浙江省天台县平桥第二中学人教版选修六Unit5ThePowerofNatureWarmingupandreading.课件.ppt

Unit 5 ;First of all , let’s watch a video. Do you know any natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters which you have known.;earthquake;thunder/ lightning;volcano-eruption;What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts?;volcano-eruption; Get a more knowledge of volcano;Near the oceans.;Questions ;2. Guess: what kind of things a volcanologist might do. Please work with partners and write your guess down.;Skimming ;What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?;What did the scientists do after the eruption?;Read through the passage quickly to check whether the guesses were correct. ;2. What is the volcanologist wearing when getting close to the crater?;1) Why is a volcanologist’s job important? 2) Where is Mount Kilauea? 3) Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption? 4) What caused the writer’s bedroom to become as bright as day even though it was night?;5) Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting? 6) Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater? 7) What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for 20 years? ;1) Why is a volcanologist’s job important? Volcanologists study volcanoes so that they can warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and so save many lives. zxxk 2) Where is Mount Kilauea? Mount Kilauea is in Hawaii. 3) Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption? The lava flows down the mountain and can cover up or burn villages in its path. The rocks that erupt from the volcano usually don’t damage anything because no one lives near the crater. ;4) What caused the writer’s bedroom to become as bright as day even though it was night? The light was caused by the red-hot rocks and gas that erupted from the volcano. 5) Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began e