14-15版：Period One Introduction,Reading and Vocabulary(步步高)

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1、话题导入Buildingafterbuildingunderwater.Refugees(难民)inshelters.Thousandsofothersunsurewheretogo.Bodiesinstreets.ThisiswhatoneofAmerica’shistoriccitieswasreducedtothisweekbyapowerfulstorm，Katrina(卡特里娜)．ThemayorofNewOrleanssaysthousandsmaybedead.HurricaneKatrinaalsocauseddeathanddestructioninpa

2、rtsofMississippiandAlabamaalongtheGulfofMexico.NewOrleansisfamousforitswildMardiGrascelebrations.NewOrleansisalsoamajorportforforeignoilandothershippingtrade.Yetthecityofnearlyfivehundredthousandpeoplewasbuiltbelowsealevel.NewOrleanshasdependedonleveestocontrolfloodsfromtheMississippiRive

3、r.KatrinastruckonMonday.NewOrleansavoidedadirecthitbuttwooftheleveesfailedthenextday.Mostofthecitywasflooded.Helicoptersdroppedhugesandbagstofillthebreaks.Butthewaterhadnoplacetogo.Pumpingstationshadnopower.Americafacesoneoftheworstnaturaleventsinitshistory.PresidentBushsaystherecoverywil

4、ltakeyears.Peopleweretoldtoleavethepathofthestorm.Butsomewouldnotorcouldnot.ManyofthoseworstaffectedbyKatrinaarepoorandblack.AfricanAmericanleadersandotherswereangrythatgovernmentaiddidnotarrivefaster.PresidentBushvisitedsomeofthedamagedareasonFriday.Hesaidthewayofficialsreactedtothecrisi

5、swasunacceptable.根据上文完成下列各题1．What’sthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?The_terrible_scene_after_a_powerful_storm.2．WhywereAfricanAmericanleadersandothersangry?Because_in_this_disaster_the_government_aid_didn’t_arrive_in_time.PeriodOne　Introduction&ReadingandVocabularyⅠ.单词1．disastern．灾难2．lightn

6、ingn．闪电→lightn．光→lightenvt.(使)发亮3．experiencevt.经历&n．经历；经验→experiencedadj.有经验的4．causevt.引起；导致5．furnituren．家具→furnishvt.陈设；布置6．buryvt.埋葬7．occurvi.发生→occurrencen．发生的事情；存在的事物8．tropicaladj.热带的→tropicn．(地球的)回归线；热带9．violentadj.猛烈的；激烈的；强烈的→violencen．暴力10．strikevt.&n．(雷电、暴风雨等)袭击Ⅱ.短语1．pick_up卷起；掀起；

7、拾起，捡起；接收；无意中学会2．take_off去掉；脱下；起飞；取消3．on_average平均起来4．of_all_time有史以来5．be_experienced_at/in做某事有经验6．end_up结果为……，以……结束Ⅰ.课文理解1．WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsabouttornadoisNOTcorrect?A．Itisakindofrotatingcolumnofair.B．Itisusuallycausedbyalightning.C．Itcanreachaspeedupto