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1、Module,Unit 5Natural Disasters,Unit 5Natural Disasters,In this unit,you will:,Learn how to describe and get prepared for natural disastersListen to different materials about natural disastersPractice talking in English about natural disastersMaster a listening skill of English note-takingEnjoy a won
2、derful speech and some English idioms about natural disasters,Part I:Lead-in,Section A:Group WorkDirections:Please discuss the following questions in pairs.Try to talk in English as much as possible.,1.As far as you know,what measures can be taken to predict natural disasters such as earthquakes,flo
3、ods and storms?,2.To minimize the damage caused by natural disasters,how should people prepare for them in advance,and what preventative actions should be taken?,3.How should the governments cope with the consequences of natural disasters?,4.What roles should educational institutions play in dealing
4、 with natural disasters?,Part I:Lead-in,Section B:Useful Words and Expressions,Part I:Lead-in,Section B:Useful Words and Expressions,Part II:Listening Task,Listening Skill Note-taking(I),Part II:Listening Task,Section A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short convers
5、ations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.Try to find the best answer to the question.,1,A.The woman doesnt like the movie.B.The world is going to end in 2012.C.The man enjoys the movie.D.Many people are too scared to see the movie.,W:Have you seen 2012 t
6、hat depicts the end of the world?The scenes of natural disasters on a global scale really scared me.M:Its an awesome movie.The effects are so brilliant that many people have been made afraid of the future.Q:What can be inferred from the conversation?,Tapescript,Part II:Listening Task,Section A:Short
7、 ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.Try to find the best answer to the question.,2,A.Like before,the weather this year is quite severe.B.Its nice to stay indoors on such a co
8、ld day.C.Its a nice day but the woman prefers to stay at home.D.Despite the cold weather,she chooses to go outside.,M:It was much warmer this time before,but the weather this year is quite severe.W:Oh,yes.Id rather stay at home and its comfortable inside on a day like this.Q:What does the woman mean
9、?,Tapescript,Part II:Listening Task,Section A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.Try to find the best answer to the question.,3,A.The man has not been to Mount Vesuvius
10、 before.B.The man doesnt think Mount Vesuvius is worth seeing.C.The man has been to Mount Vesuvius before.D.The man thinks Mount Vesuvius will erupt in the near future.,W:Im thinking of traveling to Mount Vesuvius.Do you think its worth seeing?M:It is an active volcano in Italy and may erupt any tim
11、e in the near future.I wish I had been there.Q:What do you learn from the conversation?,Tapescript,Part II:Listening Task,Section A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.T
12、ry to find the best answer to the question.,4,A.The woman didnt know about her destination.B.The womans trip was cancelled because she hadnt chosen a destination.C.The woman didnt travel to Mexico.D.The womans flight was cancelled.,M:How was the trip to Mexico?W:It was cancelled because the destinat
13、ion was flooded.Q:What do you learn from the conversation?,Tapescript,Part II:Listening Task,Section A:Short ConversationsDirections:In this part,you are going to hear 5 short conversations.At the end of each conversation,there will be a question based on what you hear.Try to find the best answer to
14、 the question.,5,A.It was his fault.B.He will take full responsibility.C.He will be more careful next time.D.He is not to blame.,W:What an accident!If you had been careful,things would not be as they are.M:What do you mean?It was my fault?If it were,surely I would take full responsibility for it.Q:W
15、hat does the man mean?,Tapescript,Part II:Listening Task,Section B:Long ConversationDirections:Listen to the conversation carefully and then answer the questions according to what you hear.,Part II:Listening Task,1.What does Tim do besides chasing and videotaping the storms?_2.What is the correlatio
16、n between the pressure and the wind speed of a tornado?_3.What did Tim and his partner discover when they filmed the tornado in Manchester?_4.What is Tims goal?_5.What remains to be a mystery to this day?_,He also does some valuable research,using probes to measure the barometric pressure drop insid
