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1、The Violence of NatureWords and expressionsoccurtropicalequatorrotatingviolentwave currentvi. 发生发生adj. 热带的热带的n. 赤道赤道adj. 旋转的，循环的旋转的，循环的adj. 猛烈的，激烈的猛烈的，激烈的n. 波浪波浪n. 海流，潮流海流，潮流Words and expressionslatitudefurniturefeatherstrike cemeterycoffinburyn. 纬度纬度n.家具家具n.羽毛羽毛vt.& n. 袭击袭击n. 墓地，公墓墓地，公墓n. 棺材棺材v

2、t.埋葬埋葬pick uptake offof all timeon averagein a population ofbe buried in有史以来有史以来脱下，移去脱下，移去平均平均卷起；捡起；拿起卷起；捡起；拿起埋葬于埋葬于的人口的人口tornadohurricaneA tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground.Reading Comprehension ISkimmingWhat is a Tornado?skimmingPart 1 How strong are tornado win

3、ds?More than 400 Km/h.2. What can happen to the furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado? It stays where it was.3. How many tornadoes are there in the US Every Year? About 800.4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time? More than 700.skimmingPart 1A hurricane is a strong tropic

4、al storm.Reading Comprehension ISkimmingWhat is a hurricane?skimmingPart 25. What happens at sea during a hurricane?It has huge waves.6. When was the worst hurricane of all time? 8th September, 1900skimmingPart 27. Was the actor Charles Coghclan killed in it?No, he wasnt.8. What happened to him afte

5、r the hurricane?His coffin was dropped in the sea by a hurricane and carried to Canada by the Gulf Stream.NamesTornadoHurricaneDefinitionsSpeedPlacesDamageThe worst exampleA _column of air from a _to the groundStrong _stormsOccurred in 1925,affecting_Ocurred on the 8th Sept. 1900 in_More than _kilom

6、etres per hour_kilometres per hour or moreThe US, from _in the southeast to South_in the north The southern Atlantic Ocean,the_ and the Gulf of MexicoPick upput downtake offdestroyCause_, heavy rain and_Scanning Read the first two short passages and fill in the form.rotatingthunderstormtropical40012

7、0TexasDakotaCaribbean Seahuge wavesfloodsthree US statesGalveston, TexasCharlesCoghlanDeath timeEventTraveling distancemaleIrishactorIn 1899,a yearHis coffin travelled From Texas to Canada.3,000kilometresName GenderOriginCareerScanning Part 3 Read the passage silently and learn by heart as many deta

8、ils about the hero as possible.Charles CoghlanCanadaNew YorkcemeterycoffinPrince Edward IslandHere is an extraordinary _. This is a story _ the 1900 Galveston hurricane. Charles Coghlan, a nineteenth-century Irish _, died in 1899. Eight years later, his _ was found by fishermen in the sea near his h

9、ome. The Gulf Stream had _ it 3,000 kilometers _ the eastern US coast to Prince Edward Island. aboutactorcoffincarriedupeventCareful reading1. All tornadoes have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour.2. There are more tornadoes occurring in the US than in other parts of the world.3. Tornadoes c

10、ant destroy furniture because they are not violent enough.4. In the US, there are usually about 80 people killed in tornadoes every year.5. The worst tornado in history killed at least 700 people.FTFTT 6. Every year there are six Atlantic hurricanes. 7. Both the worst tornado and the worst hurricane

11、 occurred in the US. 8. The worst hurricane of all time killed about one-sixth of the population in the US. 9. Charles Coghlan didnt become famous until he moved to New York. 10. Coghlans cemetery was destroyed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane. 11. It was only because of the hurricane that Coghlans b

12、ody could travel back to Canada.TTTTTT龙卷风是指一个从空中的雷暴延伸到地面的旋转龙卷风是指一个从空中的雷暴延伸到地面的旋转气柱。最强烈的龙卷风的风速可达到每小时气柱。最强烈的龙卷风的风速可达到每小时400400多公里。它们几乎都发生在美国，主要活动区域多公里。它们几乎都发生在美国，主要活动区域从东南部的德克萨斯州到北部的南达科他州。从东南部的德克萨斯州到北部的南达科他州。龙卷风能卷起汽车、火车甚至房子，并把它们卷龙卷风能卷起汽车、火车甚至房子，并把它们卷到旁边的街道到旁边的街道有时甚至能卷到邻近的城镇。它有时甚至能卷到邻近的城镇。它们能吹掉猫背后的毛和鸡身

13、上的羽毛。它们能毁们能吹掉猫背后的毛和鸡身上的羽毛。它们能毁掉房子，并把房内的家具留在原处。掉房子，并把房内的家具留在原处。什么是龙卷风平均来说，美国每年发生平均来说，美国每年发生800800次龙卷风，造成大次龙卷风，造成大约约8080人死亡，人死亡，15001500人受伤。有史以来最严重的人受伤。有史以来最严重的一次龙卷风发生于一次龙卷风发生于19251925年，影响了美国的三个州年，影响了美国的三个州：密苏里州、伊利诺伊州和印第安纳州。等到风：密苏里州、伊利诺伊州和印第安纳州。等到风停时，已经有停时，已经有700700多人死亡，多人死亡，27002700多人受伤。多人受伤。飓风是强烈的热带风暴，它们经常发生在大西洋南部、加勒比海岸和墨西哥湾。强飓风的风速可达到每小时120公里或更多，会导致巨浪、大雨和洪水。每年平均有六次大西洋飓风，他们经常影响从德克萨斯州到缅因州的美国东海岸大片区域。有史以来最严重的一次飓风灾害于1990年9月8号发生在德克萨斯州的加尔维斯顿。以每小时200公里的速度移动的强风以及5米高的海浪袭击了这座城市。这次灾难导致总人口37000人中有6000人死亡，3600座建筑物被毁坏。什么是飓风这是一个关于1900年加尔维斯顿飓风的故事。查尔斯 科格伦是一名居住在加拿大