1、1Unit 8 Natural disastersPeriod 6 TaskLearning aims1.To learn to organize ideas for writing an article for the school newsletter2.To write an article about natural disastersLearning activitiesActivity one Preview一、写出下列单词划线部分音标、词性和词义。 1.nearly 2.sandstorm 3.warning 4.remove 5.signal 6.roll 二、了解下列单词的用
2、法。1.forget vt. 忘记，遗忘常用的短语搭配有：forget to do sth forget doing sth The light is off. He forgot (turn) it off just now. 你离开时请别忘记锁门。Dont forget _（lock）the door when you leave.2. heard the noise of traffic in the morningnoise做_词，意为_。其形容词为_副词为_noise ,voice 与 sound 的区别：noise 指人们不愿听到的声音，称为噪音，吵闹声。voice 一般指说话和唱
3、歌的嗓音。sound 泛指“声音” ，指人能听到的任何声音。如：Joy heard the _of breaking the glasses.She has a sweet _.The machines in the factory make lots of _and we cant fall asleep. 3.warning 词性_词义_v._词义_常用搭配：warn sb of/against danger 警告某人有危险She _me _the dangerous road, so I crossed it carefully. 她提醒我这条马路很危险，所以我过马路小心翼翼。Becau
4、se of her _,I crossed the road safely. 由于她的警告，我安全的过了马路。三、翻译下列短语。1. share with 2.look out of the window 3.forget to bring my keys 4.continue to fall around us e from behind 6.fall over 7.weather report 8.snowstorm warning 9.the noise of traffic 10. remove the snow 四、理解下列句子。1.I looked out of the windo
5、w at Millies home after I heard the noise.句意：_2.Millie asked me to go to her house because I forgot to bring my keys.句意：_Activity two PresentationStep 1 Lead inStep 2 Read and answerRead part A on page 105 and then answer the following questions. 1. Where did the snowstorm happen? 2.When did it happ
6、en?23. Where was Sandy? 4. What did she do?5. What did she hear? 6. What did she see? 7. Where was Sandy? 8. What did she hear?9. What did she see?Step 3 Help Sandy make a flow chart. Finish Part B on page 105. Step 4 Students read the article and fill in the blanksActivity three Writing guideStep 1
7、 Read and find out what each main part is aboutPart 1:_Part 2: _Part 3: _Step 2 Find and improve1.Learn from Sandy.(Find some good phrases and sentences, write them down)2.Read the above sentences loudly and try to remember themActivity four WritingStep 1 Make a planTyphoon Matsa (麦莎)hit ZhejiangZhe
8、jiang Sunday, 6th August.at home in the evening watched TV the strong wind saw it raining heavilythe noise of traffic some trees fall downhappy to see the bright sunshine againMake a flow chart.Where did it happen?IntroductionWhen did it happen?Where were you?What did you do?What did you hear?What d
9、id you see?What happened?Duringthe disasterHow did you feel?Where were you?What did you hear?What did you see?Afterthe disaster accidentHow did you feel?Step 2 Typhoon Matsa (麦莎)hit Zhejiang1. Write an article in groups with the information_3_Exercises【检测反馈】一、根据首字母、句意、释义及所给单词的适当形式。1.The weather repo
10、rt gave a w_ of more snow and icy roads.2.An earthquake h _Taiwan in 1999. 3.-Which season do you like _ (well)? -Spring.4. Hello, everyone. May I _ (introduction)myself to your first? I am liu Gang.5. There is _(almost)fifty students in our class. 二、选择填空。（ ）1. We can hear the _of the running water
11、at the foot of the hill. A. noise B. voice C. sound D. whisper（ ）2. I _my homework at home. I forgot _ _it in my school bag. A. forgot, putting B. forgot, to put C. left, putting D. left, to put（ ）3. The boss made the workers _ 12 hours a day.A. to work B. work C. worked D. working( ）4. Jim advised
12、me _ an umbrella, _ it is going to rain.A. bring; since B. to bring; because of C. take; for D. to take; for( ) 5. -Many students will fall over when they walk on such thick snow. -Yes. Lets _the snow, OK ? A. watch B. make C. remove D. getExercises【巩固提升】一、改写下列句子，保持句意基本不变。1. It rained heavily last n
13、ight. There _ _ _ _ last night.2. We are removing the snow. We _ _ the snow _.3. People hurried to go there. People went there _ _ _.4. There were no buses at that time. There _ _ _ at that time.5. A lot of people lost their lives in the earthquake.The earthquake _ _ _ _ _.二、短文填空。New York is a great
14、 city to visit. A famous English writer named Charles Dickens once said, “New York gets newer every day .”He was r_. Every day old buildings are knocked d_ to make space for new o_. A good way to see the city is to look up at the tall buildings on each side of the 4street. All the streets are in str
15、aight lines, running from East to West. Those running from N_ to South are called avenues(大街). If you come to the top of the buildings, you can see an area where one tenth（十分之一）o f Americans live. At night when you see millions of b_ windows, you will never forget the view. You will be very, very ex
16、cited unless your heart is as h_ as stone（石头）. 三、阅读理解。When some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. Many earthquakes begin under the sea. Earthquakes may happen anywhere on the earth.They often happen near the mountains. During an earthquake, the shakings make rocks rise sudden
17、ly and even crack(断裂)open. Houses fall, people are killed or hurt, and sometimes the whole villages or cities are destroyed.Can we do something to keep ourselves safe from earthquakes? Scientists have studied earthquakes and make maps that show the “earthquake belts“. In areas(地区)in these belts, its
18、 possible for earthquakes to happen. In these areas we should build strong houses to fight against earthquakes.In the future, scientists will be able to tell when and where an earthquake will be before they happen. They can also tell people what to do and how to do it.( ) 1.A large number of earthqu
19、akes often happens_Ain the area B.on land C. at night D.next to mountains( ) 2. The reason for an earthquake is_.A. the result of rock plates sudden movementB. that there are so many plates on the earthC. that the sea is too deepDrocks cracking open( ) 3.A map showing the earthquake belts will tell
20、people_. A. what kind of houses to buildB. what kind of houses can stay up in an earthquakeC. where earthquake may happenD. how to keep themselves safe during an earthquake .( ) 4. In the future well be no longer so afraid of earthquakes_.A. with the help of scientists exact prediction(预报)B. because
21、 of a map showing the “earthquake belts“C. because we can guess the date and place of earthquakesD. as scientists know what to do and how to do it( ) 5. The best title for the passage is_.A. An Earthquake B. A Scientist and an EarthquakeC. How to Fight Against Earthquake D. Earthquakes Today and Tomorrow
