Unit 4 Calamities and rescues Listen and talk Directions: Listen to the following paragraphs and decide which picture is described in detail. The photos are all related to Calamities and Rescues. Describe them to your classmates with the help of the following question. 1. What are natural calamities or disasters? Give examples. 2. What are technological calamities? Give examples ?3. What basic skills do you need to become a first-aid worker? Read and Explore Passage a Death of a Dream ▲Lead- in Questions 1. Do you often travel by air? Do you en joy it? Explain. 2. It is said that traveling by air is safer than any other form of sportation Do you agree? 3 do you feel when you hear of, or read about, an air disaster? Related information I New York City New York city is the largest city in the United States, the home of the United Nations, and the center of global finance communications, and business. Unlike most American cities, which make up only a part of a particular county, New York is made up of five separate counties, which are called boroughs. They are Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn the Bronx and Staten. New York City is unusual among cities because of its high residential density, its extraordinarily diverse population, its hundreds of tall office and apartment buildings, its thriving central business district, its extensive public transportation system, and its more than 400 distinct neighborhoods 2 Figure Skating The ma jor types of competitive figure skating are individual men's and women's competitions, pairs skating, ice dancing, and precision skating. In individual competitions a single skater performs required elements and dged on how cleanly and artistically the motions are executed. Pairs skating consists of two skaters performing together. In ice dancing partners carry out the artistic motions of dance on skates. Precision skating, which is a highly structured activity, consists of a team of skaters who perform choreographed maneuvers. 3 Brussels Brussels is a city in central Belgium, capital and largest city of the country. Bilingual Brussels became one of Belgium's three federal regions in 1993, along with Dutch-speaking Flanders andUnit 4 Calamities and Rescues Listen and Talk Directions: Listen to the following paragraphs and decide which picture is described in detail.The photos are all related to Calamities and Rescues. Describe them to your classmates with the help of the following question. 1.What are natural calamities or disasters? Give examples.2.What are technological calamities? Give examples ?3.What basic skills do you need to become a first-aid worker? Read and Explore Passage A Death of a Dream ▲Lead-in Questions 1. Do you often travel by air? Do you enjoy it? Explain. 2. It is said that traveling by air is safer than any other form of transportation. Do you agree? 3. How do you feel when you hear of, or read about, an air disaster? Related Information 1 New York City New York city is the largest city in the United States, the home of the United Nations, and the center of global finance, communications, and business. Unlike most American cities, which make up only a part of a particular county, New York is made up of five separate counties, which are called boroughs. They are Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten. New York City is unusual among cities because of its high residential density, its extraordinarily diverse population, its hundreds of tall office and apartment buildings, its thriving central business district, its extensive public transportation system, and its more than 400 distinct neighborhoods. 2 Figure Skating The major types of competitive figure skating are individual men’s and women’s competitions, pairs skating, ice dancing, and precision skating. In individual competitions a single skater performs required elements and is judged on how cleanly and artistically the motions are executed. Pairs skating consists of two skaters performing together. In ice dancing partners carry out the artistic motions of dance on skates. Precision skating, which is a highly structured activity, consists of a team of skaters who perform choreographed maneuvers. 3 Brussels Brussels is a city in central Belgium, capital and largest city of the country. Bilingual Brussels became one of Belgium's three federal regions in 1993, along with Dutch-speaking Flanders and