hotel / taking a train. Listening tips Quickly review the options related to what is being done. While listening, pay attention to what each person is doing. v. 警告；提醒注意 做家务 Sb was / were doing sth. Time to think What was / were …(sb) doing when …? Tip: We use the past continuous tense to talk about a continuous action at a particular time in the past. How do we answer the question? What were they doing? They were having dinner. What was Tom doing? He was reading a book. Pair work What were you doing? I was sleeping. What were you doing? We were taking a bus. Pair work Ask and answer questions about the people in the conversations. 1d A: What was Xinyi doing at the time of …?   B: She was … 例如： A: What was Xinyi doing at the time of the flood? B: She was having dinner with her family. A: What was Kate doing at the time of the earthquake? B: She was doing her homework. A: What was Jiaming doing at the time of the earthquake? B: He was doing some chores. A: What was Liu Yun doing at the time of the snowstorm? B: She was travelling on the train. Earthquake 地震（earthquake），地球上板块 与板块之间相互挤压碰撞，造成板块边 沿及板块内部产生错动和破裂，是引起 地震的主要原因。地震开始发生的地点 称为震源，震源正上方的地面称为震中。地震常常造成严重人员伤亡，能引起火灾、水灾、有毒气体泄漏、细菌及放射性物质扩散，还可能造成海啸、滑坡、崩塌、地裂缝等次生灾害。 Do you know? earthquake是复合名词。 例句：An earthquake happened in Turkey last year. 去年土耳其发生了一场地震。   It was a severe earthquake. 是一场强烈地震。 Language Points 1. earthquake /ˈɜːθkweɪk/ n. 地震 earthquake（地震） = earth（地球）+ quake（震动；颤动） 正确：An earthquake happened in Japan. 或 There was an earthquake in Japan. 错误1：The earthquake was very big.  正确：The earthquake was very strong / powerful. 错误2：There was an earthquake happened in Japan. （注意：地震用strong / powerful 描述强度，而不用 big。） （注意：happened 和there was不能重复使用。） 常见错误： 其他复合名词： snowstorm（雪暴；暴风雪）= snow（雪）+ storm （和风暴有关的恶劣天气） wildfire（野火）= wild（野的）+ fire（火） blackboard（黑板）= black（黑色的）+ board（板） stomachache（胃痛；肚子疼）= stomach（胃；肚子）+ ache（痛；疼） headache（头痛）= head（头）+ ache（痛；疼） flood作名词，意为“水灾；洪水”。 2. flood /flʌd/ n. 水灾；洪水 The heavy rain caused a big flood. 大雨引发了洪水。 拓展： flood还可作动词，意为“泛滥；淹没”，“flood + 地点”表示 “淹没某地”。 The river flooded the village. 河水淹没了村庄。 ①flood in/into 大量涌入 People flooded into the store during the sale. 促销期间人们涌入商店。 ②flood with 充满 The office was flooded with calls. 办公室电话不断。 flood的相关搭配： 3. warn /wɔːn/ v. 警告；提醒注意 warn sb about/of sth 意为“提醒/警告某人注意某事”。  例如： He warns us about/of the danger of smoking. 他提醒我们注意吸烟的危害。 warn的其他常见用法如下： The teacher warned us not to swim in the river. 老师警告我们不要在河里游泳。  Last night, my mother warned me against going out alone.  昨天晚上我妈妈告诫我不要独自外出。 warn warn sb (not) to do sth 警告某人（不要）做某事 warn sb against (doing) sth 告诫某人（不要）做某事 翻译句子。 1. 莉莉当时在吃午餐。 ______________________________________________ 2. ——发生地震时汤姆在做什么？ ——他在给妈妈打电话。 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lily was having lunch then. —What was Tom doing when the earthquake happend? —He was calling his mother. Exercises 3. ——你在洪水时做什么？ ——我在看电视。 ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 4. ——他们在野火灾时做什么？ ——他们在爬山。 ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ —What were they doing at the time of the wildfire? —They were climbing the mountain. —What were you doing at the time of the flood? —I was watching TV. Homework Listen and write down these three conversations. Master the words in this lesson and preview next part. 伴你成长 感谢您的观看 null 119409.555 $