大学英语口语教程 Calamities & Rescue

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1、Calamities&RescueEarthquakeSandstormTsunamiTyphoonDebrisflowVolcaniceruptionFloodDroughtAimsoftheUnit1)Learnaboutsomewordsandstructuresrelatedtodisasters.2)Introduceanddiscusssomedisasters.3)Practicestudents’spokenandwrittenEnglish.naturalcalamitie自然灾害Keywords

2、火山活動｜volcanicactivity火山泥流｜avolcanicmudflow火山噴火｜avolcaniceruption活火山｜anactivevolcano休火山｜adormantvolcano死火山｜anextinctvolcano溶岩流｜(a)lavaflow台風｜atyphoon台风眼｜theeye[center]ofatyphoon龙卷｜atornado飓风｜ahurricane洪水｜aflood雪崩｜anavalanche暴风雪｜aheavysnowfall泥石流｜debrisflow/anav

3、alanche/aflowofrocksandearth泥崩｜amudslide火灾现场｜thesceneofafiretheRedCross红十字会afireman消防员afirefightingtruck消防车relief救济品relieffood救济粮areliefpayment救济金DialogueA:Arethereanyinterestingstoriesinthenewspapertoday?B:Thereareafewstoriesaboutnaturaldisasters.Thereisamass

4、iveforestfireinAustralia.Itcoversseveralsquarekilometersoflandandhasdestroyedmanymoresquarekilometers.A:Wasitcausedaccidentallyornaturally?SometimesitgetssohotthatfiresbeginnaturallyinAustraliaandAfrica.B:Nobodyknowsatthemoment,butithasbeenveryhotthererecently

5、.ThedroughtinAfricaiscausingstarvation.Millionsofpeoplehavemigratedtotryandfindfood.A:Whatistheinternationalcommunitydoingtohelp?B:TheEuropeanUnionhassentseveralplantswithreliefsupplies.Severalcountrieshavesentsoldierstodistributefoodandmedicalsupplies.Refugee

6、campshavebeensetupacrosstheregion.A:Howmanycountrieshavebeenaffected?B:Sixhavebeenseriouslyaffected,buttherefugeesarealsomigratingtoseveralsurroundingcountries.A:IsawontheTVyesterdaythattherehasbeenanotherearthquakeinIran.B:Yes.Therehavebeenafewthererecently.T

7、heysaythatthisonewasnotabigquake.TheIraniansaredealingwithitontheirown.Theyhavepurchasedsomespecialequipmenttofindpeopleburiedunderrubble.A:Doesthenewspapersayanythingaboutcasualties?B:Sofar,lessthan20peoplehavedied,butover100areinhospital.TopicTalkonenaturalc

8、alamitieyouknowaboutoryoucameacrossbefore.Whatdidyoudointhenaturalcalamitie?Whatcanwedointhenaturalcalamitie?