Reading and Vocabulary Module Three The Violence of Nature Reading and Vocabulary

Earth Song

The structure of this story At the beginning, Michael Jackson and those poor people cry for the wild animals, environment and the world which are destroyed by human beings. Then they prey for the God’s help in a mysterious(神秘的） way. Finally, the God responds them. With Jackson’s hopeless scream, there are violent winds , which cause the resurrection(复活） of the dead and the rebirth of all.

Mian'ning fire It happened on 19th March, 2016, which caused by burning paper in sacrifice(祭奠）.

Mian'ning fire An area of more than 65 hectares(公顷） has been burned, which is equal to 91 stander football fields.

What should we do? Pay more attention to safe usage of fire Protect the environment Reduce pollution Strengthen the awareness …

Natural disasters Sandstorm 沙尘暴 Landslide 滑坡 Tornado 龙卷风 fire 火灾 Lightning 闪电 Flood 洪灾

Drought干旱 Hurricane 飓风 Thunderstorm 雷暴 Tsunami 海啸 volcanic eruption 火山喷发 Earthquake 地震

Warm up Tornado Hurricane Watch the video and try to describe the first impression of each disaster. Tornado Hurricane

Careful-reading Read part 1 and part 2 to fill in the blank.

A Tornado A Hurricane Definition Speed Where How often Damage The worst one a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground Strong tropical storms >400km/h 120km/h or more in the US, from Texas to South Dakota in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico 800 each year 6 each year cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods pick up/ put down/ take off/ destroy houses 1925, three states, over 700 killed, 2,700 injured Step.8th,1900 in Galveston, Texas

Read Part3 carefully: An Extraodinary Event Lived in became famous Canada Charles Coghlan moved to New York Prince Edward Island late1890s stream 1900 hurricane Ended up in the sea in 1899 died coffin Galveston buried in Texas，in the US

Prince Edward Island Galveston

Summarize how to introduce a kind of natural disaster Post-reading Summarize how to introduce a kind of natural disaster definition; results; where; how strong; frequency; typical ones (e.g.worst ones); what happens;

Homework 《优化探究》section 1 （P27） Find out the useful words and expressions used to describe a disaster.