What’s happening?

The Violence of Nature

印度洪涝灾害

flood

a lot of water in an area which is usually dry

Hurricane struck Florida

a very strong wind or storm

Lightning

The flash of light which happens during a thunderstorm

thunderstorm

a lot of rain falling quickly , with loud noises and flashes of light

tornado

What is a tornado?

Careful-reading

Read the first part of the passage carefully. Answer the questions.

1. How strong are tornado winds?

2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?

3. How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?

4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time ?

More than 400 Km/h.

It stays where it was.

About 800.

1.How strong are tornado winds?

2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?

3. How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?

4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time ?

More than 700.

a very strong wind or storm

Hurricane

2005 年 8 月底卡特里娜 飓风席卷美国

飓风：新奥尔良的噩梦

Careful-readingRead the second and last parts of the passage carefully. Answer the questions.

5. What happens at sea during a hurricane?

6. When was the worst hurricane of all time?

7. Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it?

8. What happened to him after the hurricane?

It has huge waves.

8th September, 1900.

No, he wasn’t.

5. What happens at sea during a hurricane?

6. When was the worst hurricane of all time?

7. Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it?

8. What happened to him after the hurricane?His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.

According to the passages fill in the table:

Tornado Hurricane Definition

SpeedPlace

Damage

The worst example

rotating column ofair

Tornado Hurricane

Definition

Speed

Place

Damage

The worstexample

Rotating,colo-mn of air…

Strong tropical storms…

Over 400km/h 120km/h or more

US… …Sea …Gulf

Pick…put…take…caus…

Cause…kill…

1925 US1900 Galveston

Language points in reading passage

1.Almost all of them _____in the US, in the area from Texas in thesoutheast to South Dakota in the north.

occur

occur 见《自》 ,P38, 知识点 4It occurs to sb to do sth that… …

2.Tornadoes can ______cars, trainsand even houses and ____them____ in the next street.

pick updownput

1.pick up （《自主丛书》 ,P381) 拾起 , 捡起The monkey picked up a stone.2) 用车接 , 搭人或带货 放学后在门口等我 , 我会去接你。 Wait at the gate after school and I’ll pick you up.

3) 无意中学会I picked up Greek when I lived in Greece. 其他与 pick 有关的词组：pick out 挑选出，辨认出

3.They can ________houses,but _______the furniture inside exactly___________.

destroyleave

where it was1.destroy v. 破坏，粉碎 All my hopes were destroyed by his letter of refusal.

2.leave sb./sth + 宾补( 名词 /v-ing /v-ed /adj/adv/ 介词短语/as 从句 /where 从句）表示“使…处于某种状态 .” With these words,he went out,leaving her crying there.

“Leave me alone.”

Better leave it unsaid.

3.__________, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, ______________________________________.

On averagecausing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.

1).on average: 平均起来鸡蛋价格平均为每公斤 8 元 .The price of the egg is eight yuan per kg on average

2).Causing… 是 v-ing 形式作结果状语 , 表示两个动作之间具有必然的因果关系通常放在句末 .( 具体用法见 P39 ， 7.)

1. 昨天下午，爸爸给我讲述人年轻时的经历。 Yesterday afternoon, father told me about his _____________ as a young man.2. 我国在过去三十年经历了巨大的变化。 Our country __________________ great changes in the last thir

ty years.3. Before we moved into the new house, we bought many ______.A. furnitures B. furnitureC. Pieces of furniture D. pieces of furnitures

experiences

has experienced

Practice

4. --Genny’s mother died last night.

--No wonder her spirits has been ______ greatly.

A. effected B. affected C. caused5. 天气的突然变化影响了他的健康。 The sudden change of weather _______ his health.6. 我想知道这一事件是什么时候发生的。 I want to know when this event_________.

affected

occurred

7. 这个主意是他在梦中想到的。 The idea ___________ him in a dream.8. 平均每年有 400 人死于这种疾病。 400 people a year die of this disease__________.9. 公共汽车在机场外接乘客。 The bus _________passengers outside the airport.

occurred to

on average

picks up

1. 作业： 1 ） important sentences on books. 2). 《自主学习丛书》 ,P40,<2>, 翻译2. 课下练习： 37—40.