Period 1&2 Warming up and Reading I,Unit 5 The Power of Nature,Remember what happened on Dec 26, 2004?,tsunami,Do you know any other natural disasters ? Please work with your partners and make a list of natural disasters .,Warming up (4m),earthquake,floods,drought,thunder/ lightning,tornado/cyclone,hurricane /typhoon,volcano-eruption,What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts?,volcano-eruption,Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.,Magma chamber,Lava,Crater,Ash cloud/volcanic ash,More about the volcano,1. How is a volcano formed?,The rocks under the earth become hotter and hotter and erupt from the mountain.,Near the oceans.,Where is most possible for a volcano to erupt?,An extinct volcano,Haleakala Crater, the largest dormant volcano in the world Maui, Hawaii,An active volcano,3. What types of volcanoes do you know?,dormant volcano,What qualities are needed for a volcanologist? Are you suitable for being a volcanologist ? Answer “yes”or “no” to the following questions.,Pre-reading (4m),Predicting (预测),What might be talked about?,What is the writer? When did he first see an eruption? How did it look like? What was he wearing when getting close to the crater? And what was the result?,Skim the text and answer the following questions,Skimming (3m),What is the writer? When did he first see an eruption? How did it look like?,He is a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. He mainly collects information about Mount Kilauea.,It was in the second week after he arrived in Hawaii. It was very bright although it was night. Red lava fountained hundreds of meters into the air and it was a fantastic sight.,3. What was he wearing when getting close to the crater? And what was the result?,He was wearing white protective suits that covered his whole body, helmets, big boots and special gloves, just like a spaceman. As a result, it made him difficult to walk.,1. Why is a volcanologists job important? 2. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption? 3. Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting? What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for 20 years?,Scan the text and answer the following questions,Scanning (5m),1.Why is a volcanologists job important? Volcanologists study volcanoes so that they can warn people when the volcano is going to erupt and so save many lives. 2. Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual eruption? The lava flows down the mountain and can cover up or burn villages in its path. The rocks that erupt from the volcano usually dont damage anything because no one lives near the crater.,3. Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting? The scientists needed to get samples of the lava so they could study them. 4. What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for 20 years? The author is impressed by the beauty of the eruption and also by its potential to cause great destruction.,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 volcano eruption,The reasons for the writers enthusiasm about his job,Find out the main idea of each part (4m),Suppose you are a reporter of the 21st Century, and you are interview the writer. Work in pairs and make up a dialogue according to your understanding of the passage.,Dialogue production (5m),Having learnt a little more about the work of a volcanologist, do you think it is an occupation you would enjoy? Discuss your reasons with others in your class.,Discussion (8m),Assignment (Homework),Find out words, expressions and sentences which you think are useful, important or difficult to understand. Finish exercises in Learning about Language. (Ex. 1, 2),Language points for reading I,Period 3 Learning about language,Unit 5 The Power of Nature,Check the answers to Ex. 1 on page 35,I went to a tea house with tow friends last weekend but all they talked about was volcanoes. I was so _ that I fell asleep. A tourist very foolishly took a risk by walking right to the edge of an active_. I carefully _ over the fallen rocks and returned to the car. Nothing can _ the experience of standing close to an active volcano for the first time. Can volcanologists predict when a volcano will_. The sight of hot lava entering the sea at dawn was_.,bored,volcano,made my way,compare with,erupt,impressive,Check the answers to Ex. 2 on page 36,The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD took people in Pompeii by surprise. It was so quick and so severe that the town was soon covered in _ and _. Many houses in the town were _. It was an _ disaster for many people who could not get away in time. A writer named Pliny, who was there during the _, des