外研版高中英语必修三

MODULE 3 TheViolenceofNature INTRODUCTION Haveyoueverexperiencedaflood 洪水ahurricane 飓风atornado 龙卷风alightning 闪电athunderstorm 雷暴 Matchthewordswiththeirdefinition floodhurricanelightningthunderstormtornado 1 alotofwaterinanareawhichisusuallydry 2 averystrongwindorstorm 3 alotofrainfallingquickly withloudnoiseandflashesoflight 4 theflashesoflightwhichhappensduringathunderstorm 5 acolumnofairthatturnsveryquickly flood hurricane thunderstorm lightning tornado tornado Arotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground 龙卷风 一种纵向的气旋 伴随有倒漏斗形的积雨云 涡流直径达几百码 以每小时八百公里 的速度移动 具有极大的毁坏性 Whatisatornado typhoon 台风 AtropicalcycloneoccurringinthewesternPacificorIndianoceans 发生在西太平洋或印度洋的热带暴风 Aviolentstormwithextremelystrongwindsandheavyrain 飓风 一种猛烈的热带风暴 形成于大西洋或加勒比海赤道地区 从形成地向北 西北或东北移动 常携有大量雨水 hurricane tidalwave tsunami Anearthquakeoriginatingundertheseafloor 海震 海啸 发自海底的地震 lightning 闪电 thebrightflashesoflightthatyouseeintheskyduringastorm 天空中云层放电时所产生的闪光 thunderstorm 雷暴 aviolentstormofthunderandlightning oftenaccompaniedbyrainandsometimeshail 短暂且有时很猛烈的雷和闪电的风暴 通常伴有雨且有时下冰雹 flood alargeamountofwaterthatcoversanareawhichwasdrybefore 正常情况下干燥为陆地地区的水泛滥 floodhurricanelightningthunderstormsandstormtornadoearthquaketyphoontidalwavevolcaniceruption 洪水飓风闪电雷暴沙尘暴龙卷风地震台风海啸火山喷发 DisastersofNature ReadabouttheGulfSteamandcheckthemeaningofthewords 1 Whatisacurrent a Akindofelectricity b Amovementofwater c Akindofwind2 Whatkindofthingsflow a Water b Time c Money3 Iftwoplacesareonthesamelatitude theyareonthesameline a east west b north south Matchthewordswiththedefinitions C C burydisasterfeatherfuroccurtropical 1 Youcanseethisonananimal 2 describethehottestpartsoftheearth fur tropical 3aterribleevent 4youcanseetheseonabird 5toplaceinthegroundortomb 6tohappen disaster feather bury occur C C C C Matchthearticlewithitsmainidea FAST READING ArticleoneArticletwoArticlethree CharlesCoghlan sstoryintheworsthurricanedisaster Arotatingcolumnofairanditspower Hurricanesarestrongtropicalstormsandintroduceitspowerandtheworstdisasterbyit Readthefirstpartcarefullyandanswerquestions CAREFUL READING 1 Whatisatornado Atornadoisarotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground 2 Whatcanhappentofurniturewhenahouseisdestroyedbyatornado Furniturecanbeinsideexactlywhereitwas 3 Whatcantornadoesdo Theycanpickup putdown takeoff destroy leave Readthesecondpart HurricanesusuallyoccurinthePacificOcean theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico There reonaveragesixAtlantichurricaneseachyearandtheyusuallyaffecttheeastcoastoftheUSfromTexastoMaine Hurricanescancausehugewaves heavyrainandfloods TheworsthurricaneofalltimeintheUSdestroyed3 000buildings T T F SouthernAtlanticOcean theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico F 3 600 Anextraordinaryevent 1 WhowasCharlesCoghlan Hewasanineteenth centuryIrishactorwhowenttoliveinCanadaanddiedinGalveston HiscoffinwasdroppedintheseabyahurricaneanditwascarriedtoCanadabytheGulfStream 2 Whatisthemeaningof CoghlantraveledbacktoCanadaafterhehadbeenburiedinTexas READING Listentothetapeandcompletethepassage Tornadoescan cars trainsandevenhousesand themdowninthenextstreet Theycantakethefur thebackofcatandfeathers achicken Theycan houses Butleavethe insideexactlywhereitwas pickup put destroy off off furniture READING Readthetextandanswerthequestions 1Howstrongaretornadowinds 2Whenwastheworsthurricane 3WastheactorCharleskilledinit 4HowmanytornadoesarethereinUS Choosethewordstocompletethesentences luckilyunfortunatelythankfullyhopefullysadlyfortunately 1 wehadplentyofwarning 2 therewereseveralvillagesinitspath 3 noonewaskilled Luckily Sadly Thankfully 4 itwon tbetoolon