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Nururing nature
Using language
Unit 6
Do you know any natural disasters ?
Warming up
Typhoon
Sandstorm
Flood
Earthquake
Tornado
Snowstorm
Tsunami
Volcano
Hurricane
The power of nature
drought
volcano-eruption
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1. Do you know how a volcano erupts?
volcano-eruption
Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain.
Magma chamber岩浆库
Lava
Crater
Ash cloud/volcanic ash
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An extinct volcano
An active volcano
What types of volcanoes do you know?
A dormant volcano
Who will climb into a live volcano to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside? (Page 33)
What kind of things might a volcanologist do?
Collect and evaluate information about volcanoes.
Predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.
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What is the writer?
Where does he work?
Does he like his job?
Skim the text and answer the following questions
Skimming
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
Para 5
The writer describe his first sight of a volcano eruption.
The writer states again his love for his job and volcanoes.
The writer describes his job and its importance.
The writer expresses his love for his job and why he loves it.
The writer describes his first closer look at the crater.
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C
A
E
B
(Para. 1- 2)
1. Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive.
2. I was appointed as a vocanologist working for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).
3. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.
4. Our work has saved many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses.
5. Unfortunately, we cannot move their homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to the ground.
Job: ____________
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importance: ____________________________