1、TornadoHurricaneWhat is a tornado?What is a hurricane?Read the passage(part one and part two)on page 23 quickly and fill in the blanks and discuss you answers in groups.TornadoHurricaneDefinitionSpeedPlacea rotating column of airstrong tropical stormsover 400km/h120km/h or morein the US,from Texas t
2、o South Dakota.in the southern Atlantic Ocean,the Caribbean Sea,the Gulf of MexicoTask 1 Fill in the blanks.TornadoHurricaneHow oftenDamageon average 800 tornadoes every yearon average six Atlantic hurricanes per yearpick up,put down,take off,destroy leavecause huge waves,heavy rain,floodsTornadoHur
3、ricaneThe worstexampleBad resultsin 1925in 1900 Galvestonaffect 3 US states 700 people killed,2700 injuredkilled 6000 people,destroyed 3600 buildingsLets read the story,An Extraordinary Event,and see what did the 1900 hurricane do to a dead person,and then fill in the blanks.An extraordinary eventCh
4、aracter:CoghlanTime At first:Then:By the late 1890s:In :In 1900:Eight years later:EventHe went to live in Canada.He moved to New York.He had moved to Galveston.He died.His cemetery was destroyed by His coffin ended up .He travelled back to 1899the hurricane.in the seaCanada.A question for you:What i
5、s the purpose of telling the story?To stress again that the natural disaster is very violent.Task 2 Role play(summary):Make an interview to introduce a tornado and hurricanes to the public.One student is the host,and the other is an expert in natural disaster.Task 2 Pair work:Some useful words or se
6、ntences for you:A(Host):Welcome to our Talk.Today our topic is tornadoes and hurricanes.First,would you tell us what a tornado is?(where,how often,occur,damage,kill,cause,the worst tornado,destroy,violent)B(Expert):A tornado is.The rate of a tornado will be higher and higher.If we continue to destro
7、y our environment,What should we do?What should we do to protect the environment to reduce the rate of natural disasters?Discussion:Homework:Write a short passage to introduce a kind of natural disaster,and tell the public what we should do to protect our environment.3.They can _ cars,trains and hou
8、ses.They can _ houses,but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was.4.The worst one occurred in 1925,affecting _.More than _ had been killed and _ had been injured.pick up destroythree US states700 people 2,7001.What happened?2.Can you imagine how terrible the disaster was?龙卷风龙卷风.mpeg1.Hurrica
9、nes are _.2.They occur in the southern Atlantic Ocean,the Caribbean Sea and the _.3.The worst one occurred on the _ in Galveston,Texas.It killed _ and destroyed _.A hurricane strong tropical stormsGulf of Mexico8th September 19006,000 people 3,600 buildings1.A tornado is _ from a thunderstorm to the
10、 ground.2.They occur in the area from _ to _.A tornado a rotating column of airTexas in the southeastSouth Dakota in the northCoghlan went to live in Canada.Hethen moved to _died in 1899a hurrican happened in Galveston(his coffin)New York What happened to him after the hurricane?An extraordinary event1900His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.
