U10 自然灾害.ppt

Natural Disaster Volcano Eruption Earthquake and Tsunami Flood Typhoon/Hurricane Earthquake Tsunami Aid officials announce massive feeding program Tsunami death toll rises to more than 150,000 Update Leaders meet to coordinate tsunami aid effort Reported: 4:22 a.m. ET Jan. 6, 2005 海啸Tsunami A man in Gunung Sitoli on Nias Island holds an intravenous(静脉内的)drip for his wife as she waits for medical help Tuesday after an earthquake struck a day earlier. 台风Typhoon Typhoon 日本遇强台风 新华网华盛顿2005年8月31日电（记者潘云召　杨晴川）美国南部路易斯安那州新奥尔良市市长雷·纳金31日说，在市区的洪水中还有相当数量的灾民尸体，“卡特里娜”飓风在该市至少造成数百人死亡，死亡人数可能达数千人。 Typhoons are harmful to us. They can pull up the tall tree, blow down the wire poles and even destroy people’s houses. Earthquake can cut off electricity and water supply and destroy houses. Even it often causes deaths. If the typhoon and earthquake can be forecast, damages will greatly be reduced. Scientists in our country can forecast typhoons exactly and some of the earthquakes have been forecast before. I’m sure they will control the natural disaster and reduce the losses to the lowest degree. 3. In which way are these fields of science important to our everyday life? Speaking and talking Talk about the following things. Useful expressions How terrible! I dare not... He gets into a total panic when... It makes my hair stand on end. It’s a frightening thing... She’s scared to death. It makes me feel very worried. Dialogue 1 A: Are you afraid of thunder? B: If it is a light one, it is nothing to me. But if it is a strong one, I will be scared. What about you? A: I am a boy, it is just a thunder, it won’t scare me. But I know my cousin is really a coward. When she meets a rainy day, she dare not go out. Once there is a thunder, she is scared to death, and her mother must stay with her. B: Really? How old is she? A: She is only 6 years old. Dialogue 2 A: Are you afraid of volcanoes? B: No. I’m not. I guess because they are so far away. I mean, they are not something y