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课件网) Unit 8 Safe and sound Welcome to the unit What’s the news in the video clip about natural disaster An emergency is a sudden, serious and dangerous event or situation. People need to act quickly to deal with it. 紧急情况 是指突发、严重且危险的事件或状况，人们需要迅速采取行动来应对。 A natural disaster is a sudden and powerful event in nature, such as an earthquake or a flood. 自然灾害 是指自然界中突发且有强大破坏力的事件，例如地震或洪水。 Read the newspaper headlines. In newspaper headlines , the simple present tense is often used, and words like a , an , the and the verb be are often left out. leave: 使保留，让…处于（某种状态、某地等） The bomb blast left 25 people dead. 那颗炸弹炸死了 25 个人。 Power cut leaves thousands without heating Lightning starts big fire in office building Earthquake makes people homeless Coach comes off road and hits tree Three men hurt in a car accident Flood washes away factory Typhoon leaves the whole town in terrible state House fire traps five and firemen save the family Read the newspaper headlines together decide which are about emergencies（E） and which are about natural disasters (ND). ND E ND E ND E ND E traffic accidents power cut house fire emergencies flood typhoon earthquake lightning natural disasters Common emergencies Common natural disasters Read aloud Sandy and Millie are also talking about emergencies and natural disasters. Listen to their conversation and complete the table below. fog last week thick hit traffic 12 over 40 Read along Work in pairs and talk about an emergency or a natural disaster you have heard about or experienced, using the conversation in Part B as a model Sample: Power cut leaves thousands without heating A: Did you hear about event the power cut place in Green City time yesterday B: No. What happened A: The electricity brief description went out for hours and effect thousands of people had no heating in the cold weather. B: Oh, really A: Yes. effect Many elderly people had to be moved to temporary shelters. B: That must have been really feeling difficult for them.
