1、,北师大版 高二 Module 8 Unit 22,Lesson 3 Natural Disasters,Look at the following pictures and what are happening in the pictures?,earthquakes,tsunami,floods,volcanic eruptions,hurricanes,forest fires,typhoon,landslides,What do you think causes the disasters, people or nature?,Discussion,Read the article a
2、nd check your answer to the questions :What causes the disasters?,Reading Strategies: Completing texts with sentence gaps,Read the text to get the general idea. Read a paragraph with a sentence gap and identify the topic, e.g disasters .,Read the sentences before and after the gap and look for clues
3、 about the missing sentence , e.g. is it an example of what is mentioned before? Certain words may help you: time references (then), pronoun references (it , that ), linking words (however).,Decide which sentence goes in the gap. Check that it fits the sentences before and after it.,Use the Strategi
4、es to complete the gaps in the text (1-5) with these sentences (a-g). There are two extra sentences you do not need .,a) But evidence shows that 73,000 years ago there was a much greater eruption.,b) Even Europe has suffered and large areas have been under water. c) That is probably not the most imp
5、ortant factor either . d) Third , the other bits of land you might have been able to farm are now useless. e) On top of that add global warming.,The answers : 1.b 2. f 3.g 4.e 5.a,f) For example , the Yellow River, once famous for flooding, failed to reach the sea at all for 226 days in 1997. g) One
6、 answer is over-population.,Read the text again and answer these questions.,1. What is the attitude of the journalist towards the future ? Pessimistic. 2. Who are most likely to be the victims of natural disasters? Poor people.,3. Why are there now more hurricanes, floods and droughts ? Overpopulati
7、on and mismanagement of the worlds resources. 4. Why are volcanoes and earthquakes more dangerous now ? Because half the worlds population lives in cities within range of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.,5. What could be the biggest threat to the planet in the future? A volcanic eruption. 6. What
8、 effects might this threat have? It might send the planet intowinter for years.,Fill in the blanks about the text.,In the last _ years , there are more and more disasters such as _ , _, thunderstorms, earthquakes, _, volcanic _and _ fires all over the world. Why are so many disasters ? One of the re
9、asons is over- _.,ten,floods,tsunamis,typhoons,eruptions,forest,population,_ addition, _ change and global _ caused by the mismanagement of the worlds resources can lead _ the disasters or make them worse. At present, volcanoes and earthquakes are more _ with the fast _ of people .,In,climate,warmin
10、g,to,dangerous,growth,Earthquakes take the lives of 1.6 million people in the last hundred years. What is worse, the disaster professionals predict that the things will get _.,worse,Decide if the underlined words in the sentences below are nouns or verbs. Then write down their Chinese meanings.,1. a
11、). She put her arms around me to comfort me.b). The soldiers were armed with guns.,noun 手臂,verb 武装,2.a). Heavy rains resulted in floods.b). His results were not as good as he had hoped. 3. a). He means well but just gets it wrong sometimes.b). The telephone is a means of communication.,verb 引起,noun
12、结果,verb 本意是,noun 方法,4. a). The children had fun sliding down the slide all afternoon.b). Penguins slide downhill over ice on their bellies. 5. a). Be careful! Dont slip on the wet floor.b). Write your number on this slip of paper.,noun 滑梯,verb 滑动,verb 滑倒,noun 纸条,6. a). What would you like on your br
13、ead roll for lunch?b). He rolled the ball across the floor to me.,noun 面包,verb 滚动,Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words above.,1. The _ forces protected the city. 2. When will you get your exam _? 3. Don broke his arm when he _ and fell on the ice. 4. I _ what I said. 5. What wo
14、uld be the best _ of advertising our product?,armed,results,slipped,meant,result,6. Would you like honey on your _? 7. The house _ down the mountain side in the flood last year. 8. The match _ in a draw. They had 2 points each.,roll,resulted,slided,1. result in=lead to=bring about 导致,造成,昨天高速公路上的事故导致
15、了7名乘客的死亡。,The accident on the highway yesterday resulted in the death of 7 passengers.,result from 因为而产生,The fire resulted from his carelessness. =His carelessness resulted in the fire.,Language Points,2. with 的复合结构:with +n./pron. + adj./ adv./prep. phrases /n. /doing / done /to do with + object + o
16、bject complement with 的复合结构在句子中可以做伴随 状语,也可以做原因状语和后置定语 e.g. He walked along with his head down/ with his face red.,He is waiting for you with a magazine in his hand. With you monitor in my class, I will be in charge of the class easily. With nothing to do, I will go to the cinema . With his work fini
17、shed, he went back home.,He lay there, with his eyes looking at the sky. Who lives in the room with the light on? (1) 他站在那里,手被帮在一棵树上。He stood there, with his hands tied to a tree. (2) 他头高昂着走了进来。 He came in with his head high.,3. wipe out: (1) get rid of / remove: 清除, 除去 e.g. Wipe out these unhappy t
18、hings between you and her . (2) destroy completely: 毁灭, 消灭 e.g. At last, the army led by Mao Zedong wiped out the enemies . A disease almost wiped out the population of the island.,4. turn on sb. : attack 攻击, 变得与敌对 e.g. The dog turned on me and bit me in the leg. He turned on his brother, who, he th
19、ought, had deceived him.,5. at the rate of: 以的速度; 以的价格 e.g. The train was going at the (a) rate of 80 kilometers an hour.His house was sold at a high rate. 6. for instance 相当于for example,7. range: extent /distance between limits范围、幅度和差距 e.g. The annual (每年的)range of temperature is from -10C-40C Ther
20、e are cotton fabrics in a wide range of colours .in/within the range of 在的范围He lives in the range of 4 miles .,8. risk : vt./n. 冒险 e.g. You are to take risks to get what you want, but you must not risk your life !at risk 处于危险之中, 作表语或者状语,at/ take/run the risk of 冒的危险 He saved my life at the risk of losing his own. They were ready to run/take the risk of being taken prisoner by the enemy.,
