Unit6 Natural disasters Comic strip, Welcome to the unit & Vocabulary

Comic strip, Welcome to the unit & Vocabulary Unit6 Natural disasters

fire

r rainstorm

sandstorm

thunder and lightning

flood

drought

typhoon

snowstorm

earthquake

flood thunder and lightning fire sandstorm rainstorm

drought typhoon snowstorm earthquake

typhoon rainstorm snowstorm thunder and lighting

A guessing game ! Boys VS Girls

1.The ground was shaking. Many houses fell down. People tried their best to run to safe places. earthquake

2.It rained very heavily and lasted for a long time. There was much water everywhere. rainstorm

3.The wind is stronger than 10 degrees (10 级 ). It usually comes from the sea. typhoon

4.It often happens in winter. Everything looks white. Sometimes people can’t ride bikes or drive cars on the road. snowstorm

5. There is lots of sand in the air. We even can’t see the things 30 metres away. sandstorm

6. A careless driver was driving fast. Unluckily, his car crashed into a tree and the driver was badly hurt. a car accident

An accident or a disaster ?

Judge and learn An accident is usually caused by _____________ while a disaster is often caused by __________. A.natural forces B. people people natural forces 大自然的力量

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. A D D A D D A

What happened to Hobo? …Now I have some trouble,too. Can you help me?

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? I was sleeping when it started to rain. Not until half an hour later. You must come home with me now. Sure, come in. Why? Did you hear the rain?

Read and answer the following questions 1.What is the weather like? 2.What happened to Hobo? 3.What was Hobo doing when it started to rain? 4.When did Hobo hear the rain? 5.Why doesn’t Hobo want to go home alone? It’s rainig. He got wet. He was sleeping. Half an hour later. He wants Eddie to mop all the water up for him.

Useful phrases and expressions 1.be all wet 湿透 2.get wet 淋湿 3.start / begin to rain 开始下雨 4.not until half an hour later 直到半小时后 5.mop all the water up 把所有的水拖干 mop- mopped mop-mopping 6.I was sleeping. 我正在睡觉（过去进行时）

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 wet was sleeping rain until half an hour later go home with him mop all the water up

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? I was sleeping when it started to rain. Not until half an hour later. You must come home with me now. Sure, come in. Why? Act out the dialogue Did you hear the rian?

What’s the weather like? How is the weather today? I like… best. How can I know the future weather? Can you help me ?

fog What was the weather like yesterday morning? How was the weather yesterday morning? There was much ____ in the morning. It was ______. foggy fog n. 雾 foggy adj. 有雾的

frost We could see last night. frosty It was. The temerature droppd a little. What was the weather like last night? =How was the weather last night? frost (n.) 霜 frosty (adj.) 有霜的，多霜的 drop (V.) 下降

What’s the weather like in Wuhan? =How is the weather in Wuhan? The ______is blowing hard. The weather is. The temperature is ______°c wind windy wind (n.) 风 windy (adj.) 有风的，多风的 7-14

There are many in the sky. It is. The temperature is _______ °C cloudy clouds What’s the weather like in Beijing? =How is the weather in Beijing? cloud (n.) 云 cloudy (adj.) 多云的 low (adj.) 低的

The is so heavy. It’s _______ so heavily. It’s a day. The temperature is ________ °C. rainy rain What’s the weather like in Taiwan? =How is the weather in Taiwan? raining 18-24

How big the is ! The weather is. stormy storm What’s the weather like in kunming ? How is the weather in Kunming? storm (n.) 暴雨，风暴 stormy (adj.) 有暴风雨的

There will be a heavy It will be ______. The temperature is ____ °C. snow snowy What will the weather be like in Xinjiang? =How will the weather be in Xinjiang?

The will shine brightly. The weather will be. The temperature will be______ °C. sun sunny What will the weather be like in Guanzhou? =How will the weather be in Guangzhou? 15-23

sun sunny cloud cloudy windwindy rain rainy n. 名词 adj. 形容词 Different kinds of weather

storm stormy fog foggy frostfrosty snow snowy n. 名词 adj. 形容词 Different kinds of weather

storm fog frost snow n.adj. sun cloud wind rain wind y y y y y y gy ny Rules: 描述天气的形容词只要在表示天 气的名词后面加 _____ ， fog/sun 要 ____. y 双写

Production Task 1. Complete the dialogue(P98) Millie: The weather is ______ but it’ll be ______ tomorrow.The temperature will be around 7°C.What about Wednesday? Sandy:It’ll be _____. The temperature is gong to drop a little. Millie:So the weather won’t be too bad. What about Thursday? Sandy: It’ll be _____ on Thursday. The temperature will be lower. It’ll be only 0°C. Millie: The weather will become worse on Friday. It’ll be _____ and the temperature will drop to -5 0°C. sunny cloudy windy frosty snowy

Mon. 5-7°C Tues. 3-5 °C Wed. 2-4 ° C Tur. 0-2 °C Fri -3-0 °C Task2. Learn to broadcast weather ( 学习播报天气） Hello ， everyone! Welcome to watch weather forecast! Here is the weather report for the next week.On Monday it will be… The temperature will be…

_____ weather may cause ( 引发） terrible natural disasters. How can we reduce ( 减少） natural disasters? Bad Protecting the environment is protecting ___________. ourselves

Learn to use new words correctly 1.As it was _______(wind), it took me longer to get to school. 2. Yesterday was ___________ (fog) day in Chongqing of the year. 3. Is it much ________(cloud) today than it was yesterday? 4. There is frost today. =It is a ______ day. 5. It will be stormy at night.= There will be _______ at night. windy the foggiest cloudier frosty storm

Unit6 Vocabulary

earthquake landslide tsunami typhoon sandstorm forest firetornado drought flood