the power of nature unit 5. do you know any natural disasters ? please work with your partner and...
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The Power of Nature
Unit 5
Do you know any natural disasters ?
Please work with your partner and make a list of natural disasters you have known.
earthquakeearthquake
floodflood
sandstormsandstorm
thunderstormthunderstorm
mudflowmudflow
tsunamitsunami
typhoon/typhoon/hurricanehurricane
tornadotornado
snow slidesnow slide
volcanovolcano
Volcano is one of those great natural disasters.
volcano-eruption
boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.
lava
crater
ash cloud
near the oceans
Where is most possible for a volcano to erupt?
active volcano dormant volcano extinct volcano
What types of volcanoes do you know?
Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?
volcanologist
Reading
An exciting job
Skim the passage to get close to a volcanologist. Find out what a volcanologist does.
1. What kind of work should a volcanologist do?
2. Where is Mount Kilauea?
Collect information about the volcano and evaluate the information to help other scientist to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast it will flow.
It’s in Hawaii.
Mount KilaueaIt is Hawaii's youngestand yet most activevolcano. It first erupted in January 1983and has been active ever since.
海拔 1243米的基拉韦厄火山名的意思是“吐出许多”。基拉韦厄火山的活动极为频繁,曾经有过 30年喷发 50次的记录。相传在夏威夷火山居住著女神佩莉,她时常云游太平洋诸岛,基拉韦厄火山的爆发就是为了迎接女神远游归来。
How many parts can we divide the text into?
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Description of his job as a ______________
Description of his first sight of an _________
His ______ for his job and _________
Para 1-2
Para 3-4
Para 5
volcanologist
eruption
love volcanoes
Part 1 Description of his job as a volcanologist
1. Does the author like his job? How do you know that? Find out some words or phrases to support your idea.
2. Why is a volcanologist’s job important?
Yes, he likes his job. “the greatest job, never bored, don’t mind danger, excite, alive”
Because a volcanologist helps to protect people from the volcano and can save many lives.
Part 2:
Description of his first sight of an
eruption
1. What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
my bed-room became
as bright as day
red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air
an absolutely fantastic sight
The light was caused by the red-hot rocks and gas that erupted from the volcano.
2. What did the scientists do after the eruption?
put on white protective suits …
dropped as close as
possible to the crater
slowly made our way to the
edge of the crater
looked down into
the red, boiling centre
climbed down into the crater to collect some lava
White protective
suits that covered his
whole body, helmets,
big boots, special
gloves.
He looks just like a
spaceman.
What qualities and skills do you think avolcanologist should have?
Part 3 His love for his job and volcanoes
What does the writer find amazed about volcanoes even after studying them for many years?
He is amazed at their beauty of the eruption as well as their potential to cause great damage.
3. What qualities do you think a volcanologist should have?
cautious, enthusiastic brave, smart, careful, calm, helpful, strong determined, out-going, optimistic, unselfish courageous, patient, healthy, passionate …