译林版英语八年级上册第八单元Task

During the disaster
1. What did you do? 1) wore more clothes/rain coat/glasses 2) called 110/119/120 hotline 3) closed the door and windows 4) went to high places …
natural disasters
flood
thunder and lightning
rainstorm
drought (旱灾)
fire
snowstorm
clean the snow 清除，清理
He nearly fall down. adv. 将近，几乎
An earthquake / A flood / A snowstorm / … hit …. I was doing … when…. … because of the heavy rain / snow…. We could only hear / see ….
5. get on / off 上/下车 e.g. She got on a bus quickly.
她快速地上了一辆公共汽车。 6. fall over 摔倒、跌倒 e.g. I nearly fell over in the snow.
我几乎在雪中摔倒。 7. clean the snow 扫雪 e.g. She cleaned the snow yesterday.
1. What did you see? saw people removing the snow/cleaned the way/ sent the victims to the hospital/ got something from the flood ...
2. What did you hear? screamed/shouted/calmed down…
… kept falling. Suddenly, …. … had to walk slowly / pull oneself through …. … was really terrible.
Writing about a natural disaster
Sandy is writing an article for the school newsletter. Help her complete her article using the notes in Part A.
1. tell sb. (not) to do sth. 告诉某人（不要）做某事
e.g. Mr. Wu told us to go home early. 吴老师告诉我们要早点回家。
2. share sth. with sb. 与某人分享某物
e.g. I share a bedroom with my sister. 我和妹妹共同分享一个卧室。
她昨天扫雪了。
How to write about a natural disaster.
choose the topic 定题
choose materials 选材
make the list 列提纲
start to write 着手写作Let’s choose the Nhomakorabeatopic!
A fire An earthquake A flood A rainstorm A typhoon A snowstorm A sandstorm An accident
Snowstorm hit Beijing
A snowstorm hit Beijing on Friday, 5 January. I was doing my _h_o_m__ew__o_r_k_ in the classroom when Mr. Wu came in and told us to _g_o_h_o_m__e_e_a_r_l_y_. My parents could not get home that night because of the heavy snow, so Millie asked me to go to her home. I _sh_a_r_e_d_ an umbrella with her while we were walking to the bus stop.
At last, we got on a bus to Millie’s home. I stayed at Millie’s home that night. I heard the noise of _t_r_a_ff_i_c_ the next morning. People were trying to _cl_e_a_r_ the snow from the streets.
Write the introduction part
Where did it happen? Introduction
When did it happen? sentence structure: It happened in Beijing, on 13th December. A snowstorm hit Beijing on 13th December. It was in Beijing. It happened on 13th December. ….
3. How did you feel? frightened/excited/terrible/in fear/ worried/ sad/ thankful…
These words are useful:
First, Then, Next, Finally/At last
Finish your article about one natural disaster.
3. keep doing sth. 一直（做）某事 e.g. The snow kept falling.
雪一直在下。 4. hear … doing sth. 听到…...在做某事 e.g. He heard a child crying next door.
他听到隔壁一个孩子在哭。 hear the noise of…听到……的噪音 e.g. I heard the noise of traffic last night.
4. What happened? 1) be trapped/be frightened 2) lost my umbrella 3) walked/drove/rode---slowly/hard 4) fall down/over 5) crashed into…
After the disaster
The weather was really terrible. The _s_n_o_w__ kept falling around us. We could hear the _w_i_n_d_ blowing. Suddenly, a strong wind came from behind. I lost my _u_m__b_r_e_ll_a_ in the wind and I nearly _f_e_ll_ over. We had to walk slowly in the deep snow. When we arrived at the bus stop, we saw many people _w_a_i_ti_n_g__ there.
2. What did you hear? heard strong wind/big noise/ thunder
3. What did you see? saw the lightning/lots of smoke/sand / dark cloud/thick snow/ many people…