Read and spell the words:

1 图表；图解

2 火山

3 爆发；喷发

4 飓风

5 任命

6 设备

7 评估

8 喷泉

9 绝对的

10 波浪

11 实在的；实际的

12 潜在性；可能性

13 头盔

14 在旁边

15 数据库

16 问卷

17 全部焚毁

18 前往

1 diagram/graph

2 volcano

3 erupt-eruption

4 hurricane

5 appoint- appointment

6 equipment

7 evaluate- evaluation

8 fountain

9 absolute(ly)

10 wave

11 actual

12 potential

13 helmet

14 alongside

15 database

16 questionnaire

17 burn to the ground

18 make one’s way to

Unit 5 The power of nature

great natural disasters

earthquakeearthquake

floodflood

sandstormsandstorm

mudflowmudflow

tsunamitsunami

tornadotornado

typhoon/ cyclone/ hurricanetyphoon/ cyclone/ hurricane

snow slidesnow slide

volcanovolcano

Volcano is one of those great natural disasters. Have you ever seen a volcano? What do you know about it?

Active volcano 活火山

Dormant volcano 休眠火山

Extinct volcano 死火山

Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.

Magma chamber 岩浆房

Lava

Crater

Ash cloud/volcanic ash

Do you want to be a volcanologist?

Do a quiz on p33If you answered “yes” to all these questions, volcanologist could be a good career for you..

Reading

An exciting job

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Description of his job as a volcanologist

Description of his first sight of an eruption

His love for his job and volcanoes

Para 1-2

Para 3-4

Para 5

Part1 (para. 1-2)

Description of his job as a volcanologist1.

3. Why is a volcanologist’s job important?

Because a volcanologist helps to protect people from the volcano and can save many lives.

What kind of work should a volcanologist do?

2. Where is Mount Kilauea?

Collect information about the volcano and evaluate the information to help other scientist to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast it will flow.

It’s in Hawaii.

  Mount KilaueaIt is Hawaii's youngest and yet most active volcano. It first erupted in January 1983 and has been active ever since.

Part2 (para.3-4)

Description of his first sight of an eruption1.What made the author realize that an eruption

occurred?

2 .What did they do after the eruption?

3. What qualities do you think a volcanologist should have?

4. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption ?

1. My bed__2. I heard__ 3. My bed-room became __4. Red hot lava was __hundreds of metres into the air5. It was _____

1. What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?

1. My bed ____________

2. I heard________________

4. Red hot lava was ___________hundreds of metres into the air

5. It was ___________________________

began shaking

a strange sound

3. My bed-room became _________________as bright as day

an absolutely fantastic sight

fountaining

2. What did the scientists do after the eruption?

2. Put on white protective suits helmets, big boots and speci

al gloves

1. Dropped as close as

possible to the crater

3. Slowly made our way to the

edge of the crater

4. Looked down into

the red, boiling centre

5. Climbed down into the crater to collect some lava

3. What qualities do you think a volcanologist should have?

cautious, enthusiastic, brave, smart, careful, calm, helpful, strong determined, out-going, optimistic, unselfish, courageous, patient, healthy, passionate …

4. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption ?

Because no one lives near the top of Mount Kilauea.

Because the lava flows slowly down the mountain and buries everything in its path.

Part3 (para.5)

His love for his job and volcanoes

How do you know that the writer likes his job? Find out your supporting words or phrases.

be enthusiastic about be amazed at beauty

EX. 2 ON P64

mild, circumstance, flood, catastrophe, steadily, casual, average, widespread, electrical, motor, advocated, put up with, kept on

Using structures:

1. It was in 1996 that the first children’s conference on the environment was organized in Australia.

2.It is children that/ who run Millennium Kids.

Ex. 2

1.Indeed, it was four Australia children who/ that started it in 1996 when they organized the first children’s environmental conference.

2.It is at this conference that we decide which projects we want to work on in the following year.

3.It was through one of these projects about five years ago that I first became involved in Millennium Kids.

Phrases and words: p33

1 a volcano erupting 火山爆发 P93 火山的词汇

2 think about 考虑

3 compared with/to … 与……相比

4 powerful adj. 反 powerless

have the power to do sth 有能力做某事

5 protect… from… 保护……免受……

6 natural forces 自然界的力量

7 imagine doing 想像做某事 enjoy doing dislike doing 联想其他加 doing 的动词有哪些？

8 a live volcano 活火山9 in order to do: so as to do （不用于句首） 为了10 the boiling rock 沸腾的岩石 the red, boiling center

红色的沸腾的中央 （见 36 行） boiling water 沸水 the molten rock 熔化的岩石 ( 见 19 行 )

melt melted melted/ molten

11 be suitable for 适合12 as well as 还有 见 40 行13 take risks = take a risk 冒险14 make up 组成 consist of = be made up of 由……组成15 adventure n. 冒险 career n. 事业；职业；生涯 surface n. 表面

para. 1

1 work alongside/ with people from all over the world 与来自全世界的人一起工作

2 occasionally dangerous 有时 / 偶尔是危险的

3 feel alive 感到有活力

4 The most important thing about… is that…

关于……最重要的是……

5 ordinary people 普通百姓

common people 普通人

Para. 2

1 be appointed as… 被任命为2 collect and evaluate the information 收集并评估信息3 save many lives 拯救了很多生命 save one’s life

4 in the path of the lava 在熔岩的流经之地 in one’s path ( 见 19 行 )

5 move… out of the way 把……从路上搬离6 be covered with 被……覆盖Para.3

1 erupt from 从……喷发出来 an eruption from 见 28行2 This is because… 这是因为 That is why… 那就是为什么

3 cause far more damage 导致更多损害修饰比较级的词有： a little, a bit, far, any(33 行有 any cl

oser), even, much (30 行有 a much closer look)

4 fall/ be fast asleep 迅速入睡

5 take notice (of…) 注意。。。

6 be about to do… when… 正要做……这时突然……

be doing… when… 正在做……这时突然……

7 run out of 用完；耗尽；跑出……

8 in the distance 在远处

9 hundreds of 成百上千的

Para.4

1 be lucky enough to do… 足够幸运做……2 have a look at: look at

have a much closer look at … 更近距离地观察…3 as close as possible to … 尽可能靠近……4 put on 穿上5 look like 看起来像6 protective suits 防护服 in these suits 穿着这些防护服7 It is not easy to do…

8 look down into… 往下看……9 the other two 另外两个

Para. 5

1 be enthusiastic about… 对……热情

2 be amazed at … 对……感到吃惊

3 have the potential to do 有做……的潜力