选修六Unit 5 period1-3

What did the scientists do after the eruption ?
put on white protective suits, helmets, big boots dropped as closed as possible to the crater
slowly make our way to the edge of the crater
Class 2
Reading
An exciting job
Careful reading Part 1
volcanologist Job: ___________ collect information for a database --- _____________________________ help scientists to predict where lava’ll ---_______________________________________flow and how fast
volcanologist
Reading
An exciting job
1. What does a volcanologist do? Is the work important?
2.What does the volcanologist wear when getting close to the crater?
ash cloud crater
volcanoeruption
boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.
lava
What types of volcanoes do you know?
The writer’s love for his job.
Part 2(Para 3-4)
Part 3(Para 5)
Which volcano does the writer work for?
பைடு நூலகம்
Mount Kilauea It is Hawaii's youngest and yet most active
feel alive ____________
Careful reading Part 2
1. Why does the writer say that the boiling rock causes less damage while the lava causes far more damage?
importance: protect ordinary people from volcanoes _________________________________________________
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Save people’s lives by warning them to leave their homes. excited feelings (adj.): never bored _____________ -- ___________ --
volcano. It first
erupted in January 1983
and has been active
ever since.
海拔1243米的基拉韦厄火山名的意思是“吐出许多”。 基拉韦厄火山的活动极为频繁，曾经有过30年喷发50次 的记录。相传在夏威夷火山居住著女神佩莉，她时常云 游太平洋诸岛，基拉韦厄火山的爆发就是为了迎接女神 远游归来。
Less damage No one lives near the top of the volcano, where the rock falls.
more damage
The flowing lava buries everything in its path under the molten rock.
Mount Kilauea
Mount Etna Mount Vesuvius
Can you imagine climbing into a live volcano in order to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?
Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?
My bedroom became as bright as day red hot lava was fountaining hundred of metres into the air an abosolutely fantastic sight
Class one
Reading
An exciting job
importance: protect ordinary people from volcanoes _________________________________________________
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Save people’s lives by warning them to leave their homes. excited feelings (adj.): never bored _____________ -- ___________ --
Unit
5
The power of nature
In this year, there are several natural disasters in china? Do you know what they are?
drought
earthquake
sandstorm
Do you any other natural disasters in the world?
Yes. I can help protect ordinary people from the volcano.
2.What does the volcanologist wear when getting close to the crater? They usually wear white protective suits that covered their whole body, helmets, big boots and special gloves, just like spacemen.
Part two (Para. 3- Para. 4) 1. What made the author realize that an eruption occurred? 2. What did the scientists do after the eruption ? 3. Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting?
feel alive ____________
• What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
My bed began shaking A strange sound My bedroom became as bright as day Red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air An absolutely fantastic sight
What made the author realize that an eruption occurred ?
my bed began shaking
a strange sound
The light was caused by the red-hot rocks and ga that erupted from the volcano.
Careful reading Part 1
volcanologist Job: ___________ collect information for a database --- _____________________________ help scientists to predict where lava’ll ---_______________________________________flow and how fast
active volcano
dormant volcano
extinct volcano
In last month, there was a volcano erupting? Do you know where this volcano is?
Do you know any other active volcanoes in the world?
Skim the passage to check whether your guesses were correct. 1. What does a volcanologist do? Is the work important? Collect and evaluate information about volcanoes.
Reading
An exciting job
Read the passage quickly and try to find out main ideas of each part.
Part 1(Para 1-2)