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Lesson 3 Natural Disasters (SKILLS FOCUS) 寿县安丰高中高二英语教研组

Lesson 3 Natural Disasters (SKILLS FOCUS) 寿县安丰高中高二英语教研组. Teaching objectives In this lesson, we will: 1. practise reading strategies to complete texts with sentence gaps. 2. talk about disasters with the help of the learnt vocabulary about/concerning natural disasters.

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Lesson 3 Natural Disasters (SKILLS FOCUS) 寿县安丰高中高二英语教研组

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  1. Lesson 3 Natural Disasters (SKILLS FOCUS) 寿县安丰高中高二英语教研组

  2. Teaching objectives In this lesson, we will: 1. practise reading strategies to complete texts with sentence gaps. 2. talk about disasters with the help of the learnt vocabulary about/concerning natural disasters.

  3. Step 1: Lead in:(Lead in the topic & prepare active vocabulary for learning the passage)

  4. Today it is May X, around this time last year, an earthquake attacked Wenchuan. It was on a grandscale. Thousands of people lost their wives, children… The separation from their families made them live a rough (or hard) time. During the quake, houses fell down. In the mountainous area stones, bricks slip and slide downhill in the landslides.People lived in shabby houses or tents. However Sichuanese are very strong. With the help of the whole nation, they constructed their homes soon. Now a new Wenchuan stands in front of us.

  5. 1.grand adj big and very impressive巨大的 2.scale n the size or level of sth规模，大小 3.separation n the condition of being separated 分离，分开. 4.rough adj unpleasant or difficult艰难的 5.mountainous adj having many mountains多山的 6.slip v fall off滑落 7.slide v to move smoothly over a surface滑行 8.landslide n sudden fall of a lot of earth or rocks down a hill, cliff滑坡，山崩 9.shabby adj old and in bad condition破烂的 10.construct v build 建造

  6. Do you still remember them? 1.grand adj 2.scale n 3.separation n 4.rough adj 5.mountainous adj 6.slip v 7.slide v 8.landslide n 9.shabby adj 10.construct v

  7. Step 2: Task : Learn more about Natural Disasters and their causes Besides earthquake, there are many natural disasters, can you name some? 1. Brainstorming earthquake

  8. What kind of disaster is it? tsunami

  9. Flood

  10. volcanic eruption

  11. Hurricane

  12. forest fire

  13. typhoon

  14. Landslide

  15. Vocabulary about natural disasters • tsunami 海啸 • typhoon 台风 • volcanic eruption 火山喷发 • flood 洪水 • landslide 滑坡，山崩 • hurricane 飓风, 狂风 Read aloud and memorize them

  16. 2: Further Exploration: What do you think causes the disasters, people or nature? 3: Check your prediction Read the article and check your answer -- What causes the disasters? Both people and nature

  17. (Today let’s study lesson 3 “ NATURE IS TURNING ON US.” and do more research into the natural disasters) Step 2: Task : Learn to use Reading Strategies: Completing texts with sentence gaps (In lesson 3, P38, Unit 21, Module 7, we have learn the reading strategies: Sequencing of information, which are quite similar to strategies learnt in this lesson.)

  18. 1st Reading Reading strategy 1 → skimming Read the text to get general idea. (2m’) (When you encounter new vocabulary, skip it.) Natural disasters are getting worse because of human activities.

