Unit 6 Disaster and hope
What is a natural disaster? It is a sudden and terrible event in nature, such as a hurricane, tornado, or flood, that usually results in rious damage and many deaths. In our human history,we human beings have been riously affected by kinds of disasters, which usually cost our lives and posssions. However,why are there more and more disasters in our world? What should we do in the face of such disasters?
Part 1 Starting out,Understanding ideas,Using language
1.主题语境：人与自然——自然灾害及其防范和应对措施。
2.语篇类型：个人故事。
3.课文内容分析：作者结合自身的感受，生动地描述了伦敦的酷热天气，并由反常的天气联想到自然灾害，引发对环境问题的思考。课前的导入活动呈现了迄今为止有记录的地球上的最高温和最低温，引导学生思考极端气温可能给人类带来的问题，引发学生的环保意识和灾害防范意识，培养学生积极乐观的人生态度。
答案:1.hottest 2.one 3.last 4.disaster 5.space
1.Picking up a free newspaper at the Tube station,I e the title “Hot! Hot! Hot!”.(教材第62页)
在地铁站拿起一份免费报纸，我看到一个标题写着“热!热!热!”。
◆pick up捡起；使搭乘；搭救；学得；获得；接收；整理
The bus picks up pasngers outside the airport.
公交车在机场外接送乘客。
The equipment picked up the signal from the satellite.
设备接收到卫星发出的信号。
单句语法填空
①He just picked (he) up and went on running.
②This picture was taken twenty years ago.I wonder if you can pick my younger brother .
③He picked some French words while living with a Frenchman.
答案:①himlf ②out ③up
2.This,however,is nothing compared to the train.(教材第62页) 不过这还远远比不上车厢里面。
◆compare v.比较，对比
A teacher is often compared to a candle.That’s becau their devotion to work is beyond/without compare.
老师常被比作蜡烛。那是因为他们对工作的投入是无与伦比的。
However,that was small fry compared with the city’s Circus Maximus,which accommodated around 250,000 people.(2021年全国乙卷，阅读理解A)
然而，与这座城市容纳了25万人的大竞技场相比，这只是小巫见大巫。
