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Lesson 42

The Hurricane

盐城市一中 徐志琴

Pre-reading:

What natural disasters do you know?

earthquake

flood

typhoon

fire

volcano

snow slide

mudflow

tornado

sandstorm

Earthquake

Fire

typhoon

Snow slide

mudflow

Flood

Flood

Volcano

Tornado

Hurricane

1.When and where did the hurricane happen?

2.How many people lost their lives?

Questions :

1.When and where did the hurricane happen?

2.How many people lost their lives?

Questions :

Read the text quickly and quietly and then choose the correct answers .

Skimming

Reading comprehension:

1. What’s true about the damage of the hurricane?

A. More than nineteen people lost their lives

B. All of the telephones broke down

C. Water supply was cut off

D. Fifteen million trees were cut into halves

2. The second paragraph explains to us_______.

A. why England usually has plenty of rain

B. why Scotland sometimes has very strong winds

C. why the hurricane blew down these trees easily

D. why the hurricane happened in the southeast of England

C. Water supply was cut off.

C. why the hurricane blew down these trees easily

3. Electricity was cut off because _______.

A. water supply was cut off too

B. electricity lines were brought down by the falling trees

C. fifteen million trees were blown down

D. a hurricane would come

4. Who helped to get things back to normal after the hurricane?

Army soldiers B. Government officials

C. Citizens

D. Army soldiers, electricity and telephone workers

B. electricity lines were brought down by the falling trees

D. Army soldiers, electricity and telephone workers.

Read the text again and

then do some exercises.

Scanning

damage caused by the hurricane

hurricane happening

damage repaired

the reasons why trees were pushed over very easily

examples of lucky escapes

Para.1

Para.2

Para.3

Para.4

Para.5

Main idea of each paragraph

Retell the passage with the help of

pictures and key words given.

Retelling :

hurricane, struck, England

Scotland, England

ground, wet, leaves on

Trees, electricity lines, telephone poles, bring down water supply, cut off

clean roads, army called in

workers, help repair, damage

List the things we could do before and after a hurricane?

Discussion :

Build strong houses

Live in the houses with tall trees around

Bury the lines underground

Forecast (预报) the weather accurately

Prepare some clothes, raincoats, sleeping bags, a flashlight, bottles of drinking water, and canned food.

Pay close attention to weather forecast.

Get a first aid case and some necessary medicines prepared.

Take with you useful things inside your house that could be swept away by the wind.

Shut all the windows of your house.

Hide in a safer place – a friend’s home far away from the hurricane.

Clear the roads and paths.

Repair all the broken electricity lines and telephone lines.

Give quick first aid.

Donate money to help repair damage.

运用下表中所提供的信息，描述飓风的有关情况。

词数：100词左右。

Homework:

Why were the trees pushed over easily?

England usually has plenty of rain every month of the year.

Scotland sometimes has very strong winds.

It had been raining heavily for two days and the ground was very wet.

The trees still had their leaves on.

trees blown down

roads, paths railway lines blocked

electricity lines

brought down

telephone poles

brought down

electricity

cut off

water supply

cut off

Completely-changed world

winds of up to 160 kph

high and strong winds

heavy rain

trees blown down and pushed over

houses completely changed

water supply cut off

electricity lines and telephone poles brought down

words used to describe the hurricane

hurricane, struck, England

Scotland, England

ground, wet, leaves on

trees, electricity lines, telephone poles, brought down, water supply, cut off

clean roads army called in

workers, help repair, damage