高中英语Unit 5 The power of nature Background information.docVIP

Unit 5 The power of nature Part Two: Teaching Resources (第二部分：教学资源) Section 2: Background information on disasters I. List of disasters This is a list of disasters, both natural and man-made. ●Classical-Era disasters Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Italy Alexandria earthquake which destroyed the Pharos of Alexandria Rhodes earthquake destroyed the Colossus of Rhodes Sodom and Gomorrah which were destroyed in an undetermined Biblical disaster. more than likely meteors ●Modern-Era disasters Mobile magazine explosion (May 25, 1865) Krakatoa, Indonesia, volcanic eruption, (August 26, 1883) Gre