高一英语必修三第三单元学案scarlett123.docVIP

Module 3 The violence of Nature Made by Scarlett Section one Introduction Reading and Vocabulary Ⅰ.Lead-in 1. Do you know the names of the nature disasters? { lighting thunderstorm tornado hurricane…} 2. Have you ever experienced (a flood , a tornado a thunderstorm, a hurricane )? 3. Do you know anyone who has experienced one of the events. 4. Have you ever read a news of story about one of the events? Can you describe it? 5. Do you know anything about the events? Ⅱ. Read the passage and answer the Qs. 1. What is a current? A.A kind of electricity B.A movement of water C.A kind of wind Answer: B 2.What kind of things flow? A.Water B.Time C.Money Answer: A 3. If two places are on the same latitude, they are on the same line_______. A.east/west B.north/south Answer: A Ⅲ. Careful-Reading 1. Read the passage then finish the exercise at Activity 2,page22. 2. Ture or False. All tornadoes have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour. There are more tornadoes occurring in the US than in other parts of the world. Tornadoes can’t destroy furniture because they are not violent enough. In the US, there are usually about 80 people killed in tornadoes every year. The worst tornado in history killed at least 700 people Every year there are six Atlantic hurricanes. Both the worst tornado and the worst hurricane occurred in the US. The worst hurricane of all time killed about one-sixth of the population in the US. Charles Coghlan didnt become famous until he moved to New York. Coghlan’s coffin was destroyed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane. It was only because of the hurricane that Coghlan’s body could travel back to Canada. Section two Language Points 1.Tonadoes can pick up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next street pick up: 1)拾起,捡起; 2)用车接,搭人或带货 Example: 1. The monkey picked up a stone. Exercise: 放学后在门口等我, 我会去接你。 Wait at the gate after school and I’ll pick you up. 2. Almost all of them occur in the US, in the area from T