An Exciting job

evaluate: to carefully consider
something to see how useful or valuable it is. 鉴定，评价，评估
Fill in the blanks I was fast asleepwhen ____ suddenly my bed began _______and I heard a strange sound, like a shaking railway trainpassing _____ outside my window. I was when about __ to go back to sleep ____ _____ suddenly my bright as day. I ran out bedroom became as ______ of the house into the back yard where I could see the volcano in __the ___distance _______.There had eruption in the side of the mountain been an ________ lava was fountaining and red hot _____ _________ into the air. absolutely fantastic It was an __________ _______ sight.
Answer the following questions
1.What is the volcanologist’s main job? Collect and evaluate the information about Mount Kilauea; help predict where the lava will flow and how fast it will flow. 2. What is the point of his job? His work has saved many lives.
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A.My first experience of a volcano eruption B. What we did on the day after the eruption C. More information about my job D. My attitude about my job today E. General introduction of my job
No.2 Middle school of Rongcheng Qin Ruiqin
erupt eruption 喷发
active volcano volcano 火山 dormant volcano extinct volcano
volcanologist
火山学家
The main ideas of each paragraphs.
Exercise
1.While doing his homework, _________. A. he heard a knock at the door. B. there was a knock at the door. 2.______________, the exam was too difficult for him. A. Having been ill for nearly a month. B. He having been ill for nearly a month.
be about to do something…when
be doing something … when
正准备做…/正在做…这时突然 1. I was about to leave when the telephone rang. 我正准备离开,这时电话响了。 2. 我正在街上走，突然看到了一张百万 英镑的钞票。 I was walking in the street when I saw a one-million-pound note.
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Having studied volcanoes now for more than twenty years, I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage. 尽管已经从事了二十多年的火山研究，我仍旧不仅 为它们可能造成的巨大危害也为它们的美所震惊。
1.Imagine you are a volcanologist, write a description of your job with about 120 words.
2. What will you be in the future to make contribution to our country?
Find a sentence closest in meaning to the following one In order to get some sample to study in later days, my two partners got into the crater and because I had such an experience for the first time, I didn’t join them. The other two climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for a later study, but this being my first experience, I stayed at the top and watched them.
I’m a volcanologist. My job is to collect and evaluate information about volcanoes and help scientists to predict the path and speed of the lava. I think I have the greatest job in the world. I can travel to unusual places and meet different people from all over the world. Perhaps my job is occasionally dangerous, I think it is an exciting job. Although I have studied volcanoes for more than twenty years, I am still as enthusiastic about my job as the day I started, and I’m still amazed at their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage.
This being my first experience, I stayed at the top and watched them. Because __________________________, this was my first experience I… Time permitting, we’ll go for an outing tomorrow. If_____________, time permits we’ll … The test ________, finished we began our holiday. When the test was finished, we began our holiday. Having finished the test, we began to see the film.
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3. Unfortunately, what can’t he do ? He can’t move all the homes out of the volcano’s way.
more damage
Mount Kilauea in Hawaii 几劳亚山 an active volcano
lava: a very hot liquid which flows from a volcano 熔岩；火山岩
Describe the job in the first person!
volcanologist collect evaluate information volcano predict path speed lava the greatest job
travel to meet different people dangerous exciting enthusiastic amazed beauty the potential to damage