英語選修六Unit5 Reading閱讀

Unit5.ThePowerofNatureHaveyoueverthoughtabouthowpowerfulnatureis?ChaonansufferedaseverefloodinAugust.

Doyouknowanyother

naturaldisasters?flooddroughtearthquakethunder/lightningtornado

hurricane/

typhoonvolcano-eruptionWhatdoyouknowaboutvolcano?Doyouknowhowavolcanoerupts?volcano-eruptionBoilingrockeruptsfromthecrater;thelavaflowsslowlydownthemountain.MagmachamberLavaCraterAshcloud/volcanicashAnExcitingJobFirstreading

Skimthewholetextandthendividethepassageinto3parts.Themainideaofthepassage:Part1(Para

)Part2(Para

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Part3(Para

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1-23-45Thewriter’s_____andits_________

jobimportanceThewriter’s__________ofwatchingthe_____________experiencevolcanoeruptionThe_______forthewriter’senthusiasmabouthisjobreasonsSecondreading

Readthewholetextcarefullyandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Thewriterdoesn’tmindtheoccasionaldangerofhisjobbecause_____.A.Hetravelstounusualplacesandmeets

interestingpeoplefromallovertheworldB.HelikesthedifferentwaysofworkingC.HethinkshisjobthemostimportantD.HeisexcitedaboutdangersandfeelsaliveBoilingrockwhicheruptsfromthevolcanoandcrashesbacktoearthcauseslessdamage.B.Thelavathatflowsslowlydownthemountaincausesfarmoredamage.2.What’sthemainideaofpara.3?C.Theeruptionismuchmoreexcitingtowatch.D.Therehadbeenaneruptioninthesideofthe

mountain.A.Becausehisbedbeganshaking.B.Becausehisbedroomsuddenlybecame

asbrightasday.C.Becausehethoughttherewasan

earthquakeinHawaii.D.Becausehewantedtocollectinformationabouttheeruption.3.Whydidthevolcanologistrunoutof

thehouseintothebackgarden?4.

Whatdoesthewritermeanbyusing

“l(fā)ucky”inthesentence“Iwasluckyenoughtohaveamuchcloserlookatit.”?A.Heleftmuchsaferonthetopwhiletheothertwoscientistsclimbeddownintothecrater.B.Itwashisfirstsightofaneruption.C.Itwasthefirsttimeforhimtowatchthecrater.D.bothBandC.5.Whatdoestheword“alive”meaninthesentence“...dangerexcitesmeandmakesmefeelalive”?Livingornotdead. B.Activeorlively.C.Continuing. D.Healthy.6.Whydidthewriterputonspecialclothestolookatthecrater?Becausehewantedtotakesomespecialphotos.B.Becausehewasconcernedabouthissafety.C.Becausetheothertwoscientistsaskedhimto.D.Becausehewantedtoclimbdownintothecrater.DiscussionHavinglearnedalittlemoreabouttheworkofavolcanologist,doyouthinkitisaoccupationyouwouldenjoy?Giveyourreasons.No.Iprobablywouldn’tenjoythisjobbecauseIwouldhavetoliveinothercountriesandalsoIdon’tlikebeingindangerous.Also,I’mnotverygoodatscience.Yes,I’dliketodoajoblikethisbecauseIwouldenjoyworkingoutsideandIthinkIwouldenjoytheadventure.ItwouldbeexcitingtomeetpeoplefromdifferentcountriesandIwouldfeelgoodabouthelpingpeopleavoiddanger.

LanguagepointsanextinctvolcanoanactivevolcanotypesofvolcanoesadormantvolcanoeruptIt'smanyyearssinceitlasterupted.2)（搏斗，暴力事件，噪音等）突然發(fā)生，爆發(fā)Violencehaseruptedonthestreets.eruptintolaughter/shouting/crying突然大笑/叫喊/大哭He

eruptedintolaughter

withoutanyreason.1)（火山）爆發(fā)，噴發(fā)1,However,themostimportantthingaboutmyjobisthatIhelpprotectordinarypeoplefromoneofthemostpowerfulforcesonearth-thevolcano.然而，最重要的是，通過我的工作我能保護(hù)人們免遭火山的威脅，這是世界上最大的自然威力之一。2,Havingcollectedandevaluatedthe

information，Ihelpotherscientiststopredictwherelavafromthevolcanowillflownextandhowfast.搜集和評估了這些信息之后，我就幫助其他的科學(xué)家預(yù)測下次火山熔巖漿會流向何處，流速是多少。①evaluatevt.評估；評價(jià)；估計(jì)。其名詞形式是evaluation②“having＋動詞的過去分詞”是現(xiàn)在分詞的完成形式，在句中作時(shí)間狀語，表明該動作發(fā)生在句子謂語動詞動作之前。3.Unfortnately,wecannotmovetheirhomesoutoftheway,andmanyhouseshavebeencoveredwithlavaorburnedtotheground.遺憾的是，我們不能把他們的家園搬離熔巖流經(jīng)之路，因此許多房屋被熔巖淹沒或被焚燒殆盡。

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burndown(＝burntotheground)燒毀4.However,theeruptionitselfisreallyexcitingtowatchandIshallneverforgetmyfirstsightofone.然而火山噴發(fā)本身的確是很壯觀的，我永遠(yuǎn)也忘不了我第一次看見火山噴發(fā)時(shí)的情景。*Theeruptionitselfisreallyexcitingtowatch.eg.Thatquestionisdifficulttoanswer.