  19. Reading strategy 2 →skimming Read a paragraph with a sentence gap and identify the topic, e.g disasters . 2nd reading 2f Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Para 5: Examples show natural disasters become common An example of volcanic eruption & earthquake show their threat to our world. Causes of natural disasters— Urbanization & industrialization Overpopulation in cities makes more people in the danger of natural disasters 3g Experts predict that natural disasters will get worse

  20. namely, Scanning: Look for clues/reference words Reading strategy 3 →Read the sentences before and after the gap and look for clues about the missing sentence , e.g. is it an example of what is mentioned before? Reading strategy 4 →Certain words may help you: time references (then), pronoun references (it , that ), linking words (however). +

  21. References 1. Tsunamis, flooding underwater B 2. Irrigation canals, water the Yellow River F 3. Population, growing at the disturbing rate overpopulation G 4.This has been caused by carbon dioxide & destruction of forest. Global warming E 5. 难（排除法）…studies volcanoes, the worst eruption there was a much greater eruption. A

  22. Reading strategy 5 →Decide which sentence goes in the gap. Check that it fits the sentences before and after it. (Are all paragraphs coherent?)

  23. (Ex 3 P10): Use the Strategies to complete the gaps in the text (1-5) with these sentences (a-g). There are two extra sentences you do not need . • But evidence shows that 73,000 years ago there was a much greater eruption. • b) Even Europe has suffered and large areas have been under water. • That is probably not the most important factor either . • Third , the other bits of land you might have been able to farm are now useless. • On top of that add global warming. • f) For example , the Yellow River, once famous for flooding, failed to reach the sea at all for 226 days in 1997. • g) One answer is overpopulation. • Keys : 1.—b 2.– f 3.—g 4.—e 5.—a

  24. Step 3: Scanning (Ex 4 P11) Read the text again and answer these questions. 1. What is the attitude of the journalist towards the future ? Pessimistic. 2. Who are most likely to be the victims of natural disasters? Poor people.

  25. 3. Why are there now more hurricanes, floods and droughts ? Overpopulation and industrialization. 4. Why are volcanoes and earthquakes more dangerous now ? A big population in cities (or urbanization) 5. What could be the biggest threat to the planet in the future? A volcanic eruption. 6. What effects might this threat have? Low temperature (A freezing weather).

  26. Step 4: Text summary Fill in the blanks about the text. In the last ___ years , there are more and more disasters such as _____ , ________, thunderstorms, earthquakes, ________, volcanic _________and _____ fires all over the world. Why are so many disasters ? One of the reasons is over- __________. ten floods tsunamis typhoons eruptions forest population

  27. climate In warming __ addition, ______ change and global ________ caused by factories, vehicles and deforestation can lead ___ the disasters or make them worse. At present, volcanoes and earthquakes are more _________ with the fast ______ of people . to dangerous growth

  28. Earthquakes take the lives of 1.6 million people in the last hundred years. What is worse, the disaster experts predict that the things will get _____. worse

  29. Step 5:Retell the passage with the help of clues and vocabulary Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Para 5: Examples show natural disasters become common Examples of volcanic eruption & earthquake show their threat to our world. One cause of natural disasters— Urbanization & industrialization Overpopulation in cities makes more people in the danger of natural disasters Experts predict that natural disasters will get worse

  30. Vocabulary 1.grand adj big and very impressive巨大的 2.scale n the size or level of sth规模，大小 3.separation n the condition of being separated 分离，分开. 4.rough adj unpleasant or difficult艰难的 5.mountainous adj having many mountains多山的 6.slip v fall off滑落 7.slide v to move smoothly over a surface滑行 8.landslide n sudden fall of a lot of earth or rocks down a hill, cliff滑坡，山崩 9.shabby adj old and in bad condition破烂的 10.construct v build建造 tsunami 海啸 volcanic eruption 火山喷发 typhoon 台风 flooding洪水 landslides 滑坡，山崩 hurricane 飓风, 狂风

  31. Homework • Read the passage at least twice. • Find and analyze the long and difficult sentences in the passage. • P58 & 59 Focus on Reading • Passage A & B on the handout.

  32. Thank you! See you next class!

  33. 2nd Period Teaching objectives In this lesson, we will: 1. Learn and practise vocabulary about natural disasters，esp collocations. 2. Practise identifying nouns and verbs.

