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theviolenceofnature阅读课件的资料第1页/共23页 第2页/共23页 Think of what natural disasters we have gone through in recent years.第3页/共23页 Wen Chuan EarthquakeIt caused more than 6,000 deaths and more than 37,000 injuries第4页/共23页 Japan tsunamiIt caused 11082 deaths and 16717 people missing 第5页/共23页 Zhou Qu mudslide702people were killed, 1042 were lost and 4700 were injured, including 42 who were seriously injured.第6页/共23页 freezing weather across EuropeIt seriously affected people’s life 第7页/共23页 drought第8页/共23页 droughtfloodhurricanelightningthunderstormsandstormtornadoearthquaketyphoontsunami\ tidal wavevolcanic eruptionfire干旱洪水飓风闪电雷暴沙尘暴龙卷风地震台风海啸火山喷发火灾Disasters of Nature第9页/共23页 violentcolumnfeatherfurfurniturecoffinburyoccurstrike暴力的,猛烈的柱状物羽毛皮毛家具棺材埋葬发生,出现袭击第10页/共23页 ？第11页/共23页 Tornado 第12页/共23页 1 What is tornado？2 How strong are tornado?A rotating column of air from a thunderstormto the ground. More than 400km/h.3 How many tornados are there in the US every year?About 800.第13页/共23页 4. What can tornadoes do? They can pick up…, put down…, take off..., destroy…, leave….Tornadoes can _________cars, trains and even houses and ____ them down in the next street. They can take the fur ____ the back of a cat and feathers ____ a chicken. They can _______ houses, but leave the ________inside exactly where it was. pick upputdestroyoffofffurniture第14页/共23页 hurricane第15页/共23页 What Is a Hurricane? Hurricanes usually occur in the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. There’re on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine. Hurricanes can cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods.The worst hurricane of all time in the US killed 6000people and destroyed 3,600 buildings.FTTT第16页/共23页 Charles Coghlan an Irish actor who went to live in CanadaAn Extraordinary Event第17页/共23页 Put the events into correct orderA. Charles, an Irish actor, went to live in Canada, and by the late 1890s, he had moved to Galveston of the US