Lesson3NaturalDisasters (2).pptx

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1、Lesson3NaturalDisasterstsunamidroughtearthquakefloodforestfirehurricane/typhoon/tornadolandslidevolcaniceruptionNaturalDisastersdroughtearthquakelandslidefloodtsunamivolcaniceruptionhurricane/typhoon/tornadoforestfireArethesedisasters:natural?causedbypeop

2、le?madeworsebypeople?Thelastfewyearshaveseenenvironmentaldisastersonagrandscale,andexpertsarepredictingfarworsetocome.JinLireportsonourEarth’schangeableweatherpatterns.Whatistheattitudeofthejournalisttowardsthefuture?Pessimistic/Negative.IntroductionParag

3、raphNatureisturningonusReadingStrategies:Findthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.1.Skimmingforgeneralidea2.CompletingtextswithsentencegapsReferences/clues:timereferences(then)pronounreferences(it,that)linkingwords(however)Readthesentencesbeforeandafterandunde

4、rstandthem.…TherehasbeenterriblefloodinginAsia,Africa,AmericaandOceania.(1)_______Stormshavebeengettingworseeverywheretoo,withagrowingnumberofhurricaneshittingtheUS,andCentralAmerica…Scanningbb)EvenEuropehassufferedandlargeareashavebeenunderwater.…Reduced

5、rainfallhasaffectedlargeareasofAfricaforyearsleavingirrigationcanalsdryandmanyotherzonesarebecomingdrier.(2)_______Anumberofnationshavealreadybeeninarmedconflictoverwater…Scanningff)Forexample,theYellowRiver,oncefamousforflooding,failedtoreachtheseaatallf

6、or226daysin1997.Sowhyisnaturebeginningtoturnonus?(3)_______Thepopulationoftheworldisgrowingatthedisturbingrateof10,000peopleanhour,nearly90millionayear…Scanninggg)Oneanswerisoverpopulation.…especiallyinmountainousareas.(4)_______Thishasmainlybeencausedbyt

7、hehugeamountsofcarbondioxideproducedbyfactoriesandvehicles,andthedestructionoftheworld’sforests.Scanninge)Ontopofthataddglobalwarming.eReferences:pronounreferences(this)…TheworsteruptioninhumanhistorywasprobablyMtTamborain1815,inIndonesia.Dustfromthevolca

8、norolledacrosstheEarth’sskies...(5)_______“Itreducedtemperaturesbymaybe6°Cinsomeplacesandthewholeplanetwassentintowinterforyears…”Scanninga)Butevidenceshowsthat73,000yearsagotherewasamuchgreatereruption.aReferences: