(
课件网) Unit 6 When disaster strikes Starting out & Understanding ideas (文本解读) 册 次：八年级上册 学 科：英语（外研社版） They are trying to put out the wildfire. A wildfire and firefighters. Look, think and say. 1. What can you see in the picture Wildfires are a kind of . natural disaster 2. What are the people doing A/B/C层 What are you going to learn in this unit influence of natural disasters disaster warnings getting back to life after disasters A/B/C层 Nvwa Fixes the Sky Dayu Controls the Floods Do you know the stories in the pictures Look and answer. Houyi Shoots Down the Suns A/B层 _____ the Sky _____ the Floods 1. Do you know who they are 2. Do you know the stories in the pictures Look and answer. Houyi C层 Fixes Nvwa Dayu _____ Down the Suns Controls Shoots Which natural disasters could they relate to Wildfires and floods Floods Droughts Look and answer. Nvwa Fixes the Sky Dayu Controls the Floods Houyi Shoots Down the Suns A/B/C层 Earthquakes, wildfires, storms, floods... Answer the question. What kind of natural disasters do you know A/B/C层 Watch the video and answer the question. How has people’s understanding of natural disasters changed In the past, people connected natural disasters with the powerful beings from ancient stories, so they felt scared and hopeless. As time passed, they started noticing the rules of these events. For example, dark clouds, strong winds and changes in temperature can cause storms. A/B/C层 1. What can you see in the pictures 2. How might people feel in the first picture 3. What do you think happened to the city in the second picture People might feel shocked and scared. They might be living between hope and fear. I think there might have been a disaster. The city turned into broken stones. Look and answer. In the first picture, I can see a volcano erupting. There is heavy smoke and dark clouds. The ash is spreading over the land. In the second picture, I can see an old city. The buildings are broken. No one lives here. A/B/C层 1. When the earth shook 3. Finally the daylight returned Read and find. 2. When the eruption happened Pliny the Younger survived by leaving the town. A/B/C层 Read and choose. A/B/C层 After the eruption, people feel _____. During the eruption, people feel _____. Before the eruption, people feel _____. shook shocking flood smoke crying shouting hope fear scared and shocked terrified and helpless less worried but uncertain Complete the timeline. A层 B/C层 The earthquake Getting away The volcanic eruption People’s reactions The results Complete the timeline. Complete the timeline. B/C层 shook shocking flood smoke crying shouting hope fear What do you think of Pliny the Younger Think and share. I think he was brave and caring. He was also a good writer. A/B/C层 What else do you know about the disaster in Pompeii Think and share. I know many people died and no one lived there again. The city was kept under ash for many centur ... ...
