高一英语必修module-31.ppt

飓风过后 tornadoes 1.Chech the meaning of the words. Suggested answers:1 2 3 Read the passages on page 23and answer these questions. 1.How strong are tornado winds? 2.What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado? 3.How many tornados are there in the US every year? 4.How many people died in the worst tornado of all time? More than 400 km/h. It stays where it was. About 800. More than 700. b a a Reading and vocabulary 5.what happens at sea during a hurricane? 6.When was the worst hurricane of all time? 7.Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it? 8.What happened to him after the hurricane? It has huge waves. 8th September,1900. No,he wasn’t. His coffin was droppped in the sea by a huurricane and carried to Canada by the Culf Stream. 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 3.Complete these sentences with the verbs from the box.Use the past perfect passive ,if necessary. p24 destroy die falll flood kill 1.After the earthquake,they discovered that several people________________________________ 2.when the hurricane eended,several buildings in the town___________________________. 3.His illage___________________________________ in the heavy rain,so he moved to his parents’house. 4.when she woke up,she found that her house____________________by the thonderstorm. 5.Arthur was unhappy because some of his animals______