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课件网) Unit 6 Disaster and hope Understanding ideas By the end of this period, students will be able to: read the chart and get the main idea of the passage; find out specific information about the author’s tube experience; voice your opinion about climate change and shoulder the responsibility for saving the earth. CONTENTS Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV Just imagine you are living in 2080, what will you experience global warming Hot! Hot! Hot! Pre-reading Look at the thermometer and answer the questions. 1. What happens when the temperature goes very high or very low How do people deal with extreme temperatures 2. What were the highest and lowest temperatures recorded where you live How do you feel in extreme temperatures （Answers vary） mountain collapse 1. What happens when the temperature goes very high when the temperature goes very high. drought forest fires heavy rain floods mudslides heat wave crop production declines 2. What happens when the temperature goes very low when the temperature goes very low. heavy snowstorm cold wave wars famines 3. How do you feel in such high or low temperatures uncomfortable and uneasy inconvenient to do lots of things ... 4. How do you deal with extreme temperatures watch the weather forecast make full preparations and take some protective measures not go out but stay in some place with air conditioning system ... Focus on the title and think: repetition exclamation point why _____ is hot! _____ is hot! _____ is hot! Who is hot The author London The earth 1. What does the passage mainly talk about A. A journey in London. B. The Tube system in London. C. The crowded situation. D. The extreme weather conditions. While-reading √ Para.1 A. The author’s feelings after walking out of the Tube. Para. 2 B. What the author finds and feels before entering the Tube. Para.3 C. The strange ideas of the author in the Tube. Para.4 D. The author’s experience inside the Tube. Para.5 E. The shocking news about the disaster from the newspaper. 2. Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph. Careful-reading Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises. Scene 1 : At the Tube station (Para. 1) The London Underground The London Underground(also known as the “Underground” or the “Tube”) is a public transport system for London and its neighboring areas. The underground is the world’s first underground railway as well as one of the deepest. Opened in 1863, the network has 11 lines, making it one of the world’s busiest metro systems. 1. What’s the average temperature in July？What’s special that day Scene 1:(Para.1) At the Tube station The average high temperature in July is only 22 degrees, so over 30 is not usual for London. The Central Line 2. What’s the author’s feeling on the Central Line and why 3.Use three superlative adjectives(最高级) to describe the London Central Line. He feels awful. Beca ... ...
