Unit 5 Nature's Temper Section A (1a～1d)课件 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

Nature’s Temper Section A (1a~1d) Unit 5 Learning aims 能听懂并谈论所经历的自然灾害及其发生时正在做的事 能感知并认读地震、洪水、暴风雪等自然灾害词汇 What natural disasters do you see in the video? Activity 1 Say different natural disasters Blizzards are long ___________ with high winds for three or more hours. Look and Learn 强暴风雪 snowstorms /ˈsnəʊstɔːm/ 暴风雪 _________ are caused by a lack of water for a long period. Droughts /draʊt/ 旱灾 ___________ happen when the ground shakes suddenly. Earthquakes /ˈɜːθkweɪk/ A ______ is a large amount of water covering dry land. Flood /flʌd/ 地震 洪水 Hurricanes are also known as _________ . typhoon /taɪˈfuːn/ 台风 _________ are dangerous natural disasters that are hard to predict. Wildfires /ˈwaɪldfaɪə(r)/ 野火 Look and Say drought /draʊt/ a long period of time when there is little or no rain typhoon a tropical cyclone (热带气旋) occurring in the western Pacific or Indian Ocean /taɪˈfuːn/ wildfire an uncontrolled fire occurring in forests /ˈwaɪldfaɪə(r)/ flood /flʌd/ a lot of water covering an area snowstorm /ˈsnəʊstɔːm/ a heavy fall of snow, especially with strong winds earthquake /ˈɜːθkweɪk/ a sudden violent movement of the Earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage B E F A C D 1b Listen to three conversations. What natural disasters did the people face? 1. ____________ 2. ______________ 3. _____________ flood earthquake snowstorm flood wildfire earthquake snowstorm drought typhoon Conversation 1 Xinyi was warning a neighbour / having dinner. Conversation 2 Kate was doing her homework / calling her mother. Jiaming was doing chores / preparing lunch. Conversation 3 Liu Yun was staying in a hotel / taking a train. 1c Listen again. Circle what each person was doing when the natural disaster happened. Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks. 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! Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks. 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! Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks. 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. Role play the conversation and analyse the text. 询问情况 What was/were … doing at the time of …/when … started/ while it was v-ing? 回答状况 …was/were v-ing when / while… 1d A: What was Xinyi doing at the time of…? B: She was... Ask and answer questions about the people in the conversations. 句型支架 (Sentence Pattern) A: What was ______ doing at the time of the ______?/when the started? B: He/She was ______. A: What was Xinyi doing at the time of the flood? B: She was having dinner with her family. A: What was Kate doing when the earthquake started? B: She was doing her homework. A: What was Liu Yun doing while it was snowing? B: She was travelling on the train. e.g. Sample 2a Read the statements about typhoons. Write T for true or F for false. ( ) 1. There are very strong winds and heavy rain during a typhoon. ( ) 2. Sometimes there are tall waves and the areas near the coast get flooded. ( ) 3. In the eye of a typhoon, the weather can be very calm. ( ) 4. Typhoons cause tsunamis to happen in some places. What do you know about typhoons? What happens when there is a typhoon? T T T F A tsunami(海啸) is a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and destroys things. What should you do when there is a typhoon? Listen to the interviews and circle the correct answers. 2b 1.When did the interviews take place? 2.Where did the interviews probably take place? A. Before the typhoon hit. B. After the typhoon slowed down. A. On the street. B. In someone’s home. 台风采访实录 台风采访实录 (Fill in the Blanks) 2c Interview 1 1.When the typhoon hit, the boy’s family were ____________ at home. 2.After the typhoon, they helped to ___________ the neighbourhood. having dinner clean up Interview 2 3.The girl’s grandparents were ______________ at home when she called. playing chess 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. reading window Listen to the interviews and weather report. Complete the sentences. Weather report 6.The reporter advised people to be careful, pay attention to the weather reports, and ______________. advise sb.  to do sth. 建议某人做某事 Group competition! Who can finish first? 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