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1、Module 3,Module 3 The Violence of Nature,Introduction,Can you name some disasters? Can you describe it?,Lightning,the flash of light which happens during a thunderstorm,tornado,a column of air that turns very quickly,flood,a lot of water in an area which is usually dry,a very strong wind or storm,hu
2、rricane,thunderstorm,a lot of rain falling quickly, with loud noises and flashes of light,volcanic eruption,Match the words in the box with their definition.,flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm tornado,1. a lot of water in an area which is usually dry 2. a very strong wind or storm 3. a lot of ra
3、in falling quickly, with loud noises and flashes of light 4. the flash of light which happens during a thunderstorm 5. a column of air that turns very quickly,flood,hurricane,thunderstorm,lightning,tornado,flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm sandstorm tornado earthquake volcanic eruption,洪水 飓风 闪电
4、 雷暴 沙尘暴 龙卷风 地震 火山喷发,Disasters of Nature,1. Have you experienced a thunderstorm? a flood? a hurricane? a tornado? 2. Have you ever read a news story about one of the events? Can you describe it?,Discuss the questions with your partner:,Reading and vocabulary,Canada,America,Pacific Ocean,The Atlantic,
5、Gulf of Mexico,1. What is a current? A. A kind of electricity B. A movement of water C. A kind of wind 2. What kind of things flow? A. Water B. Time C. Money 3. If two places are on the same latitude, they are on the same line _. A. east/west B. north/south,B,A,A,Read about the Gulf Stream and answe
6、r the questions.,A tornado,A hurricane,An extraordinary event,Read the three passages on page 23 quickly and fill in the blanks.,A tornado,1. A tornado is _ from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent have winds of more than _ per hour. 2. They occur in the area from _ to _.,a rotating colum
7、n of air,400 kilometres,Texas in the southeast,South Dakota in the north,3. They can _ cars, trains and houses. They can _ houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was. 4. The worst one occurred in 1925, affecting _. More than _ had been killed and _ had been injured.,pick up,destroy,
8、three US states,700 people,2,700,A hurricane,1. Hurricanes are _. 2. They occur in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the _. 3. The worst one occurred on the _ in Galveston, Texas. It killed _ and destroyed _.,strong tropical storms,Gulf of Mexico,8th September 1900,6,000 people,3,60
9、0 buildings,Coghlan went to live in Canada. He then moved to _ Galveston(his coffin) _ in Canada.,New York,Prince Edward Island,An extraordinary event,True or False.,1. All tornadoes have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour. 2. There are more tornadoes occurring in the US than in other parts
10、of the world. 3. Tornadoes cant destroy furniture because they are not violent enough.,4. In the US, there are usually about 80 people killed in tornadoes every year. 5. The worst tornado in history killed at least 700 people.,6. Every year there are six Atlantic hurricanes. 7. Both the worst tornad
11、o and the worst hurricane occurred in the US.,8. The worst hurricane of all time killed about one-sixth of the population in the US. 9. Charles Coghlan didnt become famous until he moved to New York. 10. Coghlans coffin was destroyed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane. 11. It was only because of the hu
12、rricane that Coghlans body could travel back to Canada.,Read the passages again and answer these questions.,1. How strong are tornado winds? More than 400 km/h. 2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado? It stays where it was.,3. How many tornadoes are there in the US ev
13、ery year? About 800. 4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time? More than 700.,5. What happens at sea during a hurricane? It has huge waves. 6. When was the worst hurricane of all time? 8th September, 1900.,7. Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it? No, he wasnt. 8. What happened
14、to him after the hurricane? His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.,Find the words and expressions in the passages and match them with the definitions.,bury disaster feathers fur occur tropical,1. you can see this on an animal 2. describing the hott
15、est parts of the earth, north and south of the equator 3. a terrible event 4. you can see these on a bird 5. to place in the ground or tomb 6. to happen,fur,tropical,disaster,feathers,bury,occur,a rotating column of air,strong tropical storms,over 400km/h,120km/h or more,in the US,in the Atlantic Ocean .,pick up, put down, take off , destroy ,kill destroy,1925 US,1900 Galveston,Fill in the blanks.,Describe a tornado and a hurricane in your own words.,