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Nature's Temper
Section B
1a-2c
Unit 5
英语人教版八年级下册
Learning objectives
1. 通过阅读文章标题和部分内容,合理预测后续
故事情节。
2. 识别纪实性语篇类型,用时间线梳理故事中的
主要事件。
3. 精读语篇,准确理解文章细节。
4. 通过阅读语篇积累与海啸相关的知识,提升安全
意识,认识到掌握必要的减灾自救知识的重要性。
重点
重点
通过本节课的学习,学生能够:
Free talk
Think and have a free talk.
What is the worst natural disaster you know of?
1976 Tangshan earthquake.
2004 India Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
Free talk
How may natural disasters change people’s lives?
Natural disasters may hurt people and even take lives.
Natural disasters may destroy homes, schools and roads.
Natural disasters may make people feel scared, sad and helpless.
Think and have a free talk.
Watch and learn
worst
adj. & adv. (bad 和badly的最高级)最坏(的);最糟(的)
/wɜːst /
schoolgirl
n. (学校的)女生
/ˈskuːlɡəːl /
froth
n. 泡;泡沫
/frɒθ /
knowledge
n. 知识;学问
/ˈnɒlɪdʒ /
Watch the video and learn the new words.
thinking
n. 思考;想法
/ˈθɪŋkɪŋ /
Watch and learn
unfortunately
adv. 不幸地;可惜地
/ʌnˈfɔːtʃənətli /
refuse
v. 拒绝;退却
/rɪˈfjuːz /
security
n. 安全;保安;保障
/sɪˈkjʊərəti /
guard
n. 卫兵;保卫 v. 保卫
/ɡɑːd /
Watch the video and learn the new words.
security guard
保安人员
nearby
/ˌnɪəˈbaɪ /
adj. 附近的 adv. 在附近
as soon as
……就……
Watch and learn
scream
v. 尖叫
thankfully
adv. 幸亏;感激地
/ˈθæŋkfəli /
floodwater
n. 洪水
/ˈflʌdwɔ:tə(r) /
heatwave
n. 热浪
/ˈhiːtˌweɪv /
Watch the video and learn the new words.
hero
n. (pl. heroes) 英雄; 男主角;偶像
landslide
n. 滑坡;塌方
/ˈlændslaɪd /
/skriːm /
/ˈhɪərəʊ /
Look and predict
Look at the picture and the title and then predict.
What do you think the passage talks about?
How One Girl Saved Many Lives
The passage is likely about the ways a girl used to saved many people from a natural disaster.
Skim and match
Skim the whole text and match paragraphs with the stages.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Paras. .
Para. .
Paras. .
Para. .
Tilly found something strange on the beach and danger was coming.
Tilly warned her family, but her family didn’t believe her at first.
The security guard asked people to leave the beach quickly. All people were safe.
Tilly saved many people with her school knowledge.
1~2
3
4~5
6
Read, complete and answer
Read the first paragraph of the text and complete the table. Then answer the questions.
When
Who
Where
On 26 December 2004
Tilly Smith and her family
Phuket, Thailand
On 26 December 2004, Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old English schoolgirl, and her family were on holiday in Phuket, Thailand. Everyone was enjoying the beautiful weather that morning. Some people were swimming in the sea, and some were relaxing on the beach. But while Tilly was walking along the beach with her family, she noticed something strange. Thick white froth was forming on top of the waves. Next, she saw that the waves were coming in instead of going out.
Read the first paragraph of the text and complete the table. Then answer the questions.
On 26 December 2004, Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old English schoolgirl, and her family were on holiday in Phuket, Thailand. Everyone was enjoying the beautiful weather that morning. Some people were swimming in the sea, and some were relaxing on the beach. But while Tilly was walking along the beach with her family, she noticed something strange. Thick white froth was forming on top of the waves. Next, she saw that the waves were coming in instead of going out.
Read, complete and answer
1. What did Tilly see?
2. What information can you get from what she saw?
come in
只涨不退
*正常海浪的泡沫通常较薄且会快速消散;
*正常情况下,海浪是“涨-退”交替的。
go out
What do you think happened to Tilly Smith and her family next?
Read and answer
Read Paras. 2~3 and answer the questions.
1. What might have caused the strange things?
2. How did Tilly know?
3. Did Tilly’s family believe her?
4. If you were Tilly, what would you do if your family
didn’t believe you?
The earthquake under the sea.
She learnt it from her geography teacher.
No, they didn’t.
Read and complete
Read Paras. 3~4 and complete the table.
Who What he/she did
Tilly’s father
Tilly’s mother
A security guard
Back at the hotel, he told a security guard about the tsunami.
She decided to continue the walk alone.
He jumped into action right away and rushed to get people off the beach.
Read and answer
Read Paras. 5~6 and answer the questions.
1. What might happen to her mother and other people on the beach? Are they safe?
2. What can you learn from the passage?
Yes, they are. No one on the beach died that day.
Knowledge is power.
Scan and complete
Read the text again and complete the timeline.
Understanding the order of events
Identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a story can help you understand the story better. Look out for words and phrases that tell you when something
happens, such as next, then, finally, when, while, and two weeks before.
Beginning
Tilly’s family went to the beach in Thailand.
Tilly noticed something
strange about the .
