高中英语第二册上Unit10 Frightening nature-Warming up06 and speaking ppt.pptVIP

* * TASK 1 Warming up Let’s get to know nature! He is your close friend who lives around you. Everybody calls him “Mr. Nature”. He is a bit strange in terms of his characters. As a matter of fact, he is quite emotional. Let’s get to know Natural disasters Volcanoes Natural disasters typhoons TASK 2 Warming up Let’s talk about the pictures! A sample dialogue T: Look at the first picture. What do we call the study of the earth? S: Geology. T: What do we call the scientists who do research work in geology? S: Geologists. T: What do geologists observe and what scientific instruments do they need to carry out their re- search work? S: …. Discussion Geology （地质学） * The study of the earth is called geology, dealing with the history of our planet, volcanoes, earth-quakes, and stones and minerals. Instruments which are used are seismographs, thermometers, mi- croscopes, etc. Meteorology (气象学) ** Meteorology is the study of the climate and weather on earth as well as natural phenomena such as hurricanes, typhoons, rain and snow fall, sunshine, droughts, etc. Instruments that are usually used are thermometers, barometers, in- struments to measure wind speed and rainfall. Astronomy (天文学) *** The study of the universe is as- tronomy, which deals with the his-tory of the universe and what is found in it (stars, planets, the sun, the moon, blank holes, etc). Instru-ments are telescopes, satellites and radio telescopes. Biology (生物学) **** Biology is the study of nature, which deals with all living things in nature on our planet, including or-ganisms that cause diseases both in humans and animals and crops. In-struments that are used are micro-scopes, etc. TASK 3 Speaking Let’s talk about the pictures! (1) When did typhoon happen ? (2) What happened