高中英语Module3《TheViolenceofNature》Readingandvocabulary.ppt

The violence of nature;Teaching aims;tornado;;A violent storm with strong winds and heavy rain. 一种猛烈的热带风暴，形成于大西洋或加勒比海赤道地区，从形成地向北、西北或东北移动，常携有大量雨水;;lightning;Thunderstorm;snowstorm;;;;;typhoon;Reading and Vocabulary;;Canada;The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean _____ which starts in the Gulf of Mexico and _____ northeast across the Atlantic.Because of the Gulf Stream ,the United Kingdom and other places in Europe are much warmer than parts of Canada on the same _____.;Part1. Choose the best answer;;Part 2; Hurricanes usually occur in the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. There’re on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine. Hurricanes can cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods. The worst hurricane of all time in the US destroyed 3,000 buildings.;His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.;Careful Reading;1. The most violent have winds of  more than 400 kilometers  _______ (每小时). 2. __________ (平均起来), there are  800 tornadoes in the US each year,  ________ (引起) about 80 deaths  and 1,500 injuries. ;Speaking ; strong tropical storms;Read the third part ;Charles Coghlan was a nineteen century Irish_____ who went to live in Canada… By the late 1890s,he had moved to Galveston, ____ he died in 1889, a year before the hurricane _______.The _________where Coghlan was buried was _________by the hurricane and Coghlan’s _______ended up in the sea. Eight years later, the coffin was founded by ______ in the sea near his home on Prince Edward in the east of Canada… Coghlan ________back to Canada –after he had been _______in Texas. ;Writing Write a passage about earthquake. Try to use what you learn in this period 2008年5月12日，一次特大地震袭击了汶川，数以万计的人员伤亡，更有许多人无家可归。震后，交通阻断，水电供应也中断了，灾区情况严峻。消息传出后，全国人民纷纷伸出援助之手，众多国际组织和外国政府实施紧急救援，帮助灾区人们渡过难关。 ;1.The verbs and phrases we use to express disasters;How can w