2. Book6 Unit5 The power of nature Warming-up and Reading

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

4. Typhoon Sandstorm Flood Earthquak e Tornado Snowstorm Tsunam i Landslid e Cyclone Hailstorm Volcano Hurricane The power of nature

5. Some new words typhoon [ tai'fu:n ] n. 台风 cyclone ['saikləun ] n. 旋风, 飓风 hurricane ['h ʌ rikən, -kin ] n. 飓风 tornado [ t ɔ :'neidəu ] n. 龙卷风 landslide ['lændslaid ] n. 山崩 tsunami [ tsju:'n ɑ :mi ] n. 海啸 volcano [ v ɔ l'keinəu ] n. 火山 hailstorm [ 'heilst ɔ :n ] n. 雹暴

6. FloodEarthquake

7. Typhoon/Cyclone/Hurricane

8. Tsunami

9. Sandstorm

10. Volcano

15. 2. What do you feel when you see those pictures? Have you ever experienced one? Share you experience and feelings.

16. 3.Have you ever seen a volcano?

18. Active volcano

19. Dormant volcano Extinct volcano

20. Pre-reading Can you imagine climbing into a live volcano in order to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?

21. imagine doing such dangerous work as part of your job ?

22. Answer “yes” or “no” to these questions to find out if you would be suitable for this work. Do a quiz

23. QuestionsYesNo Do you like working outside as well as inside? Do you enjoy traveling to unusual places? Do you enjoy taking risks?

24. QuestionsYesNo Do you dislike doing the same thing every day? Do you like adventure in your life? Are you interested in studying rocks and other things that make up the surface of the earth?

25. If you answered “yes” to all these questions, then volcanology could be a good career for you.

26. Homework Preview new words in this unit and the passage on P 34 to find out more about being a volcanologist.