选修六 unit 5 The power of nature reading
1、What are they talking about? 2、What do you think of it?
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An Exciting Job
Pre-reading
Helpful words and phrases
1. volcano [vɒl‘keɪnəʊ] n. 火山 2. volcanologist [,vɔlkə‘nɔlədʒist] n. 火山学家 3. lava [‘lɑ:və] n. 火山岩浆；火山所喷出的熔岩 4. crater [‘kreɪtə] n. 火山口 5. eruption [ɪ‘rʌpʃ(ə)n] n. 爆发，喷发 6. ash [æʃ] n. 灰；灰烬 7. burn to the ground 全部焚毁
A．To show he is busy.
B．To say his job is not boring. C．To prove his job is the greatest. D．They are just used for connection.
The day of the eruption
The day after the eruption
Dangerous Tough to live outdoors Can not company family members Not convenient Lose contact with others ……
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Suppose we were having classes, suddenly a/an… happened, what should we do? Work in a group of 6.One is a narrator and the others are actors.
Unit 5 The power of nature
高二英语 主备人：薛兰
Learning aims
Knowledge aims: Master the useful words and expressions related to the text. Ability aims: Learn about some disasters that are caused by natural forces, how people feel in
We were driven up and dropped Felt:
My first as close as possible to thecrater ______ that had been formed during the eruption.
bed began shaking
exper
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7. I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their
potential to cause great damage.
“Potential” means： A．possibility C. ability
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• Para. 5:
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3. In Para. 1，why do you think the writer used “sometimes” four times?
4. The writer and other scientists saved many lives by____. A．predicting the time of earthquake B．predicting the time of volcano C．predicting the path and speed of lava D．helping people move their homes out of the way
Situation 1
Situation 2
As a song sings, if everyone lifts a hand, the world will be better and better.
Homework
1. Write a short passage to show some ways to prevent the disaster happening again or to lessen the damage. (about 80 words) 2.Try to find out the language points in the text. 3. Finish the excise book on page 64-66.
dangerous situations.
Emotion aims: Learn the ways in which humans
protect themselves from natural disasters.
the same day
flood
tsunami
earthquake
drought
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Group A I like the job.
Group B I don’t like the job.
Like:
Dislike:
Interesting • Make me feel alive • Protect people • Observe the beauty of nature Stay away from the city busy • life • Keep me energetic …… •
What is the main idea of this passage?
a volcano-eruption
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• Para. 2:
A. The writer describes his first closer love look at a volcano eruption. His job importance B. The writer states again his love for his work and volcanoes. C. The writer describes his first sight His first experience about of a volcano eruption. volcano eruption D. The writer expresses his love for his job and why he loves it. E. The writer describes his job and its His enthusiasm for his job importance.
made our way to We slowly _________________
the edge of the crater dressed in special clothes.
a strange sound
Saw:
as bright as day
lava was fountaining into the air.
8. make one’s way
前往
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Who is the author? A volcanologist Where did he work? What was his fist experience? Why does he love his job? It excites me and makes me feel alive I help protect people HVO
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unusual places, • In the passage, the writer travels to _______(usual) bored Although job is and he never feels______(bore).________his occasionally dangerous, he does’t mind. In fact he works as ____a volcanologist working for the HVO. His job is collecting information for a database about Mount which Kilauea, _____is one of the most active volcanoes in Having collected Hawaii._____________(collect) and evaluated the information, he helps other scientists to predict where the lava will flow next and how fast. Their work has saved warned many lives because people can be ______(warn) to leave their way to the safe place. their houses and make_____ Unfortunately (fortunate), they can’t move their homes, __________ and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to _____ the ground.
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【人教版】选修6 Unit 5 The Power of Nature reading 课件(36ppt)
Warming up Do you know any other natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters .
tsunami
eafloods
volcanoeruption
Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.
Lava
Introduction about Volcanoes
Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?
thunder/ lightning
hurricane /typhoon
Tornado/cyclone volcano-eruption
What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts?
Ash cloud/volcanic ash Crater
1.警告 2. 不幸的是 3. 移动、搬家 4. 被......覆盖 5. 全部烧毁 6. 道路、小路
Introduction about Mount Kilauea
1. Where is Mount Kilauea?
In Hawaii. 2. The writer appointed as a volcanologist The Hawaii Volcano Observatory working for___________________
tsunami
eafloods
volcanoeruption
Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.
Lava
Introduction about Volcanoes
Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?
thunder/ lightning
hurricane /typhoon
Tornado/cyclone volcano-eruption
What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts?
Ash cloud/volcanic ash Crater
1.警告 2. 不幸的是 3. 移动、搬家 4. 被......覆盖 5. 全部烧毁 6. 道路、小路
Introduction about Mount Kilauea
1. Where is Mount Kilauea?
In Hawaii. 2. The writer appointed as a volcanologist The Hawaii Volcano Observatory working for___________________
人教版(新课程标准)选修6Unit5ThepowerofnatureReading课件
Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict ….
*If an action takes place obviously before another, we use perfect -ing form instead of -ing.
