Unit4 Reading 课件-2025-2026学年沪教版(五四制)英语六年级下册

fact. Heat . wave heat wave. indoors. indoors. Leave, leave. pupil. average. Worse. worse. Hit hit. record. record. record. record. Action. action. Break . break. Break out. Break out. Increase . increase. Infect. in fact. News. news. 英 语 六年级下册 多媒体教学课件 ENGLISH 6B Unit 4 C Extreme (极度的) weather Reading Weather and our lives 2 Wang Yiming is reading a news article about the weather in the UK. C news /njuːz/ n. 新闻；报道 WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. 3 Read the newspaper headline and think what happened to the UK. (Answers may vary.) The UK got very hot. Predicting C1 WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. What is a headline? A headline is the title of a news article. It is in large letters at the top of the article. 4 Read through the text quickly and find the answers to these questions. What is the text type? In which section (版面) of the newspaper can you find the article? Read C2 Wang Yiming is reading a news article about the weather in the UK. WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. 5 WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. Read the news article. Read C2 A boy tries to cool down. heat /hiːt/ n. 热；高温 wave /weɪv/ n. 海浪；波浪 heatwave /ˈhiːtweɪv/ n. 酷热期；热浪 hit /hɪt/ v. 达到（某水平） several /ˈsevrəl/ det. & pron. 几个；数个 break /breɪk/ v. 打破；破；裂；碎 record /ˈrekɔːd/ n. 纪录；记录 /rɪˈkɔːd / v. 记录 reach /riːtʃ/ v. 增加到；达到 break out 突然开始；爆发 area /ˈeəriə/ n. （地方、城市、国家、世界的）地区，地域 action /ˈækʃn/ n. 行动 pupil /ˈpjuːpl/ n. 学生；小学生 uniform /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ n. 制服；校服 indoors /ˌɪnˈdɔːz/ adv. 在室内 leaf /liːf/ n. (pl. leaves) 叶子 fact /fækt/ n. 现实；实际情况 in fact 事实上 average /ˈævərɪdʒ/ adj. 平均的 increase /ɪnˈkriːs/ v. 增长；增加 coal /kəʊl/ n. 煤 cause /kɔːz/ v. 引起；使发生 n. 原因；事业 worse /wɜːs/ adj. （bad 的比较级） 更差的；更糟的 6 Personal touch Have you experienced very hot weather like the heatwave in the UK? Read C2 WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. (Answers may vary.) Yes, I have. Last summer, it was very hot in Shanghai. I stayed in the air-conditioned living room and didn’t want to go out for a minute. That lasted for about half a month. It was terrible. WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. A news article is to report important news or information to the public. It begins with the most important things. Headline: a short expression or sentence, to the point and easy to remember Lead: the first sentence or paragraph, to introduce a story or to provide basic information Details: facts or quotes (引用；引述) Text Type News articles Match each question with a paragraph in the news article. Paragraph 1 _______ A What caused the rising average temperature? Paragraph 2 _______ B How did the heatwave affect the UK? Paragraph 3 _______ C What did people do with the heat? Paragraph 4 _______ D What happened in the UK? D General understanding C3 B C A Read again and fill in the blanks with details about the heatwave in the UK. Detailed reading C4 How did people deal with it? In schools: Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, and played 5__________. In zoos: Some animals ate 6__________ food. What? 2____________ in several places broke records: 40.3 ℃ in England 34.8 ℃ in 3__________ UK heatwave hits a new high IMPORTANT MOST IMPORTANT When? 1__________ Where? __________ How did it affect the country? Fires, slower trains, a closed 4__________ and some closed schools Why? Human activities: 7__________ coal, cutting down 8__________ and driving cars UK 19 July Temperatures Scotland airport indoors iced using forests Q1 Which phrase in paragraph 1 has a similar meaning to “hits a new high”? “broke records”. Q2 Why did trains have to slow down in many areas? Because high temperatures can cause railway tracks (铁轨) to expand (膨胀). That may cause danger. Q3 Why did an airport close? Because parts of the runway started to break open. Detailed reading C4 WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. 