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

2. Earth Song

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Prince Edward Island
Galveston

14. 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;

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