Unit 22 Environmental Protection3.docVIP

Period Three　Lesson 3　Natural Disasters 基础落实 Ⅰ.课文缩写 Nature is turning on us The last few years have seen environmental disasters 1.________ a grand scale，and experts are predicting far worse to come.Jin Li reports on our Earth’s changeable weather patterns. In the last decade，thunderstorms，floods，earthquakes，typhoons，tsunamis and etc.have become 2.________(increase) common.Reduced rainfall has affected large areas of Africa for years,3.________(leave) irrigation canals dry.A number of nations have already been in armed conflict over water. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have always been a