17、e a tornado.,The greater the pressure drops,the higher the wind speeds are.,Since the tornado there destroyed a farmhouse,theyve got a great comparison in terms of pressure and the damage that it can do.,His goal is to increase our lead time in forecasting tornadoes.,What makes tornadoes work and wh
18、y some thunderstorms produce tornadoes and others dont.,Part II:Listening Task,Section C:PassageDirections:Listen to the short passage carefully,and then decide whether the following statements are true or false.Write T for true,and F for false.,Part II:Listening Task,1.22,000 people were killed in
19、natural disasters in 2008.2.The number of natural disasters in 2008 was lower than in 2007,and the disasters proved to be less destructive.3.An earthquake struck Chinas Sichuan province in May.4.Around 1,000 people died in floods in India,Nepal and Bangladesh.5.Typhoon Fengshen killed more than 500
20、people in China and the Philippines.,(),(),(),(),(),F,F,T,F,T,Part II:Listening Task,Section D:Real World ListeningDirections:Listen to the movie clip carefully and then try to answer the following questions according to what you hear with brief English.,Part II:Listening Task,When did the earthquak
21、e happen?_Where was the epicenter of this earthquake?_What was the worst injury from the earthquake?_According to the two men who spoke to the BBC,what did people do when the earthquake occurred?_How has this earthquake affected the people there?_,It happened on 27th February,2008.,The epicenter was
22、 in a small town in Lincolnshire.,A chimney collapsed,and a man broke his pelvis when the chimney fell on him.,They went outside when they felt the shake,and then they just realized it was an earthquake.,The earthquake caused very little structural damage to property,but for the people affected,it c
23、ertainly came as quite a surprise.,Dialogue 1,Part III:Speaking Task,Section A:ModelsDirections:Complete the following dialogues with the words you like,but the sentences you fill in and the whole dialogue must make sense.,A:It has been raining for three days._?B:Ive just checked the weather forecas
24、t.There is still going to be heavy rain.A:Really?Thats too bad.What about our picnic party?_?B:Im afraid well have to hold an indoor picnic.And do you think _ _?A:I hope not and if only the heavy rain could _ _.,Will the weather be fine tomorrow,Should we delay it until next week,this rain will poss
25、ibly,cause flood,move into northern area where the forest fire,is still burning,Dialogue 2,Part III:Speaking Task,Section A:ModelsDirections:Complete the following dialogues with the words you like,but the sentences you fill in and the whole dialogue must make sense.,A:Oh my God._?B:Yes,and I found
26、the bottle on the table shaking just now.A:Was it an earthquake?_?B:Calm down._.Anyway things have not fallen off the shelves,and we are all right now.A:Wed better get out of the house._.B:Ok,lets take the earthquake emergency kit and get out of the house.,Did you feel the shake,What are we supposed
27、 to do now,It might be a minor earthquake,There might be aftershocks,Part III:Speaking Task,Section B:Group DiscussionDirections:Divide the class into several groups of four to five students,and ask each group to hold a discussion on the following topic:How to Prepare an Earthquake Survival Kit?,Par
28、t III:Speaking Task,Section C:Story TellingDirections:Collect stories about how people survived natural disasters,and then tell them to your classmates.,Part III:Speaking Task,Section D:PresentationDirections:Search for information about how a natural disaster(e.g.,earthquake,flood,volcano eruption,
29、tidal wave)happens,how it causes damage to human beings and property,and how we can get prepared for it.Then present your findings to the class.,Part IV:Specific Focus,Part IV:Specific Focus,Section A:Multiple ChoiceDirections:Listen to the first part of the VOA talk carefully,and then choose the be
30、st answer to each question.,1.A coalition called the Aceh Humanitarian Axis is doing the following except.A.raising money B.collecting donationsC.sending volunteers D.applying for loans2.What is not true of the 2004 tsunami?A.It occurred five years ago.B.It was the worst natural disaster to hit the
31、world in decades.C.It affected more than 30 countries.D.Survivors of it are helping victims of last months earthquake in southwestern Sumatra.3.How many volunteers have been sent to Padang?A.30.B.40.C.180.D.18.4.What is not true of last months earthquake in southwestern Sumatra?A.It killed hundreds
