高中英语教学：Listening and speaking.docx

Unit 4 Natural Disasters Listening and speaking Theme context: Human and Nature Time: 40 minutes Listening text genre: news reports Listening text analysis: The text contains 4 different news reports. Some typical expressions in news reports can be seen, like Good morning/evening, breaking news, those are the top news for today, early reports said that, more news about, etc. The first one is a morning news report about a strong earthquake in Ecuador and its damage, as well as the rescue work. The second one is an evening news report about a flood in China and how the local government saves lo