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INTRODUCTIONHaveyoueverexperiencedaflood?洪水ahurricane?飓风atornado?龙卷风alightning?闪电athunderstorm?...雷暴Matchthewordswiththeirdefinitionfloodhurricanelightningthunderstormtornado1.alotofwaterinanareawhichisusuallydry_______2.averystrongwindorstorm__________3.alotofrainfallingquickly,withloudnoiseandflashesoflight_____________4.theflashesoflightwhichhappensduringathunderstorm_______5.acolumnofairthatturnsveryquickly___________floodhurricanethunderstormlightningtornadotornadoArotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.龙卷风：一种纵向的气旋，伴随有倒漏斗形的积雨云，涡流直径达几百码，以每小时八百公里）的速度移动，具有极大的毁坏性Whatisatornado?typhoon台风：AtropicalcycloneoccurringinthewesternPacificorIndianoceans.发生在西太平洋或印度洋的热带暴风Aviolentstormwithextremelystrongwindsandheavyrain.飓风：一种猛烈的热带风暴，形成于大西洋或加勒比海赤道地区，从形成地向北、西北或东北移动，常携有大量雨水hurricanetidalwave/tsunamiAnearthquakeoriginatingundertheseafloor.海震/海啸：发自海底的地震lightning闪电：thebrightflashesoflightthatyouseeintheskyduringastorm.天空中云层放电时所产生的闪光。thunderstorm雷暴：aviolentstormofthunderandlightning,oftenaccompaniedbyrainandsometimeshail.短暂且有时很猛烈的雷和闪电的风暴，通常伴有雨且有时下冰雹flood：alargeamountofwaterthatcoversanareawhichwasdrybefore.正常情况下干燥为陆地地区的水泛滥floodhurricanelightningthunderstormsandstormtornadoearthquaketyphoontidalwavevolcaniceruption洪水飓风闪电雷暴沙尘暴龙卷风地震台风海啸火山喷发DisastersofNatureReadabouttheGulfSteamandcheckthemeaningofthewords1.Whatisacurrent?(a)Akindofelectricity(b)Amovementofwater(c)Akindofwind2.Whatkindofthingsflow?(a)Water(b)Time(c)Money3.Iftwoplacesareonthesamelatitude,theyareonthesameline_____(a)east/west(b)north/south★★★Matchthewordswiththedefinitions.burydisasterfeatherfuroccurtropical1.Youcanseethisonananimal_____2.describethehottestpartsoftheearth_____furtropical3aterribleevent______4youcanseetheseonabird______5toplaceinthegroundortomb______6tohappen______disasterfeatherburyoccurMatchthearticlewithitsmainidea.FAST-READING•Articleone•Articletwo•Articlethree•CharlesCoghlan’sstoryintheworsthurricanedisaster.•Arotatingcolumnofairanditspower.•Hurricanesarestrongtropicalstormsandintroduceitspowerandtheworstdisasterbyit.Readthefirstpartcarefullyandanswerquestions.CAREFUL-READING1.Whatisatornado?Atornadoisarotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.2.Whatcanhappentofurniturewhenahouseisdestroyedbyatornado?Furniturecanbeinsideexactlywhereitwas.3.Whatcantornadoesdo?Theycanpickup…,putdown…,takeoff...,destroy…,leave….1.HurricanesusuallyoccurinthePacificOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.2.There’reonaveragesixAtlantichurricaneseachyearandtheyusuallyaffecttheeastcoastoftheUSfromTexastoMaine.3.Hurricanescancausehugewaves,heavyrainandfloods.4.TheworsthurricaneofalltimeintheUSdestroyed3,000buildings.SouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.3,600Anextraordinaryevent1.WhowasCharlesCoghlan?Hewasanineteenth-centuryIrishactorwhowenttoliveinCanadaanddiedinGalveston.HiscoffinwasdroppedintheseabyahurricaneanditwascarriedtoCanadabytheGulfStream.2.Whatisthemeaningof“CoghlantraveledbacktoCanadaafterhehadbeenburiedinTexas”?READINGListentothetapeandcompletethepassage.Tornadoescan_________cars,trainsandevenhousesand____themdowninthenextstreet.Theycantakethefur____thebackofcatandfeathers____achicken.Theycan_______houses.Butleavethe________insideexactlywhereitwas.pickupputdestroyoffofffurnitureREADINGReadthetextandanswerthequestions.1Howstrongaretornadowinds?2Whenwastheworsthurricane?3WastheactorCharleskilledinit?4HowmanytornadoesarethereinUS?EVERYDAYENGLISHChoosethewordstocompletethesentences.luckilyunfortunatelythankfullyhopefullysadlyfortunately1________,wehadplentyofwarning.2________,therewereseveralvillagesinitspath.3___________,noonewaskilled.LuckilySadlyThankfullyEVERYDAYENGLISH4_________,itwon’tbetoolong.5_____________,manyhousescaughtfire.6__________,weputallthefiresoutquitequickly.HopefullyUnfortunatelyFortunatelyChoosethewordstocompletethesentences.luckilyunfortunatelythankfullyhopefullysadlyfortunately