2. Unit 5 The power of nature warming up and reading

3. See the following pictures. Please name the disasters you know. Warming up

4. Flood

5. Earthquake

6. Sandstorm

7. tornado [t ɔ :’neidəu]

8. Tsunami [ts ʊ ′ n ɑ :mi]

9. landslide

10. thunder/ lightning hurricane /typhoon

11. volcano eruption

12. How is a volcano formed?

13. volcano- eruption Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain. lava Lava Crater Ash cloud

14. Have you ever seen a volcano?

15. Volcano

16. Who are they? What are they doing? Collect information about volcanoes. volcanologist

17. What does a volcanologist do? Is the work important? His work can help save many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their home.

18. Reading An Exciting Job

19. Part 1(Para 1-2) Part 2(Para 3-4) Part 3(Para 5) The writer’s experience of watching the volcanic eruption The writer’s job and its importance The writer’s job and its importance The reasons for the writer’s enthusiasm about his job Skimming Find out the main idea of each part.

20. Careful reading 1. What’s the author’s job ? 2. What organization does he work for ? 3. What’s the content of his job? He is a volcanologist. He works for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Collecting information for a database about Mount Kilauea and helping other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. Read the first part (Para 1&2) and answer the following questions.

21. Read the second part (Para3&4) and fill in the blanks. The first experience (paras3-4) The day of the _______ His bed began _________ and he heard a strange sound. His bedroom became as _______ as day. Red hot lava _________ hundreds of meters into the air The day _______ the eruption Two other scientists and he were _________ the mountain and dropped as close as possible to the ________that had been formed during the eruption. They slowly _____________ to the edge of the crater and looked down into the red, boiling center. eruption after shaking bright fountained crater made their way driven up

22. 1) Does the writer feel bored about his job now? 2) How do you know? Read the last part and think about:

23. Listening Listen to the tape carefully and pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.

24. Read the text carefully, then choose the best answer. Post reading

25. 1). The writer doesn ’ t mind the occasional danger of his job because ______. A. He travels to unusual places and meets interesting people from all over the world B. He likes the different ways of working C. He thinks his job the most important D. He is excited about dangers and feels alive

26. 2). As a result of the volcanologist’s work, ____. A. other scientists predict the progress of lava from the volcano B. many people have been warned to leave their homes C. the eruption causes less damage D. the eruption may be prevented breaking out

27. 3). Why did the volcanologist run out of the house into back garden ? __________ A. Because his bed began shaking. B. Because his bedroom suddenly became as bright as day. C. Because he thought there was an earthquake in Hawaii. D. Because he wanted to collect information about eruption.

28. 4). What does the writer mean by using “lucky” in the sentence “I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it”? __________ A. He felt much safer on the top while the other two scientists climbed down into the crater. B. It was his first sight of an eruption. C. It was the first time for him to watch the crater. D. Both B and C

29. 5). What does the word “alive” mean in the sentence “... danger excites me and makes me feel alive”? A.Living or not dead. B. Active or lively. C. Continuing. D. Healthy.

30. 6) Why did the writer put on special clothes to look at the crater? A.Because he wanted to take some special photos. B. Because he was concerned about his safety. C. Because the other two scientists asked him to. D. Because he wanted to climb down into the crater.

31. Goodbye