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Unit 5 The Power of Nature 1. Do you know any natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters which you have known. 2. What do you know about volcano? 3. Do you know how a volcano erupts? * * earthquake flood drought thunder/ lightning tornado/cyclone tsunami hurricane /typhoon volcano-eruption typhoon sandstorm flood earthquake tornado snowstorm tsunami landslide cyclone hailstorm volcano hurricane natural disasters extinct volcano Haleakala Crater, the largest dormant volcano in the world,Maui, Hawaii. active/live volcano Catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24 of 79 AD, buried the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii in Italy. This mountain has erupted more than 50 times since the eruption in 79 AD, when it buried Pompeii and its sister city, Herculaneum. After Pompeii was buried and lost to history, the volcano continued to erupt every 100 years until about 1037 A.D., when it entered a 600-year period of quiescence. In 1631, the volcano killed an additional 4000 unsuspecting inhabitants. Mount Vesuvius ? Mount Kilauea It is Hawaiis youngest and yet most active volcano. It first erupted in January 1983 and has been active ever since. Mt. Kilauea is a shield volcano--the largest types of volcanoes in the world and have fluid lava and are basically, just broad slopes. 新华网华盛顿2006年8月11日电　世界上最活跃的活火山之一、夏威夷基拉韦厄火山10日再度喷出炽热的岩浆，橘红色的熔岩流从基拉韦厄火山高处奔腾下泻，涌入太平洋，形成水火交融的奇景，场面壮观。　　 据媒体报道，目前，从基拉韦厄火山喷出的熔岩流到距夏威夷火山公园著名的火山链路尽头4公里处的洋面上，火山熔岩与海水接触时的温度估计高达2000摄氏度。　　 基拉韦厄火山是夏威夷群岛中的第一大岛，海拔1247米。它不但是世界上最年 轻的活火山之一，而且也是活 动最频繁的活火山之一。在它 23年的活动期里，总共发生了 55次喷发。 volcano-eruption Boiling rocks erupt from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain. lava magma chamber ash cloud/volcanic ash crater 4. Get a more knowledge of volcano 1) How is a volcano formed? The rocks under the earth become hotter and hotter and erupt from the mountain. Volcano form when hot material from below rises and leaks into the crust(地壳）. The