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课件网) 6 Unit When disaster strikes Developing ideas China is one of many countries with disaster warning systems. The government can warn people with text messages, TV programmes and online notices. In communities, loud alarms go off. Warning times for storms in China have been increased to 42 minutes, with more than 90% being correct. DID YOU KNOW 1 Listen to the radio and choose how Tilly Smith saved lives. a She ran to the hotel and stayed under the table. b She sensed the danger and warned others. c She helped a 10-year-old girl at school. d She helped her classmates leave the coast. Phonetics in use 2 Listen and correct the mistakes in the host’s notes, Cross out the mistakes and write the correct words. 1 A natural disaster happened in Italy. 2 No one died thanks to a 12-year-old girl, Tilly Smith. 3 Tilly saw the sea moving towards land. 4 She learnt the signs of a tsunami at school two months earlier. 5 She warned people and they all ran to a school. 6 That school lesson saved about 1,000 lives. 3 Listen to the conversation and fill in the chart about the app. Listen again. Then talk about how the app is introduced. Learning to learn Introducing a product To introduce a product, state its name and main function, eg giving disaster warnings. Say how it operates, using an example if possible. Finally, give other details, such as its cost, look and drawbacks. 4 Work in groups, Choose a piece of life-saving technology and introduce it. Do more research if necessary. Talk about what you have learnt about disaster warnings in this section. Reading for writing 1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 1 What is the sculpture built for 2 What do you think of the young woman 3 What may have happened to her The sculpture was built to remember the lives lost in the earthquake. I think she is confident and brave because she faced her changes and kept going. She might have lost her right leg in the earthquake and lived with an artilicial leg. But with the support of her family and friends, she became brave and shared her stories to encourage others. (答案不唯一, 仅供参考) 2 Read the passage and check your answers. During the 2021 Shanghai Fashion Week, a young, slim and confident woman with an iron leg drew everyone’s attention. Her name was Niu Yu. She lost her right leg in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. She was only 11 years old then. 时尚 坚强的; 铁的 苗条的, 修长的 Niu Yu used to be in the school sports team. She loved running. But the disaster broke her dream. She had to live with an artificial leg. It wasn’t comfortable, and her leg often bled. People’s curious eyes made her even more uncomfortable. She always tried to hide her leg under jeans or dresses. used to do sth. 过去常常做某事 舒服的; 舒适的 bleed 流血, 出血 过去式和过去分词 牛仔裤, 通常用复数形式 With the support of her family and friends, Niu Yu slowly came out from the shad ... ...
