Module3TheViolenceofNatureCanyouspeakoutsomewordsaboutnaturaldisastersthatwelearnedyesterday?Reviewlandslidesandstormtwister(tornado)(forest)firelightningfloodHurricane['h?rik?n]

volcaniceruption[v?l'k?nik][i'r?p??n]earthquakedrought[draut]thunderstormTsunami[tsu'na:mi]ReadingandvocabularyHowtointroduceakindofnaturaldisasterdefinition;causes;results;where;howstrong;whathappens;frequency;typicalones(e.g.worstones);tipsforescape;signs;forecast;warning;precautions(預(yù)防措施)

pre-readingMatchthewordswiththedefinitions.(Page22)1.youcanseethisonananimal_________2.describingthehottestpartsoftheearth,northandsouthoftheequator_________3.aterribleevent_________4.youcanseetheseonabird_________5.toplaceinthegroundortomb[tu?m]____6.tohappen_________burydisasterfeathersfuroccurtropicalfurtropicaldisasterfeathersburyoccurArticleone

ArticletwoArticlethreeanextraordinarystoryaboutthe1900Galvestonhurricanesomethingaboutatornado

somethingaboutahurricaneMatchthearticlewithitsmainidea.FastreadingWhatarethedifferencesbetweenatornadoandahurricane?detailedreadingReadpart1andpart2tofindoutthedetailedinformation.ATornadoAHurricaneDefinitionSpeedWhereDamageTheworstonearotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground>400km/hintheUS,fromTexastoSouthDakotapickup/putdown/takeoff/destroyhouses1925,threestates,over700killed,2,700injuredStrongtropicalstorms120km/hormoreinthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexicocausehugewaves,heavyrainandfloodsStep.8th,1900inGalveston,TexasReadthethirdpartofthetextcarefullyandchoosethecorrectoptionfromtheboxtocompletethechart.AnExtraordinaryEventA.Thecoffinwasfoundintheseanearhishometown.B.movedtoNewYorkC.diedinGalvestonD.Thecemeterywasdestroyed.(opitions選項）BCDA

WhatIsaTornado?Atornadoisa1)

(rotate)columnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.Themost2)

(violence)havewindsofmorethan400kilometres3)

hour.AlmostallofthemoccurintheUS,intheareafromTexasinthesoutheasttoSouthDakotainthenorth.Tornadoescanpick4)

cars,trainsandevenhousesandputthemdowninthenextstreet–oreveninthenexttown.Theyconsolidationrotatingviolentperupcantakethefur5)

thebackofacatandthefeathers6)

achicken.Theycandestroyhouses,butleavethefurnitureinsideexactlywhereitwas.7)

average,thereare800tornadoesintheUSeachyear,8)

(cause)about809)

(die)and1,50010)

(injured).Theworsttornadoofalltime11)

(occur)in1925,12)

(affect)threeUSstates:Missouri,IllinoisandIndiana.Bythetimeitended,morethan700people13)

(kill)and2,700hadbeeninjured.offoffOncausingdeathsinjuriesoccuredaffectinghadbeenkilled

WhatIsaHurricane?Hurricanesarestrongtropicalstorms,andtheyusuallyoccurinthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.Thereareviolentwindsof120kilometresperhourormore,14)

causehugewaves,heavyrainandfloods.ThereareonaveragesixAtlantichurricaneseachyearandtheyusuallyaffecttheeastcoastofUSfromTexastoMaine.Theworsthurricanedisasterofalltimeoccurred15)

the8thSeptember1900inGalveston,Texas.Windsof200kilometresperhourandwhichonfive-metrehighwaveshitthecity.Thedisasterkilled6,000peopleinapopulationof37,000anddestroyed3,600buildings.

AnExtraordinaryEventThisisastoryaboutthe1900Galvestonhurricane.CharlesCoghlanwas16)

nineteenth-centuryIrishactor17)

wenttoliveinCanada.HethenmovedtoNewYork,18)

hebecamefamous.19)

thelate1890s,hehadmovedtoGalveston,wherehediedin1899,ayearbeforeawhowhereBythehurricane20)

(strike).Thecemetery21)

CoghlanwasburiedwasdestroyedbythehurricaneandCohglan’scoffinendedupinthesea.Eightyearslater,thecoffinwasfound22)

fishermenintheseanearhishomeonPrinceEdwardIslandintheeastofCanada.TheGulfStreamhadcarried23)

3,000kilometresuptheeasternUScoasttoPrinceEdwardIsland.CoghlantraveledbacktoCanada–afterhehadbeenburiedinTexas!struckwherebyitWhatcanyoulearnfromthispassage?Discussionseriousdamagethenaturaldisaterswillcause...weneed