Module 3 The Violence of Nature Reading and vocabulary 课件（21张PPT）

课件21张PPT。Module 3 The Violence of NatureTornadoHurricaneReading and vocabularyWhat is a tornado? What is a hurricane?Read the passage(part one and part two) on page 23 quickly and fill in the blanks and discuss you answers in groups.a rotating column of airstrong tropical stormsover 400km/h120km/h or morein the US, from Texas to South Dakota. in the southern Atlantic Ocean ,the Caribbean Sea,the Gulf of MexicoTask 1 Fill in the blanks.on average 800 tornadoes every yearon average six Atlantic hurricanes per yearpick up…, put… down, take … off …, destroy …leavecause huge waves, heavy rain, floodsin 1925in 1900 Galvestonaffect 3 US states 700 people killed, 2700 injuredkilled 6000 people, destroyed 3600 buildings Let’s read the story, An Extraordinary Event, and see what did the 1900 hurricane do to a dead person, and then fill in the blanks. An extraordinary eventCharacter:CoghlanTime At first: Then: By the late 1890s: In : In 1900: Eight years later: EventHe went to live in Canada.He moved to New York.He had moved to Galveston.He died.His cemetery was destroyed by His coffin ended up .He travelled back to 1899the hurricane.in the seaCanada.A question for you: What is the purpose of telling the story?To stress again that the natural disaster is very violent.Task 2 Role play(summary): Make an interview to introduce a tornado and hurricanes to the public. One student is the host, and the other is an expert in natural disaster.Task 2 Pair work: Some useful words or sentences for you: A(Host): Welcome to our Talk. Today our topic is tornadoes and hurricanes. First, would you tell us what a tornado is? (where, how often, occur, damage, kill, cause, the worst tornado,destroy,violent…) B(Expert): A tornado is...The rate of a tornado will be higher and higher.If we continue to destroy our environment, What should we do?What should we do to protect the environment to reduce the rate of natural disasters? Discussion:Homework: Write a short passage to introduce a kind of natural disaster, and tell the public what we should do to protect our environment.3. They can _____ cars, trains and houses. They can _____ houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was. 4. The worst one occurred in 1925, affecting _____. More than _____ had been killed and _____ had been injured.pick up destroythree US states700 people 2,700 What happened?2.Can you imagine how terrible the disaster was?龙卷风.mpeg1. Hurricanes are _____. 2. They occur in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the _____. 3. The worst one occurred on the _____ in Galveston, Texas. It killed _____ and destroyed _____. A hurricane strong tropical stormsGulf of Mexico8th September 19006,000 people 3,600 buildings1. A tornado is _____ from a thunderstorm to the ground. 2. They occur in the area from _____ to _____.A tornado a rotating column of airTexas in the southeastSouth Dakota in the northCoghlan went to live in Canada. →He then moved to _____died in 1899→a hurrican ha ... ...