Lead-in
Watch a short video about Wenchuan earthquake and share your feelings and thoughts.
1. In this unit, what natural disasters did you learn about? earthquake, flood, wildfire, landslide, tsunami, tornado, hurricane, drought and volcanic eruption.
Activity 5 Reflecting
Think about the following questions.
1.What did you learn about natural disasters in this unit that you did not know before? 2.What else do you want to know about natural disasters? 3.What did you find the most difficult in this unit? 4.What in this unit motivated you most? 5.Overall, I thought this unit was:
2. What other natural disasters do you know? snowstorm, avalanche (雪崩), sandstorm ...
Activity 1: Circle the correct word in each sentence.
1 The tornado that hit Mississippi last week caused a lot of damage/destroy. 2 The mother thanked the rescue/save worker who found her baby. 3 According to experts, the volcano could crash/erupt this week. 4 Thousands of people are suffering/trapping from illnesses after the disaster.