[英语学习]Unit-10-英语泛读.pptVIP

赤道 维度、经度 海拔 北回归线、南回归线 北极、南极 热带、温带、寒带 地中海 加勒比海 波斯湾 墨西哥湾 半岛 构造板块 地壳 干旱 热带风暴 热带气旋 强降雨 热浪 飓风 震源、震中、震级 余震 里氏震级 岩浆 火山喷发 火山口 海啸 雪崩 塌方 洪水 降水 气象学 地震学 水文学 第一页，编辑于星期一：十二点 二十四分。 Part I Vocabulary Equator Latitude, longitude Altitude Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn North pole, south pole Tropical/Torrid Zone, Temperate Zone, Frigid/cold Zone Mediterranean Sea Caribbean Sea The Persian Gulf The Gulf of Mexico Peninsular Tectonic plate Crust Tropical storm Tropical cyclones Intense rainfalls hurricanes Hypocenter, epicenter, magnitude Aftershock Richter scale Lava Volcano eruption Crater Tsunami Avalanche Landslide Deluge Precipitation Seismology Meteorology hydrology 第二页，编辑于星期一：十二点 二十四分。 Part II Background: El Nino, La Nina El Nino - (El Nee-nyo) is the warming of water in the Pacific Ocean. La Nina - (Lah Nee-Nyah) is the cooling of water in the Pacific Ocean. 第三页，编辑于星期一：十二点 二十四分。 Part II Background: El Nino, La Nina 第四页，编辑于星期一：十二点 二十四分。 Part II Background: El Nino, La Nina 第五页，编辑于星期一：十二点 二十四分。 El Nino, La Nina 第六页，编辑于星期一：十二点 二十四分。 Winds of Change Ground and satellite data were used to create this image of the equatorial Pacific, showing deviations in El Ni?o temperature and wind direction in May 1997. East-to-west winds have reversed themselves, at left, and a counterclockwise pattern near the top sends warm, moist air toward California. Image by W. Timothy Liu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA 第七页，编辑于星期一：十二点 二十四分。 Part II Background: El Nino, La Nina Interesting Facts El Nino was first discovered hundreds of years ago by fishermen off the coast of Peru. El Nino means “Little Boy” and was named after the Christ child (幼年基督), because it usually starts around Christmas. La Nina means Little Girl. It is also called El Viejo, which means old man, or an ENSO cold event. La Nina occurs roughly half as often as El Nino El Nino and La Nina are the most powerful phenomena on the earth and alter the climate across more than half the planet. El Nino may be caused by underwat