Unit5Thepowerofnature课件1（新人教选修6）.ppt

Section Ⅰ　Warming up Reading —— Pre-reading;Step One：Warming up;2．In February,2008，what happened to China? ________________________________________________________________________ 答案：　A terrible snowstorm struck South China.;3．Do you know any other natural disasters? ________________________________________________________________________ 答案：　Earthquake；flood；hurricane；typhoon；tsunami；volcano-eruption;Step Two：Fast reading Scan the text and then choose the best answer according to the text. 1．What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1? A．About the volcano. B．About the scientific equipment. C．About the local people. D．About the author’s job. 答案：　A; 2．How many years has the author worked as a volcanologist? A．10 years.　　　　 B．20 years. C．30 years. D．40 years. 答案：　B;3．We can know from the passage that________. A．the writer likes his job because it is challenging B．after studying vocanoes for 20 years，the writer finds it very boring C．nobody dare get close to the volcano after it erupted D．it is easy for the writer to get close to the crater 答案：　A;4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．The boiling rock which erupts from the volcano and crashes back to earth causes more damage than the lava. B．The lava that flows slowly down the mountain causes far more damage than the boiling rock. C．The eruption is not exciting to watch. D．The writer climbed down into the crater to collect information after the eruption. 答案：　B;5．The writer doesn’t mind the occasional danger of his job because________. A．he travels to unusual places and meets interesting people from all over the world B．he likes the different ways of working C．he thinks his job the most important D．he is excited about dangers and feels alive 答案：　D;Step Three：Detail reading Ⅰ.Read the text and then answer the following questions. 1．Where is Mount Kilauea? ________________________________________________________________________ 答案：　It is in Hawaii.;2．What does a volcanologist do? Is the work impo