1、Unit 6 Disaster and hopeStarting out&Understanding ideasActivity 1:Watch the video 1.Where is the city?What happened there?2.How did people there react to the disaster?What was the result?Starting outActivity 2:Look at the posters 1.Have you seen the films?What are they about?2.What do you think the
2、 main characters do in face of these disasters?Starting outFree talk:What other stories do you know about natural disasters?What is it about?What do characters do in face of the disasters?What have you learned from the story?Activity 1：Look at the thermometer1.What happens when the temperature goes
3、very high or very low?How do people deal with extreme temperature?2.What were the highest and lowest temperatures recorded where you live?How do you feel in extreme temperatures?Understanding ideasActivity 2:Look at the picture and predictWhat the passage is about?feelings and concerns on the London
4、 tube on an unusually hot day.文本整体理解:理清文章架构Paragraph 1Without air 1._,its hotter than theaverage 2._in London,especially at the Tube station.Paragraph 2Its quite hot and 3._degrees at the Tube,feeling a bit sick.I avoid the feeling by thinkingabout work.One day the sun reflected off mywork building
5、and 4._cars parked below.Today what will happen?conditioningtemperature35meltedParagraph 3As its hotter than before,the tall buildings will be 5._,so I plan to learn how to swim and buy a boat.I also advise the boss to move the office to the top.Paragraph 4With the bad weather 6._due to climate chan
6、ge,Ill move to space because there are many 7._happening in the world,such as a hurricane in Asia,heavy rain in Eastern Europe and the forest fires 8._by the heat across Southern Europe.floodedoccurringdisasterscausedParagraph 5The 9._comes that the next station was Bank.Coming out of the station wi
7、th a heavy heart,I feel a fresh 10._.Maybe I worry too much.announcementwind.文本细节理解:探寻语篇细节信息1.What does the text mainly talk about?A.Flooding will come to London.B.Warning people to focus on heat.C.Reminding the world of climate change.D.Explaining why London is getting hotter.答案:D2.What does the au
8、thor feel about the heat?A.Excited.B.Angry.C.Worried.D.Happy.答案:C3.What do we infer in London?A.There isnt any air conditioning at all.B.The high temperature ever happened.C.The temperature is less than 30 in London.D.There is high temperature at Tube station.答案:D4.What will the author intend to do?
9、A.He wants to buy a high flat and a boat.B.He suggests moving his office.C.He wont worry a lot in the future.D.He plans to move to space.答案:C.文本素养提升:阅读技能综合运用1.根据课文语境与语句知识细致解构语句。译文:_,我也能活下来。即使高楼大厦被洪水淹没译文:_,也许我应该开始考虑移居太空既然在地球上很难避免灾难2.根据课文完成短文。With climate change,bad weather often(1)_(occur)in the worl
10、d.I take the Tube to work and my journey is on the(2)_(hot)line of the Tube system.I look through the newspaper that tells us“Hot!Hot!Hot!”Such bad weather cant(3)_ _(stand).occurshottestbestoodWithout air(4)_(condition),the temperature inside the train(5)_(reach)35 degrees,which makes me feel a bit
11、 sick.I think(6)_ what happened in my workplace,a tall glass building,one hot summer the sun reflected off it and(7)_(melt)cars parked below!conditioningreachesaboutmeltedWhen thinking about the flood in London,I must manage(8)_(swim)or buy a boat and so on.The bad weather(9)_(occur)due to climate c
12、hange in the world,such as a hurricane in Asia,landslides in Eastern Europe,and forest fires in Southern Europe,(10)_ makes me very nervous.I even plan to move to space.to swimhas occurredwhichHowever,as I step out of the station,I feel a fresh wind on my face.Maybe the condition is not the same as
13、Im thinking.I have been worrying a lot.3.阅读主题活动(1)Do you share the authors concerns about extreme weather conditions?Why?_I dont agree with the author.Though climate in theworld is changing,it affects us less.So,we cant worrytoo much.(2)Do you think climate change will affect your life in the future
14、?How would you adapt?_With climate changing,it affects our life more or less,but we neednt worry too much.We only get used to itstep by step.【阅读微技巧】抓“关键”,品味作者意图关键:hot,climate change,London意图:buy a boat,moving to space,flood,worrying too muchActivity 3:Read the passage Choose the authors purposes in
15、writing the passage.1.To explain why summers in London are getting hotter and hotter.2.To complain about the London Tube.3.To warn people about the danger of London being flooded.4.To express his worries about the dangers of extreme weather conditions.Activity 4:Complete the flow chart 2.melting and
16、 becoming one 8.nervous1.30 plus degrees/over 30 degrees 3.a bit scared 5.speak with his manager about moving to the top floor7.climate change9.worrying too much4.put his flat on the market and buy a boat6.learn to swimA c t i v i t y 4:C o m p l e t e t h e f l o w c h a r t 1.Do you share the authors concerns about extreme weather conditions?Why?2.Do you think climate change will affect your life in the future?How would you adapt?Thank you!
