1、Module 3 The Violence of Naturereading and vocabulary,高考学习网,flood,高考学习网,drought,drought,高考学习网,fire,高考学习网,landslide,高考学习网,Earthquake,高考学习网,hurricane,In Atlantic Area,高考学习网,typhoon,In Pacific Area,高考学习网,tornado,高考学习网,tornado,In the US,高考学习网,thunderstorm,高考学习网,Activity 1 What is a tornado?,1. Read this
2、 passage aloud and answer the following questions.,Read the materials,高考学习网,1)How can tornadoes destroy houses?,They can destroy houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was.,Scanning,高考学习网,Scanning,2). Where do tornadoes mainly occur?,In the US, with area from Texas in the Southeast
3、to South Dakota in the north,高考学习网,3) Do a thorough reading and fillin the blanks.,A tornado is a _ _of air from a_ to the ground. On (the) average, there are _ tornadoes each year, _ about 80_ and 1500_. The worst occurred in_, _ three US states and making 700_ and 2700_.,rotating column,thundersto
4、rm,800,causing,deaths,injuries,1925,affecting,dead/killed,injured,高考学习网,Activity2 What is a hurricane? 1. Give the definitions of Tornado and Hurricane.,A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.,A hurricane is a strong tropical storm.,高考学习网,1) What happens during a hur
5、ricane? Why?,There are huge waves, heavy rains and floods. Because there are violent winds of 120 kilometers per hour or more.,2. Read and answer the questions,高考学习网,2) Where do they usually occur?,In the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.,高考学习网,3) When and where did
6、the worst hurricane happen?,It occurred on the 8th September 1900 in Galveston, Texas. So we call it the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.,高考学习网,Activity 3 An Extraordinary Event,1. Understand this sentenceThe Gulf Stream had carried it 3000 kilometers up the eastern US to Prince Edward Island.,高考学习网,Activi
7、ty4 Read and fill in the blanks,_the late 1890s, he _ _ to Galveston,_ he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane _. The cemetery _ Coghlan was buried was_ by the hurricane and Coghlans coffin _ _ in the sea.,By,had,moved,where,struck,where,destroyed,end,up,高考学习网,True or False.,All tornadoes have
8、winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour. There are more tornadoes occurring in the US than in other parts of the world. Tornadoes cant destroy furniture because they are not violent enough. In the US, there are usually about 80 people killed in tornadoes every year. The worst tornado in history k
9、illed at least 700 people.,高考学习网,Every year there are six Atlantic hurricanes. Both the worst tornado and the worst hurricane occurred in the US. The worst hurricane of all time killed about one-sixth of the population in the US. Charles Coghlan didnt become famous until he moved to New York. Coghlans coffin was destroyed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane. It was only because of the hurricane that Coghlans body could travel back to Canada.,高考学习网,Homework,Choose any paragraph to recite.,高考学习网,
