Module 3 The Violence of Nature Period 2 Introduction, Reading and Vocabulary

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高一年级第一学期英语学科教学案(第12案)
Book Ⅲ Module 3 The Violence of Nature
（Period 2 Introduction, Reading and Vocabulary）
Teaching aim: Read and understand the passage.
Ⅰ. Read the Gulf Stream and check the meaning of the words.
The Gulf Stream is a ____________________ which starts in the Gulf of Mexico and _____ northeast _______ the Atlantic. It also ______________the east coast of the United States towards eastern Canada. It’s one of ___________________ anywhere in the world. Because of it, the United Kingdom and other places in Europe are ___________than parts of Canada ____________________________.
Ⅱ. Read the passage on page 23
1. Answer the questions on page 22.
（1） How strong are tornado winds
（2） What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado
（3） How many tornadoes are their in the US every year
（4） How many people died in the worst tornado of all time
（5） What happens at sea during a hurricane
（6） When was the worst hurricane of all time
（7） Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it
（8） What happened to him after the hurricane
2. Read the passage and fill in the form.
What is it …times per year time of the worst one results
tornado
hurricane
3. Find proper words from the passage to match the definitions.
（1） you can see this on an animal ___________
（2） describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and south of the equator____
（3） a terrible event ___________
（4） you can see this on a bird ___________
（5） to place in the ground or tomb ___________
（6） to happen ___________
（7） to hit ___________
4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks.
A tornado is a _____________ of air from a ____________ to the ground. The most ________ have winds of ___________ 400 kilometers per hour. Almost all of them _____ in the US, in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota _______________. Tornadoes can ____________ cars, trains and even houses and ____________________ in the next street. They can _____ the fur _____ the back of a cat and the _________ off a chicken. They can ________ houses, but leave the ________inside ___________________. _______ there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, _________ 800 deaths and 1500 _______. The worst one _________ three US states and by the time ________, 700 people ____________ killed.
Hurricanes are ____________ storms. There are _______ winds of 120 kilometers per hour or more, which_________________, _____rain and ______. There are ___________ six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually ________ the east coast of the US. The worst hurricane disaster ________ in 1900, _________6,000 people and ________ 3,600 buildings.
Charles Coghlan had moved to Glaveston, ____he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane _______. The cemetery where he was ______ was destroyed by the hurricane and his coffin ______ in the sea. Eight years later his coffin was _________ back to Canada by the Gulf Stream.
Ⅲ.Extensive reading
Fill in the blanks using proper words and proper forms.
embarrass dress return discover earn for as into marry rise receive refer
These days, people who do manual work often _____ far more money than clerks who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently ______ to as “white collar workers” for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Alfred Bloggs worked ____a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation. When he got married, Alf was too _______ to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home_______ in a smart black suit. He then changed_______ overalls(n.工作服) and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before _______ home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. Alf's wife has never ________ that she _______ a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk. He will be _______ only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his _________ in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him “Mr. Bloggs”, not “Alf”.
答案:
Ⅰ. warm ocean current flows across travels
the strongest currents much warmer on the same latitude
Ⅱ. (1) More than 400km/ 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 ea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.
2. Read the passage and fill in the form.
What is it …times per year time of the worst one results
tornado It is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. On average there are 800 tornadoes in the US. In 1925 700 people had been killed and 2700 had been injured.
hurricane It is strong tropical storm. There are on average 6 Atlantic hurricanes. On the 8th September 1900 It killed 6000 people and destroyed 3,600 buildings.
3. (1) fur (2) tropical (3) disaster (4) feather (5) bury
(6)occur (7) strike
4. rotating column; thunderstorm; violent; more than;
occur; in the north; pick up; put them down; take;
off; feathers; destroy; furniture; exactly where it was;
On average; causing; injuries; affected; it ended;
had been; strong tropical; violent; cause huge waves;
heavy; floods; on average; affect; occurred;
killing; destroying; where; struck;. buried;
ended up; carried
Ⅲ. receive; referred; as; embarrassed; dressed; into;
returning; discovered; married; earning; rise
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