Module3TheViolenceofNature飓风是如何形成的？该如何预防飓风？下面让我们一起了解一下吧！Manypeoplelikethefeelingofthegentlewindinspring.Manypeopleliketoseethefallingleavesdancinginthewindinautumn.Butsometimes,whenthewindbecomesastorm,itcanbeverydestructive(毁灭性的)．Everyyear,majorstormscausemanyproblemsaroundtheworld.Thereisnothingpeoplecandotostopthesepowerfulforcesofnature.Butnewtechniquesarehelpingscientiststopredict(预测)how,when,andwherebigstormswillhappen.Themoreexactscientists’warningsare,thebetterpeoplecanprepareforthestorms.Predictionsareimproving.“We’vegottenbetterovertheyears,especiallythelastfewyears，”saysPhilKlotzbach,ascientistatanAmericanuniversity.Howisastormformed?Evenifscientistsknowwhereastormwillhappen,windscansuddenlychange,carryingthestormtoanewdirection.“Forahurricanetohappen,conditionshavetobejustright，”Klotzbachsays.First,theoceanwaterneedstobewarmenoughsothatitevaporates(蒸发)andrisesintotheair.Asitrises,thevaporcoolsandturnsbackintoliquid.Thisprocessgivesoffheat.Thisproducesenergylikeanenginethatcauseswindstoincrease.Itdrivestheformationofahurricane.Ifwindspeedreaches40milesperhour,thesystemiscalled“tropicalstorm”，anditgetsaname.At75milesperhour,itbecomesahurricane.ThehurricaneseasonlastsfromJunetoNovember.NinetypercentofallhurricaneshitinAugust,September,andOctober.SectionⅠIntroduction&ReadingandVocabulary—Comprehending重点单词写作词汇1.disastern．灾难2.floodn.洪水3.causevt.引起；导致4.furnituren.家具5.buryvt.埋葬6.occurvi.发生拓展词汇7.experiencevt.经历→experiencedadj.有经验的8.violentadj.猛烈的；激烈的；强烈的→violencen．暴力；暴行→violentlyadv.粗暴地；强烈地9.strikevt.&n.(雷电、暴风雨等)袭击→struck(过去式)→struck/stricken(过去分词)阅读词汇10.hurricanen．飓风11.lightningn.闪电12.thunderstormn.雷暴13.tornadon.龙卷风14.columnn.柱状物；柱状体15.currentn.海流；潮流16.latituden．纬度17.feathern.羽毛18.furn.(动物的)毛皮19.tropicaladj.热带的20.equatorn.赤道21.rotatingadj.旋转的；循环的重点短语1.pick__up卷起；掀起2.take__off去掉3.on__average平均起来4.of__all__time有史以来5.be__experienced__at/in__sth.做某事有经验6.end__up结果为……，以……结束重点句型1.leave＋宾语＋宾补让某人/某物继续处于某种状态：Theycandestroyhouses,but__leave__the__furniture__inside__exactly__where__it__was(却将里面的家具留在原处).2.现在分词短语作结果状语：Onaverage,thereare800tornadoesintheUSeachyear,causing__about__80__deaths__and__1，500__injuries(造成大约80人死亡，1500人受伤).3.bythetime＋时间状语从句：By__the__time__it__ended(到这次飓风结束时),morethan700peoplehadbeenkilledand2，700hadbeeninjured.Readthetextquicklyandmatchthesentences.1．Atornadois()2．Tornadoescandestroyhouses()3．Hurricanesarestrongtropicalstorms()4．CharlesCoghlanwasanIrishactor()5．ThereareonaveragesixAtlantichurricaneseachyear()A．andtheyusuallyoccurinthesouthernAtlanticOcean.B．andtheyusuallyaffecttheeastcoastoftheUSfromTexastoMaine.C．andsomethingunexpectedhappenedtohiscoffinafterhedied.D．arotatingcolumnofairfromathunderstormtotheground.E．butleavethefurnitureinsideexactlywhereitwas.答案：1－5.DEACBReadthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．WhichofthefollowingdescriptionsabouttornadoisNOTcorrect?A．Itisakindofrotatingcolumnofair.B．Itisusuallycausedbyathunderstorm.C．Itcanreachaspeeduptomorethan400kilometresperhour.D．Itcancausemuchdamagetopeople,includingdeath...