32、of people.B.It destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings.C.Padang was the hardest-hit city in this earthquake.D.It occurred on September 13th.c,Part IV:Specific Focus,Section B:Filling BlanksDirections:Listen to the second part,and then complete the statements.,1.Lilianne Fan,an _ to the governor of Ac
33、eh,says the _ bring something to Padang that other volunteers may not have.2.These organizations,you know,_ people who are directly affected by the terrible disaster of 2004.3.They have themselves experienced what it is like to be _ of a devastating natural disaster.4.More than 200,000 people died i
34、n the 2004 tsunami,the vast _ of them in Aceh.5.The people of Aceh,with the help of the Indonesian government and international aid organizations,_.,advisor,volunteers,are made up of,survivors,majority,have rebuilt their communities,Part IV:Specific Focus,Section C:DubbingDirections:Repeat the follo
35、wing sentences from the third part.,1.The Aceh tsunami survivors can relate to the Padang earthquake victims on a personal level.2.The Aceh survivors can share practical knowledge on the process of setting up camps and clinics.3.The Aceh relief effort is motivated in part by gratitude for all the he
36、lp Aceh received after the tsunami.4.Its kind of giving back the good will that was given to them.5.The tsunami survivors of Aceh are paying the debt they owe.,Part V:Self-enjoyment,Section A:English SpeechDirections:Listen to the following narration from the documentary named“An Inconvenient Truth”
37、narrated by Al Gore carefully,and then fill in the blanks with the phrases or sentences youve heard.,An Inconvenient TruthThese are _ since our Civil War.In any given year,it might look like its going down,but the overall trend is extremely clear.And in recent years,_.In fact,if you look at the ten
38、hottest years ever measured in this atmospheric record,theyve all occurred in the last 14 years.And the hottest of all was 2005.We have already seen some of the heat waves that are similar to what scientists are saying are gonna be a lot more common.A couple of years ago in Europe they had that _ _.
39、India didnt get as much attention,but the same year the temperature there went to 122 degrees Fahrenheit.This past summer in the American west,there were a lot of cities that _ _ and number of consecutive days with a 100-degree temperature or more.Two hundred cities and towns in the west set all-tim
40、e records.And in the east there were a lot of cities that did the same thing including,incidentally,New Orleans.,actual measurements of atmospheric temperatures,its uninterrupted and it is intensifying,massive heat wave that killed 35,000,people,broke all,time records for high temperatures,Part V:Se
41、lf-enjoyment,We have seen in the last couple of years a lot of big hurricanes.Hurricane Jeanne and Frances and Ivan were among them.And the same year that we had that string of big hurricanes,_ _ in the United States.Japan again didnt get as much attention in our news media,but they set an all-time
42、record for typhoons.Previous record was seven.Here are all ten of the ones they had in 2004.The science textbooks have had to be rewritten _ _ in the South Atlantic.But the same year the first one ever hit Brazil.Summer of 2005 has been one for the books.The first one was Emily that socked into Yuca
43、tan.Then Hurricane Dennis came along and it did a lot of damage,including to the oil industry._ _ after Dennis went through.This one was driven into the bridge at Mobile.And then,of course,came Katrina.Its worth remembering that when it hit Florida,it was a Category One.But it killed a lot of people
44、 and _.And then what happened?Before it hit New Orleans,it went over warmer waters.As the water temperature increases,the wind velocity increases,and _.And youll see Hurricane Katrina form over Florida.And then as it comes into the gulf over that warm water,it picks up that energy and gets stronger
45、and stronger and stronger.Look at that hurricanes eye.And,of course,_ _.There are no words to describe it.,we also set an all,time record for tornadoes,because they say its impossible,to have a hurricane,This is the largest oil platform,in the world,caused billions of dollars worth of damage,the moisture content increases,the consequence were,so horrendous,Part V:Self-enjoyment,Section B:Idioms,
