【课件设计】Book3 Unit6 Stars after the storm_高中_英语_.pptVIP

外研版普通高中英语 必修三Unit 6 Disaster and Hope (第4课时) Developing ideas---Stars after the storm 高一英语 1 2 3 4 To listen and learn how massive the Hurricane Katrina was. To skim for the main idea and understand the title. To draw the outline of the passage and figure out the change of the author’s feelings. To learn to take a positive attitude when facing disasters or hardships in life. Learning Objectives Background Information Homework Listen to the brief introduction about the Hurricane Katrina and fill in the blank in your handout. Warming up Hurricane Katrina reached the state of Louisiana on the morning of August 29, 2005. It was the -1. ________ hurricane in American history, and one of the deadliest. Hurricane Katrina 2._______ hardest in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. 3._____ and 4.___________ from the hurricane and its effects extended along the Gulf Coast. More than 5.________ people were killed. The storm formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005. The next day, it grew strong enough for scientists to call it a tropical storm. Then it moved toward the United States. It first reached land in south Florida on August twenty-fifth. Experts identified the storm as a hurricane. They named it Katrina, and rated it as the least severe type of hurricane. Hurricane Katrina weakened again after striking Florida. Later it moved to the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulfs warm waters helped it gain strength. At one point, the storms winds were blowing at more than 6.________ per hour. Experts increased its rating to the most 7.________ hurricane. Time passed, and the winds again weakened. Then Hurricane Katrina reached land in Louisiana. Its speed had fallen to about two hundred kilometers per hour when it struck near New Orleans. But the wind was strong enough to 8.______________, vehicles and buildings. It 9._______________ the air like toys. Walls of water 10.________ over the land. Intense rain fell. Then Hurricane Katrina struck land again, this time at the border of M