B6U5+Reading.ppt

1、The Power of Nature,Unit 5,In February, 2008, what happened to China?,Do you know any other natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters .,snowstorm,On May 12, what happened to Wenchuan China?,Typhoon 台风,Sandstorm,Flood,Earthquake,Tornado龙卷风,Snowstorm,Tsuna

2、mi海啸,Landslide山崩,Hailstorm冰雹,Volcano,Hurricane 飓风,natural disasters,The power of nature,Flood,Earthquake,See the following pictures.,Typhoon/Cyclone/Hurricane,Tsunami,Sandstorm,drought,volcano-eruption,What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts?,volcano-eruption,Boiling rock er

3、upts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.,Magma chamber 岩浆储源,Lava熔岩,Crater火山口,Ash cloud尘云,An extinct volcano 死火山,An active volcano 活火山,What types of volcanoes do you know?,A dormant volcano 睡火山,Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside

4、?,What kind of things might a volcanologist do?,Collect and evaluate information about volcanoes.,An Exciting Job,Working as a volcanologist.,What might be talked about?,Part 1(Para 1-2) Part 2(Para 3-4) Part 3(Para 5),The writers job and its importance,The writers experience of watching the volcani

5、c eruption,The reasons for the writers enthusiasm about his job,Skim the text and match the main ideas and the paragraphs.,The author talked about the importance of his job as a volcanologist, his first experience of the volcano eruption, as well as his enthusiasm about the job.,Part one (Para. 1- P

6、ara. 2),Why is a volcanologists job important? 2) Where is Mount Kilauea? 3) The writer doesnt mind the occasional danger of his job because _.,It can warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and save many lives.,In Hawaii.,him and makes him feel alive,danger excites,Careful reading,Part two (

7、Para. 3- Para. 4),2.What made the author realize that an eruption occurred? 3.What did the scientists do after the eruption ?,The lava can cover up or burn villages in its path. The rocks from the volcano usually dont damage anything because no one lives near the crater.,Why is the lava that flows o

8、n Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption?, My bed began _. I heard a _, like a railway train passing my window. My bedroom became as _ as day. There had been an _ from the side of the mountain. Red hot _ was fountaining hundreds of meters into the air. It was an absolutely _ sight.,sh

9、aking,strange sound,bright,eruption,lava,fantastic,2.What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?,My bedroom became as bright as day,3.What did the scientists do after the eruption?,Put on white protective suits, helmets, big boots and special gloves,Slowly made our way to the edge of the

10、 crater,Looked down into the red, boiling centre,Climbed down into the crater to collect some lava,Part three (Para. 5),What does the writer find impressive even after studying volcanoes for many years?,The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great da

11、mage.,An interesting job Im a volcanologist. I travel to unusual places and meet interesting people from all over the world, but Im never (1)_(bore). Having collected and (2)_(evaluate) the information of volcanoes, I help other scientists to (3)_information about volcano, but unfortunately, we cant

12、 move peoples homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or (4)_(burn) to the ground. Ill never forget my first sight of an(5)_(erupt) -red hot lava was (6)_(fountain) hundreds of meters into the air, which was an (7)_ fantastic sight. We scientists (8)_special clothes and slowly made our way to the edge of the crater and looked down into the r