Unit6DisasterandHope

Developingideas1.WheredidHurricaneKatrinaform?2.Wheredidithit?3.Howlongdiditlast?4.Howmanypeoplelosttheirlivesinthehurricane?5.WhatwasthecostofthedamageHurricaneKatrinacaused?Lookatthemapandanswerthequestions.RelativeWordstodescribethemap.卡特里娜颶風熱帶風暴每小時…英里東部夏令時間熱帶低壓形式WheredidHurricaneKatrinafrom?Howlongdiditlast?Howmanypeoplelosttheirlivesinthehurricane?WhatwasthecostofthedamageHurricaneKatrinacaused?KatrinaformedontheAtlanticOcean.Morethanoneweek.Over1800people.ItcausedUSD108billionindamage.Lookatthemapandanswerthequestions.StarsafterthestormThetitle“Starsafterthestorm”hastwomeanings.First,itstandsforthemidnightskyafterthestorm,onwhichtheauthorsawtheBigDipper,theLittleDipperandtheMilkyWay.Second,thestarsstandforthehopeafterthedisaster.Howdoyouunderstandthetitle?LearningtolearnPeopleoftenuseemotional(情緒化)wordsandimagery(形象的描述,意象)todescribeanimportanteventormemorable(難忘的)experience.Thesewordsandphraseshelpusidentify(識別)andinterpret(理解)thethoughtsandfeelingsoftheauthorofthepassage.

Fast-readingReadthepassageandchoosethebestanswer.1.Thepassageisabout___________.A.Thecat'sbeinglostandfoundintheterriblestorm.B.Theauthor'sexperienceandoptimisticattitudeinthestorm.C.Thestarslookingmorebeautifulandattractiveafterthestorm.D.Theauthor'shabitofwatchingthestarsafterthestorm.2.Find

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order

the

author

wrotethepassage.A.IntimeorderB.InspaceorderC.InlogicalorderD.InFlashback(倒敘)Duringthehurricane(para.1-2)

Rightafterthehurricane(para.3-4)Afewdayslater(para.5)Oneyearlater(para.6)Accordingtothetimeorderwecandividethetextinto_____parts.fourCompletethediagramwithwordsandexpressionsformthepassage.Careful-readingHURRICANEKATRINADuringthehurricane______________Theroof________

________________Thestreetturnedintoariverandweweregoingnowhere.frightenedjustflewoffsuddenlyFeelingsCausesHURRICANEKATRINARightafterthehurricaneworriedWedidn’thaveenoughdrinkingwater.Itwashotand_______

____________________.itsmelledhopefulMomtoldusto_______________________________.Theamazingstarsatnightgaveushopeforthefuture.sobadeverywhereseethegoodsideofthingsFeelingsCausesHURRICANEKATRINAAfewdayslaterWewererescued.Smartie_______________________.camehome________justintimehappyFeelingsCausesHURRICANEKATRINAOneyearlaterManyfamilieshavecomebacktoNewOrleansandareworkingtogetherto

________________________________.rebuildourhomesoptimisticandourlivesFeelingsCausesThink&share

Question1:Whydoestheauthorsay“Althoughitwasonlyafewdaysbeforewewererescued,itfeltlikemonths”?Becausetheylosttheirhomeandsufferedalotfromthehurricane.Itwassohardtospendthosemiserabledaysthatseemedendless.

Question2:Whatsortofattitudetolifeisreflectedintheauthor’sexperienceoflookingatthenightsky?Itreflectsapositiveattitudetowardsthehardshipsinlife.Starsinthenightskystandforthehopethatgivesthemtheconfidencetomoveonandrebuildtheirhomesandlives.

Question3:

Ifyouwereinthesamesituationastheauthor,whatwouldyouthinkanddo?Asforme,Iwouldfeelworriedandfrightened,andIwouldstaywithmyfamilyandlookforsomehelp.

Question4:Whatdoyouthinkcouldbedonetohelpthelocalpeoplerebuildtheirhomes?Ithink,thegovernment,first,shouldtakemeasurestohelpthecityrecover,thenprovidealotofbenefitsforthelocalpeopletoreinvigoratetheeconomy,andofferthemjobsandhousestolivein.What’smore,thevolunteerorganizationscanprovidemedicalhelp,psychologicalcounselingandsoon.

