Unit 5 Section A 2a-2d课件 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

Unit Five Nature’s Temper Sec A 2a-2d How do natural disasters affect our lives? Language Knowledge Students will master the key vocabulary about natural disasters and learn the usage of the past continuous tense with when clauses. Learning Strategies Students can use listening strategies and cooperative learning to finish learning tasks effectively. Language Skills Students can get main information from listening materials, talk about their experiences in natural disasters, and write a short passage with the past continuous tense. Affective Objectives Students will improve their awareness of disaster prevention and self-protection, and build confidence in communicating in English. Learning Objectives Contents 01 02 03 Review Warm up Pre-listening While-listening Post-listening Language points Exercise Homework 04 08 07 06 05 Review The school is holding a "Safety Week" event. Our school radio station is going to make a special program titled "Stories of Courage: What We Were Doing When Natural Disasters Happened". We invite you to share your stories，either real experiences or imagined ones about natural disasters. Tell us what you and your family were doing at that moment! Hello. I heard about the ______ in your town. Is everything OK? Yes, we’re all right. Thanks. Our neighbour warned us about it in time. What were you doing at the time? My family were having dinner when she called. flood Look and say Hello. I heard about the ___________ in your town. Are you OK? Yeah! It scared me! What were you doing at the time? I was ________________ when the building shook all of a sudden. earthquake Look and say Hello. I heard about the ... in your town. ...? ...? ...! I was ________________ when ________________. Look and say Hello. I heard about the ... in your town. ...? ...? ...! ... when ... Look and say Hello. I heard about the ... in your town. ...? ...? ...! ... when ... Look and say Hello. I heard about the ... in your town. ...? ...? ...! ... when ... Look and say Hello. I heard about the ... in your town. ...? ...? ...! ... when ... Look and say What natural disaster can you see in the video? Warm up Pre-listening Think and snswer What are the features of a typhoon? What dangers may typhoons bring to people? Think and snswer Do you know where the typhoon eye is? Think and snswer Do typhoons cause tsunamis(海啸)? So what? Think and snswer Read the statements about typhoons. Write T for true or F for false. There are very strong winds and heavy rain during a typhoon. ( ) Sometimes there are tall waves and the areas near the coast get flooded. ( ) In the eye of a typhoon, the weather can be very calm. ( ) Typhoons cause tsunamis to happen in some places. ( ) T T T F 2a Pre-listening While-listening A reporter is interviewing some people about their experiences in the typhoon.Listen to the interviews and circle the correct answer While-listening Listen to the interviews and circle the correct answers. 1. When did the interviews take place? A. Before the typhoon hit. B. After the typhoon slowed down. 2. Where did the interviews probably take place? A. On the street. B. In someone’s home. 2b While-listening Listen to the interviews and the weather report.Answer the questions. 2b 3. Who are the speakers in the interviews and the weather report? 4. What are the main topics of the interviews and the weather report? A.How to predict a typhoon and its causes. B. People’s experiences during the typhoon and safety advice. Who are the speakers in the interviews and the weather report? Speakers in the interviews：A reporter and a man (who has children and a wife). While-listening Listen to the interviews and the weather report.Answer the questions. 2b What are the main topics of the interviews and the weather report? It’s about what people were doing when the typhoon hit, what happened to them, and what the reporter advised them to do. While-listening Listen to the interviews and the weather report. Complete the sentences. Interview 1 1. When the typhoon hit, the boy’s family were ____________ at home. 2. After the typhoon, they helped to ____________ the neighbourhood. Interview 2 3. The girl’s grandparents were ____________ at home when she called. Interview 3 4. The man’s children were ____________ at the time of the typhoon. 5. A ____________ in the man’s house broke, and the roof nearly came off. Weather report 6. The reporter advised people to be careful, pay attention to the weather reports, and ____________. v-ing v. v-ing v-ing n. v. 2c Listen to the interviews and the weather report. Complete the sentences. Interview 1 1. When the typhoon hit, the boy’s family were ____________ at home. 2. After the typhoon, they helped to ____________ the neighbourhood. Interview 2 3. The girl’s grandparents were ____________ at home when she called. Interview 3 4. The man’s children were ____________ at the time of the typhoon. 5. A ____________ in the man’s house broke, and the roof nearly came off. Weather report 6. The reporter advised people to be careful, pay attention to the weather reports, and ____________. having dinner clean up playing chess reading window stay inside 2c Interview I 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 andI helped with the clean-up this morning. Read and answer 1. What was the boy’s neighbourhood like? 2. What did the boy’s family do? 3. What do you think of the boy and his family? It was a mess. They helped with the clean-up of the neighbourhood. They are responsible and helpful,they cared about their community. 