高中英语Unit 5 The power of nature A text structure analysis of AN EXCITING JOB

Unit 5 The power of naturePart Two: Teaching Resources (第二部分：教学资源)Section 1: A text structure analysis of AN EXCITING JOBI. Type of writing and summary of the textType of writingThis is a piece of narrative writing.Main idea of the passageThe text tells about the authors job as a volcanologist and his experience collecting information about Mount Kilauea.Topic sentence of 1st paragraphI have the greatest job in the world.Topic sentence of 2nd paragraphI am a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Topic sentence of 3rd paragraphIll never forget my first sight of an eruption.Topic sentence of 4th paragraphThe day after this eruption I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it.Topic sentence of 5th paragraphToday, I am just as enthusiastic about my job as the day I first started. II. A retold version of the textMy job is traveling distant mountains to observe them and meet people from around the mountains. The mountains are not the ordinary ones you see daily. They are volcanoes. So I may work outdoors, use instruments and meet with occasional dangerous eruptions.The job is dangerous and exciting. It makes me feel excited. For I am out to keep people alive and protect them from being hurt.I am now work for a Hawaiian volcano observatory. I collect information about an active volcano called Mount Kilauea. You may not have heard of it, I think.When a volcano erupts we try to save lives by urging people to leave their homes as quick as possible. Then, very soon, the houses, the villages might be moved out of places and get covered with volcano ashes. All that exist in its path would be burned to the ground by the boiling rock erupted from the crater of the volcano. Huge rocks might crash to the sky and back to the ground, causing great dangers to all that is around the mountain. The high buildings fall down and become buried under the molten rock.Even today, years after, I still cannot forget my first sight of the volcano eruption. That day we arrived at a small mountain village close to a volcano. We went to bed and soon fell fast asleep. All of sudden we heard a strong sound outside the window. Because I had experienced earthquakes before, I did not take much notice. I went back to sleep. Then suddenly the sky outside became as bright as day. I ran out of the room into the back garden to see in the distance the volcano erupting in the side of the mountain. It was fountaining violently into the sky. It was really an absolutely fantastic sight.The next day I was lucky to have a closer look at the volcano. I was driven up the mountain to be very close to the crater to collect ashes from it. I put on thick glasses and jacket look like a spaceman in the flying suits. We made our way to the top of the smoking mountain. We looked down into the crater and climbed down into it. We collected lots of rock and ash for later study. We stay