高一年级第一学期英语学科教学案(第12案)
Book Ⅲ Module 3 The Violence of Nature
（Period 2 Introduction, Reading and Vocabulary）
Teaching aim: Read and understand the passage.
Ⅰ. Read the Gulf Stream and check the meaning of the words.
The Gulf Stream is a ____________________ which starts in the Gulf of
Mexico and _____ northeast _______ the Atlantic. It also ______________the
east coast of the United States towards eastern Canada. It’s one of
___________________ anywhere in the world. Because of it...点击查看全部>> , the United
Kingdom and other places in Europe are ___________than parts of Canada
____________________________.
Ⅱ. Read the passage on page 23
1. Answer the questions on page 22.
How strong are tornado winds?
What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?
How many tornadoes are their in the US every year?
How many people died in the worst tornado of all time?
What happens at sea during a hurricane?
When was the worst hurricane of all time?
Was the actor Charles Coghlan killed in it?
What happened to him after the hurricane?
2. Read the passage and fill in the form.| |What is it |…times per |time of |results |
| | |year |the worst| |
| | | |one | |
|tornado | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
|hurrican| | | | |
|e | | | | |
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3. Find proper words from the passage to match the definitions.
you can see this on an animal ___________
describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and south of the
equator____
a terrible event ___________
you can see this on a bird ___________
to place in the ground or tomb ___________
to happen ___________
to hit ___________
4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks.
A tornado is a _____________ of air from a ____________ to the ground.
The most ________ have winds of ___________ 400 kilometers per hour. Almost
all of them _____ in the US, in the area from Texas in the southeast to
South Dakota _______________. Tornadoes can ____________ cars, trains and
even houses and ____________________ in the next street. They can _____ the
fur _____ the back of a cat and the _________ off a chicken. They can
________ houses, but leave the ________inside ___________________. _______
there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, _________ 800 deaths and 1500
_______. The worst one _________ three US states and by the ti>>收起