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. Read and answer 1. Did the typhoon affect the girl? 2. Who was she worried about? 3. What do you think of the girl? No, she was OK. She was worried about her grandparents. She is kind and caring, she cared about her family’s safety. 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. Read and answer 1. Did the typhoon affect the man? 2. Did the man hear about the typhoon before it arrived? 3. What can we learn from it? Yes, a window broke and the roof nearly came off. His children were crying and his wife was scared. Yes, he heard the news, but he didn’t think it would be that strong. We should take weather warnings seriously and prepare for natural disasters. Think and say How did people describe a past continuous action? How did the reporter ask about a continuous past action? Structure: What + were + 主语 + doing + when…? 用来询问：过去某一时刻正在做什么 主语 + was / were + 动词-ing 用来描述：过去某一时刻正在进行的动作 Post-listening If you were in the typhoon, what would you do to keep safe? Further-thinking We can’t stop natural disasters, but we can: stay calm and brave care for our family and people around us be responsible and helpful learn to protect ourselves be responsible and helpful learn to protect ourselves Role-play a conversation between the reporter and another person who experienced the typhoon. 2c Excuse me. Did you have any trouble during the typhoon? Yes, it was awful. I ... / No, not really. When the typhoon hit, ... A: Excuse me. Did you have any trouble during the typhoon? B: Yes, it was awful. We lost part of our roof, and a large old tree in our garden fell. A: Oh dear! What were your family doing when the typhoon hit? B: Well, we were watching a movie together in the living room when the power went out all of a sudden. A: Was anything else damaged? B: Oh, our car doesn’t work because of the flood! But the whole family managed to keep safe in our shelter. A: That’s good! Sample Assessment Evaluation Criteria Self Peer Teacher Complete the dialogue. Clear story. Use past continuous correctly. Speak smoothly and clearly. Be active and confident. Language points Sometimes there are tall waves and the areas near the coast get flooded. v.挥手；招手;挥动；挥舞 wave to sb. 向某人挥手 wave at sb. 朝某人挥手 wave a flag 挥舞旗子 n.波浪；海浪;big waves 大浪 huge waves 巨浪 挥手; give sb. a wave 向某人挥挥手 Language Points 一波；一阵 a wave of cold 一阵寒流 a wave of fear 一阵恐惧 常见搭配: wave goodbye 挥手告别 wave one’s hand 挥手 heat wave 热浪 sound wave 声波 When did the interviews take place? 这些采访在什么时候进行？ n.采访;面试 v.采访；对…… 进行采访;面试 常用搭配 do an interview 做采访 have an interview 接受采访 / 参加面试 interview sb. 采访某人 a TV interview 电视采访 an interview about… 关于…… 的采访 Language Points 例句 We did an interview about the typhoon. 我们做了一个关于台风的采访。 The reporter interviewed people. 记者采访了人们。 This is an interview about people’s experiences. 这是一个关于人们经历的采访。 Where did the interviews possibly take place?这些采访可能在哪里进行？ adv. 可能地；也许；（用于否定 / 疑问）无论如何，竟然 常见用法 may / might possibly … 可能…… It may possibly rain. 可能会下雨。 as…as possible = as…as one can 尽可能……（possible 是形容词，和 possibly 同源） 否定句：cannot possibly… 绝不可能…… I cannot possibly forget it. 我绝不可能忘记。 近义词：maybe = perhaps = possibly 也许 Language Points A window in the man's house broke, and the roof nearly came off.这个男子家里的一扇窗户破了，屋顶差点被掀掉。 Language Points 辨析：nearly与almost nearly 可以和not连用，not nearly意为"远非，绝不是"；nearly前可用very，pretty等词修饰 almost 可以和no，never，nothing等表示否定意义的词连用，但不能与not连用, almost表示的接近程度比nearly大 我们存了一些钱，但还远远不够。 We've saved some money, but it's not nearly enough. 我几乎从未见过她。 I almost never see her. Exercise （1）A: What natural d______ did the people face? B: They faced an earthquake, a flood, a typhoon, and a snowstorm. （2）A: What was Xinyi doing at the time of the e___________? B: She was warning a neighbour. （3）A: ______ was Kate doing when the flood happened? B: She was doing homework. （4）A: What was Jiaming doing w______ the typhoon came? B: He was preparing lunch. （5）A: What ______ Liu Yun doing when the snowstorm started? B: She was taking a train. isasters arthquake hen What 补全对话 was 41 1. An earthquake _________ (happen) yesterday while I was sleeping. 2. What ______ you ______ (do) at the time of the typhoon? 3. Xinyi was warning her neighbour when the flood ______ (come). 4. Kate __________ (do) her homework when the snowstorm started. 5. Jiaming _____________ (prepare) lunch when his mother called him. 6. Liu Yun was taking a train when she ______ (hear) the bad news. 7. There ______ (be) no rain for months, so the drought was very serious. happened were doing came was doing was preparing  heard was 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。 42 1. Xinyi was warning a neighbour at the time of the earthquake. → Xinyi was warning a neighbour ______ the earthquake ______. 2. Kate was doing homework when the flood happened. → ______ the flood happened, Kate was doing homework. 3. Jiaming was preparing lunch when the typhoon came. → Jiaming was preparing lunch ______ the ______ of the typhoon. 4. Liu Yun was taking a train when the snowstorm started. → Liu Yun was taking a train ______ the snowstorm ______. 5. What was Xinyi doing during the earthquake? → What was Xinyi doing ______ the time ______ the earthquake? when happened at time when When 同义句转换。 started at of 43 Homework 1.Read the listening dialogue three times aloud. Role-play a short dialogue (at least 6 sentences) with your partner about "What were you doing when the typhoon came?". 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