人教版英语选修六book6unit5reading.pptVIP

The Power of Nature Unit 5 Reading 第一页，共25页。 Do you still remember what happened on May 26, 2008? On May 12,2008,a strong earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale rocked Wenchuan in Sichuan province, some 92km northwest of Chengdu. 第二页，共25页。 第三页，共25页。 第四页，共25页。 第五页，共25页。 Do you know any other natural disasters ? Guess what they are according to the pictures. Facing natural disasters, how weak humans are! 第六页，共25页。 tsunami earthquake snowstorm flood 第七页，共25页。 typhoon sandstorm drought hurricane 第八页，共25页。 tornado landslide thunder/ lightning 第九页，共25页。 volcano 第十页，共25页。 However weak we are, we are not completely powerless. People are trying many ways to learn about natural disasters all the time to protect themselves. 第十一页，共25页。 第十二页，共25页。 Volcanoes begin to form when the rocks of the lower plate get pushed deep into the Earth. There they are heated, until they melt, forming magma, one kind of liquid rock, because magma is less dense than the solid rock around it, it is pushed upward. If the magma finds a weak place at the Earth’s surface, it may break through and form a volcano. How is a volcano formed? 第十三页，共25页。 Can you imagine climbing into a live volcano in order to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside? 第十四页，共25页。 Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside? A volcanologist 第十五页，共25页。 Do you want to be a volcanologist? 第十六页，共25页。 An Exciting Job Working as a volcanologist. 第十七页，共25页。 In what way did the writer find the job exciting? 第十八页，共25页。