Unit 5 The Power of Nature

Using language

Listening & Speaking

Class 3 Senior 2Lv Ying

Frank Gore Sarah TangJane Small

Finish the T&F exercises.( )1. Jane Small has been a volcanologist for five years.

( )2. The volcano in Alaska was a sleeping one.( )3. Jane and her experienced members went to the center of the crater immediately.( )4. It is Frank Gore that has been examining volcanoes for almost twenty years.( )5. What made Frank most frightened was his flying over a volcano in Hawaii.( )6. Never will Sarah Tang forget the amazing experience on a volcano in New Zealand.

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an active

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Sarah Tang

1. How many years has Sarah been examining volcanoes?

2.What made she realize that the volcano was active?

3.How did she feel during the experience?

Choose the best answers.

A. Twelve.

B. Twenty.

C. Ten.

1. How many years has Sarah been examining volcanoes?

Choose the best answers.

2.What made she realize that the volcano was active?

A.The trembling of the earth.

B. The sweating of Sarah.

C. Some steam blowing out of the ground.

Choose the best answers.

3. How did she feel during the experience?

A. She was frightened.

B. She was anxious.

C. She felt nervous.

Jane Small

Fill in the blanks.

Hi, I’m Jane Small… I was so __________ and couldn’t move at first. After a while I force myself to join the others. Then I got the ____________ to bend over the boiling _______ and collect a sample. I became so _________that I forgot my _________. After that, I was never so ____________ again but I’m always careful.

anxious

couragelava

excitedfear

frightened

Post-listening

panic, trembling, sweating, frightened, nervous, anxious, happy, excited, afraid

Emotion words

fear anxiety joypanic, trembling, sweating, frightened,afraid

nervous, anxious

happy,excited

Activity

Interview other students about their feelingsabout a tornado.

ActivitySample: Interviewer: Hello, I am … from… Interviewee: Of course. Go ahead.Interviewer: Just now, you have experienced a terrible tornado, haven’t you?Interviewee: Yeah. Interviewer: How long did it last?Interviewee: It lasted for……Interviewer: How did you feel at that time? Interviewee: I was …when …happened. And then I was …Interviewer: What happened next?Interviewee: I was …when I …

Activity

Interview other students about their feelingsabout an earthquake.

ActivitySample: Interviewer: Hello, I am … from… Interviewee: Of course. Go ahead.Interviewer: Just now, you have experienced a terrible …, haven’t you?Interviewee: Yeah. Interviewer: How long did it last?Interviewee: It lasted for……Interviewer: How did you feel at that time? Interviewee: I was …when …happened. And then I was …Interviewer: What shocked you most?Interviewee: I was …when I …

ActivitySample: Interviewer: Hello, I am … from… Interviewee: Of course. Go ahead.Interviewer: Just now, you have experienced a terrible …, haven’t you?Interviewee: Yeah. Interviewer: How long did it last?Interviewee: It lasted for……Interviewer: How did you feel at that time? Interviewee: I was …when …happened. And then I was …Interviewer: What shocked you most?Interviewee: I was …when I …

Summary

1.Believe yourselves. 2.Calm down and be courageous. No matter how

powerful the nature is, our human beings can protect ourselves from powerful natural forces.

3.We should protect environment from being polluted. Living a low-carbon life is a good choice.

Thank you for coming

Homework

Write a composition about your ownexperience using as many emotion wordsas you can.

Activity

A B

C D

ActivitySample: Interviewee: Yeah. It was a relief that the policemen and doctors came in time. And I was delighted that lots of lives have been saved.Interviewer: What a frightening experience you had! How lucky and quick-minded you are! Interviewee: I think we need to be equipped with muchknowledge of various disasters which may help us survive.Interviewer: I can’t agree with you more. Thank you for your story. Interviewee: It’s my pleasure.

ActivitySample: Interviewer: Hello, I am … from… May I ask you some questions?Interviewee: Of course. Go ahead.Interviewer: Just now, you have experienced a terrible disaster, haven’t you?Interviewee: Yeah. Interviewer: How long did it last?Interviewee: It lasted for almost 5 minutes which caused a lot of deaths. Interviewer: How did you feel at that time?

ActivitySample: Interviewee: I was nervous when the earth began to shake . And then I was worried to realize what had happened Only when I heard of the calling did I feel so terrified that I ran out as quickly as I could. I was sweating and trembling Interviewer: What happened next?Interviewee: I was in a panic when I saw so many people buried under the ruins. Interviewer: Interviewer: What a frightening experience you had! How lucky and quick-minded you are! Thank you for your story. Interviewee: It’s my pleasure.