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* 英语学习辅导报 英语学习辅导报 * 英语学习辅导报 英语学习辅导报 * 英语学习辅导报 英语学习辅导报 Unit 5 The power of nature The power of nature Unit 5 volcano-eruption 2004年6月2日，夏威夷的基拉韦厄活火山(Kilauea caldera)喷出熔岩。 维苏威火山 (Vesuvius)，意大利乃至全世界最著名的火山之一，海拔高度1281米。 维苏威火山在历史上多次喷发，最为著名的一次是公元79年的大规模喷发，灼热的火山碎屑流毁灭了当时极为繁华的拥有2万人口的庞贝古城。 素有“欧洲最高的活火山”之称的意大利西西里岛埃特纳火山(Mount Etna)，海拔3340米。 2002年10月30日，国际空间站上的工作人员观察到埃特纳火山的爆发过程。山的下坡和山顶北边颜色较淡的烟柱，是由熔岩流入山坡上的松树林引起的森林大火造成的。 What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts? volcano-eruption Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain. Magma chamber Lava Crater Ash cloud/volcanic ash Get a more knowledge of volcano 1) How is a volcano formed? The rocks under the earth becomes hotter and hotter and erupted from the mountain. Near the oceans. 2) Where is the most possible place that a volcano may erupt? Typhoon Sandstorm Flood Earthquake Tornado Snowstorm Tsunami Landslide Cyclone Hailstorm Volcano Hurricane The power of nature Questions Yes No 1 Do you like working outside as well as inside? 2 Do you enjoy travelling to unusual places? 3 Do you enjoy taking risks? 4 Do you dislike doing the same thing every day? 5 Do you like adventure in your life? 6 Are you interested in studying rocks and other things that make up the surface of the earth? 1. Answer “yes”or “no” to the following questions to find out if you would be suitable for being a volcanologist. 2. Guess: what kind of things a volcanologist might do. Please work with partners and write your guess down. Skimming Read the passage and answer: Why is the authors job important? I have the greatest job in the world Danger excites me and makes me feel alive Protect people from the volcano What made the author realize that an eruption occurred? My bed began shaking A strange sound My bed room became as bright as day Red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air An absolutely fantastic sight What did the scientists do after the eruption? Put on w