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Module 3 The Violence of Nature
Reading and vocabulary---教案
Step 1 LEAD-IN
As you know, the condition of weather is changing badly. Please name the disasters of nature. The pictures, includes flood, drought, fire, landslide, earthquake, hurricane, typhoon, tornado, thunderstorm.
Step 2 while-reading
Questions-asking
1. Read this passage aloud and answer the following questions.
How can tornadoes destroy houses
They can destroy houses, but leave
the furniture inside exactly where it was.
2). Where do tornadoes mainly occur
In the US, with area from Texas in the
Southeast to South Dakota in the north
3) Do a thorough reading and fill in the blanks.
A tornado is a _____ ______of air from a__________ to the ground. On (the) average, there are ______ tornadoes each year, ________ about 80______ and 1500_________. The worst occurred in____, _______ three US states and making 700___________ and 2700________.
The key: rotating column thunderstorm 800 causing
Deaths injuries 1925 affecting dead/ killed injured
Activity2 What is a hurricane
1. Give the definitions of Tornado and Hurricane.
A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.
A hurricane is a strong tropical storm.
2. Read and answer the questions
1)What happens during a hurricane Why
There are huge waves, heavy rains and floods. Because there are violent winds of 120 kilometers per hour or more
2) Where do they usually occur
In the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
3) When and where did the worst hurricane happen
It occurred on the 8th September 1900 in Galveston, Texas. So we call it the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.
Activity 3
An Extraordinary Event
1. Understand this sentence
The Gulf Stream had carried it 3000 kilometers up the eastern US to Prince Edward Island.
2. Fill in the blanks according to the blanks.
_______ the late 1890s, he _____ _____ to Galveston, _____ he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane ____. The cemetery _______ Coghlan was buried was____ by the hurricane and Coghlan’s coffin ____ _____ in the sea.
The key: By; had moved; where; struck; where; destroyed ended up.
Reading&Vocabulary-3. Detailed-reading.(5m)
Step3 True or False.
1.All tornadoes have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour.
2.There are more tornadoes occurring in the US than in other parts of the world.
3.Tornadoes can’t destroy furniture because they are not violent enough.
4.In the US, there are usually about 80 people killed in tornadoes every year.
5.The worst tornado in history killed at least 700 people.
6.Every year there are six Atlantic hurricanes.
7.Both the worst tornado and the worst hurricane occurred in the US.
8.The worst hurricane of all time killed about one-sixth of the population in the US.
9.Charles Coghlan didn't become famous until he moved to New York.
10Coghlan’s coffin was destroyed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
11.It was only because of the hurricane that Coghlan’s body could travel back to Canada.
The key: 2,5,7,9, are true.
False: 1,3,4,6,8,10,11,
Step 4 Recite one of the passages.
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