Word Revision

1.灾难 2.洪水 3.经历 4.引起，导致 5.猛烈的，激烈的 6.埋葬 7.发生 8.袭击 旋转的，循环的 飓风 雷暴 龙卷风 柱状物 热带的 墓地 棺材

disaster flood experience cause violent bury occur strike 9.rotating 10.hurricane 11.thunderstorm 12.tornado 13.column 14.tropical 15.cemetery 16.coffin

飓风和台风其实是一回事，都是指风速达到33 米/秒以上的热带气旋，只是因为发生的地域不 同，才有了不同的名称。出现在西北太平洋和我 国南海的强烈热带气旋被称为“台风”；发生在 大西洋、加勒比海和北太平洋东部的则称为“飓 风”。 而龙卷风是从卷积云向地面延伸的极具强烈破坏 性的漏斗状旋转风 。

Read parts 1&2 quickly find out the answer for the questions: 1.What is a tornado? A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. 龙卷风是指一个从空中的雷暴延伸到地面而生成的旋转气柱。 2.What is a hurricane? Hurricanes are strong tropical storms, and they usually occur in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and The Gulf of Mexico.

Part3 -- An Extraordinary Event Give the correct orders of the following events a Galveston hurricane happened. b Coghlan died in Galveston( a city in Texas) c Coghlan was buried in Texas. d Coghlan’s coffin was dropped in the sea by the hurricane. e Gulf stream carried the coffin to Canada. 1____ 2_____3_____4____5______ e b c a d

Difficult Sentences

1. They can destroy houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was. 他们能够毁掉房子，却把房内的家具留在原处。 doing done adj adv 介词短语 leave +n./pron + 让…处于某种状态 Leave the baby alone.

2. On average there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, causing 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries. 在美国，每年平均有800次龙卷风，导致80人死亡1500人受伤。 3. The worst one of all time occurred in 1925, affecting three US states. By the time it ended, many people had been injured or killed . 有史以来最厉害的一次龙卷风发生在1925年，影响到了美国的三个州。结束时，很多人受伤或死亡

4.By the time it ended, more than 700 people had been killed and 2,700 had been injured. 等到风停时,已有700多人死亡,2700人受伤。 5. By the late 1890s, he had moved to Galveston, where he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane struck. 到19世纪末90年代，他已经移居到加尔维斯顿，1899年在那里去世，也就是飓风袭击的前一年。

6. The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destroyed by the hurricane and Coghlan’s coffin ended up in the sea. 埋葬科格论的墓地被飓风所摧毁，他的灵柩最终被卷入大海。

Phrases pick up put down take off on average of all time end up set fire to catch fire put out take place break out 1.卷起；掀起 2.放下 3.拿掉；去掉 4.平均起来 5.有史以来 6.结果为…；以…结束 7.放火（焚烧） 8.着火 9.扑灭（火） 10.发生 11.突发，爆发

Retelling according to the key words

A tornado is …of air from…to A tornado is …of air from…to ... Almost all of them…They can pick up…put them down in…or even...They can…a cat and…a chicken. They can destroy..,but leave… exactly where …. A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. Almost all of them occur in the US. They can pick up cars, trains and put them down in the next street or even in the next town. They can take the fur off a cat and the feathers off a chicken. They can destroy houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was.

Hurricanes are …. On average they occur … and they usually…of the US Hurricanes are …. On average they occur … and they usually…of the US. The worst one… occurred on… The disaster …and destroyed.. Hurricanes are strong tropical storms. On average they occur six times each year and they usually affect the east coast of the US. The worst one of all time occurred on the 8th September 1900. The disaster killed 6000 people and destroyed 3600 buildings.

A tornado is …of air from…to A tornado is …of air from…to ... Almost all of them…They can pick up…put them down in…or even...They can…a cat and…a chicken. They can destroy..,but leave… exactly where …. Hurricanes are …. On average they occur … and they usually…of the US. The worst one… occurred on… The disaster …and destroyed..

请根据下面表格所提供的信息，写一篇100词左右的英文报道。 起火时间2004年2月15日起火地点吉林市起火原因一名青年在仓库吸烟参加营救人员数百名消防官兵和当地群众后果54人死亡，70余人受伤；经济损失400多万元影响全国震惊

A big fire broke out in the city of Jilin on February 15, 2004, causing damage of more than four million yuan. . The fire was caused by a young man smoking carelessly in the storehouse. Hundreds of firemen and local people fought bravely against the fire until it was completely put out. Meanwhile, 54 people were killed in the fire and over 70 people were injured. The whole nation was shocked at the news and many people are thinking about what lesson we should learn from the fire.

Mexico Gulf Stream stream 河流,水流 current 水流，电流，气流

1.(b) 2.(a) 3.(a) Gulf Stream(P22) 墨西哥暖流 Read the passage and choose the best answers: 1.(b) 2.(a) 3.(a)