Unit 6 Natural disasters Welcome to the unit

Unit 6 Natural disasters Welcome to the unit

Task One Talk about some common weather.

snowy

windy

rainy

Task two Learn about the bad weather.

rainstorm暴雨

flood typhoon台风 accident事故

thunder and lightning雷电 a big fire

snowstorm暴雪 bad traffic

earthquake地震

Task Three Tell the differences between natural disasters and accidents.

A 1. The school football team lost the game. D 2. A big storm killed 20 people. A 3. A coach crashed into a tree last night. D 4. A flood washed the village away. D 5. Lightning started a big fire in a house. A 6. A young boy fell from a tree and hurt his legs. D 7. The Taiwan earthquake killed thousands of people. A 8. A car accident killed three men.

Task Four Meet the comic strip.

Comic strip Listen and answer • What’s the weather like? • What happened to Hobo? • What was Hobo doing when it started to rain? • When did Hobo hear the rain? • What happened to Hobo’s house? • Why doesn’t he want to go home alone?

It’s raining. My house is all wet. Can I come in, Eddie? Did you hear the rain? Not until half an hour later. You must come home with me now. I was sleeping when it started to rain. Sure, come in. The floor is all wet. Who’s going to mop all the water up if you don’t come with me? Why?

Fill in the blanks: One day, Hobo came to Eddie’s house, all wet. because his own house was _____ was sleeping He ________when it began to rain _______. And he didn’t hear the rain until half an hour later _____________. go home with him He asked Eddie to _________ because he wanted Eddie to mop all the water up _______________.

Task Five Do exercises

Do exercises: • 一、根据汉语或首字母提示及句意写出单词。 • 1. There are many _____(灾害) in the disasters world every day earthquake (地震) in Taiwan killed • 2. The _____ thousands of people. • 3. A_____ (洪水) washed the village flood away. • 4. What’s your mother doing? She’s m______ oppingup the floor. rashed into a tree last night. • 5. A coach c____ • 6. A young boy f_______ from a tree and ell hurt his legs.

二、用所给词的适当形式填空 1. The earthquake in Taiwan thousands killed ______ ( thousand ) of people. was watching (watch) TV 2. He _____ when the doorbell rang. was sleeping (sleep) when 3. I _____ it started to rain.

三、单项选择 ( B ) 1. Which of the following is not a natural disaster? A. Lightning B. A car accident C. Sandstorm D. Typhoon ( D )2. _____goes before thunder. A. Typhoon B. Rain C. Storm D. Lightning ( C )3. A dog _______ the tree and died. A. crash B. crashed C. crashed into D. crashed to

• Natural disasters • are caused by natural • forces.

Accidents are usually caused by people!

Life is beautiful because of the strong will. 生命因坚强而美丽 Life is wonderful because of the true love. 生活因关爱而精彩.