Book6 Unit5 Unit 5 The Power of Nature

earthquake
floods
drought
hurricane /typhoon
thunder/ lightning
tornado/ cyclone
volcano-eruption
• What do you know about volcano? • Do you know how a volcano erupts?
【课内探究】 Ⅲ Read the text and fill in the blanks.
The Profession Volcanologist writer unusual ◆ Travels to 1______
places and meets interesting people 2________ from all over the world. ◆ Helps to protect people from the 3________ volcano . ◆4_______ Collects information about Mount Kilauea.
The ◆ We 10 first The day _____________ made our way to the exper after the edge of the crater with ience eruption protective suits and looked down into the red, boiling centre. ◆ The other two climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study.
Ash cloud/volcanic ash Crater
volcanoeruption
Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.
Lava
Magma chamber
More about the volcano
this job because I would have to live in other countries and also I don’t like being in dangerous. Also, I’m not very good at
science.
Yes, I’d like to do a job like this because I would enjoy working outside and I think I would enjoy the adventure. It would be exciting to meet people from different countries and I would feel good about helping people avoid danger.
Near the oceans.
3. What types of volcanoes do you know?
An extinct volcano
An active volcano dormant volcano Haleakala Crater, the largest dormant volcano in the world Maui, Hawaii
Eruption
1. How is a volcano formed?
The rocks under the earth become hotter and hotter and erupt from the mountain.
2. Where is most possible for a volcano to erupt?
Having learned a little more about
the work of a volcanologist, do you
think it is a occupation you would
enjoy? Give your reasons.
No. I probably wouldn’t enjoy
Reading
An Exciting Job
【课内探究】 Ⅰ Reading comprehension
BDDCC
【课内探究】 Ⅱ Reading expression 1.It can warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and save many lives. 2. danger excites him and make him feel alive 3. It was the first time for him to watch the eruption much closer. 4.Went 5. The beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great damage.
Unit 5 The Power of Nature
Warming up
Remember what happened on Dec 26, 2004?
tsunami
• Do
you know any other natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasterVolcanologist writer Job ◆ Helps other scientists to predict where 5_______ lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast it will flow.
• 1)words: • 1.diagram 2.volcano 3.eruption 4.hurricane 5.questionnaire 6.equipment 7.appoint 8.database 9.evaluate 10.molten 11.fountain 12.absolute 13.potential 14.actual 15.candidate 16.precious 17.novelist 18.document 19.uncomfortable20.balcony 21.unconscious 22.tremble 23.sweat 24.anxious 25.anxiety 26.panic 27.diverse 28.appreciation 29.persuasion 30.guarantee • 2)phreases • 1. from all over the world 2. make me feel alive • 3. protect …from… 4. be appointed as • 5. in the path of… 6. be warned to do sth. • 7. burn to the ground 8. cause damage • 9. be fast asleep 10. in the distance • 11. have a closer look at 12.make one’s way to… • 13. be enthusiastic about…
volcanoes
extinct volcano
dormant volcano
active volcano
extinct volcano (=one that is no longer
active at all)
dormant volcano (=one that is not active at the moment) active volcano (=one that may erupt at any time)
The The day first of the experi 6 eruption ______ ence
◆ My bed began shaking and I 7_______ heard a strange sound. ◆ My bedroom bright became as 8______ as day. ◆ Red hot lava 9 ____________ was fountaining hundreds of meters into the air.