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AN EXCITING JOBI have the greatest job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes working outdoors, sometimes in an office, sometimes using scientific equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never bored. Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don't mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people from one of the most powerful forces on earth - the volcano.I was appointed as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian V olcano Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago. My job is collecting information for a database about Mount Kilauea, which is one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. Our work has saved many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses. Unfortunately, we cannot move their homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to the ground.When boiling rock erupts from a volcano and crashes back to earth, it causes less damage than you might imagine. This is because no one lives near the top of Mount Kilauea, where the rocks fall. The lava that flows slowly like a wave down the mountain causes far more damage because itburies everything in its path under the molten rock. However, the eruption itself is really exciting to watch and I shall never forget my first sight of one. It was in the second week after I arrived in Hawaii. Having worked hard all day, I went to bed early. I was fast asleep when suddenly my bed began shaking and I heard a strange sound, like a railway train passing my window. Having experienced quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didn't take much notice. I was about to go back to sleep when suddenly my bedroom became as bright as day. I ran out of the house into the back garden where I could see Mount Kilauea in the distance. There had been an eruption from the side of the mountain and red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air. It was an absolutely fantastic sight.The day after this eruption I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it. Two other scientists and I were driven up the mountain and dropped as close as possible to the crater that had been formed during the eruption. Having earlier collected special clothes from the observatory, we put them on before we went any closer. All three of us looked like spacemen.We had white protective suits that covered our whole body, helmets, big boots and special gloves. It was not easy to walk in these suits, but we slowly made our way to the edge of the crater and looked down into the red, boiling centre. The other two climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study, but this being my first experience, I stayed at the top and watched them.Today, I am just as enthusiastic about my job as the day I first started. Having studied volcanoes now for many years, I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage.我的工作是世界上最伟大的工作。
选修六Unit 5 单词表diagram /'daiəgræm/ n.图解；图表；示意图volcano /vɔl'keinəu/ n.火山volcanic /vɔl'kænik/ a.火山的volcanology /vɔlkə'nɔlədʒi/ n.火山学volcanologist /-dʒist/ n.火山学家erupt /i'rʌpt/ vi.(指火山)爆发；突然发生eruption /i'rʌpʃən/ n.火山爆发；(战争等)爆发ash /æʃ/ n.灰；灰末crater /'kreitə/ n.火山口；弹坑lava /'lɑ:və/ n.熔岩；火山岩hurricane /'hʌrikən/ n.飓风；风暴questionnaire /kwestʃə'nɛə/ n.问卷；调查表alongside /ə'lɔŋ'said/ adv.在旁边；沿着边 prep.在…旁边；沿着…的边equipment /i'kwipmənt/ n.设备；装备appoint /ə'pɔint/ vt.任命；委派observatory /əb'zə:vətəti/ n.观象台；天文台；气象台database /'deɪtəbeɪs/ n.数据库；资料库Mount Kilauea 基拉韦厄火山evaluate /i'væljueit/ vt.评估；评价；估计burn to the ground 全部焚毁wave /weiv/ n.波浪；波涛 vi.波动；起伏；挥手molten /'məultən/ a.熔化的；熔融的fountain /'fauntin/ vt.vt.泉水般地喷出或涌出 n.喷泉；源泉absolute /'æbsəlu:t/ a.绝对的；完全的absolut ely /'æbsəlu:tli/ ad.绝对地；完全地spaceman /'speismæn/ n.宇航员；航天专家suit /sju:t/ n.一套外衣；套装 vt.适合；使适宜helmet /'helmit/ n.头盔boot /bu:t/ n.靴子make one's way 前往potential /pə'tenʃəl/ n.潜在性；可能性；潜能 a.可能的；潜在的actual /'æktjuəl/ a.实在的；实际的geology /dʒi'ɔlədʒi/ n.