The Power of Nature

Unit 5

Do you know any natural disasters ?

Please work with your partner and make a list of natural disasters you have known.

earthquakeearthquake

floodflood

sandstormsandstorm

thunderstormthunderstorm

mudflowmudflow

tsunamitsunami

typhoon/typhoon/hurricanehurricane

tornadotornado

snow slidesnow slide

volcanovolcano

Volcano is one of those great natural disasters.

volcano-eruption

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

lava

crater

ash cloud

near the oceans

Where is most possible for a volcano to erupt?

active volcano dormant volcano extinct volcano

What types of volcanoes do you know?

Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside?

volcanologist

Reading

An exciting job

Skim the passage to get close to a volcanologist. Find out what a volcanologist does.

1. 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 youngestand yet most activevolcano. It first erupted in January 1983and has been active ever since.

海拔 1243米的基拉韦厄火山名的意思是“吐出许多”。基拉韦厄火山的活动极为频繁，曾经有过 30年喷发 50次的记录。相传在夏威夷火山居住著女神佩莉，她时常云游太平洋诸岛，基拉韦厄火山的爆发就是为了迎接女神远游归来。 

How many parts can we divide the text into?

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Description of his job as a ______________

Description of his first sight of an _________

His ______ for his job and _________

Para 1-2

Para 3-4

Para 5

volcanologist

eruption

love volcanoes

Part 1 Description of his job as a volcanologist

1. Does the author like his job? How do you know that? Find out some words or phrases to support your idea.

2. Why is a volcanologist’s job important?

Yes, he likes his job. “the greatest job, never bored, don’t mind danger, excite, alive”

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

Part 2:

Description of his first sight of an

eruption

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

my bed-room became

as bright as day

red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air

an absolutely fantastic sight

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

2. What did the scientists do after the eruption?

put on white protective suits …

dropped as close as

possible to the crater

slowly made our way to the

edge of the crater

looked down into

the red, boiling centre

climbed down into the crater to collect some lava

White protective

suits that covered his

whole body, helmets,

big boots, special

gloves.

He looks just like a

spaceman.

What qualities and skills do you think avolcanologist should have?

Part 3 His love for his job and volcanoes

What does the writer find amazed about volcanoes even after studying them for many years?

He is amazed at their beauty of the eruption as well as their potential to cause great damage.

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 …