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课件网) 教材习题 Unit 6 Disaster and hope 01 Understanding ideas Starting out Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1. Where is the city What happened there 2. What is each city famous for in the world of art Activity 【Answer: The city was in ltaly. It was close to a volcano and in the year 79 AD, the volcano erupted, and the city was destroyed.】 【Suggest Answer: People there were frightened by the sudden disaster, They took what they could as they tried to get away from the city. Many people were trapped by the buildings that were falling down, and killed by the powerful flow of gas, ash and rock.】 Activity 2. Look at the picture and predict what the passage is about. Then read the passage and check your prediction. Suggest Answer: The passage is about the author’s feelings and concerns on the London Tube on an unusually hot day. Activity Activity 3. Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage. Activity 1 To explain why summers in London are getting hotter and hotter. 2 To complain about the London Tube. 3 To warn people about the danger of London being flooded. 4 To express his worries about the dangers of extreme weather conditions. Activity 4. Complete the flow chart with words and expressions from the passage. Activity The author is travelling on the London Tube. It is very hot and the temperature outside will be 1 _____. He feels awful. 30 plus degrees/ over 30 degrees It is even hotter inside the train than outside, and the author thinks he is 2 _____with the passenger next to him. melting and becoming one Activity Thinking that London will probably get hotter, the author feels 3 _____. To prepare for the future, he thinks he should: 4. _____ _____ 5. _____ _____ 6. _____ a bit scared put his flat on the market and buy a boat speak with his manager about moving to the top floor learn to swim In the newspaper, there are reports of natural disasters around the world caused by 7 _____, which makes the author feel 8 _____. climate change nervous Going outside, the author feels refreshed and realizes he has been 9._____. worrying too much Activity 4. Complete the flow chart with words and expressions from the passage. 02 Using language Activity 1. Look at the sentences from the reading passage. 【Answer: “Lines” has been left out in sentence (a), and “it is” has been left out in sentence (b).】 Activity What has been left out in sentences (a) and (b) Why does the author leave them out 【Answer: The author leaves them out to avoid repeating the word or expression that is too obvious, and to make the sentences more concise.】 Activity 2. Read the paragraph and find out what words have been removed before or after the underlined words. Activity Technology isn’t the only way to forecast the weather. Nature has its ways (_____), too. Unusual animal behavior, for example, can indicate whether it’s cold, wet weather that’s on the way or a hot, dry period (_____ ... ...
