1、Unit 4 Natural Disasters Listening and Speaking News about natural disasters核心脉图目标导引话题阅读主题导入【引言解读】Live to Tell:Raising Awareness,Reducing Mortality.United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction释义:用生命呼吁:增强减灾意识,减少人员伤亡。联合国减灾署启示:自然灾害难以避免,但是,人类可以通过提高减灾意识,降低财产损失,减少人员伤亡。【名言名句】1.The disaster
2、is not terrible;terrible is have no hope in my heart.灾难并不可怕,可怕的是心中没有了希望。2.We inherit the disaster,which will become our crown of the future.我们承受的灾难,将成为我们来日的桂冠。3.If it is not big disaster with great pain,humans consensus difficult to reach.若不是大灾难与大苦痛,人类难以醒悟达成共识。4.Disaster urge to grow.Growth includes
3、 the vulnerability of the soul.灾难催促成长。该成长包括心灵上的抗灾能力。【话题导读】When it comes to disasters,quite a lot of people believe they will come acrosssudden disasters in their life.To begin with,natural disasters like earthquakes,floods and droughts occur now and then.In addition,diseases like COVID-19,cancer and
4、 tumor will attack people unexpectedly.Last but not the least,caraccidents,plane crashes cant be ignored as part of disasters.Why are there so many disasters?The reasons may go as follows:on the onehand,some mysteries about nature are beyond our control and understanding;onthe other hand,people are
5、careless and cant foresee what will happen beforehand.From what has been discussed above,we may safely draw the conclusionthat disasters cant be avoided now,but with more knowledge about nature,well certainly reduce the loss brought by them to the smallest degree,so theprospect we are looking forwar
6、d to will be both bright and encouraging.词海拾贝1.unexpectedly adv.出乎意料地;意外地2.foresee v.预测;预料3.prospect n.前景;希望 4.encouraging adj.鼓舞人心的e across 碰到;偶遇6.beyond our control 我们无法控制7.draw the conclusion 得出结论我学我思What caused so many natural disasters?_Firstly,it is the nature itself that caused many disasters
7、.Secondly,our humanbeings have caused great damage to the nature,which also contributes to thefrequent natural disasters.主题词汇听写.教材听力填空NEWS REPORT 1Good morning,its _.A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday.The 7.8-magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings,and early reports said that about_ peopl
8、e were killed and more than 1,500 were injured.Volunteers and rescueworkers are helping the survivors.17 April230NEWS REPORT 2Good evening.Today is 27 March.More news about the floods in _.The government is helping more than 12,000 people in Hunan and Jiangxi get awayfrom the rising water.Homes and
9、land have been destroyed,but _ has beenkilled.Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure thatpeople are safe.They are also bringing food and water to those whose homes werelost in the disaster.central Chinano oneNEWS REPORT 3Breaking news,Saturday 12 August.A tornado was just
10、 seen in southern Memphis.Eyewitnesses said that at 9:25 am,the tornado destroyed _.A policeofficer tells us that at least one person _.More tornados are possible,andthe police advise avoiding the area.four homeshas diedNEWS REPORT 4And is Seoul,a landslide damaged _ and a supermarket in a southernn
11、eighbourhood.The landslide was caused by the heavy rain that has fallen is Seoulover the past week.According to the police,no one was injured in the landslide,but _ were damaged.Those are the top news for today,Wednesday21 July.a libraryseveral cars.话题听力体验听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。1.Who is the woman talking
12、with?A.Her teacher.B.Her uncle.C.Her classmate.2.Where did the earthquake take place according to the woman?A.In New Zealand.B.In America.C.In Canada.3.Why did the woman come back to Canada?A.She got hurt in the earthquake.B.She wanted to take a break.C.She took an exchange program.4.What does the m
13、an think of studying in Australia?A.Wonderful.B.Terrible.C.Funny.【听力原文】M:Hi,Sally.I havent seen you in years!What are you up to these days?W:Good to see you,Uncle Jimmy.Im planning to go back to university.M:Arent you studying in New Zealand?W:Thats right.But there was a big earthquake during my thi
14、rd year,so I took abreak and came back to Canada.M:Oh,no.Did you get hurt?W:No,I was fine.But I just decided to come back for a couple of months.M:Okay.So when are you going back to school?W:In two weeks.Im actually finishing my last year in Australia through anexchange program.M:Thats cool.W:What a
15、bout you?When are you going back to America?M:In a month.【发音技巧】1.清辅音和浊辅音的发音技巧辅音类别示例清辅音/p/pay,peach,supply,speed,spend/t/foot,sit,team,table,student,stop/k/kiss,class,clock,cat,sky,skirt/f/life,first,fast,father,far,photo/s/face,stop,study,star,sad,nice/fish,wish,wash,shirt,short辅音类别示例清辅音/three,thank
16、,mouth,tooth,think/h/home,horse,house,he,his,him/tr/tree,try,train,trip,true,street/t/cheap,chair,check,child,watch辅音类别示例浊辅音/b/bee,buy,but,black,blue,basket/d/dog,do,sad,bad,dad/g/big,get,good,guest,glass/v/very,never,five,fever/z/busy,easy,nose,zero/usual,pleasure,decision/that,these,there,father,b
17、rother辅音类别示例浊辅音/r/red,room,run,right,rat,rose/dr/driver,dress,draw,dry/d/large,cage,bridge,change,job注意(1)在/s/后/p/要读成相应的浊辅音/b/(2)在/s/后/t/要读成相应的浊辅音/d/(3)在/s/后/k/要读成相应的浊辅音/2.以-ed结尾的单词的发音规律(1)在清辅音/p/t/k/f/s/h/等后读/t/,如:watched,marked,finished,stopped,cooked等。(2)在浊辅音/v/z/r/m/n/等后或元音后读/d/,如:cleaned,played
18、,prepared等。(3)在/t/d/后读/id/,如:painted,started,visited,minded等。【听词辨音】1.选出字母组合发音与其他三项不同的单词。(1)A.breatheB.lengthC.deathD.thank(2)A.sport B.percentC.pipe D.tap(3)A.affectB.eruptC.whistleD.effect(4)A.cheapB.acheC.watchD.child(5)A.cleanedB.workedC.washedD.helped(1)/p/Peter was sleeping on the pillow.(2)/f/Its very difficult for us to finish it before five.(3)/b/Bob will be back before six oclock.(4)/d/Every dog has his day.(5)/t/Time and tide wait for no man.(6)/id/We visited the museum where there are some painted pictures.