2019-2020学年新教材高中英语Unit4NaturaldisastersSect3671.pdfVIP

Section Ⅰ Step One: Speaking Speaking Asiswellknownto us,therearesomesignsbeforeanearthquakehappens.Discuss with your partners about what happens before an earthquake. Signs before the earthquake well walls. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. The chickens, the dogs and even the pigs were too nervous to eat. Mice ran out of the fields looking_for places to hide. sky. Step Two: Listening Ⅰ.Listen to the following news reports and choose the correct answers. (课文 P) 48 Ⅰ.Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear. (√) earthquake (√) tornado ( ) wildfire ( ) drought (√) landslide ( ) tsunami (√) flood ( ) volcanic eruption 听力材料： NEWS REPORT 1 A＝Anchor A A：Good morning, its 17 April. A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday. The 7.8­magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and early reports said that about 230people were killed and more than 1,500were injured.Volunteersand rescue workers are helping the survivors. NEWS REPORT 2 B＝Anchor B B：Good evening.Today is 27March.More news about the floods in central China. The government is helping more than 12,000 people in Hunan and Jiangxi get away from the rising water. Homes and land have been destroyed, but no one has been killed. Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people are safe. They are also bringing food and water to those whose homes were lost in the disaster. NEWS REPORT 3 C＝Anchor C C：Breakingnews,Saturday12August.Atornado was justseen in southern Memphis, the USA.Eyewitnessessaid that at 9：25am,the tornado destroyed four homes. Apolice officer tells us that at least one person has died. More tornados are possible, and the police advise avoiding the area. NEWS REPORT 4 D＝Anchor D D：And is Seoul, a landslide damaged a library and a supermarket in a southern neighbourhood. The landslid