人教版选修6-Unit+5+The+power+of+nature+Warming+up+and+reading(共33张PPT).pptVIP

Unit 5 The Power of Nature Do you know any natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters which you have known. What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts? Para 1:Para 2:Para 3:Para 4:Para 5 1) Where is Mount Kilauea? Mount Kilauea is in Hawaii. 2) Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption? The lava flows down the mountain and can cover up or burn villages in its path. The rocks that erupt from the volcano usually don’t damage anything because no one lives near the crater. 3) Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting? The scientists needed to get samples of the lava so they could study them. 4) Why was it difficult for the writer to walk towards the edge of the crater? The author was wearing special protective clothing that made it difficult to walk. 5) What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for 20 years? The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great destruction. The volcano eruption is __________to watch.I’ll never forget ____ ______ _______ of an eruption.It was in the second week after I arrived in_______,Earthquakes ______ ____ ________in Hawaii, So I didn’t ______when the bed ______ _________. “ Another earthquake” I said to myself, going back to ________. Suddenly, my bedroom became ____ ________ ____ _____. “ What is happening?” I _______ ____ ____ my bedroom _____ the back garden. How beautiful. Red hot_______was _____________hundreds of metres into the air. What a ___________ _______. How___________the volcano is. Then I _____ _______ enough ____ have a much closer look at it. Two scientists and I were sent to collect some_______ for later_______. We were ______ as close as possible to the _______ that had been _______ during the eruption. To protect ourselves, we all