an exciting job 课件

A：The writer’s
Part 1(Para 1-2) experience
of watching the volcanic eruption
Part 2(Para 3-4) B：The writer’s job and its
importance
Part 3(Para 5)
C: The reasons for the writer’s enthusiasm about his job.
An Exciting Job
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Step Ⅲ Reading
Task 1
What’s the main idea of the text?
Task 2
Look through this passage and try to find out the main ideas of each part.
Read the passage loudly ,then answer some questions.
Task1 choose the best answer 1.The writer is a __________
• A. doctor • B. teacher • C. volcanologist • D. physicist
8.“All 3 of us looked liked spacemen” is because ________ • A. they were in the space • B. they wore protective suits • C. they were in the space shuttle • D. they were near the crater
1)What does the word “alive” mean ?
A. Living or not dead. B. Active or lively.
C. Continuing.
D. Healthy.
2.close the text
information about volcanoes for
lives by warning them to leave their houses
5. never bored 6. excited 7. feel alive
Part two (Para. 3- Para. 4)
1. Why did the scientists have to get close to the volcano after it began erupting? To get some lava for later study.
2. collect a database
1. volcanologist
Job
3. help
other scientists to predict where
lava will flow and how fast
Importanc e
Feelings (adjecti ves)
4. protect ordinary people from volcanoes/Save people’s
Kilauea • C. people know how to escape the rocks • D. the buildings near the volcanoes are
very firm.
6.The eruption mentioned in the passage took place________
Homework
•Retell the text in your own words.
• A. 5 years ago • B. 10 years ago • C. 15 years ago • D. 20 years ago
4.The writer’s job is _______
• A. collecting information for a database
• B. travelling around the world • C. helping the victims as a doctor • D. taking photos for a newspaper
3.What did the scientists do after arriving at the crater?
Put on white protective suits helmets, big boots
Slowly made our way to the edge of the crater
• C. he can appreciate spectacular views
• D. he can help protect people from the volcano
Read the passage paragraph by paragraph
Part one (Para. 1- Para. 2)
Looked down into the red, boiling centre
Climbed down into the crater to collect some lava
4．Fill in the blanks about the writer’s experience of the volcano. My first experience I was _fa_s_t_ asleep when my bed began _s_h_a_ki_n_g_ and I heard a _s_tr_an_g_e__ sound, like a _ra_il_w_a_y _train passing nearby. Then I found my bedroom was as __br_ig_h_t___ as day, and red lava was _f_ou_n_t_ai_n_in_g__ hundreds of meters into the air. The next day, three of us wanted to get close to the __cr_a_te_r_. We put onw_h_it_e_p_r_ot_e_ct_iv_e_suits, _h_e_lm_e_t_s__, big _bo_o_ts_and special _g_lo_v_es__, which made us look like _s_pa_c_e_m_e_n___. We slowly m_a_d_e_o_u_r_way to the edge of the crater to collect some _la_v_a__ for _la_te_r_stu_d.y
Part three (Para. 5)
What does the writer find impressive even after studying volcanoes for more than twenty years?
The writer finds their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage impressive.
• D. The writer is tired of his work.
10.According to the writer, the most important thing of his job is _•_A_._i_t_i_s_never boring
• B. he can travel a lot
5.When boiling rock erupts from a volcano, it causes less damage than
you imagine because______
• A. the temperature is not very high • B. no one lives near the top of he Mount
2.Where is the Mount Kilauea?
• A. It is in New York • B. It is in Germany • C. It is in the UK • D. It is in Hawaii
3.The writer worked as a volcanologist in Hawaii__________.
2.What made the author realize that an eruption occurred?
My bed
began shaking My be百度文库 room became
A strange sound
as bright as day
Red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air
9.The passage suggests that_____
• A. The writer is worried about his job.
• B. The writer is anxious about his job
• C. The writer is interested in his work.
• A. in the morning • B. in the afternoon • C. in the evening • D. at noon
7.How many scientist are driven up the mountain the next day? • A. 2 • B. 3 • C. 4 • D. 5