Key words information
My job
Our work
Supporting information
collect, evaluate help (predict)
(1) direction/path/route (2) speed
save cannot move; … covered and burned
Brainstorm some new words related to volcano
eruption(喷发) erupt lava (熔岩) crater(火山口) ash(灰)
Mountain Kilauea
1.What can we do to protect people from the power of volcano eruption?
Language focus 2：link words (逻辑关联词) Of these two ideas, are they parallel
(并列) or contrasting (对照、转折)?
What’s the link-word here? unfortunately I felt bored with English. Unfortunately, … I like English. Unfortunately, … Belts (安全带) are important for drivers and
*If an action takes place obviously before another, we use perfect -ing form instead of -ing.
Key words information
My job
Our work
Supporting information
collect, evaluate help (predict)
(1) direction/path/route (2) speed
save cannot move; … covered and burned
Brainstorm some new words related to volcano
eruption(喷发) erupt lava (熔岩) crater(火山口) ash(灰)
Mountain Kilauea
1.What can we do to protect people from the power of volcano eruption?
Language focus 2：link words (逻辑关联词) Of these two ideas, are they parallel
(并列) or contrasting (对照、转折)?
What’s the link-word here? unfortunately I felt bored with English. Unfortunately, … I like English. Unfortunately, … Belts (安全带) are important for drivers and
人教版选修6 Unit 5 The power of nature reading(共18张PPT)
Task 2: Think how they are related.
Key words
(information) Supporting information (支撑信息)
Key words
(information)
greatest job Don’t mind danger relation effect(果)
information of the key words.
Key words/information Main job Our work
Supporting information for writer’s main job
collect
(评估) help (predict)
evaluate
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driven up; special clothes
make our way; climb
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effect
cause
effect
Language focus: make one’s way
It wasn’t very easy to walk in these suits, but we slowly made our way to the edge of the crater…. go towards The moment I saw my something, especially when old friend in the crowd , this is difficult or takes a long …. time ….
Task 6: Evaluate the lesson and check yourself
What do you find impressive (给人深 刻印象的)about this class ? You may begin with “Compared with other English classes, what I find impressive is that…”
人教版英语选修六Unit 5 The power of nature(Reading)课件(共98张PPT)
Part one (Para. 1- 2)
1. Why is a volcanologist’s job important? It can warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and save many lives.
2. Where is Mount Kilauea? In Hawaii.
5. What made the author realize that an
eruption occurred?
The light was caused
my bed began shaking by the red-hot rocks
a strange sound
and gas that erupted from the volcano.
importance: _p_ro_t_ec_t_o_r_d_in_a_r_y_p_e_o_p_le__fr_o_m__v_ol_c_a_n_oe_s_ __/S__a_v_e_p_e_o_p_l_e_’s_l_iv_e_s__b_y_w__a_r_n_in_g__t_h_e_m__to_____ __le_a_v_e__th__ei_r_h_o_m__e_s_. _ feelings (adj.): __n_e_v_e_r_b_o_r_e_d__ -- __e_x_c_it_e_d___ -- _f_e_e_l_a_li_v_e___
An Exciting Job
Working as a volcanologist
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.
高中英语(人教版)选修六Unit 5 The power of nature-reading课件(共39张PPT)
snow slide
drought
landslide
Step Ⅱ Lead-in &Teaching Aims
Have you ever seen a volcano?
volcano-eruption
Having seen this video, what do you feel? I feel…
某个班级在学完这篇课文后对火山学家这个 职业展开了讨论： 一些同学认为： 火山学家的工作很重要也很有趣。他们所搜 集的信息对我们人类研究地球很有帮助。 另一些同学认为： 火山学家的工作过于危险。由于火山附近很 少有人居住，而火山的爆发又不能够预测， 所以他们的工作没有什么意义。
请用五句话作文描写这次讨论
• A. It is in New York • B. It is in Germany • C. It is in the UK • D. It is in Hawaii
3.The writer worked as a volcanologist in Hawaii__________.
• A. 5 years ago • B. 10 years ago • C. 15 years ago • D. 20 years ago
4.The writer’s job is _______
• A. collecting information for a database
• B. travelling around the world • C. helping the victims as a doctor • D. taking photos for a newspaper
of watching the volcanic eruption
人教版英语选修六Unit5 the power of nature(Reading)课件(共66张P
down the mountain.
gas solid liquid
bits of rock and volcanic ash, etc.
vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrogen (氮), sulphur (硫磺)
lava (熔岩)
One plate crashes down into 1. How is aavnooltchaenro. Tfohremfeludi?d rock
1. What’s the main idea of the article?
The writer expressed his _l_o_v_e_ for his job as a __v_o_lc_a_n_o_l_o_g_is_t__ and told us one of his unusual __ex_p__er_i_e_n_c_e_s in Mount Kilauea, Hawaii.
importance: __p_r_o_te_c_t_o_r_d_i_n_a_r_y_p_e_o_p_l_e___ _f_r_o_m__v_o_lc_a_n_o_e_s__/S_a_v_e__p_e_o_p_le_’_s_l_iv_e_s_b_y___ _w__a_r_n_in_g__th__em___to__le_a_v_e__th_e_i_r_h_o_m__e_s_. ____ feelings (adj.): n_e_v_e_r__b_o_r_ed__ – e_x_c_i_te_d__ – _fe_e_l_a_l_iv_e
becomes hotter and hotter with high pressure. Finally it rushes out. Thus, a volcano is formed.
