Unit 5 Lesson 2（配套）
Learning Objectives | 1.To sort out main ideas and details and learn some knowledge about professional rescue by listening to an interview 2.To learn and master some phrases about maintaining, interrupting and ending a conversation |
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目标一：To sort out main ideas and details and learn some knowledge about professional rescue by listening to an interview Activity 1:sort out the facts Look at the photos. Finish the two tasks. Task 1 Use the phrases below to describe what is happening in each photo.
Task 2 Match the photos (a–d) with the descriptions (1–4). ( d ) 1 Search and rescue vehicles are brought into destroyed areas. ( c ) 2 Trained dogs are used to help search for anyone who is still alive. ( a ) 3 Rescue teams try to save people trapped under buildings. ( b ) 4 Many houses are destroyed by the terrible flood. Activity 2: Listen to the first part of the interview. Answer the questions. 1. What is the interview about? 2. Who is the interviewee? 3. Which two disasters are mentioned? Answers 1. The interview is about what search and rescue teams do when a natural disaster happens. 2. The interviewee is Mr Wang, who is from China International Search and Rescue Team. 3. The Wenchuan earthquake, the Nepal earthquake. Activity 3: Listen again. Complete the sentences. What happens on rescue attempts 1. Our first and most important goal is to save lives. 2. We use search and rescue vehicles and trained dogs to look for anyone who is still alive. 3. In a rescue attempt during the Nepal earthquake: Over sixty members and six dogs took part, and we were there for twelve days. We rescued two people and provided medical help to over 2,000 people. 4. It's our duty to try to reduce suffering and the loss of life. Activity 4: Read the Skill Builder. Then decide if the sentences contain a main idea (MI) about rescue attempts or a detail (D). Write the correct letter in the brackets.
Can you say the difference between main ideas and details? Main ideas: key points; supported by details Details: specific information; supported main ideas 1. Our first and most important goal is to save lives. 2. We use search and rescue vehicles and trained dogs to look for anyone who is still alive. 3. In a rescue attempt during the Nepal earthquake: Over sixty members and six dogs took part, and we were there for twelve days. We rescued two people and provided medical help to over 2,000 people. 4. It's our duty to try to reduce suffering and the loss of life. Answers MI; D; D; D; MI Activity 5: Pair Work. Work out four questions you may ask according to the information in Activity 3. Then ask and answer the questions. Q1: What is the most important goal of search and rescue attempts? 1. Our first and most important goal is to save lives. Q2: How do rescue team search for people who might be alive? 2. We use search and rescue vehicles and trained dogs to look for anyone who is still alive. Q3: Who took part in the rescue attempt in Nepal after the earthquake? How many people did they help? 3. In a rescue attempt during the Nepal earthquake: Over sixty members and six dogs took part, and we were there for twelve days. We rescued two people and provided medical help to over 2,000 people. Q4: What’s Mr. Wang’s attitude towards his job? 4. It’s our duty to try to reduce suffering and the loss of life. Activity 6: Listen to the second part of the interview. What advice does Mr Wang give about surviving an earthquake when you’re outdoors, indoors or trapped?
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目标二：To learn and master some phrases about maintaining, interrupting and ending a conversation Activity 1: Listen and imitate. Decide whether the phrases in italics are used to: maintain (M), interrupt (I) or end (E) a conversation. Write the correct letter in the brackets.
What are polite ways to interrupt and end a conversation? Can you find more expressions? To interrupt 1. Do you mind if I interrupt? 2. I'd like to add something to that, … 3. I beg your pardon, but I need to say something. To end 1. It's been great talking with you. 2. Please excuse me, I have to … 3. Please get in touch if I can help you in any way. Activity 2: Pair Work. Practise maintaining, interrupting and ending a conversation in the following situations. Use the expressions in the Talk Builder to help you. Situation 1: Two friends talking on the phone Friend 1: talking about his / her worries for the next day's presentation Friend 2: needs to end the conversation so as to catch a train Situation 2: An English teacher and a student in an English class English teacher: explaining how to use relative clauses Student: needs to interrupt so as to ask a question | |||||||||||||
Summary: What have you learnt about professional rescue? | |||||||||||||
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