新牛津译林 8A Unit8 Natural disasters reading2.ppt

Learning aims: How much do you know about …? Complete the following sentences. 1. The two old friends s_____ hands hard when they met in the street. 2. Most buildings in this area are made of b_____ and stones. 3. The girl was full of f___ when the earthquake started. 4. I tried to c____ down, but I was still frightened. 5. Kate began to s______ when she saw a worm(蠕虫） in her book. Fill in the blanks One spring day in 1905 in New Mexico, the United States, someone saw smoke coming from a forest and called the fire station at once. The firefighters saw a big fire on the ground between the trees, which was spreading(扩散) ⑴q_______because of a ⑵s______wind. Many people tried to fight the fire, but as soon as one area was under control, the fire spread to ⑶a________ area. Suddenly a firefighter saw a baby bear close to the fire. It was ⑷t_______in the bushes. The firefighter bravely ran over and took it away from the ⑸f_____. After the fire was put out, a farmer took the bear to his farm. A ⑹r ________ wrote about this lucky bear and soon many people ⑺k_____his story. Soon, he was given a home at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. People wanted to remind everyone in the United States about the danger of ⑻f_______fires so they put up big signs with ⑼p_______of the bear, which said, Only you can prevent forest fires! The little bear became the most famous animal in the ⑽c_________. 1. Try to recite this article.2. Remember the language points in this lesson. 3.书面表达： 请根据下面信息，写一篇介绍四川雅安地震的短文。 1. I felt a slight shake. (n.) feel a slight shake 感到一阵轻微的震动 e.g.当地震开始的时候,我们感到一阵轻微的震动。 1. The earth started to shake. (v.) e.g. People screamed in fear. (n.) 人们害怕地尖叫起来。 e.g. They got lost in the forest. They had to try different ways in fear. 他们在森林里迷路了，他们不得不害怕地尝试不同的路。 3. Some ran out of the building. run out of … 从……跑出 e.g. 1. … I was trying to find my way out, … find one’s way