M6U5-READING-the-power-of-nature
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Collect and evaluate information about volcanoes.
Do you want to be a volcanologist?
What might be talked about?
An Exciting Job
Working as a volcanologist.
The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great damage.
Thinking
How does the writer think about his job? Why?
Read again and try to find out main ideas of each part.
Part 1(Para 1-2)
The writer’s experience of watching the volcanic eruption
Part 2(Para 3-4) The writer’s job and its
Part two (Para. 3- Para. 4)
The lava can cover up or burn villages in its path. The rocks from the volcano usually don’t damage anything because no one lives near the crater.
Part two (Para. 3- Para. 4)
3. What does the writer mean by using “lucky” in the sentence “I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it.”?
•It was his first sight of an eruption. •It was the first time for him to watch the crater. 4. Why did the scientists have to get close to the
earthquake
flood
drought
thunder/ lightning
tornado
hurricane /typhoon
tsunami
volcano-eruption
• What do you know about volcano? • Do you know how a volcano erupts?
Discussion
Do you think it is an occupation you would enjoy? Discuss your reasons with your classmates.
➢ 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
➢looked down into the red boiling center
Ash cloud
volcanoeruption
Crater Lava
Boiling rock erupts from the crater; The lava flows slowly down the mountain.
Magma chamber
More about the volcano
1. How is a volcano formed?
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 gas that erupted from the volcano.
importance
Part 3(Para 5)
The reasons for the writer’s enthusiasm about his job
Part one (Para. 1- Para. 2)
1)Why is a volcanologist’s job important?
It can help protect ordinary people from one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.
➢My bedroom became as bright as day
➢red hot lava was fountaining hundred of metres into the air ➢an abosolutely fantastic sight
What did the scientists do after the eruption ?
Unit 5 The Power of Nature
• In February, 2023, what happened to China?
snowstorm
• Do you know any other natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters .
The rocks under the earth become hotter and hotter and erupt from the mountain.
2.Where is most possible for a volcano to erupt?
Near the oceans.
3. What types of volcanoes do you know?
An extinct volcano An active volcano A dormant volcano
Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?
What kind of things might a volcanologist dn erupting? To get some lava for later study.
Part three (Para. 5)
What does the writer find impressive even after studying volcanoes for more than twenty years?
1. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption?
2. What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
3. What did the scientists do after the eruption ?
First Reading
What does a volcanologist do? Is the work important?
His work can help save many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses.
2)2) Where is Mount Kilauea? In Hawaii.
3)3) The writer doesn”t mind the occasional danger of his job because _d_a_n__g_e_r _e_x_c_it_e_s_h_im__a_n_d_m__a_ke_s_h_i_m_f_e.el alive
Do you want to be a volcanologist?
What might be talked about?
An Exciting Job
Working as a volcanologist.
The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great damage.
Thinking
How does the writer think about his job? Why?
Read again and try to find out main ideas of each part.
Part 1(Para 1-2)
The writer’s experience of watching the volcanic eruption
Part 2(Para 3-4) The writer’s job and its
Part two (Para. 3- Para. 4)
The lava can cover up or burn villages in its path. The rocks from the volcano usually don’t damage anything because no one lives near the crater.
Part two (Para. 3- Para. 4)
3. What does the writer mean by using “lucky” in the sentence “I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it.”?
•It was his first sight of an eruption. •It was the first time for him to watch the crater. 4. Why did the scientists have to get close to the
earthquake
flood
drought
thunder/ lightning
tornado
hurricane /typhoon
tsunami
volcano-eruption
• What do you know about volcano? • Do you know how a volcano erupts?
Discussion
Do you think it is an occupation you would enjoy? Discuss your reasons with your classmates.
➢ 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
➢looked down into the red boiling center
Ash cloud
volcanoeruption
Crater Lava
Boiling rock erupts from the crater; The lava flows slowly down the mountain.
Magma chamber
More about the volcano
1. How is a volcano formed?
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 gas that erupted from the volcano.
importance
Part 3(Para 5)
The reasons for the writer’s enthusiasm about his job
Part one (Para. 1- Para. 2)
1)Why is a volcanologist’s job important?
It can help protect ordinary people from one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.
➢My bedroom became as bright as day
➢red hot lava was fountaining hundred of metres into the air ➢an abosolutely fantastic sight
What did the scientists do after the eruption ?
Unit 5 The Power of Nature
• In February, 2023, what happened to China?
snowstorm
• Do you know any other natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters .
The rocks under the earth become hotter and hotter and erupt from the mountain.
2.Where is most possible for a volcano to erupt?
Near the oceans.
3. What types of volcanoes do you know?
An extinct volcano An active volcano A dormant volcano
Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?
What kind of things might a volcanologist dn erupting? To get some lava for later study.
Part three (Para. 5)
What does the writer find impressive even after studying volcanoes for more than twenty years?
1. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption?
2. What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
3. What did the scientists do after the eruption ?
First Reading
What does a volcanologist do? Is the work important?
His work can help save many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses.
2)2) Where is Mount Kilauea? In Hawaii.
3)3) The writer doesn”t mind the occasional danger of his job because _d_a_n__g_e_r _e_x_c_it_e_s_h_im__a_n_d_m__a_ke_s_h_i_m_f_e.el alive