Module3TheviolenceofnatureIntroductionReadingandVocabulary课件1（外研版必修3）.ppt

Module 3 The Violence of Nature;Introduction ; Can you name some disasters? Can you describe it?;Lightning ;tornado;flood;a very strong tropical storm at a speed of 120k/h or more;thunderstorm;Volcanic eruption ;1. What does “violence of nature” refer to?;flood hurricane lightning thunderstorm sandstorm tornado earthquake volcanic eruption;1. Have you experienced a thunderstorm? a flood? a hurricane? a tornado? 2. Have you ever read a news story about one of the events? Can you describe it?;Reading and vocabulary;tornado;Get the main idea: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:;A tornado ;A tornado ;3. They can ______ cars, trains and houses. They can _______ houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was. 4. The worst one occurred in 1925, affecting _____________. More than ___________ had been killed and _____ had been injured.;A hurricane ;;Coghlan went to live in Canada. →He then moved to ____________ →Galveston→(his coffin) → ___________________ in Canada.;True or False.;4. In the US, there are usually about 80 people killed in tornadoes every year. 5. The worst tornado in history killed at least 700 people.;8. The worst hurricane of all time killed about one-sixth of the population in the US. 9. Charles Coghlan didnt become famous until he moved to New York. 10. Coghlan’s coffin was destroyed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane. 11. It was only because of the hurricane that Coghlan’s body could travel back to Canada.;1. you an see this on an animal. 2. describe 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;1. a rotating column of air 一股旋转的气柱 rotate vi.vt. 旋转;自转 The earth rotates from west to east.地球从西向东旋转。 Farmers rotate crops in their fields.农民在耕地上轮栽农作物。;2. Almost all of them occur in the US,… 几乎所有的龙卷风都发生在美国。;当我进到教室里的时候，我突然想起了一个好主意。 It occurred to me that today is my mother’s birthday. 我忽然想