tornadohurricaneGetthemainidea:•Part1:•Part2:•Part3:Whatisatornado?Whatisahurricane?AnextraordinaryeventAtornadoAhurricaneAnextraordinaryeventReadthethreepassagesquicklyandfillintheblanks.Atornado1.Atornadois_____________________fromathunderstormtotheground.Themostviolenthavewindsofmorethan____________perhour.2.Theyoccurintheareaoffrom__________________to________________________.arotatingcolumnofair400kilometresTexasinthesoutheastSouthDakotainthenorth3.Theycan______cars,trainsandhouses.Theycan_______houses,butleavethefurnitureinsideexactlywhereitwas.4.Theworstoneoccurredin1925,affecting_____________.Morethan___________hadbeenkilledand_____hadbeeninjured.pickupdestroythreeUSstates700people2,700Ahurricane1.Hurricanesare___________________.2.TheyoccurinthesouthernAtlanticOcean,theCaribbeanSeaandthe_______________.3.Theworstoneoccurredonthe___________________inGalveston,Texas.Itkilled____________anddestroyed______________.strongtropicalstormsGulfofMexico8thSeptember19006,000people3,600buildingsTornadoHurricaneDefinitionSpeedPlaceDamageTheworstexamplearotatingcolumnofairstrongtropicalstormsover400km/h120km/hormoreintheUSintheAtlanticOcean...pickup…,put…down,take…off…,destroy…kill…destroy…1925US1900GalvestonCoghlanwenttoliveinCanada.→Hethenmovedto____________→Galveston→(hiscoffin)→___________________inCanada.NewYorkPrinceEdwardIslandAnextraordinaryeventTrueorFalse.1.Alltornadoeshavewindsofmorethan400kilometresperhour.2.TherearemoretornadoesoccurringintheUSthaninotherpartsoftheworld.3.Tornadoescan’tdestroyfurniturebecausetheyarenotviolentenough.4.IntheUS,thereareusuallyabout80peoplekilledintornadoeseveryyear.5.Theworsttornadoinhistorykilledatleast700people.6.EveryyeartherearesixAtlantichurricanes.7.BoththeworsttornadoandtheworsthurricaneoccurredintheUS.8.Theworsthurricaneofalltimekilledaboutone-sixthofthepopulationintheUS.9.CharlesCoghlandidn'tbecomefamousuntilhemovedtoNewYork.10.Coghlan’scoffinwasdestroyedbythe1900Galvestonhurricane.11.ItwasonlybecauseofthehurricanethatCoghlan’sbodycouldtravelbacktoCanada.1.youanseethisonananimal.2.describethehottestpartsoftheearth,northandsouthoftheequator.3.aterribleevent4.youcanseetheseonabird5.toplaceinthegroundortomb6.tohappenburydisasterfeatherstropicaloccurfurMatchthewordswiththeirdefinitions.1.arotatingcolumnofair一股旋转的气柱rotatevi.&vt.旋转;自转Theearthrotatesfromwesttoeast.地球从西向东旋转。Farmersrotatecropsintheirfields.农民在耕地上轮栽农作物。Languagestudy2.AlmostallofthemoccurintheUS,…几乎所有的龙卷风都发生在美国。occurvi.发生，出现；(某想法)出现在脑中，被想到。常用于sth.occurstosb.和itoccurstosb.that...结构。如：That’stheplacewheretheaccidentoccurred.那就是肇事地点。AgoodideaoccurredtomewhenIcameintotheclassroom.当我进到教室里的时候，我突然想起了一个好主意。Itoccurredtomethattodayismymother’sbirthday.我忽然想起今天是母亲的生日。【链接】occurrencen.发生的事情，存在的事物；发生，出现【辨析】occur,happen,takeplace三者都可表示“发生”，都属于不及物动词（短语）。happen表示“发生”时，主语一般为“事”；当主语为“人”时，意为“碰巧”；occur表示“偶然发生”时可与happen互换，但它还可表示“按计划发生”。当happen与occur后接tosb./sth.时，含义不同：happentosb./sth.多指不好的事情发生在某人/物身上，occurtosb./sth.指某事、想法、观念等出现在人的头脑中；takeplace常表示计划、安排之内的“发生、进行”，偶尔也可表示计划之外的...
