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2. The most violent have winds of more than 400 kilometers per hour. 3. Almost all of them occur in the US, in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north. Para.2 1. Tornado can pick up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next street----or even in the next town. 2. They can take the fur off the back of a cat and the feathers off a chicken. 3. They can destroy houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was. Para.3 1. On average, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries. 2. The worst tornado of all time occurred in 1925, affecting three US states: Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
1. There had been several problems with the volcano over the previous hundred years, but this was the first dangerous eruption. 2. People were told to leave the island as ash and stream began to come out of the volcano, and were warned that the lava from the volcano could bury several villages.
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P.26 Ex.2 Rewrite the sentences using the reporting expressions (refer to the textbook) P.27 1. And now, more information about the volcano eruption on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean Sea which took place at 3am on December 26th, one week ago. 2. According to the journalist, more than half the island’s 11,000 residents had left the island four months ago. P.28 Ex.1 Read the eye-witness account of a violent natural event. It had been very windy for a few hours and it had rained for two days. Suddenly, the wind became stronger. There were some trees across the road near the beach and they began to move from side to side. Everyday English: luckily unfortunately thankfully hopefully sadly fortunately
Par3.2 (the 3rd part) 1. He then moved to New York, where he became famous. 2. By the late 1890s, he had moved to Galveston, where he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane struck. 3. The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destroyed by the hurricane and Coghlan’s coffin ended up in the sea. P.24 Exercises for the past perfect passive. P.25. Words: ash erupt lava tidal wave volcano EX.1
3. By the time it ended, more than 700 people had been killed and 2,700 had been injured. Para.1 (the 2nd part) 1. There are violent winds of 120 kilometers per hour or more, which cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods. 2. There are on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine. Para.2 1. The worst hurricane disaster of all time occurred on the 8th September 1900 in Galveston, Texas. 2. Winds of 200 kilometers per hour and five-meter-high waves hit the city. 3. The disaster killed 6,000 people in a population of 37,000 and destroyed 3,600 buildings.
Cultural corner P.1 About 400 earthquakes occur worldwide every day, more than a hundred thousand in a year. P.2 1. China is situated in one of the most active earthquake regions in the world and there have been many terrible earthquakes. 2. It covered an area of 800 square kilometers. 3. In some communities, 60 percent of the population were killed. 4. In all, 830,000 people lost their lives. P.3 1. The California Earthquake of the 18th of April 1906 is the worst earthquake that has ever happened in the United States. P.4 1. Fires caused by the California Earthquake did the most damage. 2. The fires burned foe three days, destroying a total of 25,000 buildings.
3. When the lava reached the sea, there was the possibility of a huge tidal wave which could flood half of the island. EX3. 1. Ash and lava poured down the mountain, setting fire to hundreds of houses. 2. Hundreds of houses caught fire when the lava reached them. 3. We put all the fires out.
3. About 500 people were killed in the city of San Francisco and 250,000 were made homeless. >>在汶川地震中，有 6.9 万多人丧生，37.4 万多人无家可归。 P.4 One hundred years later, movements on the San Andreas Fault continue to cause problems for the whole of California.
The Violence of Nature P.21 flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm tornado (please refer to the explanations) P.22 1. The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current which starts in the Gulf of Mexico and flows northeast across the Atlantic. 2. Because of the Gulf Stream, the United Kingdom and other places in Europe are much warmer than parts of Canada on the same latitude. P.22 bury disaster feathers fur occur tropical (refer to the following explanation) P.23 Para.1 1. A tornado is a tornado column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.