"Natural Disasters" Listening and Speaking PPT courseware

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"Natural Disasters" Listening and Speaking PPT courseware

Part One: Listen and fill in the blanks

/California Dreaming/　/California Dreaming/

Australian talented Sia sang the theme song "California Dreaming" from the new disaster film "San Andreas" (2015) starring Dwayne Johnson. The scenes in the film are shocking. Human beings are helpless in the face of disaster. The father's love and mother's love shown in the film are very touching, and the persistence of those who love you will also make you gain energy.

All the leaves are brown

And the sky is gray

I’ve been 1. ______________

On a winter’s day

I’d be 2. ______________

If I was in L. A．

California dreaming

On such a winter’s day

I 3. _______________

I passed along the way

Well I 4. _____________ on my

And I pretended to pray

You know the preacher likes the cold

He knows I’m gonna stay

California dreaming

On such a winter’s day

All the leaves are brown

And the sky is gray

I’ve been for a walk

On a winter’s day

If I didn’t tell her

I could leave today

California dreaming

On such a winter’s day

Natural DisastersPPT, Part 2: Speaking

As is well known to us, there are some signs before an earthquake happens． Discuss with your partners about what happens before an earthquake．

Signs before the earthquake:

The water in the wells____and_____． And some deep_________could be seen in the well walls. Some_________ gas came out of the cracks．

The chickens and even the pigs were too_________to eat, and dogs_________ to go inside buildings.

Mice ran out of the fields________places to hide. Fish ________out of their bowls and ponds．

People could see ________lights in the sky.

Answer: Picture A: rose; fell; cracks; smelly

Picture B：nervous; refused

Picture C：looking for; jumped

Picture D：bright

Natural DisastersPPT, Part 3: Listening

Ⅰ Listen to the news reports and tick the disasters that you hear． (Textbook P48)

(　) earthquake　(　) tornado (　) wildfire

(　) drought(　) landslide (　) tsunami

(　) flood (　) volcanic eruption

Listening materials:

NEWS REPORT 1

A＝Anchor A

A: Good morning, it’s 17 April. A strong earthquake hit Ecuador yesterday． The 7．8magnitude earthquake damaged many buildings, and early reports said that about 230 people were killed and more than 1,500 were injured． Volunteers and rescue workers are helping the survivors．

NEWS REPORT 2

B＝Anchor B

B: Good evening． Today is 27 March． More news about the floods in central China． The government is helping more than 12,000 people in Hunan and Jiangxi get away from the rising water． Homes and land have been destroyed, but no one has been killed． Rescue workers and soldiers are working day and night to make sure that people are safe． They are also bringing food and water to those whose homes were lost in the disaster．

NEWS REPORT 3

C＝Anchor C

C: Breaking news, Saturday 12 August． A tornado was just seen in southern Memphis, the USA. Eyewitnesses said that at 9:25 a． m. , the tornado destroyed four homes． A police officer tells us that at least one person has died． More tornados are possible, and the police advise avoiding the area．

NEWS REPORT 4

D＝Anchor D

D：And in Seoul, a landslide damaged a library and a supermarket in a southern neighbourhood. The landslide was caused by the heavy rain that has fallen in Seoul over the past week． According to the police, no one was injured in the landslide but several cars were damaged． Those are the top news for today, Wednesday 21 July．

Listening Tips

1. Attention to detail

Think about what you are listening for before you listen: numbers, dates, times, addresses, activities, people or places, reasons, etc．

2. Clever interpretation and continuous reading

There are many connected sounds in listening. If you don't know, it is easy to hear unclearly or mishear. The so-called connected sounds mean that the two sounds at the boundary between words are often connected together, and they seem to be connected into a longer sound when pronounced. word. Common reading forms in listening:

(1) Connected reading of consonants and vowels: In a sentence or phrase, when the previous word ends with a consonant and the next word starts with a vowel, the consonants and vowels need to be read together. For example: if I, for a walk, on a winter’s day.

(2) Vowel-yuan concatenation: The first type is that in a sentence or phrase, the pronunciation of the previous word ends with /I/ or /aI/, and when the next word starts with a vowel, a semi-vowel / is added in the middle. j/, such as: I am. ． ． Second, in a sentence or phrase, the pronunciation of the previous word ends with /u/ or /uː/, and when the latter word starts with a vowel, add a semi-vowel /w/, such as: you are, who are.

【Real-time training】

Listen to the following 3 conversations, answer the questions, and identify the conjunctions in the conversations.

1. What will the woman do this afternoon?

A． Do some exercise.

B. Go shopping.

C. Wash her clothes．

2. Why does the woman call the man?

A． To cancel a flight．

B. To make an apology．

C. To put off a meeting．

3． What is Jane doing?

A． Planning a tour．

B. Calling her father．

C. Asking for leave．

Natural DisastersPPT, Part 4: Discussing

Ⅰ Fill in the blanks with appropriate content based on the recording.

Bad news, it’s 26 April． A strong earthquake 1. ___________ the east at 1:25 a. m. on April 16, 2019, at a depth of about 10 km, and another earthquake happened at 9:26 p. m. on April 27, 2019, at a depth of about 11 km． The two earthquakes 2. ___________ at least 40 people and more than one thousand people 3. ___________. With so many buildings falling down and 4. ___________, a great number of people have moved out of their homes. Soldiers and rescue workers 5. ____________________ areas immediately． We hope that people in the disaster area can lead a normal life and have their beautiful homes 6. _______soon.

【Topic accumulation】

1. at a depth of depth…

2. lead a normal life lead a normal life

Ⅱ Work in groups and discuss the following questions．

1. What should you do if you are in the building when an earthquake happens?

2. What should you do if you are outside when an earthquake happens?

3． What should you do if you are trapped after an earthquake?

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