The Violence Of Nature （Book 3）

Welcometoourclass,Class6,Senior2,Module3Theviolenceofnature,Reviewsomeimportantwords:1.灾难_9.洪水_2.飓风_10.闪电_3.雷暴_11.龙卷风_4.经历_12.导致_5._n.家具13._v.埋葬6._n.羽毛14._n.毛皮7._v.发生15._adj.热带的8._n.赤道16._n.纬度,disaster,flood,hurricane,lightning,thunderstorm,tornado,experience,cause,furniture,bury,feather,fur,occur,tropical,equator,latitude,Guesswhathappenedanddescribetnem.,sandstorm,earthquake,lightning,flood,flood,thunderstorm,Thunderstorm雷暴,tornado,tornado,hurricane,hurricane,volcanoeruption火山爆发,Skimming,SkimandlistentotheGulfSteamandcheckthemeaningofthewords.,1.Whatisacurrent?(a)Akindofelectricity(b)Amovementofwater(c)Akindofwind2.Whatkindofthingsflow?(a)Water(b)Time(c)Money3.Iftwoplacesareonthesamelatitude,theyareonthesameline_.(a)eastandwest(b)northandsouth,B,A,A,Skimming,Howmanydisastersarementionedinthetext?,WhatisaTornado?,WhatisaHurricane?,Skimthefirstandsecondpartsofthepassagecarefully.Answerthequestions.,1.Howmanydisastersarementionedinthetext?2.WhatisaTornado?3.WhatisaHurricane?,Two,ATornadoisarotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.,AhurricaneisatropicalstormthatformsinthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.,Careulreading,Readthefirstpartofthepassagecarefully.Answerthequestions.,1.Howstrongaretornadowinds?,2.Whatcanhappentofurniturewhenahouseisdestroyedbyatornado?,Morethan400km/h.,Itstayswhereitwas.,Readthesecondandlastpartsofthepassagecarefully.Answerthequestions.,3.Whathappensatseaduringahurricane?,4.Whenwastheworsthurricaneofalltime?,Ithashugewaves.,On8thSeptember,1900.,5.WastheactorCharlesCoghlankilledinit?,No,hewasnot.,1.Alltornadoeshavewindsofmorethan400kilometersperhour.2.TherearemoretornadoesoccurringintheUSthaninotherpartsoftheworld.3.Theworsttornadoinhistorykilledatleast700people.4.EveryyeartherearesixAtlantichurricanes.5.Coghlanscoffinwasdestroyedbythe1900Galvestonhurricane.,T,F,T,Themostviolenttornadoes,F,F,onaverage,Thecemetery,Trueorfalse,Postreading,Fillintheblanks.,Atornadoisa_ofairfroma_totheground.On(the)average,thereare_tornadoeseachyear,_about80_and1500_.Theworstoccurredin_,_threeUSstatesandmaking700_and2700_.,_thelate1890s,he_toGalveston,_hediedin1899,ayearbeforethehurricane_.Thecemetery_Coghlanwasburiedwas_bythehurricaneandCoghlanscoffin_inthesea,By,rotatingcolumn,thunderstorm,800,causing,deaths,injuries,1925,affecting,dead/killed,moved,had,where,struck,where,destroyed,ended,up,inj