1) Get the students to answer the six questions in pre-reading to find out whether they will enjoy working as a volcanologist.

　　Students could do this activity as a survey by asking others in their class these questions or they could do it individually.

2) After they have completed the task, survey the class to find out how many might enjoy the work of a volcanologist.

The second period Reading and comprehending

1. First reading

　Skinning & skimming

　1) Ask students to read through the passage quickly to get a main idea of

　　the whole passage. Give them a limited time to read the whole passage

　　in order to encourage them to practice reading for general ideas and to

　　discourage them from reading word by word

Main idea: This passage is a first-person account of a volcanologist's experiences. The volcanologist described his exciting job and wrote down his first sight of an eruption.

　What does a volcanologist do ?( answer in the text )

　Then let students do the multiple-choices (见课件)

2)Set Exercise 1 in "comprehending" either as a group or whole-class activity. Explain to students that the purpose of questions like these is to help them develop skills of evaluating a text.

2.Second reading (intensive reading)

Before reading, glance through Exercise 2 on Page35.

　Choose some to ask them and check their answers:

　1). Why is a volcanologist's job important?

　Volcanologists study volcanoes so that they can warn people when the volcano

is going to erupt and so save many lives.

2). Why is the lava that flows on Mount Kilauea more dangerous than the actual