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1、Module 3 The Violence of Nature 话题导入Building after building under water.Refugees(难民) in shelters.Thousands of others unsure where to go.Bodies in streets.This is what one of Americas historic cities was reduced to this week by a powerful storm，Katrina(卡特里娜)The mayor of New Orleans says thousands may
2、 be dead.Hurricane Katrina also caused death and destruction in parts of Mississippi and Alabama along the Gulf of Mexico.New Orleans is famous for its wild Mardi Gras celebrations.New Orleans is also a major port for foreign oil and other shipping trade.Yet the city of nearly five hundred thousand
3、people was built below sea level.New Orleans has depended on levees to control floods from the Mississippi River.Katrina struck on Monday.New Orleans avoided a direct hit but two of the levees failed the next day.Most of the city was flooded.Helicopters dropped huge sandbags to fill the breaks.Butth
4、e water had no place to go.Pumping stations had no power.America faces one of the worst natural events in its history.President Bush says the recovery will take years.People were told to leave the path of the storm.But some would not or could not.Many of those worst affected by Katrina are poor and
5、black.AfricanAmerican leaders and others were angry that government aid did not arrive faster.President Bush visited some of the damaged areas on Friday.He said the way officials reacted to the crisis was unacceptable.根据上文完成下列各题1Whats the main idea of the first paragraph?The_terrible_scene_after_a_p
6、owerful_storm.2Why were AfricanAmerican leaders and others angry?Because_in_this_disaster_the_government_aid_didnt_arrive_in_time.Period OneIntroduction & Reading and Vocabulary.单词1disaster n灾难2lightning n闪电light n光lighten vt.(使)发亮3experience vt.经历& n经历；经验experienced adj.有经验的4cause vt.引起；导致5furnitur
7、e n家具furnish vt.陈设；布置6bury vt.埋葬7occur vi.发生occurrence n发生的事情；存在的事物8tropical adj.热带的tropic n(地球的)回归线；热带9violent adj.猛烈的；激烈的；强烈的violence n暴力10strike vt.& n(雷电、暴风雨等)袭击.短语1pick_up卷起；掀起；拾起，捡起；接收；无意中学会2take_off去掉；脱下；起飞；取消3on_average平均起来4of_all_time有史以来5be_experienced_at/in做某事有经验6end_up结果为，以结束.课文理解1Which
8、of the following descriptions about tornado is NOT correct?AIt is a kind of rotating column of air.BIt is usually caused by a lightning.CIt can reach a speed up to more than 400 kilometres per hour.DIt can cause much damage to people，including deaths and injuries.答案B2How much damage did the worst to
9、rnado cause to the US?AThe tornado had winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour.BThe fur of the back of many cats and the feathers of many chickens had been taken off.CIt caused about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.DMore than 700 people lost their lives and 2,700 had been injured.答案D3What are the si
10、milarities between the tornado and the hurricane?AThey both occur together with strong wind.BAmerica is the country often affected by both of them.CThey both can cause a lot of damage to people and the buildings.DAll of the above.答案D4Where was Charles Coghlan born indeed?AIn Ireland.BIn Canada.CIn N
11、ew York.DIn Galveston.答案A5What are the causes of these natural violence?AThe different atmospheric pressure between two areas.BThe changeable weather in these areas.CThe destruction of the nature by human beings.DNot mentioned in the passage.答案D.课文缩写The most violent tornadoes have winds of over 400
12、km per hour.1.They can take cars，trains and even houses to other places，also take the fur or features 2.off an animal.Almost all tornadoes happen/occur in the US.On average，therere 800 each year,3.causing (cause) about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.The 4.worst (bad) one was in 1925，causing over 700 d
13、eaths and 2,700 injuries.Hurricanes have winds of 120 km per hour or more，5.which cause huge waves，heavy rain and floods.Therere six Atlantic hurricanes each year on average.The worst 6.one was in 1900 in Galveston，Texas，which caused 6,000 deaths and destroyed 3,600 buildings.Charles Coghlan,7.a nin
14、eteenthcentury Irish actor，died and was buried in Texas in 1899.The cemetery 8.was_destroyed (destroy) by the hurricane and his coffin ended up in the sea.Eight years 9.later (late)，the coffin was found in the east of Canada,3,000 km away from 10.where Coghlan was buried.1Have you ever experienced a
15、 thunderstorm?你经历过雷暴天气吗？归纳拓展experience vt.经历；n.经历；经验be experienced in在方面有经验learn by/through experience从经验中学习working experience工作经验an unforgettable/unusual experience一次难忘的/不平凡的经历注意：experience作“经验”讲时是不可数名词，而作“经历”讲时是可数名词。语境助记(1)Though he has ever had an experience with this kind of thing，he hasnt had enough experience for the job.After all，he is so young.尽管他在这种事上有过一次经历，但他仍没有足够的经验担当这项工作。毕竟，他太年轻了。(2)That was the most terrible earthquake I had ever experienced.那是我所经历的最可怕的一场地震。(3)She is_experienced_in teaching.她在教学方面有经验。题组训练用experience的适
