Disaster!(第七单元)

1.Vocabulary and Listening

A:1F 2D 3C 4B 5E 6A

B:2005, in New Orleans


E:killed; rescued; damaged;80;lost;90

2.Grammar

A:were rescued;was badly damaged;was flooded;was lost


Rule:to be; past participle


B:2 was stolen 3 were built 4 was written 5 weren't used

C:2 The house was robbed at midnight.

3 l am often confused with my older brother.

4 A lot of litter is dropped on the streets in our town.


5 A film was made about the earthquake.

6 She is called 'the Queen of Music'.

7 The Empire State Building was completed in 1932.


8 Our classroom window was broken last night.

4.Speak

B:A :1 1989  2 Paris  3 volcano  4 830.000

B:1 1925  2 1945  3 Colombia  4 1912

5.Read

A:1 locusts 2 on their own 3 When they form swarms. 4 They destroy the harvests and bring hunger.


B:1B 2D 3A 4E 5 C

C:1 They cause damage to plants and people.

2 They are very small, they live on their own and they don't hurt anyone.

3 one-tenth


4 They swarm in massive numbers and they can eat their own weight in plants every day.

5 They destroy the harvest so people die of hunger.


D:1 cause great damage 2 on its own 3 swarm 4 huge 5 It's no wonder 6 harvest

6.Grammar

A:a volcanic eruption; The earthquake;the most powerful earthquake; the volcano; a Roman town

B:a;an;the;zero article

C:1 a,a,the, the

2 a,a,The,the


3 an,zero,zero,a,a, the, the

4 a,zero,a,zero,zero,zero

7.Speak

A:2the 3a 4The 5a 6The 7zero 8a 9a 10the 11zero 12zero 13an

Culture in mind


8.Read and Listen

A:1 Rising sea levels and increased salt levels in water, climate change, hurricanes.


2 Hurricanes cause strong winds,storms and rough seas, which threaten life and cause damage. Rising sea levels increase salt in ground water, making it undrinkable. 3 Big ones produce more greenhouse gases.

C:2g 3b 4 a 5d 6h 7f 8c

10.Write

A:A man was blown by a very strong wind off a cliff,into the sea.

Para l:was rescued


Para 2:was blown off; was taken

Para 3: was saved

B:The weather was very hot.A cigarette end was dropped in the forest and the dry leaves caught fire. The fire was made worse by very strong winds.People had to leave their homes. The fire fighters could not control the fire and houses nearby were burnt.