1. Judge the statements about the extraordinary event.
1) Charles Coghlan didn't become famous until he moved to New York.
2) Coghlan’s coffin was destroyed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
3) It was only because of the hurricane that Coghlan’s body could travel back to Canada.

2. Prince Edward Island
Galveston

3. P 22
Read about The Gulf Stream.
What is a current?
A kind of electricity (b) A movement (c) A kind wind
2) What kind of things flow?
Water (b) Time (c) Money
3) If two places are on the same latitude, they are on the same line_______.
(a) east/ west (b) north/ south

4. Module Three

5. Do you know how a volcano works?
Generally speaking, a volcano may happen at any place on a planet where some material from the inside of the planet makes its way through to the planet's surface.
Do you know how a volcano works?

6. volcano erupt
volcanic eruption

7. lava(熔岩) What will be produced after the eruption of a volcano? gas
vapour水蒸气,
carbon dioxide, etc.
solid
bits of rock and volcanic ash, etc.
liquid
lava(熔岩)

8. lava
ash

9. a huge tidal wave--- flood the island
lava ---bury villages

10. Plymouth ---- the capital of Montserrat

11. 1 Describe the volcanic eruption using the following words.
ash erupt lava tidal wave volcano

12. sea
lava
tidal
wave
ash
erupt
volcano

13. 3 Before listening answer the questions
Ash and lava poured down the mountain, setting fire to hundreds of houses. Does this mean that
a) a fire started or b) a fire ended ?
Hundreds of houses caught fire when the lava reached them. Does this mean that the fire started because of
a) a person or b) a natural event?
We managed to get half the population to another island. Does this mean it was
a) an easy thing to do or b) a difficult thing to do?
We put all the fires out. Does this mean the fires
a) are still burning or b) have finished?

14. Predict what the listening is about based
on the questions.

15. 4 Listen and answer these questions. Where are they?
Who are the two people in the conversation?
3. Is a volcanic eruption taking place now?
In the center of Plymouth, capital of Montserrat.
A reporter and Frank Savage , governor of the
island.
No, it isn’t.
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16. 4 Listen and answer these questions.
How many people have already left the island?
How many people were killed by the eruption?
When will people be able to return to their homes?
About 6,000.
None.
They don’t know.

17. listen to the tape and fill the blank.
Reporter: I’m standing in the center of Plymouth,
the capital of Montserrat, where just
one week ago, a 1) ______ _________ took
place. With me is Frank Savage,
the 2) _________ of the island. Mr. Savage,
thank you for talking to us.
Savage: You’re welcome.
Reporter: What exactly 3)_________ last week?
Savage: Well, the volcano 4) ________, and ____ and
_____ poured down the mountain towards
the sea. 5) ___________, there are several
villages in its path.
volcanic eruption
governor
happened
erupted
ash
lava
Unfortunately 17

18. Reporter: That’s 6) _________. Was anybody hurt?
Savage: No. 7) _________, we had plenty of 8) ________
and I told people who lived in the path of
the ash and lava to leave the island. We
9) ___________ get half the population to
another island before the eruption took
place.
Reporter: Why are you still here?
Savage: Well, I’m still working because there’s a lot
to do.
terrible
Luckily
warning
managed to 18

19. Reporter: How many people live on the island?
Savage: Eleven thousand people live here and
about six thousand people have left.
Reporter: Which areas are the most 10) __________?
Savage: Well, the most dangerous places are
between the 11) ______ and the sea. There are
a lot of villages there. And it was very
dangerous. 12)_________, hundreds of
houses 13) ______ ________ when the
lava reached them.
Reporter: Oh, I’m very sorry to hear that.
Savage: 14) _____________, no one was killed.
dangerous
volcano
Sadly
caught
fire
Thankfully 19

20. Reporter: Are the houses still 15) _____ _______?
Savage: No. Fortunately, we 16) ____ all the fires _____
quite quickly.
Reporter: That’s very good news. Well, it’s a
beautiful sunny day here in Plymouth.
Does this mean that the danger 17) _____
________?
Savage: No! The volcano could erupt again! People
must understand that it is still very
dangerous and they can’t 18) ________to their
houses.
on fire
put
out is
over
go back 20

21. Reporter: OK-So that’s the message from the
governor-don’t go back to your house.
When will people be able to return
home?
Savage: We don’t know at the ________.
20) ____________, it won’t be too long.
Reporter: Thank you for your time, Mr. Savage.
Savage: Thank you.
moment
Hopefully 21

22. Fill in the blanks: P 28, Ex. 2)
Fortunately/Thankfully/Luckily
Unfortunately/Sadly
Hopefully/Fortunately/Thankfully/Luckily

23. Speaking The natural disaster I experienced:
Work in pairs
The natural disaster I experienced:
What disaster have you experienced?
Where were you when it happened?
What were you doing? …

24. Assignment
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