地质学Mount Etna 埃特纳火山Sicily /'sisili/ n.西西里岛(意大利南部)sample /'sɑ:mpl/ n.样品；样本candidate /'kændidit/ n.候选人；候补者Mount Vesuvius 维苏威火山threat /θret/ n.恐吓；威胁bungalow /'bʌŋgələu/ n.平房；小屋Pompeii /pɔm'peii:/ n.庞培(意大利古都)tornado /tɔ:'neidəu/ n.龙卷风；旋风typhoon /tai'fu:n/ n.台风thunderstorm n.雷暴precious /'preʃəs/ a.贵重的；珍贵的novelist /'nɔvəlist/ n.小说家fog /fɔg/ n.雾document /'dɔkjumənt/ n.文件；证件rainbow /'reinbəu/ n.彩虹uncomfortable /ʌn'kʌmfətəbl/ a.不舒服的；不舒适的balcony /'bælkəni/ n.阳台unconscious /ʌn'kɔʃəs/ a.失去知觉的；未察觉的shoot /ʃu:t/ vt.射中；射伤shot /ʃɔt/ n.射击；枪炮声tremble /'trembl/ vi.摇晃；摇动；颤抖sweat /swet/ n.汗 vi.出汗anxious /'æŋkʃəs/ a.忧虑的；不安的anxiety /æŋg'zaiəti/ n.担心；焦虑；渴望panic /'pænik/ vi.vt.惊慌 n.恐慌；惊慌tsunami /tsu'nɑ:mi/ n.海啸；地震海啸glance through v.匆匆看一遍Manchu /mæn'tʃu:/ a.满族的n.满人vary from...to由...到...不等diverse /dai'və:s/ a.多种多样的；不同的diversity /dai'və:siti/ n.多种多样；多样性crane /krein/ n.鹤；吊车；起重机leopard /'lepəd/ n.豹spectacular /spek'tækjulə/ a.引人入胜的；壮观的bathe /beið/ vi.洗澡；游泳arouse /ə'rauz/ vt.激发；唤醒某人appreciation /ə'pri:ʃi'eiʃən/ n.欣赏；感激；感谢peak /pi:k/ n.山顶；顶峰persuasion /pə:'sweiʒən/ n.信服；说服guarantee /'gærən'ti:/ n.保证；担保选修六课文1Unit5 AN EXCITING JOB一份令人兴奋的工作I have the greatest job in the world.我的工作是世界上最伟大的工作。
Unit 5 Reading An exciting jobGuiding case【学法指导】1.用Skimming and Scanning（查读）得出文章Main idea ：The writer expressed his ______ for his job as a _________ and told us one of his unusual _________ in Mount Kilauea, Hawaii.2.用Skimming and Scanning（查读）得出main ideas for each part：Part 1 (Para 1-2)：The writer’s _______ and its ___________.Part 2(Para 3-4)：The writer’s ________of watching the volcanic eruption.Part 3 (Para 5) ：The _______ for the writer’s enthusiasm about his job.3.用Scanning（扫读）完成两个单选题：1).Which of the following is not the factor that makes the writer’s job the greatestin the world?A. It’s dangerous but exciting.B. the writer can travel to unusual placesand meet people from all over the world.C. the writer can earn a lot of money.D. the writer is helping protecting peoplefrom the volcano.2).What does a volcanologist not need most?A. knowledge of spaceships.B. research skills.C. skills of operating scientific equipment.D. observing skills.二、小组合作并讨论以下问题：1. Why does the writer say that he has the greatest job in the world?2. Where is Mount Kilauea?3. What does the writer find impressive about volcanoes even after studying them for many years?三、小组合作并讨论Summary：I have the ________ job in the world. I am never _____ with it. Although it is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger ______ me and makes me feel ____. I think my job is the most __________ because I can help _______ people from danger of volcanoes.I am a ___________ working for HVO. Our work has ______ many lives butunfortunately we can not save their _______. I have ___________ a volcano eruption in Hawaii. I was ____ asleep when my bed began _______ and I heard a _______ sound, like a _____ passing nearby.Then I found my bedroom was as ______ as day, and red lava was ___________ hundreds of meters into the air. The next day, three of us wanted to get close to the ______. We put on _________ suits, ________, big _______ and special ______, which made us look like __________.We slowly _____________ to the edge of the crater to collect some _____ for __________. After studying volcanoes for many years, I am just as ___________ about my job as before. Why? Because of their ________ and their _________ to cause great damage.四、学习反思：By reading the text，I learn about __________________________________，I realize _________________________________________________。
UNIT 5 Reading and Thinking第五单元WORKING OUT WHA T YOU WANT TO DO弄清楚你想做什么As an adult，one of the first questions you are asked when meeting someone new is，“What do you do?”This is because your career is a very important part of who you are. The career you have defines your life，and so taking time to think about it is an essential exercise for young people.作为一个成年人，当你遇到一个新朋友时，你首先被问到的问题之一是，“你是做什么的？“这是因为你的职业是你的一个非常重要的组成部分。