  34. Step 1 Guessing the new vocabulary 1. Nature is turning on us. turn on sb. : attack 攻击, 变得与……敌对 e.g. The dog turned on me and bit me in the leg. Erlang turned on Lisa, who, he thought, had deceived him. 2. A number of nations have already been in armed conflict over water. (L8, Para 1) armed conflict over water/land 因水/土地而引起的武装冲突

  35. 3.The tsunami killed 132,000 Indonesians and another 100,000 people of other nationalities. This catastrophe is still very fresh in the minds of people worldwide who have not get over their separation from loved ones lost in the tsunami. (L7, Para 2) catastrophe -- a great, often sudden disaster 4. …had to flee as they thought it was about to erupt. flee--to run away, as from trouble or danger

  36. Step 2. Learn Collocations • reduced rainfall 减少了的降雨量 • irrigation canals 灌溉渠道 • be in armed conflict over water • 因水而引起的武装冲突 • 4. volcanic eruption 火山爆发 • 5. be a threat to sb/sth 对…构成威胁 • 6. recover from a tsunami • 从海啸（的灾难）中恢复过来 • 7. be fresh in the minds of people • 在人们的心目中记忆犹新

  37. 8. get over their separation from loved ones lost in the tsunami 从与海啸中丧失亲人的打击中恢复过来 9. construct shabby homes搭建破烂的房屋 10. slip and slide downhill in the landslides 在山体滑坡时滑下山坡 11.howling winds with speeds of 300 km/h 每小时300公里（咆哮）的大风 12. live within the range ofa volcanic eruptions 生活在火山喷发的范围内

  38. 13. occur at random times 不定时发生 14.to some degree 在某种程度上 15.The earthquake claimed 1.6 million lives.地震夺取了160万人的生命。 16.Dust rolled across the skies. 灰尘席卷天空。 17. It reduced temperatures by 6°C. 它使天气降低6摄氏度。

  39. Step 3: Output Task 1 Tell a natural disaster to your foreign English teacher with the help of the given collocations. Topic 1: The 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake Topic 2: The 1998 Flood in South China Topic 3: An imaginary disaster in 20XX

  40. Make your presentation

  41. Step 4 Vocabulary learning strategy----enlarge your vocabulary via learning homograph [5hCmEu^rB:f] 同形异义字 egflood n洪水 v淹没, 使泛滥 （L1) fire n 火 v 开除 （L2) arm n胳膊 v 武装 （L8) water n水 v 浇水 （L9) -----Can you find more just in the passage?

  42. Practise identifying nouns and verbs Ex5: Decide if the underlined words in the sentences below are nouns or verbs. Then write down their Chinese meanings. 1. a) She put her arms around me to comfort me. b) The soldiers were armed with guns. noun 手臂 verb 武装

  43. 2.a) Heavy rains resulted in floods. b) His results were not as good as he had hoped. 3.a) He means well but just gets it wrong sometimes. b) The telephone is a means of communication. verb 引起 noun 结果 verb 本意是… noun 方法

  44. 4. a) The children had fun sliding down the slide all afternoon. b) Penguins slide downhill over ice on their bellies. 5. a) Be careful! Don’t slip on the wet floor. b) Write your number on this slip of paper. noun 滑梯 verb 滑动 verb 滑倒 noun 纸条

  45. 6. a) What would you like on your bread roll for lunch? b) He rolled the ball across the floor to me. noun 面包 verb 滚动

  46. Ex 6: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words above. 1. The ______ forces protected the city. 2. When will you get your exam ______? 3. Don broke his arm when he ______ and fell on the ice. 4. I ______ what I said. 5. What would be the best ______ of advertising our product? armed results slipped meant result

  47. 6. Would you like honey on your ______? 7. The house ______ down the mountain side in the flood last year. 8. The match ________ in a draw. They had 2 points each. roll slided resulted

  48. Homework 1. Write a short passage about a natural disaster. 5-8 sentences will be enough. 2. P56 EX 1—3 Ex 4, 5 are more challenging.

  49. Thank you!

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