Unit 4 第4课时 Reading for Writing（PPT）-【全效作业本】2022-2023学年高中必修第一册英语同步课件及教参（人教版2019）

第4课时　Reading for Writing Natural Disasters Unit 4　 话题阅读 A 书面表达 B 《全效作业本》 英语 必修 第一册 [RJ] Ⅰ.阅读理解 A On Saturday 24 August 1918，it was raining cats and dogs and thundering over a city called Sunderland on the northeast coast of England.The storm lasted for only about ten minutes.People were surprised to see that it was not just rainwater falling from the sky.There were fish falling down，too！People came out to find out what was happening.They could not believe their own eyes.There were thousands of fish—sand eels(沙鳗)—lying on the ground.They were about seven centimetres long，and all were frozen solid. 话题阅读 A 书面表达 B 《全效作业本》 英语 必修 第一册 [RJ] Sand eels swim together in large groups，often in sandy water，and are often found in large numbers in the North Sea，which reaches out to the east of Sunderland.How was it possible for these sand eels to fall from the sky and land on Sunderland? Scientists believed the heavy thunderstorm that afternoon may have caused a waterspout(海龙卷)．Waterspouts can be formed when strong winds move quickly in a circle over water.They are so powerful；anything less than one metre in length can be taken into them and forced into the clouds.The clouds carry whatever has been taken into them for long distances—sometimes over 150 kilometres.It's very cold up there and everything soon freezes solid. 话题阅读 A 书面表达 B 《全效作业本》 英语 必修 第一册 [RJ] For hundreds of years there have been reports of small animals being taken into the sky through waterspouts.In 2009，dead tadpoles rained down on the city of Nanao in Japan.In 2012，fifty kilos of prawns fell from the sky over Sri Lanka.In 2017，fish fell on the coastal city of Tampico in Mexico. It must be a very strange experience to see fish raining down on you.It would probably hurt if one fell on your head！With climate change，global warming and many reports of terrible natural disasters，will the time ever come when it may really begin to rain cats and dogs? 话题阅读 A 书面表达 B 《全效作业本》 英语