高中英语外研版TheViolenceofNatureTheVio

hurricane:aviolentstormwithextremelystrongwindsandheavyraintornado:acolumnofairthatturnsveryquicklyTheviolenceofnatureTask1:Matchthewordswiththedefinition.wavecoffincemeterystrikeviolentrotatea:moveorturnaroundacircleb:verystrong,oftencausedbyphysicalforcethatisintendedtohurtorkillsb.c:waterthatmovesacrossthesurfaceofthesea,oceand:hitsb/sthhardwithaforcee:anareaoflandusedforburyingdeadpeoplef:aboxinwhichadeadbodyisburiedreading:Part1:Whatis_________Part2:Whatis_________Part3:Anextrodinary_______Task2.Fillinthemindmaptornadohurricaneeventtornado

Part1:WhatisTornado？definitionspeedstrengtheffect________________________________________________________________________Themostviolenthavewindsofmorethan_____kilometresperhour.Tornadocan_______cars,trainsandevenhousesand____them_____inthenextstreet-oreveninthenexttown.Theycan____thefur____thebackofacatandthefeathersoffachicken.Theycan_________houses,but________thefurnitureinsideexactlywhereitwas.Theworsttornadoofalltimeoccurredin1925,

_________threeUSstates:Missouri,IllinoisandIndiana.pickupputtakedestroy

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Arotatingofcolumnofairfromathunder-stormtothegoundhurricaneTask3:Answerthequestions:1.Whatisahurricane?2.Whathappensatseaduringahurricane?3.Wheredoesahurricaneoftenoccur?4.Whendidtheworsthurricaneofalltimehappen?

5.Howmanypeoplediedintheworsthurricane?InthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.Itcauseshugewaves,heavyrainandfloods.OnSept.8th,1900.Hurricaneisastrongtropical

wind.6,000.CharlesCoghlan

anIrishactorAnExtraordinaryEventTask

4：Puttheeventsintocorrectorder.A.Charles,anIrishactor,wenttoliveinCanada,andbythelate1890s,hehadmovedtoGalvestonoftheUS.B.HiscoffinwasfoundinCanada.C.HediedintheUSandwasburiedthere.D.TheworsthurricanestruckGalveston.A-C-D-BNewYorkPrinceEdwardIslandNewYorkGalveston,TexasHediedin1899.HewascarriedbackbyhurricaneCanadaUSAlivedinmovedto-becamemovedto-diedwascarriedbackTexasMissouriIllinoisIndianahurricane(3,600)tornado(>700/2,700)earthquake69,227Interviwer

1.Whatnaturaldisastersdidyouexperience?2.Wherewereyouwhenithappened?3.Whatwereyoudoing?4.Whatdamagedidthedisastercause?5.Whoofferedyouhelpandhow?houses/trees--cars--roads--people--soldier--rescued(救援)donate(捐赠)......rebuild....InterviweeearthquakefalldownbeturnedoverbecutoffbeburiedTask