Tilly remembered learning about
in class.
Tilly warned her about the tsunami.
Tilly’s family went back to the hotel
except her .
People at the
learnt about the tsunami.
The
warned people on the beach.
People rushed to leave the .
The tsunami hit, but everyone was safe.
End
Scan and complete
Read the text again and complete the timeline.
Beginning
Tilly’s family went to the beach in Thailand.
Tilly noticed
something strange about the .
Tilly remembered learning about
in class.
Tilly warned her
about the tsunami.
Tilly’s family went back to the hotel except her
.
People at the
learnt about the tsunami.
The
warned people on the beach.
People rushed to leave the .
The tsunami hit, but everyone was safe.
End
waves
tsunamis
family
mother
hotel
security
guard
beach
Read and circle
Read again. Circle T for true or F for false. Then correct the false statements.
3. Tilly’s father believed her as soon as she told her family about the strong waves.
1. Tilly found that the waves were moving away from the beach.
2. Tilly remembered what she read about in her geography book.
Tilly found that the waves were coming in instead of going out.
Tilly remembered what her geography teacher had told her about tsunamis.
Tilly’s father did not believe her at first.
T F
T F
T F
Read and circle
Read again. Circle T for true or F for false. Then correct the false statements.
5. Tilly’s mother did not reach the hotel before the tsunami did.
4. The security guard learnt about the tsunami from Tilly’s father.
Tilly’s mother reached the hotel just before the tsunami hit.
T F
T F
Read and learn
Next, she saw that the waves were coming in instead of going out.
However, Tilly refused to take a single step further.
1. instead of
结构:instead of + n. / doing
意为“代替,而不是”。
He walked to school instead of taking the bus.
他没有坐公交车,而是步行去学校。
2. refused to take
结构:refuse to do sth.
意为“拒绝做某事”。
拓展:近义表达“say no to”。
The little boy refused to eat vegetables.
那个小男孩不肯吃蔬菜。
Listen and repeat
Listen to the text and read after the recording, paying attention to pauses, stress and the feelings in Tilly’s warning.
Let’s retell
Retell the story in pairs.
Let’s role play
Work in groups to role-play an interview.
I saw thick white froth on the waves, and I felt something was strange.
What did you see on the beach, Tilly?
What did you do after that?
I told my family, but my family didn’t believe me at first.
Discuss and share
Discuss the questions.
Do you think Tilly Smith was a hero? Why?
Yes, I think Tilly was a hero because she helped save many people’s lives.
What do you think people need to know to survive a natural disaster?
People need to know how to recognize a disaster before it strikes, and they also need to know what to do, how to prepare.
Discuss and share
Discuss the questions.
What did you learn at school that might help to save your life one day?
We learned the basic first aid and some survival knowledge for dealing with disasters.
Some words for natural disasters go together with certain verbs. Use these collocations to make sentences.
Read and make
earthquake:
hit/rocked/happened/took place An earthquake hit Japan yesterday.
typhoon:
hit/landed/blew across A typhoon landed at 9 o’clock last night.
tsunami:
hit/came/swept through The tsunami swept through the village.
An earthquake rocked Japan yesterday.
An earthquake happened in Japan yesterday.
An earthquake took place in Japan yesterday.
A typhoon hit/blew across the village at 9 o’clock last night.
The tsunami hit the village./
The tsunami came to the village.
Look at the compound words in the box. Do you know what they mean? Complete the sentences using five of these words.
Look and complete
landslide snowstorm earthquake safeguard
floodwater manpower wildfire heartbeat
1.The rescue workers need more to clear the streets.
2.The family built strong roofs to their house from heavy storms.
3.The doctor listened to the man’s carefully.
4.During the storm, the nearly reached our windows.
5.People should avoid driving during a because it can be very difficult to see clearly on the roads.
manpower
safeguard
heartbeat
floodwater
snowstorm
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
Read and complete
refuse drought warn hit safe wildfire
In August 2022, China experienced a great heatwave. It caused in different parts of the country. The heatwave the southwestern city of Chongqing very hard. Large swept through the forests and mountains there. Over 5,000 firefighters, police, and volunteers all worked together to keep the people and their homes safe. They put out the fires, brought more than 1,500 people to and others to stay away from dangerous areas. It was very hard to fight the fires because of the high temperatures and changeable winds, but the rescue workers to give up. By the end of August, they managed to put out all the fires.
droughts
hit
wildfires
safety
warn
refused
Work in groups to finish a “Be Prepared” card for a beach trip and write useful tips.
Think and write
Watch the sea carefully.
Stay away from big or strange waves.
Follow safety rules on the beach.
Listen to warnings from adults.
Run to safe places quickly in danger.
Learn about natural disasters like tsunamis.
Don’t swim alone in the sea.
Keep calm when you are in danger.
...
Summarize
After learning this lesson,
I can
master the reading strategy (Understanding the order of events).
Use time words and phrases like next, then, finally, when, while, and two weeks before, ...
understand the main idea of the text.
Learn that knowledge and quick thinking can save lives.
1. Find one more English passage about disaster self-help and write down 3 key self-help methods.
2. Try to use the phrases and sentences from the text to make an English safety card.
Homework
人教版八年级下册
Thank you!
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