你所从事的职业决定了你的生活，因此花时间思考对年轻人来说是一项必不可少的锻炼。
The best time to start thinking about possible careers is while you are still at school，before you make any choices about your further education. This，however，is not always easy. Some people know what they want to do from a young age，but many others just have a few ideas bouncing around in their heads.开始考虑可能的职业的最佳时机是在你还在学校的时候，在你对你的继续教育做出任何选择之前。
然而，这并不总是容易的。
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Reading, Unit 5 of Module 6
An exciting job
I have the greatest job in the world. I travel to ________ ______ (稀罕奇特的地方) and meet interesting people from all over the world. Sometimes working ___ ____ (在室外), sometimes in an office, sometimes using scientific instruments in my work and sometimes meeting with _______ (当地的) people and tourists, I am never bored. Although my job is ________ _________ (偶尔有危险) I don’t mind, because danger excites me and makes me ______ _______ （感到有活力）. However, the mos t important thing about my job is that I help to protect people from one of the most powerful natural forces on earth ——the volcano.
I am a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ( HVO).My main job is collecting information about Mount Kilauea, which is one of the ______ _______ （最活跃的）volcanoes in Hawaii. Having collected and ________ （评估）the information, I help other scientists to _______ (预测) where lava from the volca no will flow next and how fast it will flow. Our work has saved many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their homes. Unfortunately, w e can’t move their homes out of the way and many houses have been covered with l ava or ________________________ （全部焚毁）.
When boiling rock erupts from the volcano and ______ ________（撞回）to eart h, it causes less damage than you might imagine. This is because no one lives near t he top of Mount Kilauea where the rocks fall. The lava that flows slowly down the mountain causes ______ ______ _________ （大得多的损失）because it buries every thing in its path under the molten rock. However, the eruption itself is really exciting
to watch and I’ll never forget my _____ ________ ______（第一次见到）an erupti on. It was in the second week after I arrived in Hawaii. ________ ________ （工作一整天后）hard all day, I went to bed early. I was
______ _____ （睡熟了）when suddenly my bed began shaking and I heard strang e sound, like a railway train passing outside my window.
________ _______ （经历过）quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didn’t _____ _______ ________ （在意）. I was about to go back to sleep _______ suddenl y my bedroom became as bright as day. I ran out of the house into the back garden where I could see Mount Kilauea ___ ______ ________（在远处）. There had been an eruption in the side of the mountain and red hot lava _____ _________ （喷射）hundreds of metres into the air. It was an absolutely _______ ________（绝妙的奇观）.
The day after this eruption I was lucky enough to have a much ______ ____ ___（近距离观察）at it. Two other scientists and I were driven up the mountain an d dropped ______________________(尽可能近的）to the crater that had been forme
d during th
e eruption. Having earlier collected special clothes from the observatory, w
e put them on before we went _____ ______ (再走近). All three o
f us _______ ___ _____ （看起来象）spacemen. We had white protective suits that covered our whole body, helmets, bi
g boots and special gloves. It wasn’t very easy to walk ___ these su its, but we slowly made ____ ______ （前行）to the edge of the crater and looked d own into the red, boiling centre. The other two climbed down into the crater to colle ct some lava for_____ ______ （日后研究）, but this being my first experience, I sta yed at the top and watched them.
Today, I am just ___ _________about my job ___ the day I first started. （我还是象开始工作时那样，对我的工作满怀热情）。
________ ______ （从事研究）volcanoe s now for more than twenty years, I am still amazed at their beauty ____ ______ __ __ （以及）their potential to cause great damage.。
