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课件网) Unit 6 When disaster strikes Understanding ideas(Reading) 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 Starting out Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Wildfires &Floods Floods Droughts Do you know the stories in the pictures What are they Which natural disasters could they relate to What other kinds of natural disasters do you know Nvwa Fixes the Sky Dayu Contols the Floods Houyi Shoots the Suns What other kinds of natural disasters do you know Tornado Tsunami Earthquake Volcano [t :'ne d ] [tsu:'nɑ m ] [ 'θkwe k] [v l'ke n ] Starting out Look at the pictures and answer the questions(Match). Q: How did ancient people understand natural disasters Q: How do people understand them today Modern people Ancient people connetc disasters with powerful beings the rules of disaster events In the past, people connetced....with.... Now, modern people find... Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. What can you see in the picture How might people feel What can you see in the picture What do you think happened to the city shake earth dark cloud spread turn into smoke hope fear a volcano erupting heavy smoke dark clouds an old city buildings are broken. scared shocked natural disaster Reading Read the passage quickly and answer the questions. What is the name of the city The name of the city is Pompei. How did Pliny the Younger survive the eruption Pliny the Younger survived by leaving the town. Read again and match the main idea with each part. Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: People got out of town. Mount Vesuvius erupted. The daylight returned. The earthquake happened. 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 lost city My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. The earth shook those days. That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard. My mother rushed into my room to wake me up. We had to stay outside for the night. My mother was so scared. She didn't shut her eyes for even one second. By six o'clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking We decided to leave the town. The road was crowded. We were at a place out of town. Just then, shocking things happened. Our coach couldn't go straight ahead. It began to move from side to side. The sea moved back suddenly, and many sea animals were left on the sand. We noticed a very dark cloud over Mount Vesuvius. Soon, the cloud moved down and covered the sea. My mother asked me to continue without her, but I refused to leave her behind. We moved on while the c ... ...
