外研版高中英語必修三module3reading課件

外研版高一年級(jí)

(必修3)Module

31Introduction and

Reading2What

does

“violence

of

nature”

refer

to?It

refers

to

disasters

ofnature.Can

you

name

some

disastersofnature?3flood4洪水A lot

of

water

in

an

areawhich

is

usually

dryearthquake5地震Lightning6閃電the

flash

of

light

whichhappensduring

a

thunderstorma

lot

of

rain

falling

quickly,

withloud

noises

and

flashes

of

light7thunderstorm雷暴sandstorm8沙塵暴a

column

of

air

thatturns

very

quickly9tornado龍卷風(fēng)a

very

strong

wind

orstorm10hurricane颶風(fēng)volcano11火山Volcanic

eruption12tsunami13a

very

large

wave,

often

caused

by

anearthquake,which

flows

onto

the

landand

destroys

thingsfloodhurricanelightningthunderstormsandstormtornadoearthquakevolcanic

eruptiontsunami洪水

颶風(fēng)

閃電

雷暴

沙塵暴龍卷風(fēng)地震火山噴發(fā)海嘯Disasters

of

Nature14Gulf

ofMexico15CaribbeanSeaPacificOceanAtlantic

OceanCanadaAmericaPacificOceanThe

AtlanticGulf

ofMexico16What

is

a

current?

BA

kind

of

electricityA

movement

of

waterA

kind

of

windWhat

kindof

things

flow?

AWater B.

Time C.

MoneyIf

two

places

areat

the

same

latitude,

theyare

on

the

same

line

A

.east/west B.

north/southRead

about

the

Gulf

Stream

and

answerthe

questions.17A

tornadoA

hurricaneAn

extraordinary

event18tornado19hurricaneA

tornadoA

tornado

is

a

rotating

column

of

air

from

a

thunderstorm

to

theground.The

most

violent

have

winds

of

morethan

400

kilometres

per

hour.They

occur

in

the

area

from Texas

in

thesoutheast

to

South

Dakota

in

thenorth

.Almost

all

of

them

occur

in

the

US.20They

can

pick

upcars,

trains

and

houses.They

can

take

the

fur

off

.....the

feathers

off.They

can

destroy

houses,

but

leave

thefurniture

inside

exactly

where

it

was.The

worst

one

occurred

in

1925,affectingthree

USstates

.

More

than

700people

had

been

killed

and

2,700

had

beeninjured.21A

hurricaneHurricanes

are

strong

tropical

storms

.They

occur

in

the

southern

Atlantic Ocean,

the

Caribbean

Sea

and

the

Gulf

ofMexico

.The

violent

winds

can

reach

the

speed

of 120

kilometers

per

hour

or

more

,causing

huge

waves,

heavy

rain

andfloods22A

hurricane3.

The

worst

one

occurred

on

theinGalveston,8th

September190023Texas.

It

killed

6,000

people

anddestroyed

3,600

buildings

.TornadoHurricaneDefinitionarotatingcolumn

of

aira

strong

tropicalstormSpeedover

400km/h120km/h

or

morePlacein

the

USin

theAtlanticOcean

...Damagepick up…,

put…down,

take

…

off…,

destroy

…kill…destroy…The

worstexample1925

US1900Galveston24Coghlan

went

to

live

in

Canada.

→Hethen

moved

to

New

York

→Galveston→(his

coffin)

→Prince

Edward

Island

in

Canada.An

extraordinary

event25True

orFalse.All

tornadoes

have

winds

of

more than

400

kilometres

per

hour.There

are

more

tornadoes

occurring in

the

US

than

in

other

parts

of

the world.Tornadoes

can’t

destroy

furniture because

they

are

not

violent

enough.26In

the

US,

there

are

usually

about

80 people

killed

in

tornadoes

every

year.The

worst

tornado

in

history

killed

at least

700

people.Every

year

there

are

six

Atlantichurricanes.Both

the

worst

tornado

and

theworst

hurricane

occurred

in

the

US.278.

The

worst

hurricane

of

all

time

killedabout

one-fifthofthe

populationin

theUS.Charles

Coghlan

didn’t

become famous

until

he

moved

to

New

York.

Coghlan’s

coffin

was

destroyed

by

the1900

Galveston

hurricane.

It

was

only

because

of

thehurricanethat

Coghlan’s

body

cou