gas solid liquid
bits of rock and volcanic ash, etc.
vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrogen (氮), sulphur (硫磺)
lava (熔岩)
One plate crashes down into 1. How is aavnooltchaenro. Tfohremfeludi?d rock
1. What’s the main idea of the article?
The writer expressed his _l_o_v_e_ for his job as a __v_o_lc_a_n_o_l_o_g_is_t__ and told us one of his unusual __ex_p__er_i_e_n_c_e_s in Mount Kilauea, Hawaii.
importance: __p_r_o_te_c_t_o_r_d_i_n_a_r_y_p_e_o_p_l_e___ _f_r_o_m__v_o_lc_a_n_o_e_s__/S_a_v_e__p_e_o_p_le_’_s_l_iv_e_s_b_y___ _w__a_r_n_in_g__th__em___to__le_a_v_e__th_e_i_r_h_o_m__e_s_. ____ feelings (adj.): n_e_v_e_r__b_o_r_ed__ – e_x_c_i_te_d__ – _fe_e_l_a_l_iv_e
becomes hotter and hotter with high pressure. Finally it rushes out. Thus, a volcano is formed.
Unit 5 The Power of Nature Reading 课件 人教新课标选修六
1.Mount Kilauea is one of the most powerful volcanoes in Hawaii. T 2.My job is predicting where the lava will flow and its speed. F
On the top of Changbaishan, Tianchi is a deep lake that has formed in the crater of a dead volcano.
A: The writer’s experience of watching the volcanic eruption
B: The writer’s job and its importance
C: The writer’s enthusiasm about his job and volcano.
Thank you!
Para3
Put the events into the correct order. A. I heard a strange sound. B. My bedroom became as bright as day. C. My bed began shaking. D. I saw red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air.
Who can give us the most information about volcano ?
A. movie-makers B. volcanologists C. teachers
volcanologist = volcano + log(y) + ist
On the top of Changbaishan, Tianchi is a deep lake that has formed in the crater of a dead volcano.
A: The writer’s experience of watching the volcanic eruption
B: The writer’s job and its importance
C: The writer’s enthusiasm about his job and volcano.
Thank you!
Para3
Put the events into the correct order. A. I heard a strange sound. B. My bedroom became as bright as day. C. My bed began shaking. D. I saw red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air.
Who can give us the most information about volcano ?
A. movie-makers B. volcanologists C. teachers
volcanologist = volcano + log(y) + ist
高中英语(人教版)选修六Unit 5 The power of nature-reading课件(共37张PPT)
1. Why is a volcanologist’s job important?
Volcanologists study volcanoes so that they can warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and so save many lives.
breaking out
4.Why did the volcanologist's run out of the house into the back garden?
A. Because his bed began shaking. B. Because his bedroom suddenly
Para 4 The writer describes his first closer
look at a volcano eruption.
Para 3
The writer describes his first sight of a volcano eruption.
The writer describes his job and its
Unit 5
The Power of Nature
Warming up
1. Please name the disasters you know. See the following pictures.
Flood
Earthquake
Typhoon/Cyclone/Hurricane
Tsunami
7. What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for 20 years?
人教版英语选修六Unit5 the power of nature(Reading：An excit
A. He left 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.
Unit 5 The Power of Nature
What happened on May 12, 2008 in China?
What happened in Zhouqu, Gansu province on August 7, 2010?
landslide
flood
drought
snowstorm
dangerous than the actual eruption.
F 3. The day after the eruption the author and two other
scientists climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study.
_f_e_e_l__a_li_v_e___
Part two (Para. 3- Para. 4)
1.Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea causes more damage than the actual eruption?
2.What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
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.
Unit 5 The Power of Nature
What happened on May 12, 2008 in China?
What happened in Zhouqu, Gansu province on August 7, 2010?
landslide
flood
drought
snowstorm
dangerous than the actual eruption.
F 3. The day after the eruption the author and two other
scientists climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study.
_f_e_e_l__a_li_v_e___
Part two (Para. 3- Para. 4)
1.Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea causes more damage than the actual eruption?
2.What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
人教版高二英语选修六Unit 5 The power of nature Reading(课件+视频) (共60张ppt)
人教版高二英语选修六Unit 5 The power of nature Reading（课件+视频） (共60张ppt)
人教版高二英语选修六Unit 5 The power of nature Reading（课件+视频） (共60张ppt)
If you answered “yes” to all these questions, then volcanology could be a good career choice for you. Read the passage to find out more about being a volcanologist.
spaceship
modern medicine
modern communication
人教版高二英语选修六Unit 5 The power of nature Reading（课件+视频） (共60张ppt)
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人教版高二英语选修六Unit 5 The power of nature Reading（课件+视频） (共60张ppt)
人教版高二英语选修六Unit 5 The power of nature Reading（课件+视频） (共60张ppt)