读写教程4（ 第三版） Unit 6 Reading Material.pptVIP

尚辅网 Reading Material Key to Lightning Deaths: Location, Location, Location * * Lightning1 is a killer. It claims more victims each year than do snowstorms, hurricanes2, and tornadoes3. It keeps a low profile4 as the second largest weather-related killer, usually striking one person at a time5. Only floods, which can wipe out towns, kill more people. 1. lightning n. 闪电 2. hurricane n. 飓风， 狂风 3. tornado n. 龙卷风， 大雷雨 4. keep a low profile 保持低调 5. at a time 一次 According to the U.S. National Weather Service, 73 people die from lightning strikes each year and hundreds more suffer