Iwassittingintheroomwithmycat1.________thehurricanehit.Allof2._____sudden,ourroofflewoffandIwasso3.__________(frighten)thatIjust4.______(freeze).Withoutaroof,5.________(stay)insidewasdangerous,sowecametotheopenair.Momtoldustokeeppositive6.__________happens.Shekeptonremindingusthatwewerealltogetherandsafe,7._____isthemostimportant.Welayundertheskylookingupatthestars,andthe8._______(amaze)starsatnightgaveushopeforthefuture.9.__________(thank),wewererescuedafewdayslater.Nowwehaverebuiltourhomesandlives,andthe10._______(beautiful)ofthestarsstillinspiresustomoveon.whenafrightenedfrozestayingwhateverwhichamazingThankfullybeauty

Post-reading飛走，刮走突然到那時下落，下降變成片刻，轉瞬間來來回回留意找，注意查看，留心，盡力照顧好...向上看...及時還沒有有機會做某事flyoffallofasuddenbythencomedownturnintoin/withinsecondsupanddownlookoutforlookupatintimehaveyettohaveanopportunitytodosthsb.wasdoingsth.when...某人正在做某事,這時(突然)…flyoff飛出；飛速(或突然)地跑掉Iwassittinginmyroomwithmycat,Smartie,onmylap,whentheroofjustflewoff.當時我正坐在房間里，我的貓咪斯瑪蒂趴在我的腿上，突然屋頂就飛走了。歸納總結be

doing...when...某人正在做某事,這時…hadjustdone...when...剛做完…這時…beonthepointofdoing...when正要做…這時…beabouttodo...when正要做……這時……with復合結構:with+名詞+介詞短語,作伴隨狀語

單句語法填空(1)Johnwasstudyinginhisroom

heheardscreaming.(2)I

（walk）onthestreetwhenIranintoMr.White.(3)Iwasabouttovisityou

youcametoseeme.(4)Theyhadjustcoveredthreemileswhenthey________（realize）theyhadlefttheirIDcardsathome.whenwaswalkingwhenrealized2.IwassofrightenedthatIjustfroze.結果狀語從句frightenv.使驚恐；害怕frightn.恐怖；驚嚇frighteningadj.可怕的，令人恐懼的/驚恐的frightenedadj.害怕的，受驚的Translation我嚇呆了。freezev．(使)結冰；冷凍（食物）等；凍僵；

突然停住；呆住[熟詞生義]3.Therainwascomingdownsohardandsofast.Ourstreetturnedintoariverinseconds.Weweregoingnowhere.comedown

下落，下降turninto

變成inseconds

片刻，轉瞬間nowhereadv.什么地方都不，無處Translation暴雨迅速傾盆而下，瞬間就將道路淹沒成了河流。我們無處可去了。4.Hehaddisappearedthemomentthestormhit.時間狀從句中的themoment用作連詞，用來引導時間狀語從句，意為“一……就……”引導時間狀語從句的名詞短語和副詞還有:theminute/theinstant一……就……immediately/instantly/directly一……就……thefirsttime第一次…/eachtime每次…

nexttime下次…時/anytime任何時候

lasttime上次…時/bythetime到…為止

everytime每次

Translation風暴襲來的那一刻它就失蹤了。5.Allwehadleftweretheclothesonourbacks.ButasMomkeptonremindingus,wewerealltogetherandsafe.定從◆reminder

n.提醒人的事物;提醒

keepondoingsth.反復做某事◆remindv.

提醒；使想起remindsb.todosth.提醒某人做某事remindsb.that/what/how提醒某人……remindsb.ofsb./sth使某人想起某人/某物ExercisePleaseremindhim________thereisanimportantmeetingtomorrowmorning.請提醒他明早有個重要的會議。Thissongremindedme____mychildhood.這首歌使我想起了我的童年。Heremindedmenot________________(forget)mypromise.他提醒我不要忘了我的諾言。Thephotographsarea______________(remind