人教版高中英语选修六Unit5ThePowerofNatureWarmingupandreading.课件

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• B. It was his first sight of an eruption.
• C. It was the first time for him to watch the crater.学科网
D• D. Both B and C.
1. Review the episode of John’s getting close to the crater. Guess what John think of his job as a volcanologist. Knowing when and where an eruption will occur is one of the great challenges for a volcanologist Volcanoes provide the world's most beautiful and powerful natural events. Nothing in nature can exceed(be more than) their beauty.
• A. He travels to unusual places and meets interesting people from all over the world
• B. He likes the different ways of working • C. He thinks his job the most important • DD. He is excited about dangers and feels alive.
7) What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for 20 years?
The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great destruction.
6) Why was it ifficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater?
The author was wearing special protective clothing that made it difficult to walk.
Protect people from the volcano
• What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
My bed began shaking
A strange sound
My bed room became as bright as day
5) Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting?
The scientists needed to get samples of the lava so they could study them.
warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and so save many lives.zxxk
2) Where is Mount Kilauea? Mount Kilauea is in Hawaii.
3) Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption?
1) Why is a volcanologist’s job important? 2) Where is Mount Kilauea? 3) Why is the lava that flows on Mount
Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption? 4) What caused the writer’s bedroom to become as bright as day even though it was night?
高中英语课件
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Unit 5
The Power of Nature
• First of all , let’s watch a video.
• Do you know any natural disasters ?
Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters which you have known.
He is wearing white protective suits that covered his whole body, helmets, big boots and special gloves, just like a spaceman.
Scanning
1. Scan the passage and answer the following questions:
7) What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for 20 years?
1) Why is a volcanologist’s job important? Volcanologists study volcanoes so that they can
The reasons why the writer is enthusiastic about his job?
• Choose the best answer:
• 1. The writer doesn't mind the occasional danger of his job because ____.
4) What caused the writer’s bedroom to become as bright as day even though it was night?
The light was caused by the red-hot rocks and gas that erupted from the volcano.
Ash cloud/volcanic ash
volcanoeruption
Crater Lava
Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.
Magma chamber
Get a more knowledge of volcano
Skimming
• Read the passage and answer: • Why is the author's job important?
I have the greatest job in the world
Danger excites me and makes me feel alive
Near the oceans.
1. Answer “yes”or “no” to the following questions to find out if you would be suitable for being a volcanologist.
Questions
Yes No
1 Do you like working outside as well as inside?
earthquake
floods
drought
thunder/ lightning
tornado/ cyclone
hurricane /typhoon
tsunami
volcanoeruption
• What do you know about volcano?
• Do you know how a volcano erupts?
Scanning
1. Scan the passage and answer the following questions:
5) Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting?
6) Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater?
3. The main idea of the passage:
Part 1(Pa 1-2) What is the writer’s job and the
importance of his job? Part 2(Pa 3-4) The writer’s experience of Part 3(Pa w5)atching the volcano eruption.
2 Do you enjoy travelling to unusual places?
3 Do you enjoy taking risks?
4 Do you dislike doing the same thing every day?
5 Do you like adventure in your life?
The lava flows down the mountain and can cover up or burn villages in its path. The rocks that erupt from the volcano usually don’t damage anything because no one lives near the crater.
6 Are you interested in studying rocks and other things that make up the surface of the earth?
2. Guess: what kind of things a volcanologist might do. Please work with partners and write your guess down.
Red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air
An absolutely fantastic sight
• What did the scientists do after the eruption?
Put on white protective suits helmets, big boots
1) How is a volcano formed?
The rocks under the earth becomes hotter and hotter and erupted from the mountain.
2) Where is the most possible place that a volcano may erupt?
Dropped as close as possible to the crater
Slowly made our way to the edge of the crater
Looked down into the red, boiling centre
Climbed down into the crater to collect some lava
1. Read through the passage quickly to check whether the guesses were correct.
2. What is the volcanologist wearing when getting close to the crater?
• 2. What does the writer mean by using “lucky” in the sentence “I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it.”?
• A. He felt much safer on the top while the other two scientists climbed down into the crater.
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