Unit 5 The Power of Nature

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Unit 5 The Power of Nature

Period1 An Exciting Job

Teaching aims:

1.Get students to know some imformation on volcanos

2.Get students to have a clear understanding about the job as a volcanologist

3.Get students to clearly understand the reading passage---an exciting job

Teaching important points

1.Get studengts to learn about the job as a volcanologist

2.Get students to truly understand the passage

3.Get studengts to write a small paragraph accoding to part1 in this passage Teaching difficult points

1.How to get students to truly understand the passage

2.How to get studengts to write a small paragraph accoding to part1 in this passage

Teaching procedures

Step1 Llead-in

5.12 Earthquake----a way the earth throw out its energy---another way the earth throw out its energy---volcano

Step2 Pre-reading

1.Play a vedio of a volcano eruption and answer these questions

(1)How does a volcano happen?

(2)What do you think about a volcano eruption?

2.Imagine

(1)The work of a volcanologist must be very.(2)If you are a volcalonogist , you need to be

Step3 First reading

1.Read the text quickly and choose what are mentioned in this text

A.The writer’s experience of watching the volcanic eruption

B.How did the writer miss his family while working

C.The writer’s job and its importance

D.The writer’s love and enthusiam for the job

E.How did the writer get his job

F.How did the writer get along with his co-workers.2.How to divide the passage into 3 parts according to these main ideas.Part 1()

The writer’s job ,his feeling for the job and its importance

Part 2()

The writer’s experience of watching the volcanic eruption

Part 3()

Express again his enthusiam for his job

Step 4 Detailed reading

Choose part1 and part2 to do detaied reading.I.While you are reading part1 thiking about it.1.Does the writer love or hate his job? Your answer is for the following reasons except

A: he is excited abou the danger of his jobB.His job makes he feel alive

C.His job can bring him much money

D.His job can protect people from volcano and therefore save many lives

2.Which volcano is the writer studying about?

A.Changbai MoutainB.Mount Kilauea In Hawaii

C.St Helen in EnglandD.Kaki Moutain in Iceland

3.What does the writer do as a volcanologist?

andinformation about mount Kilauea and

then help the other scientist toII Part2

1.Before reading part2 glance at these sentences and decide if the sentence is true or

false.You should give your reasons.(1).The boiling rock that erupts from the volcano crashes back to earth causes more

damage and the lava that flows down the mountain causes less damage

(2).The writer ran out of his house when he heard a strange sound.(3).Although it wasn’t easy to walk in those special clothes, the scientists made their

way to the crater.(4).The writer and the other two scientists climbed down into the crater.2.What made the writer realize that an eruption happened ?

3.What did the scientists do after the eruption.Can you put these steps into the right

order?

a.looked down into the red boiling center

b.dropped as close as possible to the crater

c.slowly make our way to the edge of the crater

d.put on white protective suits, helmets, big boots

A.dbcaB.abcdC.cdabD.dbac

Step5 Summary

Although my job is I don’t mind because danger me.My

job is

to lava will folow next and how fast.My work hasmany lives.The eruption is to watch.That day, when I was asleep

my bedand I heard asound.My

bedroom become asas day.I ran out ofthe house and saw red hot

lavahundreds of metres into the air

The next day, two scientistists and I drove up themoutain to have

alook atof the crater.But I only stay at the top watching the two scientists because this is

as the beginning and still feel at the beauty of them.Step6 Write a paragraph accoding to part1

假设你是一个地震专家（earthquake expert），写一个段落描述你的工作内容，你的工作的重要性，以及你对你的工作的热爱。

Step7.Homework

Read the text and recite new words