unit 8 natural disasters
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Unit 8 Natural disasters. Reading (1). Presentation. 炸弹. a bomb. in all directions. 四面八方. 崩塌,坍塌. come down. daylight 日光. dark 黑暗. shout 呼喊. heart 心脏. asleep 睡着的. brick s 砖块. New words and expressions. slight shake loud fear bomb shake direction - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
a bomb 炸弹
in all directions 四面八方
come down 崩塌,坍塌
daylight
日光dark
黑暗
shout 呼喊
heart 心脏
asleep 睡着的
bricks 砖块
slightshakeloudfearbombshakedirectionin all directions
adj. 轻微的n. 摇动,震动adj. 响亮的;大声的n. 害怕,恐惧n. 炸弹v. 摇动,震动n. 方向 四面八方
brick
come down
silent
not … at all
nervous
heart
beat
n. 砖,砖块崩塌,坍塌adj. 寂静的一点也不adj. 紧张不安的n. 心脏vi. & vt. (使)规律作响,作节奏运动
trapped
mind
calm
calm down
since
still
alive
dark
adj. 困住的n. 头脑vi. & vt. ( 使 ) 平静; ( 使 )
镇定 冷静conj. 由于,既然adv. 仍然adj. 活着的n. 黑暗
shout
at last
daylight
safe
asleep
after
find one’s way out
n. 呼喊,喊叫声最后,终于n. 日光adj. 安全的adj. 睡着的conj. 在…以后找到出路
1 shake
2 scream
3 come down
4 silent
5 at last
6 safe
a finallyb fall to the groundc give a loud high cryd not in danger e move quickly from
side to side, up and down, etc.
f quiet
Match the words on the left with the
meanings on the right.
What happened on 12, Jan, 2010?
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on 12, Jan, 2010. More than 222,500 people died.
What is an earthquake?
An earthquake is what happens
when two blocks of the earth
suddenly slip past one another.
1999 年台湾 9.21 大地震1999 年 9 月 21 日凌晨 1 时 47 分,台湾省南投县发生 7.6 级大地震,震源深度10 公里左右,重灾区在日月潭地区。该区有许多活断层,开始是“双冬断层”发生活动,同时牵动相邻的车笼埔断层的大规模滑动,导致断层沿岸的丰原、大境、务峰、中兴新村、南投和名间、竹
川等市县村镇地区的灾难性破坏,大部分地段已被夷为平地。 整个灾区死亡 2329 人,伤 8722人,失踪 39 人,倒塌各种建筑 9909 栋,严重破坏 7575 栋,受灾人口250 万,灾民 32 万,财产损失 92亿美元。
There was an earthquake in Taiwan in
1999. Timmy survived. Read Timmy’s
story and find out what happened to
him.
The Taiwan earthquake
An earthquake
1. Timmy was asleep when the
earthquake started.
2. At first, Timmy heard a loud noise
like thunder.
3. People ran in the same direction in
the street.
True or false.
T
F
F
4. Timmy was trapped in a dark
place after the earthquake stopped.
5. There was not enough space for
Timmy to pull himself through.
6. People found Timmy soon after he
was trapped.
T
F
F
At first
When it was
What he did
What he heard
How he felt
About two o’clock in the earlymorning.
He was sleeping.
He heard a loud noise like thunder.He felt a slight shake.
Complete the table.
Read paragraph 1
Complete the passage.
The real noise was like ______ under
the ground. People ran
______________. Timmy tried his best
to _______ to the street. Pieces of glass
and bricks ________________, and then
the walls began to __________, too.
bombs
in all directionsrun out
were falling downcome down
Read paragraph 2
1. Timmy _____ after the noise and
shaking ended.
2. He could see ______.
A.screamed B. calmed down
C. ran wildly D. cried
A. Anything B. someone around him
C. nothing D. the bright daylight
B
C
Read paragraph 3
Choose the best answer.
Answer some questions.
1. What did Timmy feel when he was
trapped?
2. Did he shout for help?
A moment of fear went through his
mind.
Yes, he shouted for help. But no
one came.
Read paragraph 4
Match the sentences.
a. “Help! Please help! I’m here! ”
b. move away the bricks.
c. the bright daylight.
d. when I suddenly heard some noise
above me.
e. excited people.
Read paragraph 5
1. I was trying to find my way out
____
2. I screamed _____
3. Then I heard shouts from _____
4. They quickly ______
5. At last, I saw _____
d
a
e
b
c
Timmy put some pictures he
drew on his web page. Help
Sandy write the correct caption
in the blank under each picture.
Then put the pictures in the
correct order on page 95.
I saw the bright daylight.
I was trapped.
The walls came down.
I screamed for help.
Some people ran out of the building.
The earth started to shake.
I screamed for
help.Some people ran
out of the building.
I saw the bright
daylight.
The earth
started to shake.
I was trapped. The walls came
down.
25 6
1 4 3
What happened to Timmy in the earthquake?
Timmy is a teenager. He lives in Taiwan.
He survived the (1) __________ in 1999.
He was sleeping when he heard a loud
noise. It was like the noise of (2) _______.
Then the noise became really loud. It
sounded like (3) ______ under the ground.
thunder
bombs
earthquake
After that, pieces of glass and (4) ______
fell down. When the noise ended, he was
(5) _______ and could not get out. A
moment of (6) ____ went through his
mind. Then he tried to (7) _____ down
and (8) _________ for help. Finally,
people moved away the bricks and saved
him.
bricks
trapped
fear
calm
screamed
Sandy is writing about what happened to Timmy in her diary. Help her complete her diary entry with the words in the box.
beating bricks calm fear
mind nervous pulled safe
saved sleeping thunder
trapped
When the earthquake hit Taiwan in
1999, Timmy was _________. He heard a
loud noise like ________. Then the noise
became louder, like bombs under the
ground. People screamed in _____. Then
pieces of glass and ______ fell down.
sleeping
thunder
fear
bricks
When the noise and shaking stopped,
Timmy was ________ and could not get
out. He felt ________ and his heart was
________ fast. A moment of fear went
through his ______. Then he tried to
_____ down and ______ himself slowly
through the dark.
trapped
nervous
beating
mind
calm pulled
Finally, people came and heard his
cry for help. They moved away the
bricks and ______ him. Timmy
was _____ at last.
saved
safe
After the earthquake, Timmy has
some useful ways of protecting
himself in the earthquake. If you
are Timmy, what good ways of
protecting yourself do you
know?
1. Don’t be too worried.
2. Don’t hurry to rush out wildly.
3. Hide in the washing room or under
the desk.
4. Don’t use the lift.
5. Save energy to survive.
…
1. Read aloud the article and try
to retell the story.
2. Remember the new words in
this lesson.