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Jiangyan Licai Experimental

Unit 6Comic strip & Welcome to the unit Tasks:1.To talk about different weather. 2.To meet the past continuous tense.3.To learn how to name natural disasters.4.To learn to describe natural disasters.

Task One:

Talk about some common weather.

snowy

windy

rainy

Task two:

Meet the comic strip.

Listen and answer :

1.What happened to Hobo’s house?

2.What was he doing when it began to rain?

3.When did he hear the rain?

It’s raining. My house is all wet. Can I come in, Eddie?

It’s raining. My house is all wet. Can I come in, Eddie?

The floor is all wet. Who’s going to mop all the water up if you don’t come with me?

The floor is all wet. Who’s going to mop all the water up if you don’t come with me?

I was sleeping when it started to rain.

I was sleeping when it started to rain.

Not until half an hour later. You must come home with me now.

Not until half an hour later. You must come home with me now.

Sure, come in.

Sure, come in.

Why?Why?

Fill in the blanks: One day, Hobo came to Eddie’s house, because his own house was __________ .He ________________when it began to _______.And he didn’t hear the rain __________________________.He asked Eddie to __________________because he wanted Eddie to _____________________________.

all wetwas sleepingrain

until half an hour latergo home with him

mop all the water up

Task three:

Use the past continuous tense to make some sentences.

Iam

goingto

school.

He was going to school when the fire started.

He was walking when it began to snow.

He was eating when it started to rain.

Task four:

Learn about the bad weather.

snowstorm :

typhoon :

thunder and lightning

r rainstorm

:

natural disaster

flood

It washes away everything.

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Task five:

Describe the pictures.

forest fireIt burns everything in the forest.

drought

When it comes, we are short of water.

tornado

A strong wind comes round and round from the sky quickly like a dragon.

:

earthquake

When it comes , buildings fall down and you can hear a loud noise like a bomb.

:

earthquakedrought

tornadoforest fire

Task six:

Find the correct pictures for the news.

A strong typhoon hit Taiwan Island this morning. It’s so serious that no one can go out . Schools have to rest until the disaster is over.

A very terrible tsunami happenedin Indonesia . Nearly 20,000 people lost their lives .They were having a

good time by the sea at that time. Suddenly water rushed rudely onto the beach. It’s really frightening.

The whole city of Beijing is covered with sand. People can not see anything through the thick sand.

The landslide happened in Shanxiyesterday. The soil, sand, stones and water went down from the mountain in no time. Many villages at the foot of the mountain were damaged.

China Daily 2004.12

China Daily 2006.8

China Daily 2006.7

China Daily 2006.10

landslide tsunami

sandstorm typhoon

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A very terrible tsunami happened in Indonesia . Nearly 20,000 people lost their lives .They were having a good time by the sea at that time. Suddenly water rushed rudely onto the beach. It’s really frightening.

China Daily 2004.12

A strong typhoon hit Taiwan Island this morning. It’s so serious that no one can go out . Schools have to rest until the disaster is over.

China Daily 2006.8

The whole city of Beijing is covered with sand. People can not see anything through the thick sand.

China Daily 2006.10

The landslide happened in Shanxi yesterday. The soil, sand, stones and water went down from the mountain in no time. Many villages at the foot of the mountain were damaged.

China Daily 2006.7

Can you guess ?

earthquake

landslide

tsunami

typhoon

sandstorm

forest fire tornado

Describe and guess!

drought

flood

forest fire

tornado

flood

landslide

typhoon

drought

earthquake

sandstorm

tsunami

Try to remember the natural disasters on the screen.

100 20 30

earthquake

landslide

tsunami

typhoon

sandstorm

forest fire tornado

drought

flood

Tell the differences between natural disastersand accidents.

Task seven:

•Natural disasters are caused by natural forces.

Accidents are caused by people.

accident

1.The school football team lost the game.

2. A big storm killed 20 people.

3.A coach crashed into a tree last night.

4. A flood washed the village away.

5. Lightning started a big fire in a house.

6. A young boy fell from a tree and hurt his legs.

7.The Taiwan earthquake killed thousands of people.

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Task eight:

Describe the natural disasters.

Where did it happen?

What were they doing at that time?

What did people do to survive?

What did they see?

What did they hear?

How did they feel?

It happened on Taiwan Island.

Some were shopping and some were drinking.

They ran out in all directions wildly.

They saw buildings fall down.

They heard a loud noise like a bomb.

They felt frightened.

We can describe like this:

• Some people were shopping and some were drinking in the bar when the earthquake happened on Taiwan Island.

• They ran out in all directions wildly when they knew what happened.

• They heard a loud noise like a bomb from underground.

They saw buildings fall down .

• They felt frightened after it.

Discussion

How do we describe a natural disaster?

Make a report.

Make a summary.

Task nine:

earthquake

landslide

tsunami

typhoon

sandstorm

forest fire tornado

drought

flood

Thank you!

Bye-bye!