课件29张PPT。Reading and
VocabularyMexicoGulf Streamstream 河流,水流current 水流,电流,气流Gulf of MexicoYucatan StraitFlorida Straitlongitudelatitude经线:地球表面的成角距离,从英国格林尼治的本初子午线向东或向西至经过某一点的子午线计量,以度(或小时)、分和秒表示纬度:地球赤道北或南的角距离,例如在地图或地球仪上沿着子午线用度数测量 Read the Gulf Stream and check the meaning of the words.1. What is a current?
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/south BAAReading&Vocabulary-1.bury disaster feathers fur occur tropical you can see this on an animal _______
describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and south of the equator________
a terrible event _________
you can see these on a bird __________
to place in the ground or tomb _______
to happen _______furtropicaldisasterfeathersburyoccur What two kinds of natural disaters are mentioned in the passage?Tornado; HurricaneTask1 SkimA 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,以每小时八百公里)的速度移动,具有极大的毁坏性 tornadoA 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hurricanetyphoon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hurricanetyphoon tornado Fast
Reading Match the article with its main idea.Article one
Article two
Article three
Charles Coghlan’s 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.Careful ReadingRead the first part carefully and answer questions.1. What is a tornado?A tornado is a 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….Read the second part Hurricanes usually occur in the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
There’re on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine.
Hurricanes can cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods.
The worst hurricane of all time in the US destroyed 3,000 buildings.TTFSouthern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.F3,600 An extraordinary event
1.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 the Gulf Stream. 2.What is the meaning of “Coghlan traveled back to Canada after he had been buried in Texas”?How strong are the most violent tornado winds?
How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?
How many people died in the worst tonado of all time?Questions PartⅠMore than 400km/hAbout 800More than 700What happens during a hurricane?
When was the worst hurricane of all time?Part. ⅡHurricane cause huge wave, heavy rain and flood.8th September, 1900Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it?
What happened to him after the hurricane?
Part. ⅢNo, he wasn’tHis coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.Read and answer:How strong are tornado?
What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?
How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?
How many people died in the worst tornado of all time?
What happens at sea during a hurricane?
When was the worst hurricane of all time?
Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it?
What happened to him after the hurricane?More than 400 Km/h.
2. It stays where it was.
3. About 800.
4. More than 700.
5. It has huge waves.
6. 8th September, 1900.
7. No, he wasn’t.
8. His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.Fast-reading --- read the passage, then finish the exercise at Activity 2, page 22.Missouri 密苏里州
Illinois 伊利诺斯州
Indiana 印地安那州
Maine 缅因州
Texas 德克萨斯州
South Dakota 南达科塔州
Galveston加尔维斯敦
[美国得克萨斯州东南部港市]
Prince Edward Island 爱德华王子岛
Caribbean 加勒比海Write a Composition1976年7月28日深夜,人们正在睡觉。随着一声巨响,成千上万的房屋倒塌,水电被切断,全城到处是大火和浓烟,几乎全城被毁,25万人丧生,许多人受伤,许多人无家可归。
全国各地的人民全力帮助唐山人民重建家园。
今日唐山比以前更美好。
题目:An earthquake in China
字数:100~120The Chinese people will never forget the 1976 earthquake in Tangshan. On the late night of July 28, 1976, people were fast sleep. With a terrible noise, houses and tall buildings fell down. Water and electricity were cut off. There were fires and smokes everywhere. The whole city was almost destroyed and 250,000 people were killed in the earthquake. A Earthquake in ChinaA large number of people were injured and many lost their homes. On hearing the news, people all over the country tired their best to help the people in Tangshan rebuild their homes. Tangshan has been made more beautiful than before.