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e up this morning.今天早上起床時(shí),我突然想到了一個(gè)好主意.It occurred to me that I would travel to Europe.我突然想到要到歐洲旅游.3 On average, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.on average:平均起來(lái) The price of the egg is eight yuan per kg on average雞蛋價(jià)格平均為每公斤8元.Causing…是形式作結(jié)果狀語(yǔ), 表示兩個(gè)動(dòng)作之間具有必然的因果關(guān)系,通常放在句末.Football is played in more than 80countries, making it the most popular game in the world.80多個(gè)國(guó)家都踢足球,使得它成為世界上最流行的運(yùn)動(dòng).4 The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destroyed by the hurricane and Coghlan’s coffin ended up in the sea.end up with 以…結(jié)束begin with 以…為開始start with 以… 為開始Without your help, the experiment will end up with failure.沒有你的幫助, 這實(shí)驗(yàn)將以失敗告終.5 The Gulf Stream had carried it 3000 kilometres up the eastern US coast to Prince Edward Island.Up to a place 沿著某個(gè)地方,則用down.Step 7 ExercisesPeriod 3Step 1 Have a dictation of the words and useful expressions learnt in the text. current, latitude, furniture, bury, feather, fur, occur, tropical, equator, rotating, violent, wave, strike, cemetery, coffin.Step 2 Read the passage at Activity 1, Page 25, then fill the map and explain the process of eruption. Step 3 Listen and answer the following questions at Activity 4, Page 25.Answers: 1 In the center of Plymouth, capital of Monserra2 A reporter and Frank Savage , Governor of the island.3 No, it isn’t. 4 About 6,000. 5 None. 6 They don’t know.Step 4 Listen to the tape and fill the blank.Reporter: I’m standing in the center of Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat, where just one week ago, a ______ _________ took me is Frank Savage, the_________ of the island. Mr Savage, thank you for talking to us.Savage: You’re wele.Reporter: What exactly _________ last week?Savage: Well, the volcano ________, and ____ and _____ poured down the mountain towards the sea. ___________, there are several villages in its path.Reporter: That’s _________. Was anybody hurt?Savage: No. _________, we had plenty of ________ and I told people who lived in the path of the ash and lava to leave the island. We ______ get half the population to another island before the eruption took place.’ Reporter: Why are you still here?Savage: Well, I’m still working because there’s a lot to do.Reporter: How many people live on the island?Savage: Eleven thousand people live here and about six thousand people have left.Reporter: Which areas are the most__________?Savage: Well, the most dangerous places are between the ______ and the sea. There are a lot of villages there. And it was very dangerous. _________, hundreds of houses________ when the lava reached them.Reporter: Oh, I’m very sorry to hear that.Savage: _____________, no one was killed.Reporter: Are the houses still _____ _______?Savage: No. Fortunately, we _____ all the fires _____ quite quickly.Reporter: That’s very good news. Well, it’s a beautiful sunny day here in Plymouth. Does this mean that the danger ________?Savage: No! The volcano could erupt again! People must understand that it is still very dangerous and they can’t ________to their houses.Reporter: OKSo that’s the message from the governor_______________. When will people be abl