16 Rumbling Giants RUMBLING GIANTS rumbling making a

多维阅读第 16级 Rumbling Giants 火山隆隆

RUMBLING GIANTS rumbling: making a deep, heavy sound giant: an extremely tall strong man, who is often bad and cruel, in children’s stories

RUMBLING GIANTS 1. What are the rumbling giants? 2. Why does the author regard volcanoes as giants? giant: an extremely tall strong man, who is often bad and cruel, in children’s stories

A volcano

RUMBLING GIANTS 3. How bad and cruel are the volcanoes? 4. Since volcanoes are bad and cruel when they erupt, how can people know when they will erupt to avoid dangers?

Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain. A crater erupt C D rock boiling B lava

st 1 Reading Something about volcanoes 1. How many types of volcanoes are there? What are they? 2. What could happen if a dormant volcano wakes up?

Mind map • Please reread the passage, and draw a mind map to show something about the volcanoes.

nd 2 Reading • What volcano detectives do 1. What do volcano detectives often do? 2. Where do they work? And what might happen during their work time?

nd 2 Reading • The experience of Stanley 1. What does Stanley Williams do? 2. Where were Stanley and his team that day? 3. According to Stanley’s working experience, can you describe the process of volcano erupting? 4. What happened to Stanley at that time? 5. Why does the author say “Stanley, however, was lucky”?

Mind map • Please reread the passage, and draw a mind map to show what volcano detectives do and the experience of Stanley.

Interview Imagine you are Stanley. A journalist is interviewing you. You will answer his questions based on: 1. Something about the volcano; 2. What volcano detectives do; 3. One of your experiences.

Requirements 1. Work in groups of four; 2. Work out the questions that the journalist will ask; 3. Make an interview in pairs; one acts as a journalist, and the other one acts as Stanley.

Deep thinking 1. Why does the author choose “rumbling giants” as the title of this book? 2. Why does the author talk about the job of “a volcano detective” in this book? • What does the author want to tell us? • Why does the author say “People like Stanley have a very important job”?

Deep thinking 3. After reading this book, how do you think human beings can do to reduce the damage caused by natural disasters and better protect ourselves?