Chickenlegsarenicetoeat.

Ifoundhimeasytogetalongwith.

5.Iwasabouttogobacktosleepwhensuddenlymy

bedroombecameasbrightasday.我剛要入睡，突然我的臥室亮如白晝。[歸納拓展]beabouttodosth.when…

正要干……突然……bedoing…when…

正在干……突然……

havejustdone…when…

剛剛干完……突然……eg.I'mdoingmyhomeworkwhenIhearascream.Ihavejustarrivedhomewhenitbeginstorain.昨天，她媽媽讓她練鋼琴時(shí)她剛做完作業(yè)。Shehadjustfinishedherhomeworkwhenhermotheraskedhertopracticeplayingthepianoyesterday.6．butweslowlymadeourwaytotheedgeofthecraterandlookeddownintothered，boilingcentre.我們緩緩地往火山口的邊緣走去，并且向下看到了紅紅的沸騰的中央。makewayfor...為.....讓路7.butthisbeingmyfirstnexperience,Istayedatthetopandwatchedthem.thisbeingmyfirstexperience：''代詞+現(xiàn)在分詞''構(gòu)成的獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)，作原因狀語。*獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)作狀語eg.Theweatherbeingfine,wedecidetogoforapicnic.

*分詞作狀語eg.Finishinghishomework,hewenttoplaybasketball.區(qū)別：邏輯主語

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Ihavethe_______(great)jobintheworld.ThemostimportantthingaboutmyjobisthatIhelpprotectordinarypeople_____oneofthemostpowerfulforcesonearth.Iwasappointed____avolcanologistworkingfortheHVOtwentyyearsago.Myjobis_______(collect)informationforadatabaseaboutMountKilauea,______isoneofthemostactivevolcanoesinHawaii.greatestfromascollectingwhich

___________(collect)andevaluatedtheinformation,Ihelpotherscientiststopredict______lavafromthevolcanowillflownextandhowfast.Ourworkhassavedmanylives______

peopleinthepathofthelavacanbewarnedtoleavetheirhouses.__________(fortunate),wecannotmovetheirhomesoutoftheway,andmanyhouseshavebeencovered_____lavaorburnedtotheground.HavingcollectedwherebecauseUnfortunatelywith

Whenboilingrockeruptsfromavolcanoandcrashesbacktoearth,itcauseslessdamagethanyoumightimagine.Thisis________noonelivesnearthetopofMountKilauea,_____therocksfall.Thelava_____flowsslowlylikeawavedownthemountain_____(cause)farmoredamagebecauseitburieseverythinginitspathunderthemoltenrock._______,theeruptionitselfisreallyexciting_________

(watch).becausewherecausesHoweverthattowatchThedayafterthiseruptionIwasluckyenoughtohaveamuchcloserlook_____it.TwootherscientistsandIweredrivenupthemountainanddropped_____closeaspossibletothecrater_____hadbeenformedduringtheeruption.atasthat根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的提示將下列句子翻譯成英語。1.我正要出去,天就開始下雨。(beabouttodo)Iwasabouttogooutwhenitbegantorain.2.我爬到山頂,這樣能很清楚地看到遠(yuǎn)處的村莊。(inthedistance)3.我們很吃驚地看到她有了小孩后的變化。(beamazedat)Iclimbedupthehillsoastoseethevillageclearlyinthedistance.Wewereamazedatherchangingaftershehadababy.4.他盡可能快地跑,以免被熊攻擊。(as...aspossible)5.學(xué)了一會兒，他向他的床走去。

(makeone’swayto)Heranasquicklyaspossibletoavoidbeingattackedbythebear.Afterstudyingforawhile,hemadehiswaytohisbed.Learningaboutlanguage

Replacetheunderlinedpartswithawordorphraseofsimilarmeaningfromthetext.Rewritethesentenceifnecessary.

Wereceivedthewrittensetofquestions

fromthecompanyastheywereeagertofindoutouropinionontheirproducts.thequestionnaire2.Thecardrewupnexttothesideofourcarandthedriverwavedtous.3.Thescientistswerestudyingcarefully

toseehowsuccessfultheexperimentis.alongsideevaluating4.Imovedcarefullyoverthefallenrocksandreturnedtothecar.5.Ithinktheboyislikelytoachieve

successinpainting,butheneedstraining.6.Theteacherwasgiventhejobbecausehewasthebestcandidate.

mademywayhaspotentialappointed7.Itiscertainthatthefactorywill

greatlyraisetheirefficiencyiftheyhavemodernmachinesand

tools.8.Charleslookedatthedrawingthatshowshowthemachineworksandknewimmediatelywhatwaswrongwithit.equipmentdiagram2Completetheparagraphwiththewordsintheboxinthecorrectforms.

burntothegroundabsolutevolcanoeruptionwavefountainashlavaerupt

龐培古城意大利那不勒斯海灣，維蘇威火山下，有一座美麗的古城，它始建公元前8世紀(jì)，它占地1.8平方公里，曾經(jīng)繁華一時(shí)。但是，公元79年8月，維蘇威火山大爆發(fā)，滾滾的巖漿埋葬了這座美麗的城市。1600多年后，也就是1748年，這座古城被發(fā)現(xiàn)。此后，經(jīng)過了200多年的挖掘，這座沉睡了近2000年的城市重見天日。TheeruptionofMountVesuviusin79ADtookthepeopleofPompeiibysurprise.Theyhadalwaysknownthatthemountainwasa_______butithadbeenquietforsolongthatnobodysawitasathrea