unit5-the-power-of-nature-reading

ThePowerofNatureUnit5Earthquakein2008Doyouknowanyothernaturaldisasters?WhathappenedinYunnanProvincein2010?droughtTsunamiinJapanfloodThunderstormtornadohurricane/typhoonEruptionofaVolcanoAnExcitingJobWorkingasavolcanologist.Whataretalkedabout?Readingforthemainidea.Readquicklyandcheckwhatthewriterstatesinthepassage◆thewriter'sjobandtheimportanceofhisjob◆thewriter'sfirstworkingexperienceonthetopofavolcanoⅠ.Fastreading◆thereasonforthewriter'senthusiasmabouthiswork◆thewriter’sstudyexperience◆thewriter'sfirstexperienceofseeingtheeruptionofavolcano◆howthewriterbecameavolcanologist◆Howthewriterdoeshisjob(1)(3)(5)(4)(2)Readingfordetails1.Readparagraph1andparagraph2andchooseonetaskyouliketodo.Ⅱ.DetailedreadingLevelOneLevelTwoChallengeLeveloneWhyisavolcanologist'sjobimportant?LeveltwoWhichsentencehastheclosestmeaningwiththefollowingone?AfterIgatherandformanopinionofthevalueoftheinformation,Ihelpotherscientiststotelltheflowandthespeedoflavafromthevolcanointhefuture.challengeTranslatethesentenceintoChinese.Unfortunately,wecannotmovetheirhomesoutoftheway,andmanyhouseshavebeencoveredwithlavaorburnedtotheground.Theworkcanprotectordinarypeoplefromoneofthemostpowerfulforcesonearth-thevolcano./Becausetheycanhelpsavemanylivesbecausepeopleinthepathofthelavacanbewarnedtoleavetheirhome.Whyisavolcanologist'sjobimportant?paraphrasingWhichsentencehastheclosestmeaningwiththefollowingone?AfterIgatherandformanopinionofthevalueoftheinformation,Ihelpotherscientiststotelltheflowandthespeedoflavafromthevolcanointhefuture.Havingcollectedandevaluatedtheinformation,Ihelpotherscientiststopredictwherelavafromthevolcanowillflownextandhowfast.TranslationTranslatethesentenceintoChinese.Unfortunately,wecannotmovetheirhomesoutoftheway,andmanyhouseshavebeencoveredwithlavaorburnedtotheground.遗憾的是，我们不可能把他们的家搬离岩浆流过的地方，因此，许多房屋被熔岩淹没，或者焚烧殆尽。2.Readparagragh3andparagraph4tofinishthetasks.Youcanchoosetheoneyouliketodo.LevelOneLevelTwo(A)LevelTwo(B)Ⅱ.DetailedreadingLeveloneWhyisthelavathatflowsonMountKilaueamoredangerousthantheactualeruption?Leveltwo(A)Whatmadethewriterrealizethataneruptionoccurred?◆mybedbeganshaking◆_________________◆_________________◆_________________◆anfantasticsightLeveltwo(B)whatdidthescientistdoaftertheeruption?◆__________________◆putonwhiteprotectivesuits,helmets,bigboots◆__________________◆lookdownintothered,boilingcenter◆__________________FindoutthekeywordstogivetheinformationbrieflyLeveloneWhyisthelavathatflowsonMountKilaueamoredangerousthantheactualeruption?Thelavacancoveruporburnvillagesinitspath.Therocksfromthevolcanousuallydon’tdamageanythingbecausenoonelivesnearthecrater.Leveltwo(A)Whatmadethewriterrealizethataneruptionoccurred?◆mybedbeganshaking◆_________________◆_________________________________◆_______________________________________________________◆anfantasticsightastrangesoundMybedroombecameasbrightasdayredhotlavawasfountaininghundredofmetresintotheairLeveltwo(B)whatdidthescientistdoaftertheeruption?◆___________________________________◆putonwhiteprotectivesuits,helmets,bigboots◆___________________________________◆lookdownintothered,boilingcenter◆________________________________________slowlymakeourwaytotheedgeofthecraterclimbeddownintothecratertocollectsomelavadroppedasclosedaspossibletothecrater3.Readparagraph5andfinishthetask.Whatwasthewriterfindamazedevenafterstudyingvolcanoesformorethantwentyyears?Theauthorisamazedbythebeautyoftheeruptionandalsobyitspotentialtocausegreatdamage.Ⅱ.Detailedreading1.ReadingforcomprehensionLookatthelastparagraphandthinkaboutitsaim.A.Tointroducehisjobtothereaders.B.Torelateinterestingexperiencesthatwillentertainandinformreaders.C.Tosummarizethewriter’sfeelingsabouthisjobandtorestatetheideasexpressedinthefirstparagraphⅢ.ThinkinganddiscussingChallenge2.ReadforlanguagestudyWhichofthefollowingonehavethesamemeaningwiththesentence:HavingexperiencedquiteafewearthquakesinHawaiialready,Ididn'ttakemuchnotice.A.AlthoughIhadexperiencedquiteafewearthquakesinHawaiialready,Ididn'ttakemuchnotice.B.IfIhadexperiencedquiteafewearthquakesinHawaiialready,Ididn'ttakemuchnotice.C.BecauseIhadexperiencedquiteafewearthquakesinHawaiialready,Ididn'ttakemuchnotice.ChallengeNaturalforcesarepowerfulandcancausegreatdisasters.However,mancandosomethingtosavepeople’slivesandreducethedamageasthewriterdoesinhisjob.Ifyouareavolcanologist,givesomeadviceonwhatskillsandqualitiesavolcanologistshouldhave.Example:beinterestedingeology…Ⅳ.Post-reading.Groupworktwopiecesofadvicethreepiecesofadviceandmore0nepieceofadviceLeveloneLeveltwochallengeThenatureisthemostimportanttohuman.Weshouldloveandprotectnature,thenwecanreducedisasterscausedbynatureReadthepassagemoreandfindoutthebeautifulanddifficultsentencestoyouandrecite.Homework