英语必修Ⅲ外研Module3宏志课件1(共45张)W-up.docx

本 课 本 课 栏 开 关 Module 3 THE THIRD BOOK The Violence of Nature Building after building under water.Refugees（难民）in shelters.Thousands of others unsure where to go-Bodies in streets.This is what one of America s historic cities was reduced to this week by a powerful storm, Katrina（卡特里 娜）.The mayor of New Orleans says thousands may be dead.Hurricane Katrina also caused death and destruction in parts of Mississippi and Alabama along the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans is famous for its wild Mardi Gras celebrations.New Orleans is also a major port for foreign oil and other shipping trade.Yet the city of nearly five hundred thousand people was built below sea level.New Orleans has depended on levees to control floods from the Mississippi River.Katrina struck on Monday.New Orleans avoided a direct hit but two of the levees failed the next day.Most of the city was flooded.Helicopters dropped huge sandbags to fill the breaks.But the water had no place to go.Pumping stations had no power. America faces one of the worst natural events in its history.President Bush says the recovery will take years.People were told to leave the path of the storm.But some would not or could not.Many of those worst affected by Katrina are poor and black.African-American leaders and others were angry that government aid did not arrive fastenPresident Bush visited some of the damaged areas on Friday.He said the way officials reacted to the crisis was unacceptable. 根据上文完成下列各题 Which is TRUE of the following details about New Orleans? New Orleans is a newly-built city of America. There were no black people in New Orleans. C ? This is the first time that hurricane has stricken it D? New Orleans is a major port for foreign oil and other shipping trade. 答案D (in the secondWhat does the underlined word levees” paragraph) mean? (in the second trees B. dams ports D. ships 答案B 本 课 栏 本 课 栏 关 A ? It also caused the destruction in parts of Mississippi. A lot of people died in this disaster. It cut off the electrici