Unit 2 Natural disasters Welcome to the unit 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）必修第三册

Welcome to the unit Unit 2 Natural disasters Nature is kind of a loving mother, but also a butcher in cold blood. (大自然是慈爱的母亲， 也是冷血的屠夫 ) -Victor Hugo plant species Gift natural scenes fruit species animal species tsunami flood earthquake volcano eruption avalanche/snowslide hurricane mudslide typhoon landslide tornado sandstorm wildfire drought Disaster What natural disaster in history have you heard about? How are these place now? An 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan on 2008, May ,12th. 380 killed or disappeared in heavy rain in China’s Zhengzhou in 2021. A forest fire happened in southwest China’s Sichuan in 2019,killing 30 firefighters. We Chinese work hand in hand to rebuild our planet! 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China The earthquake struck China’s Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008. The earthquake was measured at 7.9 on Richter scale and killed about 87,000 people. It left millions of people homeless. Thousands of them were buried under the rubble of crushed communities. Factories, schools, homes were collapsed and it took troops and rescue teams significant amounts of effort to reach areas of southwestern China. Plates moving underground can cause an earthquake, which is __________________ of the earth’s surface. When a volcano erupts, ___________, volcanic ash and even rocks escape through a large opening at the top. A large amount of __________________ falling down a hill or mountain is called a landslide. Welcome to the Unit a sudden shaking hot gases earth and rock How many small earthquakes happen every year? Several million small earthquakes. What can the volcanic gas and ash cause? They can cause acid rain and even storms. 3. What are landslides often caused by? Heavy rainfall, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or other natural disasters. Sometimes human activities such as cutting down forests can also cause landslides. Thinking