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1、Module 3 The Violence of NatureReading and Vocabulary城北中学 刘白弘How do you feel about the wind?How do you feel about the Tornado?BrainstormdisastersdisastercurrentshakefirewateroccurtropicalviolentwavecemeteryExplain the words in English or with examples.disastercurrentoccurtropicalviolencewavecemetery

2、shakea terrible event,such as earthquake,tornado.move quickly from side to side or up and down.a movement of waterto happendescribing the hottest parts of the earth,north and south of the equatoran awful action or strong power of sb./sth.move up and down or rise of water,esp on the seaarea of land f

3、or burying the deadScanning&Skimming1.What is a tornado?A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thonderstrom to the ground.2.What is a hurricane and where does it usually occur?Hurricanes are strong tropical stroms,and they usually occur in the southern Atlantic Ocean,the Caribbean Sea and the

4、Gulf of Mexico.3.What is the story about in An Extraordinary Event?It is about the 1900 Galveston hurricane.Detailed ReadingGroup 1Read What Is a Tornado?and find the answers to these questions.1.How strong are tornado winds?2.What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?3.How

5、 many tornadoes are there in the US every year?4.How many people died in the worst tornado of all time?Group 2 Read What Is a Hurricane?and find the answers to these questions.1.How strong are hurricane winds?2.How many Atlantic hurricanes on average each year?3.When and where did the worst hurrican

6、e disaster of all time occur?4.How many people were killed in the worst hurricane disaster of all time?Group 11.How strong are tornado winds?2.What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?3.How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?4.How many people died in the worst t

7、ornado of all time?The most violent have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour.Tornados can destroy houses,but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was.There are 800 tornados in the US each year.More than 700 people died.1.How strong are hurricane winds?2.How many Atlantic hurricanes on

8、average each year?3.When and where did the worst hurricane disaster of all time occur?4.How many people were killed in the worst hurricane disaster of all time?Group 2 There are violent winds of 120 kilometers per hour or more,which cause huge waves,heavy rain and floods.There are six Atlantic hurri

9、canes on average each year.The worst hurricane disaster of all time occurred on the 8th Septemper 1900 in Galveston,Texas.6000 people were killed in the worst hurricane disaster of all time.Listen to An Extraordinary Event and fill in the form.HeroCharles GoghlanNationalityIrishProfessionactorWhere

10、did he go to live first?CanadaWhere did he become famous?New YorkWhere did he die?GalvestonWhat happened to his cemetery and coffin?His cemetery was destroyed by the hurricane and his coffin ended up in the sea.What happened to his coffin 8 years after the Hurricane?His coffin was found by fisherman in the sea near his home,Canada.TALK SHOW-Violence of NatureA host/hostessSome guestslWhat do you think of these natural disasters?lWhat should we do when facing the violence of Nature?lWh-/How.?lWe should be together.TALK SHOW