1、Warming up and Pre-reading1.Please name the disasters you know.See the following pictures.Warming upTyphoon SandstormFloodEarthquakeTornadoSnowstormTsunamiLandslideCycloneHailstormVolcanoHurricane The power of natureFloodEarthquake Typhoon/Cyclone/Hurricane TsunamiSandstormVolcano2.What do you feel
2、when you see those pictures?Have you ever experienced one?Share you experience and feelings.3.Have you ever seen a volcano?Active volcanoDormant volcanoExtinct volcanoPre-reading Can you imagine climbing into a live volcano in order to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?imaginedoing suc
3、h dangerous work as part of your job?Answer“yes”or“no”to these questions to find out if you would be suitable for this work.Do a quiz Questions Yes NoDo you like working outside as well as inside?Do you enjoy traveling to unusual places?Do you enjoy taking risks?Questions Yes NoDo you dislike doing
4、the same thing every day?Do you like adventure in your life?Are you interested in studying rocks and other things that make up the surface of the earth?If you answered“yes”to all these questions,then volcanology could be a good career for you.Preview new words in this unit and the passage on P34 to find out more about being a volcanologist.Homework
