Unit 4 Natural Disasters Listening and Speaking Misfortunes

Unit 4 Natural Disasters Listening and Speaking

Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 不经灾难不知福。 The last drop of humans will be tears of regret after environmental damage. 人类的最后一滴水将是环境破坏后悔恨的眼泪。 Nature is kind of a loving mother，but also a butcher in cold blood. 自然不仅是慈爱的母亲，也是冷血的屠夫。

2. Brainstorming：Have you ever experienced any natural disasters？How many kinds of natural disasters do you know? fire，earthquake，hurricane，flood，landslide，tsunami，tornado，drought _______________________________ _

3. Describe what happened during the earthquake. destroyed cracked 4. Finish Ex. 1 on Page 48. ruins injured

Finish Ex. 2 & Ex. 3 on Page 48. 1. Speaking—Finish Ex. 4 on Page 49 by following the example. Good morning. Today is 13 May. A huge earthquake hit Wenchua, China, yesterday afternoon. At least 8, 500 people were killed by 13 May in the 7. 8 magnitude earthquake. Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to dig out those trapped in the ruins and help the survivors.

2. Pronunciation (1)听录音，对比发音 清辅音 /p/ /t/ /k/ /f/ /s/ /θ/ /ʃ/ /tr/ /ts/ 浊辅音 /b/ /d/ /ɡ/ /v/ /z/ /ð/ /ʒ/ /dr/ /dz/ (2)听词汇辨-ed结尾的发音 第一组： reached，kissed，talked，washed，finished，helped /t/ 规律：-ed在清辅音后读：______ 第二组： enjoyed，welcomed，answered，carried，worried /d/ 规律：-ed在浊辅音及元音后读：______ 第三组：wanted，started，needed，counted，painted，visited，added /id/ 规律：-ed在/t/或 /d/后读：______

1. rescue n. &vt. 营救，救援 What are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area? (教材P 48) 救援人员和士兵在受灾地区做什么？ [合作探究] 体会rescue的用法和意义 The rescue car broke down on our way to the flooded area. 这辆救援车在我们去洪灾地区的路上出故障了。 Helicopters rescued nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building. 直升机从着火大楼的楼顶救出了将近 20人。

[词块积累] rescue team 营救队 wait to be rescued 等待救援 [巩固内化] (1)单句语法填空 from ①Tom rescued a boy ______ the river on his way home. (2)补全句子 came to our rescue ②When we were trapped in the ruins，the soldiers __________. 当我们被困在废墟中时，士兵们赶来救援。

2. damage n. &vt. 损失；损害 Which buildings were damaged in Seoul? (教材P 48)首尔哪些建筑物受损？ [合作探究] 体会damage的用法和意义 Damage caused by the earthquake disaster can’t be ignored. 地震灾害导致的损失不容忽视。 Eating too much meat one time will cause/do damage to your stomach. 一次吃太多的肉会对你的胃造成损害。 As we all know，smoking can damage our health. 众所周知，抽烟会损害我们的健康。

3. affect vt. 影响；(疾病)侵袭；深深打动 effect n. 效应；影响；结果 vt. 引起；实现；使发生 82 killed，500，000 affected(教材P 49)82人死亡，50万人受影响 [合作探究] 体会affect与effect的用法和意义 ①The noise from the coming and going cars of the road affected our study. 影响 马路上来往车辆的噪音______了我们的学习。 ②Most people present at the meeting were deeply affected by his speech. 深深打动 出席会议的大多数人被他的演讲______了。 ③My parents’ divorce had a great effect on me. 父母的离婚给我带来了很大的______。 影响

[巩固内化] (1)选词填空(affect/effect) affects ①Don’t play around here! Your noise ______ my job badly. effect ②Playing computer games too much will have a bad ______ on your study. (2)补全句子 was affected ③The firefighter’s lung ________ because of breathing in the poisonous gas. 由于吸入了有毒气体，那位消防队员的肺部受到了侵袭。 have an effect on ④What you say or do will __________ others. 你所说或所做的每一件事都会对别人产生影响。

4. shelter n. [C]避难处；居所 [U]庇护 vt. 保护；掩蔽 vi. 躲避(风雨或危险) Shelters set up by the government(教材P 49)政府设立的庇护所 [合作探究] 体会shelter的用法和意义 It’s so hot，and we’d better find a tree to take shelter from the sun. 太热了，我们最好找棵大树来遮阳。 We sat in the shade，sheltering from the sun. 我们坐在背阴处，避免被 晒到。 Trees shelter the house from the wind. 树给房子挡住了风。

[自主发现] from ①take shelter ________. . . 躲避…… shelter. . . from. . . ②________ 保护/遮蔽……不/免受…… shelter from. . . ③________ 躲避…… [巩固内化] 单句语法填空 from ①They found shelter ______ the storm in a garage. ②We must find a place ______ (shelter)from the downpour. to shelter [思考] 请说出shelter作及物动词时的同义词并造句。 _______________________________ protect _ The wall can protect/shelter our houses from being flooded. _______________________________

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