warming up and reading

Unit 5

snow catastrophe

catastrophes/natural disasters

drought

hurricane /typhoon tornado tsunami

C________ to the natural disasters, we human seem so weak. Yet, h______ weak we are, we are not completely powerless so long as we do w________ we can to p_______ourselves and fight _______ powerful natural forces.

omparedowever

hateveragainst

rotect

volcano-eruption

What do you know about volcanoes?

volcano-eruption

clouds of volcanic ash

lavacrater

magma chamber 岩浆点

lava

crater•how a volcano erupts

The i_____ of the earth is very, very hot and rock has m_____ like ice. It has become a l______ like boiling water in a kettle. The very hot molten rock b______ inside the earth which is k______ as lava tries to get out. So in some places where the o______ of the earth is thin and weak or where there is a c______ which is later so-called crater, a volcano erupts.

elted

nside

iquid

oilingnown

utsiderack

An extinct/dead volcano

An active volcano

What types of volcanoes do you know?

dormant /inactivevolcano

A volcanologist

is a scientist who studies _________

and is expert at the subject of ____________.volcanoes

volcanology

A volcanologist

is a scientist who studies _________

and is expert at the subject of ____________.volcanoes

volcanology

An Exciting Job

An Exciting Job

introduction Para 1 Brief __________ to the job Para 2 The __________ of the job Para 3 The __________ of the eruption Para 4 My first close _____ with the volcano Para 5 The writer’s ___________ about his job Final __________ of the job

importance

contact

conclusion

excitement

enthusiasm

•I have the greatest job in the world(Para 1)

travel…

work..

Sometimes working…, I am never bored.

Danger excites me and…

help protect…from…

•conclusion (Para 5)

What does the writer say to end the passage?

the greatest job

unusual

never bored

danger excites me

make me feel alive

be enthusiastic about be amazed at

use different words to avoid repetition

Para 2The importance of the Job

Why ? save lives What? collect ,evaluate, predict, warn people to leave

First of all, my job is important because it has ______many lives. By ________ and _________ the information, we ________ the volcanic activities so that people living nearby can be ___________ leave.

(verbs)

(Para 2)

First of all, my job is important because…saved collecting evaluating

predict

warned to

I have the greatest job in the world…

Sometimes working outdoors, sometimes in an office, sometimes used scientific equipments and sometimes meet local people and tourists, I am never boring. Although my job is occasional dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excite me and make me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is I help protecting ordinary people from one of the most powerful force on earth– the volcano.

Sometimes working outdoors, sometimes in an office, sometimes used scientific equipments and sometimes meet local people and tourists, I am never boring. Although my job is occasional dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excite me and making me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is I help protecting ordinary people from one of the most powerful force on earth– the volcano.

•an exciting job (Para 3- 4) 1. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more

dangerous than the actual eruption?

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

3. What does the writer mean by using “lucky” in the sentence “I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it.”?

4. What did the scientists do after the eruption ?

The lava can ______ everything in its path under the molten rock while boiling rock which ______ from a volcano usually don’t ________ anything because no one lives near the crater.

buryerupts

damage

•an exciting job

my bed began shaking

a strange sound

My bedroom became as bright as day

an abosolutely fantastic sight

red hot lava was fountaining hundred of metres into the air

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

What caused the light?

What does the writer think of this sight?

The light was caused by the red-hot rocks and gas that erupted from the volcano.

(Para 3- 4)

•an exciting job

• It was his first _____ of an eruption.

• It was his first __________ to watch

the crater.

3. What does the writer mean by using “lucky” in

the sentence “I was lucky enough to have a

much closer look at it.”?

(Para 3- 4)

sight

experience

The next day, three of us were driven ____ the

mountain and _______ as close as possible

to the ______. We put on ___________suits,

________, big _______ and special ______,

which made us look like __________. We

slowly ________________ to the edge of the

crater to collect some _____ for ____________.

helmets boots gloves

spacemen

made our way

lava later study

protectivecrater

up

dropped

What did the scientists do after the eruption ?

