外研英语必修3Module3 The Violence of Nature Listening and vocabulary （共19张PPT）

(共19张PPT)
Three types of volcanoes:
active volcano
dormant volcano
extinct volcano
Do you know how a volcano works?
Generally speaking, a volcano may happen at any place on a planet where some material from the inside of the planet makes its way through to the planet's surface.

gas
liquid
solid
lava(熔岩)
vapour水蒸气,
carbon dioxide, nitrogen(氮), sulphur(硫磺), etc.
bits of rock and volcanic ash, etc.
What will be produced after the eruption of a volcano?
Before you listen to a conversation, answer these questions.
1. Ash and lava poured down the mountain, setting fire to hundreds of houses.
Does this mean that (a) a fire started or (b) a fire ended?
2. Hundreds of houses caught fire when the lava reached them.
Does this mean that the fire started because of
(a) a person or (b) a natural event?
3. We managed to get half the population to another island. Does this mean it was (a) an easy thing to do or (b) a difficult thing to do?
4. We put all the fires out.
Does this mean the fires
(a) are still burning or
(b) have finished?
Read the passage and find these words.
1
ash erupt lava tidal wave volcano
Explain the connections between the words in activity 1.
2
lava
erupt
volcano
tidal wave
ash
When a volcano erupts, three of the outcomes are ash, lava and tidal waves.
Where are they?

Who are the two people in the conversation?


3. Is a volcanic eruption taking place now?
In the center of Plymouth, capital of Monserrat.
Listen and answer these questions.
4
A reporter and Frank Savage , governor of the
island.
No, it isn’t.
How many people have already left the island?

How many people were killed by the eruption?

When will people be able to return to their homes?
Listen and answer these questions.
4
About 6,000.
None.
They don’t know.
Reporter: I’m standing in the centre of Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat, where just ___ _____ ____, a volcanic eruption ____ _____. With me is Frank Savage, the governor of the island. Mr Savage, thank you for talking to us.
Savage: You’re welcome.
Reporter: What ______ happened last week?
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
one week
took
exactly
place
ago
Savage: Well, the volcano erupted, and _____
and ____ poured down the mountain towards the sea. ____________, there are several villages in its path.
Reporter: That’s terrible. Was anybody hurt?
Savage: No. _______, we had plenty of ________ and I told people who lived in the path of the ash and lava to leave the island. We ________ __ get half the population to another island before the eruption took place.
lava
Unfortunately
Luckily
managed to
ash
warning
Reporter: Why are you still here?
Savage: Well, I’m still ________ because there’s a lot to do.
Reporter: ____ ______ people live on the island?
Savage: Eleven thousand people live here and about six thousand people have left.
Reporter: Which areas are ____ _____ __________?
dangerous
working
How many
the most
Savage: Well, the most dangerous places are between the _______ and the ____. There are a lot of villages there. And it was very dangerous. _____, hundreds of houses ______ ____ when the lava reached them.
Reporter: Oh, I’m very sorry to hear that.
Savage: __________, no one was killed.
Reporter: Are the houses still ___ ___?
volcano
sea
Sadly
caught
Thankfully
on fire
fire
Savage: No. __________, we put all the fires out quite quickly.
Reporter: That’s very ____ _____. Well, it’s a beautiful sunny day here in Plymouth. Does this mean that
___ ______ ___ _____?
Savage: No! The volcano could erupt again! People must understand that it is still very dangerous and they can’t ___ _____ to their houses.
go back
Fortunately
good news
the danger is over
Reporter: OK — so that’s the ________ from the governor — don’t go back to your houses. When will people be able to ______ _____?
Savage: We don’t know at the moment. _________, it won’t be too long.
Reporter: Thank you for your time, Mr Savage.
Savage: Thank you.
message
Hopefully
return
home
THANKS