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课件网) Unit 4 Natural disasters 深圳牛津版九年级下册 Reading 教学目标 1. To understand the story The great flood and the author’s writing purpose. 2. To learn the new words and useful expressions Lead in : Watch a movie clip and answer the question. What happened in the movie A natural disaster is a sudden harmful event caused by environmental factors that can injure people and damage property. What is a natural disaster Have you ever experienced a natural disaster typhoon earthquake flood wild fire/forest fire/bushfire Write the name of the natural disaster under each picture. (P 50) A1 Pre - reading Brainstorm: Do you know other natural disasters drought tsunami volcanic eruption tornado blizzard hurricane Can you predict what the passage is about A. Dream. B. Water. C. City. 2. Why did Kevin have this dream A. Because he is interested in the North and South Poles. B. Because he is worried about the environment. C. Because he likes Geography. Before reading, we can predict the content of the text according to the pictures, the title and the first paragraph. Prediction Pre-reading What text type is this A. A science report B. A story C. A diary A story Beginning Development Ending A story Development Ending Take “dream” as the key word and divide the article into three parts. Main ideas Paragraph(s) Part 1: Before the dream Part 2: During the dream Part 3: After the dream 4-9 1-3 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Before the dream During the dream After the dream Reading for details The great flood Last week in Geography class, we learnt that if all the ice in the North and South Poles melted, sea level around the world would rise, and many cities would be flooded and disappear. It started to worry me. What would happen if our city was badly flooded Would anyone remain alive Last night, I dreamt about a great flood: Read the para1-3 and answer the questions. 1. What does the underlined word“it” refer to 2. What did the writer dream about If all the ice in the North and South Poles melted, sea level around the world would rise and many cities would be flooded and disappear. He dreamt about a great flood. ice became water Before the dream be covered by water seriously not dead 1. From the story, we can infer that the flood was serious. 2. When Kevin was in the street, he saw that water covered roads, parks and small houses. Read and decide whether they are true or false. at home, F T It was nine o’clock in the morning. My bedroom floor was a pool of water. I looked out of the window. Water was everywhere. It covered roads, parks and small houses. Large objects, such as coaches and boats, passed by my window. They were floating in the water. I could not just stand there! I had to do something! During the dream a small area of a kind of transportation 3. Kevin first emailed his best friend about the flood. 4. Kevin’s dad paid no attention to the flood. 5. In offices and homes, people tried to esc ... ...