What kind of person do you think is fit to be a volcanologist?

In my opinion, a person who … is fit to be a volcanologist.

likes working o______enjoys travelling to u_______ placesis fond of taking r_____ or a________is interested in studying g________ workd_____ doing the same job

utsidenusual

isks dventureeological

islikes

L5 feel aliveL6 the most powerful forcesL7 be appointed asL13 be burned to the groundL14 crash back to earthL22 be fast asleepL25 take noticeL25 be about to do when…

• 感到有活力• 最强大的力量之一• 被任命为• 烧为灰烬• 坠落到地面• 睡得很熟• 注意• 即将…这时

在远处喷到天空近距离看前进对…热心对…惊叹不已潜在的破坏

L27 in the distanceL28 fountain into the airL30 have a close look at L35 make one’s wayL40 be enthusiastic about L40 be amazed atL41 the potential to cause damage

1.Ex 36

1. the questionnaire

2. alongside

3. evaluating

4. made my way

5. has potential

6.appointed

7.equipment

8.diagram

2. Ex 36

volcano erupt ash lava eruption fountain waves absolute burned to the ground

Pompeii

•a volcanologist’s job

a volcanologist’s job

your opinion a volcanologist’s opinion

excitinghelpful/importantgreat

dangeroustoughtiring

What kind of person do you think is fit to be a vocanologist?

In my opinion, a person who … is fit to be a volcanologist. likes working o______

enjoys travelling to u_______ placesis fond of taking r_____ or a________is interested in studying g________ workd_____ doing the same job

utsidenusual

isks dventure

eologicalislikes

Am I a would-be volcanologist?Your opinion Supporting details

(1) one of the characteristics of the job

one of your characters

(2) …

Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano on the European mainland . It's best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii .

Pompeii

Vesuvius erupts over PompeiiOn August 24, 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius______ in southern Italy,______ skies to darkness over the city of Pompeii. “You could hear the shrieks( 尖叫 )of women forever“ wrote the younger Pliny. “_____of children and shouts of men, some ______to die from the very fear of dying. Many lifted their hands to the Gods, imagining there were no Gods left anywhere and at last, an eternal( 永恒的 )night has come upon the world“. Roughly half the citizens ________escaped towards the sea, but more than 2,000 were buried under ___feet of lava ash and pumice( 浮

石 ). ______years later the excavation( 发掘 )of Pompeii ________a picture of the everyday life an ancient ________, so freshly ________in sudden death, as almost to remain living forever.

Vesuvius erupts over PompeiiOn August 24, 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, turning skies to darkness over the city of Pompeii. “You could hear the shrieks( 尖叫 )of women forever“ wrote the younger Pliny. “Cries of children and shouts of men, some praying to die from the very fear of dying. Many lifted their hands to the Gods, imagining there were no Gods left anywhere and at last, an eternal( 永恒的 )night has come upon the world“. Roughly half the citizens blindly escaped towards the sea, but more than 2,000 were buried under 7 feet of lava ash and pumice( 浮

石 ). 1,700 years later the excavation( 发掘 )of Pompeii presented a picture of the everyday life an ancient civilization, so freshly preserved in sudden death, as almost to remain living forever.

I shall never forget my first sight of an volcaniceruption . That night I was about to go back tosleep when suddenly my bed began shaking andI heard a strange sound like a railway train passing my window. Then my bedroom became as bright as day. When I ran out of my house , I found the boiling rock erupted from a volcano and red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of meters into the air. The lava flowed slowly like a wave down the mountain , burying everything inits path under the molten rock. It was an absolutely fantastic sight.

An unforgettable experience

I shall never forget … That night I was about to go back to sleep when … Then my bedroom became ... When I ran out of my house , I found... The lava .. , burying ... It was ....

An unforgettable experience