11 Q4 What are some other ways to deal with the heatwave? Drinking plenty of water, wearing light clothes and staying in cool places. Q5 Is the UK the only place where temperature increases? No. The average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Q6 What can we do to prevent heatwaves? We can use clean energy, take care of forests and use public transport. WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. Detailed reading C4 12 Answer the questions. What else causes changes in the weather? (Answers may vary.) Burning too much oil, coal and gas may cause the amount of carbon dioxide to rise in the air. Using too many chemicals like CFCs may destroy the ozone layer in the atmosphere. These cause changes in the weather. Further thinking C5 WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. Answer the questions. What other extreme weather do you know about? (Answers may vary.) We have terrible storms like hurricanes and tornadoes, terribly heavy snow like blizzards (terrible snowstorms) and heavy rain like thunderstorms. We also have very dry days like droughts and very wet days like floods. Further thinking C5 WORLD NEWS UK heatwave hits a new high The 19th of July saw an extreme heatwave in the UK. Temperatures in several places broke records. In Coningsby, England, it reached 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. That day, fires broke out in a few places in England. Trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed too. Other schools took action to keep cool. Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, not their school uniforms, and played indoors. Zoos also tried their best to cool their animals down. Tree animals and sea animals ate iced vegetables, leaves or fish. In fact, the average temperature of the Earth has increased by about 1 °C since the late 1700s. Using coal, cutting down forests and driving cars caused the problem and made it worse day by day. A boy tries to cool down. Complete Yiming’s reading report with the proper forms of the words and phrases from the text. Today I read the news on the UK heatwave. The temperature 1______________ this summer and it greatly affected the lives of people in the UK. Fires 2______________; trains slowed down; a runway at an airport began to break open; some schools did not open. In some places, students still went to school. But they didn’t wear 3______________ or play in the sun. Zoos also tried to keep their animals 4______________ with cold food. To stop the temperature from 5______________, people should try their best to go green. broke records Vocabulary focus broke out school uniforms cool increasing 15 Describe the heatwave in the UK with the help of C4. Update my to-do list How did people deal with it? In schools: Pupils wore T-shirts and shorts, and played 5__________. In zoos: Some animals ate 6__________ food. What? 2____________ in several places broke records: 40.3 ℃ in England 34.8 ℃ in 3__________ UK heatwave hits a new high IMPORTANT MOST IMPORTANT When? 1__________ Where? __________ How did it affect the country? Fires, slower trains, a closed 4__________ and some closed schools Why? Human activities: 7__________ coal, cutting down 8__________ and driving cars UK 19 July Temperatures Scotland airport indoors iced using forests (Answers may vary.) On 19 July, the UK had very hot weather. It was so hot that it broke some records. In one place called Coningsby, it was 40.3 °C. Scotland also had its hottest day, with a temperature of 34.8 °C. Because of the heat, there were fires in some places, and trains had to slow down. An airport even closed because of the heat. Some schools were closed, but other schools let students wear cooler clothes and play inside. Zoos helped their animals stay cool by giving them iced food. The Earth has got about 1 °C hotter since the late 1700s, and using coal, cutting down trees and driving cars made it worse. HOMEWORK Copy the new words and expressions from “news” to “worse” on pages 121 and 122, Student’s Book 6B. Complete the exercises on pages 52 to 55, Workbook 6B. 17 Blues 3631.0261 Blues 3317.5554 Blues 3004.0847 Blues 3422.0457 Blues 3186.9426 Blues 7262.0615 Blues 3578.781 Blues 3500.4133 Blues 3317.5554 Blues 3213.0652 Blues 3317.5554 Blues 3500.4133 Blues 3526.536 Blues 3082.4524 Blues 3474.2908 Blues 3735.5164 Blues 3709.3938 Blues 3735.5164 Blues 3108.575 Blues 3474.2908 Blues 3892.2517 Blues 107653.305 Blues 3631.0261 Blues 3395.923 $Word news, U, K, heat wave hits a new height. The nineteenth of july saw an extreme heat wave in the U. K. Temperatures in several places broke records in conn's be england did reached forty point three degrees, so as scotland also had its hard to stay with a temperature of thirty four point eight degrees, so as that day fires broke out in a few places in england, trains had to slow down in many areas. An airport closed when parts of the runway started to break open. Some schools were closed to other school. Schools took action to keep cool. 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