unit5The_Power_of_Nature课件13(人教版选修6).ppt

YiShui No. 2 Middle School Xia Zhaoxia;Teaching aims:;Do you know any other natural disasters ?;China suffered massive flooding concentrated in three areas during the 1998 summer. ;1976年7月28日凌晨3时42分，河北省冀东地区的唐山、丰南 一带突然发生7.8级强地震，新兴的重工业城市唐山蒙受惨重灾难，被夷为一片废墟。 ;hurricane;typhoon disaster;drought ;landslide;sandstorm;Heavy snowstorm hits Shandong Peninsula(半岛)21 Dec 2005 ;Reading;volcano;What does a volcanologist’s work look like?;;First reading Scan and skim the whole text .;Match the main idea of each part Part 1(Pa 1-2) Part 2(Pa 3-4) Part 3(Pa 5) ;II. Careful reading (intensive reading) choose the best answers; Boiling rock which erupts from the volcano and crashes back to earth causes less damage. B. The lava that flows slowly down the mountain causes far more damage.;2. The writer doesn’t mind the occasional danger of his job because ________.;A. Because his bed began shaking. B. Because his bedroom suddenly became as bright as day. C. Because he thought there was an earthquake in Hawaii. D. Because he wanted to collect information about the eruption.;4. What does the writer mean by using  “lucky” in the sentence “ I was lucky  enough to have a much closer look at  it. ” ?;A. He left much safer on the top while the other two scientists climbed down into the crater. B. It was his first sight of an eruption. C. It was the first time for him to watch the crater. D. both B and C.;5. What does the word “alive” mean in the sentence “... danger excites me and makes me feel alive”? Living or not dead. B. Active or lively. C. Continuing. D. Healthy.;III. Read the text and fill in the blanks.; I’ll never forget my first sight of an eruption—red hot lava was 5._____________ hundreds of metres into the air，which was an absolutely 6.____________ sight. We scientists wore special clothes and slowly 7._________________ the edge of the crater and looked down in