shchengzhang
What is a tornado?A tornado is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent have winds of more than 400 kilometres per hour. Almost all of them occur in the US, in the area fromTexas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north.Tornadoes can pick up cars, trains and even houses and put them down in the next steet--or enen in the next town. They can take the fur off the back of a cat and the feathers off a chicken. They can destory houses, but leave the furniture inside exactly where it was. On average, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries. The worst tornado of all time occurred in 1925, affecting three US states: Missouri, Illinois and INdiana. By the time it ended, more than 700 people had been killed and 2,700 had benn injured.What is a hurricane?Hurricanes are strong tropical storms,and they usually occur in the souther Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. There are violent winds of 120 kilometres per hour or more, which cause huge waves, heavy rain and floods. There are on average six Atlantic hurricanes each year and they usually affect the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine.The worst hurricane disaster of all time occurred on the 8th September 1900 in Galveston, Texas. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour and five-metre high waves hit the city, The disaster killed 6,000 people in a population of 37,000 and destoryed 3,600 buildings.An extraordinary eventThis is a story about the 1900 Galveston hurricane.Charles Coghlan was a nineteenth-century Irish actor who went to live in Canada. He then moved to New York, where he became famous. By the late 1890s, he had moved to Galveston, where he died in 1898, a year before the hurricane struck. The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destoryed by the hurricane and Coghlan`s coffin ended up in the sea.Eight years later , the coffin was found by fishermen in the sea near his home on PRince Edward island in the east of Canada. The Gulf Stream had carried it 3,000 kilometres up the eastern US coast to Prince Edward Island. Coghlan travelled back to Canada--after he had been buried in Texas!
joannatang2008
外研社高中英语必修三第二模块课文（注： 外研版没有单元之说。）Module 2 ReadingThe HumanDevelopment ReportIn the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed to work together to reduce poverty by 2015 or earlier. From this agreement came the HumanDevelopment Report.One of the most important sections of this report is The Human Development Index. This examines the achievements of 175 countries. The index measures a country's achievements in three ways: life expectancy (how long people usually live), education and income. The index has some surprises. Norway is at the top of the list, while the US is at number 7. The other topfive countries are: Iceland (2), Sweden (3), Australia (4), the Netherlands(5). The UK is in the thirteenth position, while China is in the middle of the list. The bottomten countries are all African countries, with Sierra Leone (in West Africa) atthe bottom of the list.The report describes eight development goals. The most important goals are to:· reduce poverty and hunger;· make sure thatall children have education up to theage of 11;· fight AIDS and other diseases;· improve the environment of poor people, e.g. make sure they have safe drinking water;· encourage developed countries to givemore help to other countries.The 2003 Human Development Report gives examples of successful development. For example, in nine years (1953–1962), China increased life expectancy by 13 years. In the last ten years in China, 150 million people moved out of poverty. However, the challenges are still great. Every day799 million people in developing countries are hungry. Over half of these are in South Asia or Africa. Although more than 80% of children in developing countries go to primary school, about 115 million children are not being educated. More than 1 billion people in developing countries do not drink safe water. However, in other regions of the world, e.g. Eastern Europe, water is now mostly safe to drink.The report shows that we are making some progress but that we need to make greater efforts. Although developed countries give some financial help, they need to give much more. Interestingly, the countries that give the most money are the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. These are among the five richest countries in the world, so it is right that they should do so.
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Reading—What Is a Tornado?■Goals● To learn to read passages with the past perfect passive and indirect speech about tornadoes● To learn to read with strategies■ProceduresStep 1: Warming up by reviewing 21st century disastersHi, class. Nice to see you safe and sound. Today we take up Module 3 The Violence of Nature. Throughout history there have been sudden, terrible events that have shaken the world. Sometimes they are man-made, ranging from the infamous sinking of the Titanic to the deadly Chernobyl meltdown of 1986, while others are natural disasters, such as the catastrophic eruption of the island of Krakatau or the devastating Tokyo earthquake of 1923. Before we read What Is a Tornado?… let’s have a brief review of the 21st century disasters we have experienced so far.2001 Gujarat Earthquake, Bhuj, India (January 26, 2001) European Heat Wave of 2003, Europe Bam Earthquake, Iran (December 26, 2003) Hurricane Ivan, Caribbean Sea, Southeastern United States (September, 2004) 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami（海啸）, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and elsewhere (December 26, 2004) 186,983 killed, 42,883 missing 2005 Sumatran earthquake, Indonesia (March 28, 2005), at least 1,000 killed 2005 Maharashtra floods, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Western India (July 2005) Hurricane Katrina, United States (August 2005), toll varies, 2,000 killed 2005 Kashmir earthquake, Kashmir, Pakistan, (October 8, 2005), death toll is currently 87,350 but some estimate it to rise over 100,000 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide（泥流）, Philippines, (17 February 2006) 950 killed. May 2006 Java earthquake, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia (May 27, 2006), 6,200 killed July 2006 Java earthquake, Java, Indonesia (July 17, 2006), 550 killed Typhoon Saomai (2006), Zhejiang, China, (August, 2006), 250 killed 哈哈，不好意思，是照着上面复制的。
