1、Unit 5 The Power of Nature,Period 1 Warming up and Reading I,180班 尹春娟,Have you ever considered how weak humans are compared with volcano hurricane or earthquake? Can you list some natural disasters?,volcano-eruption,Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.,Magma

2、chamber,Lava,Crater,Ash cloud/volcanic ash,What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts?,Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?,volcanologists,Collect and evaluate information about volcanoes.,What kind of things might a volcanologi

3、st do?,An Exciting Job,Working as a volcanologist,What might be talked about?,Part 1(Para 1-2) Part 2(Para 3-4) Part 3(Para 5),The writers job and its importance,The writers experience of watching the volcanic eruption,The reasons for the writers enthusiasm about his job.,Skimming the text and try t

4、o find out main ideas of each part.,Scanning the text and choose the best answer,What is the writer? A He is a doctor B He is a teacher C He is a scientist D He is a volcanologist,D,2. When did he first see an eruption? A It was in the second week after I arrived in Hawaii B It was in the second day

5、 after I arrived in Hawaii C It was in the third night after I arrived in Hawaii D It was in the first night after I arrived in Hawaii,A,3 Whats the job of the writer? A Collecting information for database about Mount Kilauea B Analyze the information C Help the villagers to move their home D Travel

6、ing around the world,A,4 In order to protect us, we had_ A Normal suits B Protective suits C Just helmets D Wear the glass,B,Part one (Para. 1- 2),1. Where is Mount Kilauea? 2. The writer appointed as a volcanologist working for_,Careful reading,The Hawaii Volcano Observatory,In Hawaii.,Part two (Pa

7、ra. 3- 4),3. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea less damage than you might? 4. What did the scientists do after the eruption?,No one lives near the crater.,Dropped as closed as possible to the crater,Discussion,What do you think of volcanologists job? Do you like it, why or why not?,dangero

8、us,interesting,challenging,tiring,boring,important,summary,The key word of the text is “exciting”, which is the focus of the passage. By telling the readers his everyday work, the importance of his job, he love his job. And I appreciate the writers attitude towards nature. we should love nature and we can do something to minimize the damage caused by natural forces,homework,1. Finish exerci