1、大家好INTRODUCTION Have you ever experienced a flood?洪水洪水 a hurricane?飓风飓风 a tornado?龙卷风龙卷风 a lightning?闪电闪电 a thunderstorm?.雷暴雷暴大家好Match the words with their definitionflood hurricane lightning thunderstorm tornado1.a lot of water in an area which is usually dry _ 2.a very strong wind or storm _3.a lo
2、t of rain falling quickly,with loud noise and flashes of light _4.the flashes of light which happens during a thunderstorm _5.a column of air that turns very quickly _ floodhurricanethunderstormlightningtornado大家好tornado大家好A rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.龙卷风：一种纵向的气旋，伴随有倒漏斗
3、形的积雨云，涡流直径达几百码，以每小时八百公里）的速度移动，具有极大的毁坏性What is a tornado?大家好typhoon台风：台风：A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.发生在西太平洋或印度洋的热带暴风大家好A violent storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rain.飓风：一种猛烈的热带风暴，形成于大西洋或加勒比海赤道地区，从形成地向北、西北或东北移动，常携有大量雨水hurricane大家好tidal wave/tsunami
4、An earthquake originating under the sea floor.海震海震/海啸：发自海底的地震海啸：发自海底的地震大家好lightninglightning闪电：the bright flashes of light that you see in the sky during a storm.天空中云层放电时所产生的闪光。大家好thunderstormthunderstorm雷暴：a violent storm of thunder and lightning,often accompanied by rain and sometimes hail.短暂且有时很猛
5、烈的雷和闪电的风暴，通常伴有雨且有时下冰雹大家好flood：a large amount of water that covers an area which was dry before.正常情况下干燥为陆地地区的水泛滥大家好floodhurricanelightningthunderstormsandstormtornadoearthquaketyphoontidal wavevolcanic eruption洪水飓风闪电雷暴沙尘暴龙卷风地震台风海啸火山喷发Disasters of Nature大家好Read about the Gulf Stream and check the mean
6、ing of the words 1.What is a current?(a)A kind of electricity (b)A movement of water (c)A kind of wind 2.What kind of things flow?(a)Water (b)Time (c)Money3.If two places are on the same latitude,they are on the same line _ (a)east/west (b)north/south大家好Match the words with the definitions.bury disa
7、ster feather fur occur tropical1.You can see this on an animal _2.describe the hottest parts of the earth _ furtropical大家好3 a terrible event _4 you can see these on a bird _ 5 to place in the ground or tomb _6 to happen _disasterfeatherburyoccur大家好Match the article with its main idea.FAST-READING大家好
8、 Article one Article two Article three Charles Coghlans story in the worst hurricane disaster.A rotating column of air and its power.Hurricanes are strong tropical storms and introduce its power and the worst disaster by it.大家好Read the first part carefully and answer questions.CAREFUL-READING大家好1.Wh
9、at is a tornado?A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.2.What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?Furniture can be inside exactly where it was.3.What can tornadoes do?They can pick up,put down,take off.,destroy,leave.大家好大家好1.Hurricanes usua
10、lly occur in the Pacific Ocean,the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.2.Therere on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine.3.Hurricanes can cause huge waves,heavy rain and floods.4.The worst hurricane of all time in the US dest
11、royed 3,000 buildings.Southern Atlantic Ocean,the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.3,600大家好 An extraordinary event 1.Who was Charles Coghlan?He was a nineteenth-century Irish actor who went to live in Canada and died in Galveston.His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and it was carrie
12、d to Canada by the Gulf Stream.2.What is the meaning of“Coghlan traveled back to Canada after he had been buried in Texas”?大家好READINGListen to the tape and complete the passage.Tornadoes can _cars,trains and even houses and _ them down in the next street.They can take the fur _ the back of cat and f
13、eathers _ a chicken.They can _ houses.But leave the _inside exactly where it was.pick upputdestroyoffofffurniture大家好READINGRead the text and answer the questions.1 How strong are tornado winds?2 When was the worst hurricane?3 Was the actor Charles killed in it?4 How many tornadoes are there in US?大家
14、好PRONUNCIATIONListen and underline the words that the speaker stresses.大家好 And now more information about the volcanic eruption on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean Sea which took place at 3am on December 26th,one week age.We spoke to a local journalist and he told us that no one had been ki
15、lled in the incident.According to the journalist,more than half the 11,000 residents had left the island.大家好EVERYDAYENGLISHChoose the words to complete the sentences.luckily unfortunately thankfully hopefully sadly fortunately1 _,we had plenty of warning.2 _,there were several villages in its path.3
16、_,no one was killed.LuckilySadlyThankfully大家好EVERYDAYENGLISH4 _,it wont be too long.5 _,many houses caught fire.6 _,we put all the fires out quite quickly.HopefullyUnfortunatelyFortunatelyChoose the words to complete the sentences.luckily unfortunately thankfully hopefully sadly fortunately大家好Write
17、a Composition1.1.19761976年年7 7月月2828日深夜，人们正在睡觉。日深夜，人们正在睡觉。随着一声巨响，成千上万的房屋倒塌，水随着一声巨响，成千上万的房屋倒塌，水电被切断，全城到处是大火和浓烟，几乎电被切断，全城到处是大火和浓烟，几乎全城被毁，全城被毁，2525万人丧生，许多人受伤，许万人丧生，许多人受伤，许多人无家可归。多人无家可归。2.2.全国各地的人民全力帮助唐山人民重建家全国各地的人民全力帮助唐山人民重建家园。园。3.3.今日唐山比以前更美好。今日唐山比以前更美好。4.4.题目：题目：An earthquake in China An earthquake i
18、n China 字数：字数：100120100120大家好The Chinese people _Tangshan._(1976.7.28 晚上晚上)，people _(sleep)._(很大的声很大的声音音),_(房屋建筑物倒塌房屋建筑物倒塌)._(水电水电被切断了被切断了)._(火，烟雾火，烟雾 到处都到处都是是),_(整座城市几乎整座城市几乎被毁被毁，25万人在地震中丧生万人在地震中丧生)A Earthquake in China大家好_(很多人受伤，很多人无家可归)._(听到这个消息),_(全国各地的人民全力帮助唐山人民重建家园)._(今日的唐山比以往更加美好)。大家好The Chin
19、ese people will never forget the 1976 earthquake in Tangshan.On the late night of July 28,1976,people were fast sleep.With a terrible noise,houses and tall buildings fell down.Water and electricity were cut off.There were fires and smokes everywhere.The whole city was almost destroyed and 250,000 people were killed in the earthquake.A Earthquake in China大家好A large number of people were injured and many lost their homes.On hearing the news,people all over the country tried their best to help the people in Tangshan rebuild their homes.Tangshan has been made more beautiful than before.大家好结束大家好
