1. The document discusses different types of natural disasters including snow disasters, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and earthquakes. 2. It provides definitions and brief descriptions of each type of disaster, such as hurricanes being very strong tropical storms and tsunamis having vast waves that can wash away communities. 3. The document encourages discussion of experiences with natural disasters like thunderstorms, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes and how to prepare for and mitigate the impacts of such events.

1. Module 3 The Violence of Nature Introduction

2. Snow disaster 冰柱： icicles

3. Return power failure

4. Return Snow disaster frozen surface All the bus service has been halted.

5. Almost 150,000 passengers were stuck at Guangzhou railway station by Jan.26 night after a power failure caused by snow, ice and sleet stopped more than 136 electric trains in Hunan province on the trunk line between Beijing and Guangzhou.

6. What kinds of natural disasters do you know about?

7. Flood Flood Flood : a lot of water in an area which is usually dry the most costly natural hazard in many locations around the world...

8. Hurricane Hurricanes: very strong tropical storm, and they usually occur in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane

9. Tsunamis Tsunamis: Almost unnoticeable at sea, these vast waves can wash away entire communities Tsunamis

10. Tornado Tornado: a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground rotate: move round a central point Tornado

11. Return Earthquake Earthquake: sudden, violent movement of the earth’s surface Earthquake

13. Discussion & Speaking 1 、 Have you ever experienced a thunderstorm ? a flood ? a hurricane ? a tornado? Can you describe it ? 2 、 Discuss in pairs about the causes and the bad results of natural disasters, then give a short speech about how to struggle against these disasters.