2. 8A Unit6 Natural disasters Main task Chang’an Middle School Lu Dongxian

3. How to protect ourselves? earthquake typhoon 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 flood sandstorm

4. A snowstorm hit Wuxi on 28th January, 2008. hit -hit 袭击 snowstorm warning 暴风雪警报

5. People shared umbrellas with others.

6. They lost their umbrella in the wind.

7. People could only walk slowly in the snow. nearly 几乎，将近 fall over fall -fell roll up trousers 卷起裤子

8. People were working hard to remove the snow. remove v. 除去，消除 move away

9. A flow chart 流程图 choose a topic what to write about a snowstorm Where was I? What did I hear ? What did I see ? How did I feel ? during the snowstorm after the snowstorm introductionfacts about it h Where was I? What happened? What did I do? What did I hear? What did I see? b a f c j k m e l i d g

10. A snowstorm hit Beijing on Friday, ___________ It got worse in the afternoon. I ______________________ in the classroom when Mr Wu came in and told us ____________ early. Millie asked me to go to her house because I forgot to bring my keys. I _______ an umbrella with her while we were walking to the bus stop. The weather was really terrible. We could only hear the _______. ________ continued to fall around us. 28th January, shared, snow, school,wind, to go home 28th January was doing my homework to go home shared wind Snow

11. Suddenly, a strong wind came from behind.We lost our _________ in the wind and I nearly fell over. We had to ________ slowly in the storm. When we arrived at the bus stop, we could see many ________. At last, we got on a bus and went to Millie’s house. I stayed in Millie’s home that night. I heard the noise of _______ the next morning. I looked out of the __________ and saw that people were working hard to __________ the snow. umbrella, people, traffic, window, remove, walk walk people umbrella traffic window remove

12. introduction What happened? Where did it happen? When did it happen? during the snowstorm Where was she? What did she do? What did she hear? What did she see? What happened? after the snowstorm Where was she? What did she hear? What did she see? a snowstorm Beijing Friday,28 th Jan. at school shared, walked … wind snow, people lost, walked slowly at Millie’s home noise of traffic removed the snow (Para.1) ( Para.2-3) (Para.4)

13. Can you write about one of these natural disasters?

14. choose the topic ( 选题 ) choose the topic ( 选题 ) How to write ? make a flow chart( 制作流程图 ) make a flow chart( 制作流程图 ) start to write start to write

15. A flow chart choose a topic what to write about a/ an______ during the ________ after the _________ introduction place__, time___ hear__________ see (do)_______ feel__________ hear_________ see (do)______ feel_________

17. 1.Finish writing the article about a natural disaster. 2.Recite the short passage on Page 106. Homework:

18. Sandstorm 1. Shall we drive fast during a sandstorm? Yes. No.

19. Earthquake 1. Can we run wildly in the street during an earthquake? Yes. No.

20. Flood 2. What can help us have fewer floods? A. To protect the forests. B. To kill more wild animals. C. To cut down forests.

21. Sandstorm 2. What can help make the sandstorm come less often? A. To build more houses. B. To plant more trees. C. To change more forests into farmland.

22. Typhoon 2. Shall we stay away from the windows during a typhoon? Yes. No.

23. Flood 1. Which of the following actions is better during a flood? A. To swim in the water and find someone to help you. B. To find a higher place around the house and wait for help.

24. Earthquake 2. Which of the following actions is right during an earthquake? A. To jump off the window. B. To stay in bed. C. To hide under a strong table.

25. Typhoon 1. Which of the following actions is right during a typhoon? A. To close all the doors. B. To hide under a big tree. C. To stay on the top floor.