5：AtalkshowMaketheworldfulloflove!Homework：

ExerciseBookP16WhatIsaTornado?Atornadoisarotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.Themostviolenthavewindsofmorethan400kilometresperhour.AlmostallofthemoccurintheUS,intheareafromTexasinthesoutheasttoSouthDakotainthenorth.Tornadoescanpickupcars,trainsandevenhousesandputthemdowninthenextstreet–oreveninthenexttown.Theycantakethefuroffthebackofacatandthefeathersoffachicken.Theycandestroyhouses,butleavethefurnitureinsideexactlywhereitwas.Onaverage,thereare800tornadoesintheUSeachyear,causingabout80deathsand1,500injuries.Theworsttornadoofalltimeoccurredin1925,affectingthreeUSstates:Missouri,IllinoisandIndiana.Bythetimeitended,morethan700peoplehadbeenkilledand2,700hadbeeninjured.WhatIsaHurricane?Hurricanesarestrongtropicalstorms,andtheyusuallyoccurinthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.Thereareviolentwindsof120kilometresperhourormore,whichcausehugewaves,heavyrainandfloods.ThereareonaveragesixAtlantichurricaneseachyearandtheyusuallyaffecttheeastcoastofUSfromTexastoMaine.Theworsthurricanedisasterofalltimeoccurredonthe8thSeptember1900inGalveston,Texas.Windsof200kilometresperhourandfive-metrehighwaveshitthecity.Thedisasterkilled6,000peopleinapopulationof37,000anddestroyed3,600buildings.AnExtraordinaryEventThisisastoryaboutthe1900Galvestonhurricane.CharlesCoghlanwasanineteenth-centuryIrishactorwhowenttoliveinCanada.HethenmovedtoNewYork,wherehebecamefamous.Bythe1890s,hehadmovedtoGalveston,wherehediedin1899,ayearbeforethehurricanestruck.ThecemeterywhereCoghlanwasburiedwasdestroyedbythehurricaneandCohglanscoffinendedupinthesea.Eightyearslater,thecoffinwasfoundbyfishermenintheseanearhishomeonPrinceEdwardIslandintheeastofCanada.TheGulfStreamhadcarriedit3,000kilometresuptheeasternUScoasttoPrinceEdwardIsland.CoghlantraveledbacktoCanada–afterhehadbeenburiedinTexas!WhatIsaTornado?Atornadoisarotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.Themostviolenthavewindsofmorethan400kilometresperhour.AlmostallofthemoccurintheUS,intheareafromTexasinthesoutheasttoSouthDakotainthenorth.Tornadoescanpickupcars,trainsandevenhousesandputthemdowninthenextstreet–oreveninthenexttown.Theycantakethefuroffthebackofacatandthefeathersoffachicken.Theycandestroyhouses,butleavethefurnitureinsideexactlywhereitwas.Onaverage,thereare800tornadoesintheUSeachyear,causingabout80deathsand1,500injuries.Theworsttornadoofalltimeoccurredin1925,affectingthreeUSstates:Missouri,IllinoisandIndiana.Bythetimeitended,morethan700peoplehadbeenkilledand2,700hadbeeninjured.WhatIsaHurricane?Hurricanesarestrongtropicalstorms,andtheyusuallyoccurinthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.Thereareviolentwindsof120kilometresperhourormore,whichcausehugewaves,heavyrainandfloods.ThereareonaveragesixAtlantichurricaneseachyearandtheyusuallyaffecttheeastcoastofUSfromTexastoMaine.Theworsthurricanedisasterofalltimeoccurredonthe8thSeptember1900inGalveston,Texas.Windsof200kilometresperhourandfive-metrehighwaveshitthecity.Thedisasterkilled6,000peopleinapopulationof37,000anddestroyed3,600buildings.AnExtraordinaryEventThisisastoryaboutthe1900Galvestonhurricane.CharlesCoghlanwasanineteenth-centuryIrishactorwhowenttoliveinCanada.HethenmovedtoNewYork,wherehebecamefamous.Bythe1890s,hehadmovedtoGalveston,wherehediedin1899,ayearbeforethehurricanestruck.ThecemeterywhereCoghlanwasburiedwasdestroyedbythehurricaneandCohglanscoffinendedupinthesea.Eightyearslater,thecoffinwasfoundbyfishermenintheseanearhishomeonPrinceEdwardIslandintheeastofCanada.TheGulfStreamhadcarriedit3,000kilometresuptheeasternUScoasttoPrinceEdwardIsland.CoghlantraveledbacktoCanada–afterhehadbeenburiedinTexas!WhatIsaTornado?Atornadoisarotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.Themostviolenthavewindsofmorethan400kilometresperhour.AlmostallofthemoccurintheUS,intheareafromTexasinthesoutheasttoSouthDakotainthenorth.Tornadoescanpickupcars,trainsandevenhousesandputthemdowninthenextstreet–oreveninthenexttown.Theycantakethefuroffthebackofacatandthefeathersoffachicken.Theycandestroyhouses,butleavethefurnitureinsideexactlywhereitwas.Onaverage,thereare800tornadoesintheUSeachyear,causingabout80deathsand1,500injuries.Theworsttornadoofalltimeoccurredin1925,affectingthreeUSstates:Missouri,IllinoisandIndiana.Bythetimeitended,morethan700peoplehadbeenkilledand2,700hadbeeninjured.WhatIsaHurricane?Hurricanesarestrongtropicalstorms,andtheyusuallyoccurinthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.Thereareviolentwindsof120kilometresperhourormore,whichcausehugewaves,heavyrainandfloods.ThereareonaveragesixAtlantichurricaneseachyearandtheyusuallyaffecttheeastcoastofUSfromTexastoMaine.Theworsthurricanedisasterofalltimeoccurredonthe8thSeptember1900inGalveston,Texas.Windsof200kilometresperhourandfive-metrehighwaveshitthecity.Thedisasterkilled6,000peopleinapopulationof37,000anddestroyed3,600buildings.AnExtraordinaryEventThisisastoryaboutthe1900Galvestonhurricane.CharlesCoghlanwasanineteenth-centuryIrishactorwhowenttoliveinCanada.HethenmovedtoNewYork,wherehebecamefamous.Bythe1890s,hehadmovedtoGalveston,wherehediedin1899,ayearbeforethehurricanestruck.ThecemeterywhereCoghlanwasburiedwasdestroyedbythehurricaneandCohglanscoffinendedupinthesea.Eightyearslater,thecoffinwasfoundbyfishermenintheseanearhishomeonPrinceEdwardIslandintheeastofCanada.TheGulfStreamhadcarriedit3,000kilometresuptheeasternUScoasttoPrinceEdwardIsland.CoghlantraveledbacktoCanada–afterhehadbeenburiedinTexas!WhatIsaTornado?Atornadoisarotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.Themostviolenthavewindsofmorethan400kilometresperhour.AlmostallofthemoccurintheUS,intheareafromTexasinthesoutheasttoSouthDakotainthenorth.Tornadoescanpickupcars,trainsandevenhousesandputthemdowninthenextstreet–oreveninthenexttown.Theycantakethefuroffthebackofacatandthefeathersoffachicken.Theycandestroyhouses,butleavethefurnitureinsideexactlywhereitwas.Onaverage,thereare800tornadoesintheUSeachyear,causingabout80deathsand1,500injuries.Theworsttornadoofalltimeoccurredin1925,affectingthreeUSstates:Missouri,IllinoisandIndiana.Bythetimeitended,morethan700peoplehadbeenkilledand2,700hadbeeninjured.WhatIsaHurricane?Hurricanesarestrongtropicalstorms,andtheyusuallyoccurinthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandtheGulfofMexico.Thereareviolentwindsof120kilometresperhourormore,whichcausehugewaves,heavyrainandfloods.ThereareonaveragesixAtlantichurricaneseachyearandtheyusuallyaffecttheeastcoastofUSfromTexastoMaine.Theworsthurricanedisasterofalltimeoccurredonthe8thSeptember1900inGalveston,Texas.Windsof200kilometresperhourandfive-metrehighwaveshitthecity.Thedisasterkilled6,000peopleinapopulationof37,000anddestroyed3,600buildings.AnExtraordinaryEventThisisastoryaboutthe1900Galvestonhurricane.CharlesCoghlanwasanineteenth-centuryIrishactorwhowenttoliveinCanada.HethenmovedtoNewYork,wherehebecamefamous.Bythe1890s,hehadmovedtoGalveston,wherehediedin1899,ayearbeforethehurricanestruck.ThecemeterywhereCoghlanwasburiedwasdestroyedbythehurricaneandCohglanscoffinendedupinthesea.Eightyearslater,thecoffinwasfoundbyfishermenintheseanearhishomeonPrinceEdwardIslandintheeastofCanada.TheGulfStreamhadcarriedit3,000kilometresuptheeasternUScoasttoPrinceEdwardIsland.CoghlantraveledbacktoCanada–afterhehadbeenburiedinTexas!Usehightechnologytopredictsomenaturaldisasters.

Raisetheawarenessofprotectingtheenvironment.