必修三课文试题.ppt

Eight years later, the coffin was found by fishermen in the sea near his home on Prince Edward Island in the east of Canada. The Gulf Stream had carried it 3,000 kilometres up the eastern US coast to Prince Edward Island. Coghlan traveled back to Canada – after he had been buried in Texas! 渔夫，渔民 在……东部 墨西哥湾流 王子 回到 M3 The Violence of Nature 暴力，暴行；破坏 flood 洪水 a lot of water in an area which is usually dry. hurricane 飓风 a very strong wind or storm lightning 闪电 the flash（闪现） of light which happens during a thunderstorm thunderstorm 雷暴 a lot of rain falling quickly , with loud noises and flashes of light tornado 龙卷风 a column（柱状物） of air that turns very quickly flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm sandstorm tornado 洪水 飓风 闪电 雷暴 沙尘暴 龙卷风 Disasters of Nature bury disaster feather fur occur tropical 3.Find the words and expressions on the passages and match them with the definitions. 1.you can see this on an animal _________ 2.describing the hottest parts of the earth,north and south of the equator _________ 3.a terrible event _________ 4.you can see these on a bird _________ 5.to place in the ground or tomb _________ 6.to happen _________ bury disaster feathers fur occur tropical fur tropical disaster feathers bury occur Canada America Pacific Ocean The Atlantic Gulf of Mexico 22 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 kilometres per hour. Almost all of them occur in the US, in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north. 柱状体 旋转的，循环的 强烈的，猛烈的 发生 几乎，差不多 地区，范围 南达科他州 得克萨斯 龙卷风是指一个从空中的雷暴延伸到地面而生成的旋转气柱。最强的龙卷风风速超过400千米每小时。几乎所有的龙卷风都发生在美国，从东南部的得克萨斯州到北部的达科他。 Tornadoes can pick up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next street – or even