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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Lesson 2 Reading and Thinking Learning Aims To get familiar with the expressions of some disasters. To finish reading tasks with reading skills of predicting, skimming and scanning. To raise the consciousness of earthquake escape. Warming-up: Listen and Guess Listen to the different sounds and try to identify(辨别出) these sounds. peaceful violent earthquake 地震 What other natural disasters can you think of tsunami海啸 typhoon台风/ hurricane飓风 台风和飓风名称虽然不同，但性质却是一样，同属热带气旋。在大西洋或东太平洋发生，中心风力达到十二级或以上（即每秒三十二点七米以上）的热带气旋，称为飓风。至于在西太平洋上发生，达到同样强度的热带气旋，则称为台风。 tornado龙卷风 volcano eruption 火山爆发 snow slide雪崩 2. What does the writer mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again” The writer means that the city began to function again, because the earthquake had stopped people and supplies moving about, and so it was like the city couldn’t breathe. 3. What kind of help do you think people who have suffered an earthquake need People in places who have suffered an earthquake need quick access to basic things such as water and food, because they cannot get them easily. They also need medical care, not just for injuries, but to protect against disease and other problems that happen after the earthquake. Last but not least, these people also need psychological care and help. Work in groups. Discuss the questions. 7 1. What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan city I think the revival of Tangshan was helped by the strong support of the government and the people who all worked in unity to rebuild the city even better than before. 2. What other cities or towns have gone through similar changes What lessons can we learn from these events Wenchuan county and some other towns near Wenchuan have the similar experiences. These towns were built up from the ruins. As well as developing better ways to detect and prepare for these disasters, we have learnt that acting quickly and in unity is the best way to get over such disasters. The strong support from government and people around are also very important. Language points 1. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! as if是一个连词结构，用来引导从句，意为“好像；似乎；仿佛”。从句根据说话人所陈述内容的真实性或可能性，可用陈述语气或虚拟语气。如： She looked as if she’d had some bad news. They stared at me as if I was crazy. She talks as if she knows everything. 【句型拓展】 It＋seems/seemed (＋to sb. )＋that ... （对某人来说）好像……；似乎…… There seems to be ... 好像有…… 2. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. 作者使用了隐喻（metaphor）的修辞方法，将泥石流比喻成河流。 在使用隐喻来进行描述的时候，我们通常把被描写的事物比喻成与之相似的事物，但不在句子中使用like，as等表示“像”的词语。例如： I was moved by her sunny smile. He has a heart of stone. 【拓展】 明喻（simile）的修辞方法不同于隐喻，它是直 ... ...
