外研必修三Module 3 The Violence of Nature Reading(共15张PPT)

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(共15张PPT)
Module 3 The Violence of Nature
1. Lead in
Watch and describe.
Earthquake, flood, landslide, storm, tsunami, hurricane, typhoon, drought, sandstorm, volcano, eruption.
Tornado and hurricane
2. Pre-reading
Activity 1: Predict.
Predict what information you may read in the passage.
3. While-reading
Activity 2: Read and match.
Part Information in the text
Part 1 A. Hurricanes are strong tropical storms.
Part 2 B. A story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
Part 3 C. A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.
Tips: What clues can you get from the title of each part?
Activity 3: Fill in the table.
Tornado Hurricane
Definition 1 8
Where they occur 2 9
Frequency 3 10
Damage 4 11
The worst one Time 5 12
place 6 13
Result 7 14
Tips: Pay attention to the numbers and places. You can underline them.
Tornado Hurricane
Definition
Places
Frequency
Damage
The worst one Time
place
Result
1. A rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground
8. Strong tropical storms
3. 800 tornadoes in the US each year
2. In the US, in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north
9. In the south Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
10. Six Atlantic hurricanes each year
6. In the US
7. More than 700 people had been killed and 2,700 had been injured
5. In 1925
12. In 1900
13. In Galveston, Texas
14. 6,000 people were killed and 3,600 buildings were destroyed
4. Picking up…, putting down…, taking off…
11. Causing huge waves, heavy rain and flood
Activity 4: Read and answer the questions.
Why is the event considered an extraordinary event?
What happened to him?



Irish actor
Charles Coghlan


lived in

Moved to
Canada
New York

died in
Galveston
coffin
4. Post-reading
Activity 5: Discuss in groups.
What should we mention when we are introducing a disaster to others?
Definition

The worst event
Damage
Time
Place
Activity 6: Look and guess.
Which disaster is it?
Jiuzhaigou earthquake
What should we mention when we are introducing this earthquake to others?
2-3 people a group. (reporter/geographical expert)
Choose 2 or 3 aspects.
Try to use appropriate expressions!
Activity 7: Make an interview with the following clues.
Aspect Specific Information Appropriate expression
Place
Time
damage
Cause
be situated in
be killed/ destroyed…
be caused by
last for/occur
strike / occur on the 8th August 2017.
25 people were killed; 76 families were made homeless.
in the Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan Province
a movement of Minjiang fault zone and East Kunlun mountain fault zone 岷江断裂带 东昆仑山断裂带
Activity 8: Make a security manual in English.

Work in pairs, talking about the following topics.
1. Things you should do to escape from an earthquake in the classroom.
2. Things you should not do to protect yourself in an earthquake in the classroom.
1. Things you should do to escape from an earthquake.

2. Things you should not do to protect yourself in an earthquake.

Stay calm.
Go to the open area.
Find a triangle and hide in it.


Don’t panic.
Don’t use elevators.
Don’t jump out of the window.

5. Homework
Design your security manual about survival measures in an earthquake with the clues in Activity 8.
Write a paragraph to introduce a disaster you have experienced, seen or heard. Hopefully, place, time, damage, the worst example are included. No less than 120 words.
Watch the video again and find the information you can use in your homework.