theviolenceofnature概要.ppt

in a flash 顷刻间 become homeless 变得无家可归 what’s worse 更糟糕的是 lose one’s life 丧生 take action 采取行动 call on sb. to do 号召某人做… share pains and sorrows with... 与…分担痛苦与伤悲 in a short time 在短时间内 make contributions to 为…做出贡献 as a result 结果 1. Have you ever experienced a thunderstorm？ a flood? a hurricane? a tornado? an earthquake? 2. can you describe it? What were you doing? What’s your feelings? How do you think about it? Lesson2 reading Hurricane , Tornado and Typhoon Earthquake Around the Pacific Tornado, Hurricane and Typhoon 飓风和台风都是指风速达到33米/秒以上的热带气旋，只是因发生的地域不同，才有了不同名称。出现在西北太平洋和我国南海的强烈热带气旋被称为“台风”；发生在大西洋、加勒比海和北太平洋东部的则称“飓风”。飓风在一天之内就能释放出惊人的能量。飓风与龙卷风也不能混淆。后者的时间很短暂，属于瞬间爆发，最长也不超过数小时。此外，龙卷风一般是伴随着飓风而产生。龙卷风最大的特征在于它出现时，往往有一个或数个如同“大象鼻子”样的漏斗状云柱，同时伴随狂风暴雨、雷电或冰雹。龙卷风经过水面时，能吸水上升形成水柱，然后同云相接，俗称“龙取水”。经过陆地时，常会卷倒房屋，甚至把人吸卷到空中。 * * rotating, thunderstorm, average, tropical, violent, flood, population, coast, affect, century, strike, destroy, active, damage, shake, homeless, luckily, fortunately, ceremony, thankfully, in all, lose one’s life, take part in, push out of, fall down What is a tornado? A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent have winds of more than 400 km/h. Almost all of them occur in the US, in the north. * What is a hurricane? Hurricanes are strong tropical storms, and they usually occur in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. There are violent winds of 120km/h or more, which cause huge waves, heavy rains and floods. There are on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coast of US from Taxes to Marine. * True or False 1.All tornadoes have wind