英语周报1高二英语人教选修6课件：nit Reading

2. Do you enjoy travelling to
unusual places?
3. Do you enjoy taking risks?
questionnaire
Yes No
4. Do you dislike doing the same thing everyday?
5. Do you like adventure in your life?
2. Why is a volcanologist’s job important?
Volcanologists study volcanoes so that they can warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and save many lives.
The scientists needed to get samples of the lava so they could study them.
samples of the lava study the samples
7. Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater? special boots
4. Why is the lava that flows on Mount
Kilauea more dangerous than the actual
eruption?
The lava flows down the mountain
and can cover up or burn villages
6. Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting?
7. Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater?
Can you list some natural disasters?
Boiling rock erupts from the crater (火山口); the lava(熔岩) flows slowly
down the mountain.
gas solid liquid
Part 3 (Para 5) The _r_ea_s_o_n_s_ for the writer’s enthusiasm about his job.
1. Which of the following is not the factor that makes the writer’s job the greatest in the world? A. it’s dangerous but exciting. B. the writer can travel to unusual places and meet people from all over the world. C. the writer can earn a lot of money. D. the writer is helping protecting people from the volcano.
active volcano (= one that may erupt at any time)
Answer Yes or No to the questionnaire.
questionnaire

Yes No
1. Do you like working outside as
well as inside?
importance: __p_r_o_te_c_t_o_r_d_i_n_a_r_y_p_e_o_p_l_e___ _f_r_o_m__v_o_lc_a_n_o_e_s__/S_a_v_e__p_e_o_p_le_’_s_l_iv_e_s_b_y___ _w__a_r_n_in_g__th__em___to__le_a_v_e__th_e_i_r_h_o_m__e_s_. ____ feelings (adj.): n_e_v_e_r__b_o_r_ed__ – e_x_c_i_te_d__ – _fe_e_l_a_l_iv_e
1. Why does the writer say that he has the greatest job in the world?
2. Why is a volcanologist’s job important? 3. Where is Mount Kilauea?
1. Why does the writer say that he has the greatest job in the world?
bits of rock and volcanic ash, etc.
vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrogen (氮), sulphur (硫磺)
lava (熔岩)
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人教课标 高二 选修 6
Unit 5
Man has so much wisdom and power that the whole world has changed a lot.
tall buildings
modern agriculture
aeroplanes
atomic bomb
1. What’s the main idea of the article?
The writer expressed his _l_o_v_e_ for his job as a __v_o_lc_a_n_o_l_o_g_is_t__ and told us one of his unusual __ex_p__er_i_e_n_c_e_s in Mount Kilauea, Hawaii.
2. What does a volcanologist not need most? A. knowledge of spaceships. B. research skills. C. skills of operating scientific equipment. D. observing skills.
rocks and gas that erupted from
the volgcaasntoh.at erupted from
the red-hot rocks
the volcano
6. Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting?
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What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for many years?
3. What types of volcanoes do you know?
extinct volcano (= one that is no longer active at all)
dormant volcano (= one that is not active at the moment)
becomes hotter and hotter with high pressure. Finally it rushes out. Thus, a volcano is formed.
2. Where is it most possible for a
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6. Are you interested in studying rocks and other things that make up the surface of the earth?
If you answered “yes” to all these questions, then volcanology could be a good career for you. Read the passage on page 34 to find out more about being a vocanologist.
2. Find out main ideas for each part.
Part 1 (Para 1-2)
The writer’s _j_o_b_ and its _i_m_p_o_r_t_a_n_c_e__.
Part 2 (Para 3-4)
The writer’s _e_x_p_e_r_ie_n_c_e_ of watching the volcanic eruption.
the crater.
up or burn villages in its
path.
5. What caused the writer’s bedroom to become as bright as day even though it was night?
The light was caused by the red-hot
spaceship
modern medicine
modern communication
What do you think of
Have you ever considered how weak humans are compared with a volcano, hurricane or earthquake?
4. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption?
5. What caused the writer’s bedroom to become as bright as day even though it was night?
3. Where is Mount Kilauea?
In Hawaii.
Fill in the blanks according to this part.
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I have the _g_re_a_t_e_s_t _ job in the world. I am never _b_o_r_ed_ with it. Although it is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger _ex_c_i_t_es_ me and makes me feel a_l_iv_e_. I think my job is the most _i_m_p__o_rt_a_n_t_ because I can help _p_r_o_te_c_t_ people from danger of volcanoes.