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The Violence of Nature

3. The Violence of Nature. MODULE. 淄博六中英语组：宁淑梅 shumeiningok@126.com. Step1 Pre-reading: Please name these natural disasters. tornado. eruption. hurricane. lightning. earthquake. flood. drought. Passage one Passage two Passage three. 1. A story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane

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The Violence of Nature

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  1. 3 The Violence of Nature MODULE 淄博六中英语组：宁淑梅 shumeiningok@126.com

  2. Step1 Pre-reading: Please name these natural disasters. tornado eruption hurricane lightning earthquake flood drought

  3. Passage one Passage two Passage three 1. A story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane 2. The tornado and its power and the worst tornado 3. The hurricane, its power and the worst hurricane disaster Step2 While-reading Task 1 Skim to match the passages with the main ideas correctly.

  4. Task 2 • ① Hurricanes can pick up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next street-----or even in the next town. • ② The worst hurricane disaster of all time occurred in 1900, in Galveston, Texas. • ③ Eight years later, the coffin was found by fishermen in the sea near his home on Prince Edward Island in the west of Canada. Tell whether the sentences are true or false. Tornadoes east

  5. Task3 Scan the first two short passages and fill in the form. 龙卷风是指一个从空中的雷暴延伸到地面 而生成的旋转气柱。 A rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground Strong tropical storms More than 400 kilometres per hour 120 kilometres per hour or more The US, from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north The southern Atlantic Ocean,the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico Pick up…put down… take off…destroy… Cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods Occurred in 1925, affecting three US states Ocurred on the 8th Sept. 1900 in Galveston, Texas

  6. Task4 Scan the passage to answer the questions. • 1. What does the extraordinary event refer to in this story? • 2. Which of the following was the route （路线） Coghlan’s coffin had travelled? It refers to the coffin which ended up in the sea in the hurricane at last returning to Canada. A. Texas, the Gulf Stream, the eastern US coast, near Prince Edward Island B. The eastern US coast , Texas , the Gulf Stream , near Prince Edward Island C. Near Prince Edward Island , Texas , the Gulf stream , the eastern US coast

  7. Step3 Post-reading • Further comprehension and language application Game time

  8. Further comprehension 1. Fill in the blanks.☺☺☺ • ① The worst tornado of all time occurred in 1925, ________ three US states. • ② The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destroyed by the hurricane and Coghlan’s coffin __________ in the sea. • ③_________________, more than 700 people had been killed and 2,700 had been injured. affecting ended up By the time it ended

  9. 2. Write a similar sentence to this one.☺ On average, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries. Averagely speaking, 800 tornadoes strike the US per year, which causes about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.

  10. Language application 1 Challenge your listening skills.☺☺ 1 Who are the men in the video? 2 What are they talking about? A. Haiti earthquake. B. How to help Haiti out of trouble. C. Chile earthquake. D. Call on people to donate money to Haiti.

  11. Task1 Challenge your listening skills.

  12. Language application 1 Challenge your listening skills.☺☺ 1 Who are the men in the video? The former presidents of the USA, William Clinton and George Bush. 2 What are they talking about? A. Haiti earthquake. B. How to help Haiti out of trouble. C. Chile earthquake. D. Call on people to donate money to Haiti.

  13. 2.Describe the earthquake and its effect.

  14. 3 Role-play Student A: You are a television reporter. You are reporting on a natural disaster---earthquake Other students: You are local residents in the area of the violent natural event.

  15. Step 4 Consolidation: Writing • Write a paragraph about a violent natural event. • Outline and clues: • 1 when occur/strike, strong, heavy, affect, end, • 2where • 3 damage destroy/kill/cause, deaths, injury, • 4 result survivor, victim, help, volunteer, rescue team, lose one’s life, be buried in, homeless, terrible, scared, frightened, fortunately, thankfully…

  16. Step 5 Self- assessment

  17. Step 6 Homework An English newspaper is collecting passages about natural disasters. Change the paragraph into a passage of 100-120 words after class, and send it to the newspaper by email.

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