Unit 6 Natural Disasters

Reading: An earthquake survivor’s home page.

Judge the natural disasters:

snowstormfloodsandstormtyphoonthunder and lightningfireearthquake

Translate the following phrases:

1 。输掉一场比赛 2 。数以千计的人 3 。撞上一棵树 4 。把村庄冲走 5 。从树上掉下来 6 。引发一场大火

lose a game

thousands of people

crash into a tree

wash the village away

fall from a tree

start a big fire

Background information : 1999 年 9 月 21 日凌晨 1 点 47 分 ,

在台湾台北市西南方 150 公里处南 投县的集集镇 , 震级为里氏 7.6 级 , 当时大多数人都在睡梦中 . 据报道在台北市人口密集地区有人员伤亡 ` 建筑 物倒塌和其他损坏现象 . 在此次地震中有 1700 多人 死亡 ,8700 多人受伤 ,12000 座建筑物遭受 破坏 ,100000 人无家可归 . 据报道 这是台北上个世纪最严重的 一次地震 .

The Taiwan earthquake

There was an earthquake in Taiwan. Timmy survived the earthquake. He wrote his story and put it on his home page.

Listen to the story and try to answer the following questions:

1. Where was Timmy when the earthquake started?

2. why do people look at each other in fear?

3. Why did the children scream?

4. people ran in all________, they did not know where___ ____. Some people ____ ____ ____ the shopping center.

He was in a shopping center.

Because they heard a big noise like thunder.

Because they were frightened.directions

to go ranout of

Ask and answer in pairs:

Para 1

1.Where was Timmy?

2.What happened in the shopping center?

Para 2

1. What happened to the buildings?

2. How did people react （做出反应） ?

3. What did Timmy do ?

Para 3

1. Where was Timmy when the shaking stopped?

2. How did Timmy feel?

Para 4

1.What did Timmy do while he was waiting for help?

Para 51. How was he rescued ( 获救 )?

True or false questions:

1. Timmy was in a restaurant when the earthquake started.

2. Timmy heard a loud noise of thunder at first.

3. Animals ran wildly everywhere.4. Timmy was trapped in a dark place

when the earthquake stopped.5. Timmy had nothing to eat when he was

trapped under the bricks and stones.6. People found Timmy at night.

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Could you find the words in the story which can take the place of the following meanings?

1. keep in a place and can not move2. shout loudly3. stop being nervous or excited4. very short time5. the loud noise following lightning6. fall

be trapped scream

calm down

moment

thunder come down

There are a lot of words in the text which describe noise , movement, fear and hope

calm down, frightened, ran wildly, dark, slight shaking, screamed, thunder, safe, walls began to come down, real noise, still alive, earth started to shake, bombs bright daylight, could not see at all, shouted, a moment of fear, real noise pieces of glass and bricks fell down

Suppose you are Timmy and your partner is a reporter, now he is interviewing you about the following questions.

1. Where were you when the earthquake started?

2. What kind of noise did you hear?3. Why did some children scream?4. What did people do after they heard the

noise?5. Did you know where you were when the

noise and Shaking ended? Why?6. How did you feel when you knew you were

trapped?7. Why did you stop shouting for help after you

found no one came for a very long time?8. When did you begin to shout again?9. What did people do when they heard your

scream?10. What do you want to say to those who

have saved you?

After the interview, the reporter have to write a report about it, help him complete his report.

Open your book to Page 96

Sandy wrote a diary about Timmy’s story. Could you help her to complete her story? Open your books at Page 96. Part B2

Find the following phrases from the text:

1.惊恐地2.向四处奔跑3.该去哪4.开始倒塌5.冷静下来6.根本看不见7.处于困境中8.一阵恐惧9.匆忙地10.移走，拿开

in fear run in all directions where to go begin to come down calm down can not see at all be trapped a moment of fear in a great hurry move away