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Lookatthefollowingpicturesandwhatarehappeninginthepictures?earthquaketsunamiflooddroughtvolcaniceruptionshurricaneforestfiretyphoonlandslideReviewthewordsdroughts旱灾earthquake地震floods洪水,水灾forestfires森林火灾hurricanes飓风landslides滑坡,山崩tsunamis海啸typhoons台风volcaniceruptions火山爆发Whichofthedisastersdoyouthinkare:causedbypeople?madeworsebypeople?natural?DiscussionReadthearticleandcheckyouranswertothequestions:Whatcausethedisasters?ReadingStrategies:CompletingtextswithsentencegapsReadthetexttogetthegeneralidea.Readaparagraphwithasentencegapandidentifythetopic,e.g.disasters.Readthesentencesbeforeandafterthegapandlookforcluesaboutthemissingsentence,e.g.isitanexampleofwhatismentionedbefore?Certainwordsmayhelpyou:timereferences(then),pronounreferences(it,that),linkingwords(however).Decidewhichsentencegoesinthegap.Checkthatitfitsthesentencesbeforeandafterit.UsetheStrategiestocompletethegapsinthetext(1-5)withthesesentences(a-g).Therearetwoextrasentencesyoudonotneed.a)Butevidenceshowsthat73,000yearsagotherewasamuchgreatereruption.b)EvenEuropehassufferedandlargeareashavebeenunderwater.c)Thatisprobablynotthemostimportantfactoreither.d)Third,theotherbitsoflandyoumighthavebeenabletofarmarenowuseless.e)Ontopofthataddglobalwarming.Theanswers:1.b2.f3.g4.e5.af)Forexample,theYellowRiver,oncefamousforflooding,failedtoreachtheseaatallfor226daysin1997.g)Oneanswerisoverpopulation.Readthetextagainandanswerthesequestions.1.Whatistheattitudeofthejournalisttowardsthefuture?Pessimistic/negative2.Whoaremostlikelytobethevictimsofnaturaldisasters?Poorpeople.3.Whyaretherenowmorehurricanes,floodsanddroughts?Overpopulationandmismanagementoftheworld’sresources.4.Whyarevolcanoesandearthquakesmoredangerousnow?Becausearoundhalftheworld’spopulationlivesincities,morethan500millionpeoplenowlivewithintherangeofavolcaniceruptionandanevengreaternumberofpeopleliveatriskfromearthquakes.5.Whatcouldbethebiggestthreattotheplanetinthefuture?Avolcaniceruption.6.Whateffectsmightthisthreathave?Itmightsendtheplanetintowinterforyears.Fillintheblanksaboutthetext.Inthelast___years,therearemoreandmoredisasterssuchas______,________,thunderstorms,earthquakes,________,volcanic_________and______firesallovertheworld.Whyaresomanydisasters?Oneofthereasonsisover-__________.tenfloodstsunamistyphoonseruptionsforestpopulation__addition,_______changeandglobal________causedbythemismanagementoftheworld’sresourcescanlead___thedisastersormakethemworse.Atpresent,volcanoesandearthquakesaremore__________withthefast_______ofpeople.InclimatewarmingtodangerousgrowthEarthquakestakethelivesof1.6millionpeopleinthelasthundredyears.Whatisworse,thedisasterprofessionalspredictthatthethingswillget______.worseDecideiftheunderlinedwordsinthesentencesbelowarenounsorverbs.ThenwritedowntheirChinesemeanings.1.a)Sheputherarmsaroundmetocomfortme.b)Thesoldierswerearmedwithguns.noun手臂verb武装2.a)Heavyrainsresultedinfloods.b)Hisresultswerenotasgoodashehadhoped.3.a)Hemeanswellbutjustgetsitwrongsometimes.b)Thetelephoneisameansofcommunication.verb导致noun成绩verb意思是，怀(好意)noun方法4.a)Thechildrenhadfunslidingdowntheslideallafternoon.b)Penguinsslidedownhillovericeontheirbellies.5.a)Becareful!Don’tsliponthewetfloor.b)Writeyournumberonthisslipofpaper.noun滑梯verb滑行verb滑倒noun小纸条6.a)Whatwouldyoulikeonyourbreadrollforlunch?b)Herolledtheballacrossthefloortome.noun卷verb滚动Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthewordsabove.1.The______forcesprotectedthecity.2.Whenwillyougetyourexam______?3.Donbrokehisarmwhenhe______andfellontheice.4.I______whatIsaid.5.Whatwouldbethebest______ofadvertisingourproduct?armedresultsslippedmeanmeans6.Wouldyoulikehoneyonyour_____?7.Thehouse______downthemountainsideinthefloodlastyear.8.Thematch________inadraw.Theyhad2pointseach.rollresultedslid1.Anumberofnationshavealreadybeeninarmedconflictoverwater,andreducedrainfallinthewestoftheUShasresultedinhugeforestfires.[寓词于境]阅读下列句子，注意arm的词性及意思。1.Isawhimwalkingwithagirlonhisarm.2.Heunbuttonedhisovercoatandsatonthearmofthechair.3.HisforcesareequippedmostlywithAmericanarms.4.Hesaidbothsidesarearmingthemselves.5.Wariscertain;weshouldarmwithoutdelay.[自我归纳]arm作名词时，意为“手臂”，如句1；“扶手”，如句2；“_____”，均用复数形式，如句3。arm作动词时，既可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词，意为“武装”，如句4和句5。武器[即学即练]猜猜下列句子中划线部分的意思。1.Thegirlsrandowntheroadarminarm.2.Themajorityoftheirsoldierssimplylaiddowntheirarms.3.Thepeoplewerequicktotakeuparmstodefendtheirfreedom.手挽手地放下武器，投降拿起武器，准备战斗[语境展示]阅读下列句子，注意resultin的意思及用法。1.Theaccidentthathappenedinfrontofourschoolyesterdayresultedintendeaths.2.Ifleftuntreated,theconditionwilleventuallyresultinblindness.[自我归纳]resultin意为“导致，造成”，后接导致某事的_____，句子的主语是_____。[拓展]resultfrom表示“由……造成，因……而产生”，后接导致某事的原因，句子的主语是结果。如：Theterribleaccidentresultedfromhiscarelessdriving.结果原因[即学即练]根据括号内的汉语提示完成下列句子。1.Hisbeinglatefortheperformance_________________________(导致了全盘失败).2.Hisheartdisease_____________________________________(是由食用过多的高脂肪食物造成的).resultedinacompletefailureresultedfromeatingtoomuchfat-richfood3.Theexperiment__________________________(导致新发现)acureforcancer.resultedinanewdiscoveryof2.Inthelastthreeyears,Indonesiaha