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The severe sandstorm in Beijing
Class begins! Sit down please. Good morning class. How are you today? You are fine. Good. I’m fine too, thank you. First of all, let’s watch a short video and think about two questions: Q1: What is sandstorm? Q2: How is sandstorm caused? Are you clear? Ok, great. Let’s start here. Well, you have enjoyed video. Have you got the answers? Lily, you please. For Q1, what’s you r opinion? Oh, you think that sandstorm is a kind of natural disaster. Yes, great, sit down please. And we know that in weather with sandstorm, people will be hard to go outside since the wind is so heavy and it swirls quickly. So we all hate that kind of bad weather, yes? Ok, so how about question 2? Any volunteers? Ok, Tom, you please. Oh, you think that the sandstorm is caused by human being because people always do some bad things to damage our environment. Yes, I agree with you, sit down please. Ok, so today let’s learn more about sandstorm, especially t he severe sandstorm in Beijing.
Now, let’s tak e out our paper and look at the reading passage. Lets’ read it together and think about three
questions:
Q1: How far can the storm swirl?
Q2: Why are people frightened?
Q3: What kind of inconvenience have been brought by sandstorm?
Are you clear? Ok, n ow, let’s start here. Ok, time is up. Have you finished? Great! Let’s check them together. Q1, who wants to have a try? Catherine, you please. Yes, the storm can swirl around a 20-40 kilometers. Good, sit down please. How about question 2? it’s a little bi t difficult than question 1. Who can have a try? Mike? Ok, you please. Because the weather forecast cannot predict the strength of sandstorm. Yes, you are so clever. And the last question, it’s a little bit more difficult. Who? Ok, John, have a try. Oh, people have to wear breathing mask to go outside. Yes, any others? Amy, you please. Yes, people can’t ride bike in such a day. Great. So there are so many inconvenience brought by sandstorm. Ok, from this passage, we know that the sandstorm is so severe in Beijing. It must arouse our attention.
But first of all, let’s focus on the three bold words in the context and learn some new words together. The first
one, sandstorm. Today our topic is sandstorm, so have you all got the meaning of it? Yes, great. Now le t’s look at this word, except that we should know the meaning of it, we all need to know the word formation of it. Actually, it is a ...yes, compound words. It is combined with sand and storm. So when so much sand meet together, there will be a storm, and we call it sandstorm. Clear? Good. And the second word, forecast. Can you figure out the word formation by taking the first word as an example? Besides, try to find out the synonym of it in the following context. You can discuss with your partner. Have you done? Ok, let’s answer it together. The word “forecast” is combined with... yes, “fore” and “cast”in English, we call “fore” a prefix, which defines the meaning of this word. OK, and the synonym of the word in this context is... yes, predict. Ok, the third word. For this word, can you try to guess the meaning of it from the context? Yes, you are so clever. I’ll do the action and you can see whether your guessing is right or not. Yes, great. It’s an adjective. And the noun form is breath, while the verb form is breathe. Are you clear?
Now, let’s do some exercise to consolidate the three
