高中英语课件：B3U2welcometotheunit.pptx

WelcometotheunitUnit2Naturaldisasters

Natureiskindofalovingmother,butalsoabutcherincoldblood.(大自然是慈爱的母亲，也是冷血的屠夫)-VictorHugo

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tsunamifloodearthquakevolcanoeruptionavalanche/snowslidehurricanemudslidetyphoonlandslidetornadosandstormwildfiredroughtDisaster

Whatnaturaldisasterinhistoryhaveyouheardabout?Howaretheseplacenow?An8.0magnitudeearthquakehitSichuanon2008,May,12th.380killedordisappearedinheavyraininChina’sZhengzhouin2021.AforestfirehappenedinsouthwestChina’sSichuanin2019,killing30firefighters.WeChineseworkhandinhandtorebuildourplanet!

2008WenchuanearthquakeinChina

2008WenchuanearthquakeinChinaTheearthquakestruckChina’sSichuanProvinceonMay12,2008.Theearthquakewasmeasuredat7.9onRichterscaleandkilledabout87,000people.Itleftmillionsofpeoplehomeless.Thousandsofthemwereburiedundertherubbleofcrushedcommunities.Factories,schools,homeswerecollapsedandittooktroopsandrescueteamssignificantamountsofefforttoreachareasofsouthwesternChina.

Platesmovingundergroundcancauseanearthquake,whichis__________________oftheearth’ssurface.Whenavolcanoerupts,___________,volcanicashandevenrocksescapethroughalargeopeningatthetop.Alargeamountof__________________fallingdownahillormountainiscalledalandslide.WelcometotheUnitasuddenshakinghotgasesearthandrock

Howmanysmallearthquakeshappeneveryyear?Severalmillionsmallearthquakes.Whatcanthevolcanicgasandashcause?Theycancauseacidrainandevenstorms.3.Whatarelandslidesoftencausedby?Heavyrainfall,earthquakes,volcaniceruptionsorothernaturaldisasters.Sometimeshumanactivitiessuchascuttingdownforestscanalsocauselandslides.Thinking

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