摘要:
该初中英语课件围绕“极端天气与全球变暖”主题,以英国热浪新闻为核心语料,通过问题链(如“Why is 1℃ a big thing?”)、词汇注释(如“increase by”)和填空练习等学习支架,构建从现象(热浪影响)到原因(人类活动)再到应对措施的知识脉络。
其亮点在于融合多模态资源(温度计、地图示例)与真实新闻文本,通过数据(40.3°C、34.8°C)分析和互动问题(如“Have you experienced hot weather?”),提升语言能力(新闻理解与表达)和思维品质(因果分析)。采用任务型教学(完成报告、讨论行动措施),结合“如何避免极端天气”的小结,培养学习能力(主动探究)和文化意识(地球保护责任感),助力学生在真实语境中提升语言运用能力,教师可借助结构化活动提高教学效率。
内容正文:
Unit
4
Extreme weather②
Weather and our lives
1
Read paragraph 4 and answer the questions.
Why did the heatwave happen?
What caused the problem of the ‘1℃’?
average adj. 平均的
increase by 增长了...
make sth. happen
v. 导致
the Earth is getting warmer and warmer
Why is ‘1℃’ such a ‘big thing’ to the Earth?
Why did this ‘1℃’ problem start from the late 1700s?
In fact, the industrial revolution started in 1760 in the UK.
global warming
ice melts
extreme weather
What will happen if the Earth gets warmer and warmer?
the air is getting worse and worse day by day
1
human activities
cuting down forests
driving cars
the 19th of July
the UK
40.3
34.8
broke out in a few places
slowed down
closed
were closed
wore T-shirts, shorts
indoors
iced vegetables, leaves and fish
causes
(原因)
effects
(影响;结果)
actions taken
(采取的行动)
cutting
Help Yiming complete the report after reading the news article.
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
broke out
school uniforms
cool
increasing
headline
lead
details
(introduce the story)
(offer background information)
(offer detailed information of the story)
news article
8
What makes this news article impressive (令人印象深刻的)?
hit /hɪt/ v.
1 touch sb. or sth. hard
2 knock a part of your body against sth.
3 score points by hitting a ball
4 reach a level in a short peiod of time
An eye-catching headline
UK’s temperature reaches a new high
What makes the news article impressive?
Examples:
break records;
reach;
have to (slow down)
take action to ...
try one’s best
...
— the only way is to ...
— have to do something ...
— it’s a must ...
The use of verbs
see
— be the time when something important happens;
11
What makes the news article impressive?
Using figures
and giving examples.
Writing skills
13
Have you experienced very hot weather like the heatwave in the UK? How did you feel?
When it’s very hot, it’s really hard for me to study!
The hot days make me get angry very easily!
People who work outdoors will be in danger of getting heatstroke (中暑).
The heat make it hard for us to eat well and sleep well!
How does weather affect our lives?
The weather not only affects our lives and studies, but also affects our minds and moods (心情).
Why did the writer write this news article?
To warn (警告) us of the danger of ________________.
To tell us the importance of ___________________.
extreme weather
protecting the Earth
What can we do to avoid (避免) extreme weather like the UK heatwave?
turn off lights when they are not in use and use less air conditioning;
take public transportation instead of driving cars for short distances;
use clean energy to reduce pollution;
plant more trees in cities to cool the air;
...
1. read a news report 读一篇新闻报道
2. sth. happen to sb. 某人发生了某事
3. hit a new high/ hit a new low 创新高/创新低
4. break records 破纪录
5. break out 爆发
6. reach 40.3℃ 达到40.3摄氏度
7. have to slow down 不得不减速
8. in many areas 在很多地区
9. break open 断裂;开口
10. take actions (to do sth.) 采取行动(去做sth.)
11. keep cool 保持凉爽
12. wear school uniform 穿校服
13. play indoors 在室内玩耍
14. try my best to protect the Earth 尽我的全力保护地球
15. in fact 其实;事实是
16. increase by 增长了
17. cut down forests 砍伐森林
18. cause the problem 导致问题
19. get worse/ get better 变得更差/更好
20. day by day 一天又一天
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