河南省濮阳市综合高中英语(人教版)选修六课件:Unit5 The power of nature(共42张PPT)

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课件42张PPT。Unit 5
The power of nature
Warming up & Reading
濮阳市综合高中 张群英高二人教新课标版选修六Human beings are powerful; they have
invented many things, and they have
been changing nature and the world.
Have you ever considered how weak
humans are compared with a volcano,
hurricane or earthquake?
Can you list some natural
disasters?natural disasterssandstormtyphoon floodhurricane tornadoearthquaketsunamilandslidesnowstormzxxkfloodsandstormtsunamizxxktornado
(龙卷风)Heavy snowstorm hits
Shandong Peninsula 21 Dec 2005. snowstormtyphoon/cyclone/hurricanesnow slidedroughtlandslidezxxkHave you ever
seen a volcano?volcano-eruptionVesuvius volcanoPompeii zxxk公元79年维苏威火山的
爆发掩埋了一座城市!
虽然地球史上每一次火山
爆发无不令地貌沧海桑田,
但公元79年维苏威火山的
爆发却的却令一座城市
获得了永生--庞贝无法
躲过火山的劫难, 但它被
掩埋封存在渐渐冷却、
凝固、变硬的火山灰中,
最终竟躲过了上千年岁月
的侵蚀。 an extinct volcano (死火山)an active volcanotypes of volcanoesa dormant volcano (休眠火山)What do you know about a volcano?
Do you know how a volcano erupts?zxxkWho studies volcanoes?
Who will climb into a live volcano to
take the temperature of the boiling
rock inside?volcanologistsCollect and evaluate
information about
volcanoes. What kind of things might a
volcanologist do?An Exciting JobWorking as a volcanologist What might be talked about?What does a volcanologist do?
Is the work important?His work can help save many lives because
people in the path of the lava can be warned
to leave their houses.Fast readingThe writer expressed his love for
his job as a volcanologist and told
us one of his unusual experiences
in Mount Kilauea, Hawaii.What’s the main idea of the article?Part 1(Para 1-2)
Part 2(Para 3-4)

Part 3(Para 5) The writer’s job and its importance The writer’s experience
of watching the volcanic eruptionThe reasons for the writer’s enthusiasm about his job.Read again and try to find out
main ideas of each part.zxxkPart one
(Para. 1- 2) 1. Why is a volcanologist’s job important?
2. Where is Mount Kilauea?

3. The writer doesn't mind the occasional
danger of his job because ______________
_____________________.It can warn people when the volcano
is going to erupt and save many lives.In Hawaii.him and makes him feel alivedanger excitesCareful readingJob: ____________
--- _____________________________
---______________________________
______________________________
importance: ______________________________
_______________________________________
__________________
feelings (adj.): _____________ -- __________
-- ___________Fill in the blanks. volcanologistcollect information for a databasehelp scientists to predict where
lava will flow and how fastprotect ordinary people from volcanoesexcited/Save people’s lives by warning them to
leave their homes.never boredfeel alivePart two (Para. 3- 4) 4. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea
more dangerous than the actual eruption?The lava can bury everything in its path
under the molten rock.
The rocks from the volcano usually
don’t damage anything
because no one lives
near the crater. my bed began shakinga strange soundMy bedroom became as bright as dayred hot lava was fountaining hundreds
of metres into the air 5. What made the author realize that an
eruption occurred? put on white protective suits, helmets,
big boots were dropped as close as possible to the crater slowly made our way to the edge of the
crater looked down into the red boiling center6. What did the scientists do after the eruption?7. What does the writer mean by using “lucky”
in the sentence “I was lucky enough to have
a much closer look at it.”?
8. Why did the scientists have to get close to
the volcano after it began erupting?To get some lava for later study.It was his first sight of an eruption.
It was the first time for him to watch the crater.9. Why was it difficult for the writer to walk
towards the edge of the crater?The writer wore special protective suits
that made it difficult to walk.My first experience:
I was ____ asleep when my bed began _______
and I heard a _______ sound, like a ______
passing nearby. Then I found my bedroom was
as ________ as day, and red lava ___________
hundreds of meters into the air.fastshakingstrange trainbrightfountainingFill in blanks about the writer’s
experience of the volcano.zxxkThe next day, three of us wanted to get close
to the ______. We put on ___________suits,
________, big _______ and special ______,
which made us look like __________. We
slowly ________________ to the edge of the
crater to collect some _____ for ____________.helmetsbootsglovesspacemenmade our waylavalater studyprotectivecraterPart three (Para. 5) 10. What is the writer still amazed at even after
studying volcanoes for more than 20 years?The author is still amazed at the beauty
of the eruption and its potential to
cause great damage.Analyze the writer’s feelings (Part 3) Find out the words (para1 and para 5) that
indicate the writer’s feeling about being a
volcanologist. Para 1: never bored; excited; alive; An Exciting jobPara 5: enthusiastic; amazedzxxk1. Preview the language points in the Reading part.
2. Learn some words and phrases by heart.Homework