1、look & discuss1. whats going on in this photo?2. what kinds of natural disasters can you think of?possible answer: in the photograph, a team of soldiers are rescuing somebody from a collapsed( (倒倒塌塌) ) building following an earthquake.possible answer: some natural disasters are hurricanes, floods, e

2、arthquakes, tsunamis, erupting volcanoes, wildfires, and tornadoes.report natural disasterslistening and speakinga violent storm with very strong windshurricane /hrkn/flood /fld/a lot of water in an area which is usually dryearthquake /:kwek/a sudden violent movement of the earths surface, sometimes

3、 causing great damagetsunami /tsu:n:mi/ an earthquake happening under the sea floorerupting volcano /rpt vlkenz/ash sometimes rising into the air from inside the earthan uncontrolled fire occurring in rural areaswildfire /waldfa(r)/tornado /t:ned/a column圓柱圓柱 of air that turns very quicklywatch the

4、video natural disasters and look at the photos. do you know what these disasters are? write down their names.tornadofloodearthquakewildfiretsunamip48 1listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear. earthquake tornado wildfire drought landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruptionp48 2qu

5、estiontype of information1. what was the magnitude of the earthquake in ecuador?number2. how many people were killed or injured in ecuador?3. where are the floods?4. what are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood-hit area?5. when did people see the tornado in memphis?6. which buildings

6、were damaged in seoul?7. what caused the landslide in seoul?circle the key word(s) in the questions below and write the kind of information they refer to.p48 3 listen for detailsthink about what you are listening for before you listen: numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places,

7、reasons, etc.numberplaceactivitiestimeplacereasonlisten again and answer the questions.p48 3questionanswer1. what was the magnitude of the earthquake in ecuador?2. how many people were killed or injured in ecuador?3. where are the floods?4. what are the rescue workers and soldiers doing in the flood

8、- hit area?5. when did people see the tornado in memphis?6. which buildings were damaged in seoul?7. what caused the landslide in seoul?7.8about 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. be heavy rain that has fallen in the last weeka library and a supermarket at 9:25 a.m.they are wor

9、king day and night to make sure that people are safe. central china.news report 1good moming, its 17 april. a strong earhquake hit ecuador yesterdy. the 7.8-magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and early reports said that about 230 peple were killed and more than 1,500 were injured. voluntee

10、rs and rescue workers are helping the survivors.news report 2good evening. today is 27 march. more news about the floods in central china. the government is helping more than 12,000 people in hunan and jiangxi get away from the rising water. homes and land have been destroyed, but no one has been ki

11、lled. rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people are safe. they are also bring food and water to those whose homes were lost in the disaster.news report 3breaking news, saturday 12 august. a tornado was just seen in southern memphis. eyewitnesses said that at 9:25

12、 a.m., the tornado destroyed four homes. a police officer tells us that at least one person has died. more tornados are possible, and the police advise avoiding the area.news report 4and in seoul, a landslide damaged a library and a supermarket in a southern neighbourhood. the landslide was caused b

13、y the heavy rain that has fallen in seoul over the past week. according to the police, no one was injured in the landslide, but several cars were damaged. those are the top news for today, wednesday 21 july.read about the disasters below and prepare a short news report on one of them. p49 4good morn

14、ing. today is 13 may. a huge earthquake hit wenchuan, china yesterday afternoon sample news reports1. good morning. today is 13 may. a huge earthquake hit wenchuan, china yesterday. it has killed at least 8,500 people by now. the earthquake measured 7.8 on the richter scale. injured survivors have b

15、een moved to safety by rescue workers, including medical workers, troops, and volunteers, who organised quickly.2. a wildfire which began on 1 may in alberta, canada, has destroyed 2,400 homes. almost 88,000 people have been evacuated. hundreds of firefighters along with planes and helicopters have

16、arrived to help fight the fire. luckily, there have been no deaths or injuries.3. a flood in colombo, sri lanka, has killed 82 people. the flood, which began in may, has affected nearly 500,000 people. rescue teams are providing food and water, and shelters have been set up by the government.1. list

17、en and repeat. pay attention to the letters in red. pipe brick tend death keen glory fond view think they campus amaze flash garage french bridge truly draw events friends2. read the words aloud. pay attention to the pronunciation of the -ed endings. then write the words in the boxes.begged breathed

18、 described concentrated confused debated exchanged helped laughed learned depended embarrassed pretended reserved shocked viewed watched wished/t/d/d/helped laughedembarrassedshockedwatchedwishedbeggedbreatheddescribedconfusedexchangedlearnedreservedviewedconcentrateddebateddependedpretended3. listen to the words in each box and repeat.earthquaketornadowildfiredroughtlandslidetsunamifloodvolcanic eruption1.