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Lesson 3 Natural Disasters Appreciation of a film trailer Appreciation of two film clips Appreciation of another film trailer landslide tsunami typhoon grand scale changeable thunderstorm rainfall irrigation n. 滑坡,山崩 n. 海啸 n. 台风 adj. 巨大的 n. 规模,大小 adj. 多变的 n. 雪暴,雷雨 n. 降雨量 n. 灌溉 arm rough quake offshore catastrophe separation means construct shabby vt. 武装 adj. 艰难的 n. 地震 adj. 在近海岸的 n. 巨大的灾难 n. 分离,分开 n. 方法 vt. 建造 adj. 破烂的 clay brick slip slide mountainous howl flee potential roll n. 黏土 n. 砖,砖块 vi. 滑落 vi. 滑行 adj. 多山的 vi. 咆哮,怒吼 vt., vi. 逃走 n. 潜在的可能性 vi. (平稳地)移动,滚动 result in earn one’s living 导致 谋生 droughts Look at the following pictures and what are happening in the pictures? earthquakes floods forest fires hurricanes landslides tsunamis typhoons volcanic eruptions Discussion Which of the disasters do you think are: caused by people? made worse by people? nature? Read the article and check your answers to the questions. caused by people: forest fires made worse by people: hurricanes natural: droughts, earthquakes, floods, landslides, tsunami, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, forest fires, hurricanes Answers Reading Strategies: Completing texts with sentence gaps Read the text to get the general idea. Read a paragraph with a sentence gap and identify the topic, e.g. disasters. Read the sentences before and after the gap and look for clues about the missing sentence, e.g. is it an example of what is mentioned before? Certain words may help you: time references (then), pronoun references (it, that), linking words (however). Decide which sentence goes in the gap. Check that it fits the sentences before and after it. Use the strategies to complete the gaps in the text (1-5) with these sentences (a-g). There are two extra sentences you do not need . a) But evidence shows that 73,000 years ago there was a much greater eruption. b) Even Europe has suffered and large areas have been underwater. c) That is probably not the most i