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1、1INTRODUCTIONHave you ever experienced a flood?a hurricane?a tornado?a lightning?a thunderstorm?.2Match the words with their definition flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm tornado1. a lot of water in a area which is usually dry _ 2. a very strong wind or storm _ 3. a lot of rain falling quickly,
2、with loud noise and flashes of light _ 4. the flashes of light which happens during a thunderstorm _ 5. a column of air that turns very quickly _ flood hurricanethunderstormlightningtornado3tornado4A rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. 龙卷风：一种纵向的气旋，伴随有倒漏斗形 的积雨云，涡流直径达几百码，以每小时八 百公
3、里）的速度移动，具有极大的毁坏性What is a tornado?5typhoon台风：A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans. 发生在西太平洋或印度洋的热带暴风6A violent storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rain. 飓风：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hurricane7tidal wave / tsunamiAn earthquake originating
4、 under the sea floor. 海震/海啸：发自海底的地震8lightning闪电：the bright flashes of light that you see in the sky during a storm. 天空中云层放电时所产生的闪光。9thunderstorm雷暴： a violent storm of thunder and lightning, often accompanied by rain and sometimes hail. 短暂且有时很猛烈的雷和 闪电的风暴，通常伴有雨且有时下冰雹10flood ：a large amount of water th
5、at covers an area which was dry before.正常情况下干燥为陆地地区的水 泛滥11flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm sandstorm tornado earthquake typhoon tidal wave volcanic eruption洪水 飓风 闪电 雷暴 沙尘暴 龙卷风 地震 台风 海啸 火山喷发Disasters of Nature12Read about the Gulf Steam and check the meaning of the words 1. What is a current ?(
6、a) A kind of electricity (b) A movement of water(c) A kind of wind 2. What kind of things flow ?(a) Water (b) Time (c) Money 3. If two places are on the same latitude ,they are on the same line _(a) east/west (b) north/south13Match the words with the definitions.bury disaster feather fur occur tropi
7、cal1.You can see this on an animal _2.describe the hottest parts of the earth_ furtropical143 a terrible event _4 you can see these on a bird _ 5 to place in the ground or tomb_6 to happen _disasterfeatherburyoccur15Match the article with its main idea.FAST-READING16 Article one Article two Article
8、three Charles Coghlans story in the worst hurricane disaster. A rotating column of air and its power. Hurricanes are strong tropical storms and introduce its power and the worst disaster by it.17Read the first part carefully and answer questions.CAREFUL-READING181. What is a tornado? A tornado is a
9、rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado? Furniture can be inside exactly where it was. 3. What can tornadoes do? They can pick up, put down, take off., destroy, leave.19201. Hurricanes usually occur in the Pacifi
10、c Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. 2. Therere on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine. 3. Hurricanes can cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods. 4. The worst hurricane of all time in the US destroyed 3,000 bui
11、ldings.Southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.3,600 21An extraordinary event1.Who was Charles Coghlan? He was a nineteenth-century Irish actor who went to live in Canada and died in Galveston.His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and it was carried to Canada by
12、the Gulf Stream. 2.What is the meaning of “Coghlan traveled back to Canada after he had been buried in Texas”?22READINGListen to the tape and complete the passage. Tornadoes can _cars, trains and even houses and _ them down in the next street. They can take the fur _ the back of cat and feathers _ a
13、 chicken. They can _ houses. But leave the _inside exactly where it was. pick up putdestroyoff off furniture23READINGRead the text and answer the questions. 1 How strong are tornado winds?2 When was the worst hurricane?3 Was the actor Charles killed in it?4 How many tornadoes are there in US?24PRONU
14、NCIATIONListen and underline the words that the speaker stresses.25And now more information about the volcanic eruption on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean Sea which took place at 3am on December 26th, one week age. We spoke to a local journalist and he told us that no one had been killed i
15、n the incident. According to the journalist, more than half the 11,000 residents had left the island.26EVERYDAYENGLISHChoose the words to complete the sentences. luckily unfortunately thankfully hopefully sadly fortunately1 _, we had plenty of warning.2 _, there were several villages in its path.3_, no one was killed.LuckilySadlyThankfully27EVERYDAYENGLISH4 _, it wont be too lo
