福建省莆田第八中学（人教版）英语高二下学期选修6课件： unit5 The Power of Nature（共30张PPT）

课件30张PPT。The Power of NatureUnit 5英语组 张素香In February, 2008, what happened to China? Do you know any other natural disasters ?
Please work with your partners and
make a list of natural disasters .snowstormOn May 12, what happened to Wenchuan China?Typhoon 台风SandstormFloodEarthquakeTornado龙卷风SnowstormTsunami海啸Landslide山崩Hailstorm冰雹VolcanoHurricane 飓风 natural disastersThe power of natureFloodEarthquake See the following pictures.Typhoon/Cyclone/Hurricane TsunamiSandstormdrought
volcano-eruptionWhat do you know about volcano?
Do you know how a volcano erupts?volcano-eruptionBoiling rock erupts from the crater;
the lava flows slowly down the mountain. Magma chamber
岩浆储源 Lava熔岩 Crater火山口 Ash cloud尘云 An extinct volcano
死火山An active volcano
活火山 What types of volcanoes do you know?A dormant volcano
睡火山Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?What kind of things might a volcanologist do?
Collect and evaluate information about volcanoes. An Exciting JobWorking as a volcanologist. What might be talked about?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 jobSkim the text and match the main ideas and the paragraphs. The author talked about
the importance of his job as a volcanologist,
his first experience of the volcano eruption,
as well as his enthusiasm about the job. 1.The writer is a __________A. doctor
B. teacher
C. volcanologist
D. physicist2.The writer worked as a volcanologist in Hawaii__________.A. 5 years ago
B. 10 years ago
C. 15 years ago
D. 20 years ago3.The writer’s job is _______A. collecting information for a database
B. travelling around the world
C. helping the victims as a doctor
D. taking photos for a newspaper4.When boiling rock erupts from a volcano, it causes less damage than you imagine because______A. the temperature is not very high
B. no one lives near the top of he Mount Kilauea
C. people know how to escape the rocks
D. the buildings near the volcanoes are very firm.5.The eruption mentioned in the passage happened________A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. in the evening
D. at noon6.“All 3 of us looked liked spacemen” is because ________A. they were in the space
B. they wore protective suits
C. they were in the space shuttle
D. they were near the crater

Part one (Para. 1- Para. 2) 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 readingPart two (Para. 3- Para. 4) 2.What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
3.What did the scientists do after the eruption ?The lava can cover up or burn villages in its path. The rocks from the volcano usually don’t damage anything because no one lives near the crater.Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption?★ My bed began ________.
★ I heard a _____________, like a railway train passing my window.
★ My bedroom became as _______ as day.
★ There had been an ________ from the side of the mountain.
★ Red hot ______ was fountaining hundreds
of meters into the air.
★ It was an absolutely ________ sight.shakingstrange soundbrighteruptionlavafantastic2.What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?My bedroom became as bright as day3.What did the scientists do after the eruption?Put on white protective suits, helmets, big boots and special glovesSlowly made
our way to the
edge of the craterLooked
down into
the red, boiling centreClimbed down
into the crater to collect some lavaPart three (Para. 5) What does the writer find impressive even after studying volcanoes for many years? The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great damage.7.The passage suggests that_____A. The writer is worried about his job.
B. The writer is anxious about his job
C. The writer is interested in his work.
D. The writer is tired of his work.An interesting job
I’m a volcanologist. I travel to unusual places and meet interesting people from all over the world, but I’m never (1)________(bore).
Having collected and (2)_________(evaluate) the information of volcanoes, I help other scientists to (3)________information about volcano, but unfortunately, we can’t move people’s homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or (4)_______(burn)
to the ground.
I’ll never forget my first sight of an(5)________(erupt)
----red hot lava was (6)____________(fountain) hundreds
of meters into the air, which was an (7)___________ fantastic sight. We scientists (8)______special clothes and slowly made our way to the edge of the crater and looked down into the red, (9)_________centre.
I was and am still (10)_______at volcanoes’ beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage.boredevaluatedpredictburnederuptionfountainingabsolutelyworeboilingamazed