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课件网) UNIT 4 NATURAL DISASTERS Listening and Speaking Opening page Live to Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality. —International Day for Disaster Reduction(2016) 用生命呼吁：增强减灾意识，减少人员伤亡。 ———联合国世界减灾日（2016） What’s going on in this photo What kinds of natural disasters can you think of Watch the video Natural disasters and look at the photos. 1 2 3 4 Listening and Speaking 5 tornado tsunami earthquake wildfire flood Prepare for reading landslide 滑坡 magnitude 震级 flood 洪水 Ecuador 厄瓜多尔 Memphis 孟菲斯 Seoul 首尔 1 ( ) earthquake ( ) tornado ( ) wildfire ( ) drought ( ) landslide ( ) tsunami ( ) flood ( ) volcanic eruption Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear. (教材P48) 2 Listen for details Think about what you are listening for before you listen: numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places, reasons, etc. 1．What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Ecuador _____ 2．How many people were killed or injured in Ecuador _____ Number: 7.8 Number: 230 killed;1500 injured Circle the key words in the questions below and write the kind of information they refer to．Then listen again and answer the questions．(教材P48) 3 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 _____ Place: Central China Activities： Working day and night to make them safe Time：9:25 a.m. 6．Which buildings were damaged in Seoul _____ 7．What caused the landslide in Seoul _____ Place： A library and a building Reason： By heavy rain that has fallen in the last week News report 1 Good morning, it's _____. A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake _____ many buildings, and early reports said that about _____ people were killed and more than _____ were injured. _____and rescue workers are helping the survivors. 17 April damaged 230 1,500 Volunteers News report 2 Good evening. Today is _____. More news about the _____ in central China. The government is helping more than _____ people in Hunan and Jiangxi get away from the _____ water. Homes and land have been destroyed, but no one has been killed. Rescue workers and _____ are working _____ to make sure that people are safe. They are also bringing _____ to those whose homes were lost in the disaster. 27 March floods 12,000 rising soldiers day and night food and water News report 3 Breaking news,_____. A tornado was just seen in southern Memphis. Eyewitnesses said that at _____ a.m., the tornado destroyed _____ homes. A police officer tells us that _____ person has died. More tornados are _____ and the police advise avoiding the area. Saturday 12 August 9:25 four at least one possible News report 4 And in Seoul, a landslide damaged a _____ and a supermarket in a southern neighbourhood. The landslide was caused by _____ that has fallen in Seoul over the ... ...
