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高一年级第一学期英语学科教学案(第12案) Book Ⅲ Module 3 The Violence of Nature （Period 2 Introduction, Reading and Vocabulary） Teaching aim: Read and understand the passage. Ⅰ. Read the Gulf Stream and check the meaning of the words. The Gulf Stream is a ____________________ which starts in the Gulf of Mexico and _____ northeast _______ the Atlantic. It also ______________the east coast of the United States towards eastern Canada. It’s one of ___________________ anywhere in the world. Because of it, the United Kingdom and other places in Europe are ___________than parts of Canada ____________________________. Ⅱ. Read the passage on page 23 Answer the questions on page 22. How strong are tornado winds? What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado? How many tornadoes are their in the US every year? How many people died in the worst tornado of all time? What happens at sea during a hurricane? When was the worst hurricane of all time? Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it? What happened to him after the hurricane? Read the passage and fill in the form. What is it …times per year time of the worst one results tornado hurricane Find proper words from the passage to match the definitions. you can see this on an animal ___________ describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and south of the equator____ a terrible event ___________ you can see this on a bird ___________ to place in the ground or tomb ___________ to happen ___________ to hit ___________ 4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks. A tornado is a _____________ of air from a ____________ to the ground. The most ________ have winds of ___________ 400 kilometers per hour. Almost all of them _____ in the US, in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota _______________. Tornadoes can ____________ cars, trains and even houses and ____________________ in the next street. They can _____ the fur _____ the back of a cat and th