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课件网) Listening and speaking Unit 6 When disaster strikes 学习目标 To listen to the radio and get the way that Tilly Smith save lives; To pronounce /br/ /fr/ correctly and remember the letters and letter combinations that represent them. 1 2 To learn how to introduce a product and talk about disaster warnings. 3 新课讲授 Have you ever received an emergency alert Can you describe the situation and your reaction 1. What is this It’s a disaster warning system. 2. What do you know about disaster warnings 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. 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. 1 Listen to the radio programme and choose the topic. Pronunciation: /br/ bravely /fr/ friend Phonetics in use What else do you know Listen and repeat. /br/ break brave bring brother /fr/ free front afraid freeze 2 Listen again and correct the mistakes in the host's notes. Cross out the mistakes and write the correct words. 1 It's been many years since a tsunami happened in Italy. 2 Tilly Smith was 12 years old. 3 Tilly saw the water going away from the beach. Thailand 10 farther up 2 Listen again and correct the mistakes in the host's notes. Cross out the mistakes and write the correct words. 4 Tilly learnt about tsunamis at school two months earlier. 5 Tilly warned people on the beach and they all ran to a park. 6 That school lesson saved about 1,000 lives. weeks hotel 100 Listen again and correct the mistakes in the host’s notes. 3 Listen to the conversation and fill in the chart about the app. · It shows you a 1_____. · You can 2_____ your area. SAFETY NET Area · It will warn you about the upcoming disasters. · It can also tell you how 3_____ it might be. Warning world map choose serious · It tells you: — the 4_____ to go. — ways to 5_____ yourself from danger. SAFETY NET Advice safe save · It can give warnings about 18 disasters, like 6_____, wirefires, tsunamis and 7_____. · The warning time for earthquakes is very short. SAFETY NET Other information floods earthquakes Listen again. Then talk about how the app is introduced. 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. Learning to learn name function how it works drawback Listen and read. Then talk about how the app is introduced. 4 Work in groups. Choose a piece of life-saving technology and introduce it. Do more research if n ... ...
