BOOK6 Unit 5 An Exciting Job Reading

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A volcano is erupting爆发 ash cloud/volcanic ash火山灰

crater火山口lava熔岩

Horrible恐怖的

Are you afraid of a volcano eruption?Nature force自然的力量→ powerful

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natural disasterearthquake

flood

drought sandstorm

tsunami

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hurricane

tornado

thunderstorm

typhoon

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Powerless? Nothing?In spite of the power of nature force, we can do something to protect ourselves from these natural disasters.

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They climb into a live volcano in order to measure the temperature of the boiling rock inside?

Volcanologists火山学家

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Unit 5 The Power of Nature

Reading An exciting jobPrediction: 1. What job it is? 2. Why is it exciting?

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Skimming (5m)Skim the text and answer the following questions 1. What is the writer? 2. What does the writer think of his job? Great/dangerous/excites me/feel alive/help 3. Did tell us any of his working Yes experience in the text? 4. How can you divide the whole passage into 3 parts and try to sum up the main idea of each part?Part 1(1&2) Part 2(3&4) Part 3 (5) A volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

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The main idea of each part: What the writer’s job is and __________________ of his job. Part 1(Pa 1-2)the importance The writer’s experience of __________________ Part 2(Pa 3-4)watching the volcano eruption. The reasons why the writer Part 3(Pa 5) is enthusiastic about his job.

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Part one (Para 1- Para 2)1. Why do you think the writer used “sometimes” four times?

A.B. C. D.

To show he is busyTo say his job is not boring To prove his job is the greatest They are just used for connection

2. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A.B. C. D.

Mount Kilauea is the most active volcano in Hawaii.The writer predict when the volcano erupts. People and houses were easily covered when lava flows. The writer’s job is to collect information for a database about MK

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3. What kind of things should a volcanologist do?

Predict where

collect & evaluate

warn people

Tips: to focus on verbs 复述、理解文章

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Part two (Para 3- Para 4)1. What the “it” refer to in the second line in paragraph 3? boiling rock

如果出阅读题,干扰选项可有两种：

1)Boiling rock causes more/greater damage than you might imagine. 注意：比较级 2)Boiling rock and lava cause less damage than you might imagine. 张冠李戴：偷换主语

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2. To put the flowing statements into right order. a. I heard a strange sound. b. my bedroom became as bright as day. c. my bed began shaking. d. I ran out of the house into the back garden.

cabd

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3. What is the volcanologist wearing when getting close to the crater?White protective suits that covered his whole body, helmets, big boots, special gloves. He looks just like a spaceman.

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Part three (Para 5)What attracts the writer after he hasstudied volcanoes for more than 曼陀罗 美丽与毁灭

twenty years? 走向毁灭的美总是让人 The author is impressed by 痛彻心扉，

无不动容。 the beauty of the eruption and Treasure/cherish it also by its potential to cause 水仙 great damage.

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