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Module 3 The Violence of Nature
Lesson 1
Introduction Function
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Warming Up
What a beautiful scenery!
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Warming Up
How beautiful it is!
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Warming Up
People there living in peace under the sun.
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Warming Up
But something bad were happening
A child, waiting for rescue
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Task Presentation
Task of Module 3 Appeal foreign countries and
humanitarian organizations to offer financial and
psychological aid to help people in Wenchuan go
through the difficult times and rebuild their
homes.
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Task Presentation

• Task of Period 1
• Make a list of natural disasters and give
  definitions to them.
• List major natural disasters in Chinese
  history, especially the latest catastrophe.

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Introduction
What kind of natural disaster is it?
flood
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Introduction
What kind of natural disaster is it?
hurricane
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Introduction
What kind of natural disaster is it?
lightning
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Introduction
What kind of natural disaster is it?
thunderstorm
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Introduction
What kind of natural disaster is it?
tornado
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Introduction
flood
a lot of water in an area which is usually dry
hurricane
a very strong wind or storm
lightning
The flash of light which happens during a
thunderstorm
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Introduction
thunderstorm
a lot of rain falling quickly , with loud noises
and flashes of light
tornado
a column of air that turns very quickly
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Introduction
Pay attention to these sentences. Please find out
the common characteristic in all of them.
a lot of water in an area which is usually dry
The flash of light which happens during a
thunderstorm
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Giving Definition

• 1)Each sentence gives a definition of a word.
• 2)The Attributive Clause appears in some
  sentences.
• SummaryWhen we give a definition of a word, the
  Attributive Clause is usually necessary. Wed
  better learn to use the structure A is B
  that/which.

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Function

• Make three sentences to define the words
  earthquake, volcanic eruption, and plane crash,
  using the Attributive Clause.

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Function
An earthquake is a sudden violent movement of
the earths surface that can cause great
damage to people.
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Function
Volcanic eruption is a sudden occurrence of steam
and material that come out of the volcano.
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Function
A plane crash is a violent fall or breaking that
a plane come across when flying.
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Giving Definition

• The suggested answers
• An earthquake is a sudden violent movement of the
  earths surface that can cause great damage to
  people.
• Volcanic eruption is a sudden occurrence of steam
  and material that come out the volcano.
• A plane crash is a violent fall or breaking that
  a plane comes across when flying.

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Preparation for the Task

• What else natural disasters do you know?

fire
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Preparation for the Task

• What else natural disasters do you know?

landslide
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Preparation for the Task

• What else natural disasters do you know?

drought
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Preparation for the Task

• What else natural disasters do you know?

typhoon
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Words study (Workbook, P80)
Preparation for the Task

• Turn to Page 80 and begin the task in vocabulary,
  Activity 5.
• Answers volcano, eruption, ash, lava, tidal
  wave, floods.

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Disasters of Nature
flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm sandstorm t
ornado earthquake typhoon tsunami/tidal
wave volcanic eruption
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Speaking
Have you ever experienced an earthquake?
experience
Our country has experienced great changes in the
past thirty years. You dont need any
experience to work here. Mr. Li is quite an
experienced teacher.
have experience in/at be experienced in/at
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Speaking

• 1. What do you think causes the natural
  disasters?
• warmth of the earth, mammal factors
• 2. Can you describe the disasters ?
• 3. If you are caught in a disaster, what should
  you do?
• keep calm, ask for help

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Learning to Learn

• Make a word map to learn words which are
  related.

Create word webs for the following two terms
and find all the words that are related to them.
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word Map
strike
hit
break out
happen
occur
earthquake
take place
last
When/where/what
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word Map
injure /hurt /kill
destroy /damage / ruin
cause/ affect
damage
bury
burn
block/cut off
lose ones life
be trapped in / be caught in get into
trouble
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Task Presentation
Situation 1428 Beijing time (0628 GMT), May
12, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter
scale struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province,
China. It was a devastating nature disaster which
causes tremendous physical and mental suffering.
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Task Fulfillment

• Make a list of natural disasters and compare your
  list with your partner.
• List major natural disasters in Chinese history.
• List the latest catastrophe in China.

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Homework
1. Find more information about The Violence of
Nature via the Internet. Here is a useful
website http//www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel
_e/d1who_e.htm 2. Preview the Reading and
Vocabulary on P23.
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