1. Do you know anything about the events? For example, what causes them?
Homework:
1. Surf the Internet in order to have a better understanding of natural disasters.
2. Preview the passage in Reading and Vocabulary.
Period 2
Step 1 Pre-reading
Read about the Gulf Steam and check the meaning of the words:
1, What is a current ?
(a) A kind of electricity (b) A movement of water
(c) A kind of wind
2, What kind of things flow ?
(a) Water (b) Time (c) Money
3, If two places are on the same latitude ,they are on the same line _____
(a) east/west
(b) north/south
Suggested answers:
b. a . a
Step 2. While-reading
a. Skimming
Read the passage quickly and silently. Find the words and expressions in the passages and match them with the definition.
bury disaster feather fur occur tropical
1 you can see this on an animal __________
2 describing the hottest parts of the earth, north and south of the equator
__________
3 a terrible event _________
4 you can see these on a bird _________
5 to place in the ground or tomb ___________
6 to happen __________
Suggested answers:
1. fur 2. tropical 3. disaster 4. feather 5. bury 6. occur
b. Detailed-reading
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
1. How strong are tornado winds?
2. What can happen to furniture when a house is destroyed by a tornado?
3. How many tornadoes are there in the US every year?
4. How many people died in the worst tornado of all time?
5. What happens at sea during a hurricane?
6. When was the worst hurricane of all time?
7. Was the actor Charles Coghland killed in it?
8. What happened to him after the hurricane?
Suggested answers:
1. More than 400 km/h.
2. It stays where it was.
3. About 800.
4. More than 700.