1、,Lesson 42 The hurricane(I),Warming-up,1. Talk about these questions in groups. 1) whats the weather like in your hometown ?2) Have you experienced a hurricane ?3) How long did it last? What are the results ?,Talk about the picture what happened?,Listening,Listen to the text then answer the question
2、s. 1. What happened in a hurricane? 2. Why are hurricanes dangerous ? 3. Why did the hurricane cause so much damage? 4. Who helped to get things back to normal after the hurricane ? 5. Which parts of China have hurricanes?,Keys:,1.When a hurricane comes, the heavy rain and strong winds make the tree
3、s down and house destroyed. 2.Because hurricanes can destroy trees, houses and make people lose their lives. 3.Because it had been raining heavily, the ground was wet and the trees were easily pushed over by the wind. 4.The army, the electricity workers and the telephone workers helped to get things
4、 back to normal after the hurricane. 5.Usually there are hurricanes in the southeast of China.,Reading,Read P62-63carefully,then judge true or false. 1. On Friday 16th Oct. 1987, a hurricane struck the southeast of England.( )2. In the hurricane, ninety people lost their lives.( )3. England usually
5、has plenty of rain every month of the year.( ),F,F,T,4. In the morning people woke up and found the outside world hardly changed.( ) 5. Many towns and villages had their water supply cut off because there was no electricity.( ) 6. It took months to clear all the roads and to mend all the broken elec
6、tricity lines and telephone lines by the army. ( ),T,T,F,Practice,Read the text again and fill in each blank. In 1987, a hurricane _the southeast of England.Nineteen people lost their_. If the hurricane_happened during the daytime,there_have been many more death. That night was the worst one_ histor
7、y.In the morning people found the world outside their housed completely_. Fifteen million trees had been_down by the,struck,lives,had,would,in,changed,blown,by the high winds. Electricity lines as _as telephone poles were brought down.Many towns and villages had their water supply_off because there
8、was_electricity.Many people had to use_.,well,cut,no,lamps,Language points,1. Last year I went to Guiyang on business, but I had no time to _ the place where she was working. (call in /call at ) 2.Mr Li told the meeting that we were facing some new problems that_immediate solution .(callback/ call f
9、or/ ) 3. This morning Zhou Yan called me when I was away, but I still havent got time to _ her_. (call in/ callback),call at,called for,call,back,5.The company manager told her to _ all the customers names and addresses in order to keep in touch with them.(put down /bring down ) 7.The electricity lines that were _ in the earthquake were very dangerous to the people and animals. (bring down / blow down),put down,brought down,Homework,1. Prepare Lesson 43. 2. Write a short passage according to the four pictures on Page 63.,
