1、英语选修6(人教版)第一学时Reading and Comprehension美文欣赏The damage of a volcano eruptionHave you ever considered how weak humans are compared with the power of nature like a volcano，hurricane, flood or earthquake ?Although people can admire exciting sight of volcano eruption，it can also bring people a lot of dam
2、age.Take Mount Kilauea as an example.Its Hawaiis youngest but most active volcano, which first erupted in January,1983 and has been active ever since.Even more amazing，the eruption of Mount Vesuvio in 79 AD took the people of Pompeii by surprise causing almost all the people to have died and all the
3、 city was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes.As a result，we need volcanologists to study volcano and reduce its damage to human beings.课文助手一、请将课文“An Exciting Job”翻译成汉语，然后对照译文助读自主勘误译文助读一份令人兴奋的工作 我的工作是世界上最伟大的工作。我跑的地方是稀罕奇特的地方，和我一道工作的人来自世界各地。(我们)有时在室外工作，有时在办公室里，有时工作中要用科学仪器，有时要会见当地百姓和游客，但是我从来不感到厌烦。
4、虽然我的工作偶尔也有危险。但是我并不在乎，因为危险能激励我，使我感到有活力。然而，最重要的是，通过我的工作能保护普通百姓免遭世界上最大的自然威力之一的威胁火山。20年前，作为一名火山学家，我被派到夏威夷火山观测站(HVO)工作。我的任务是收集有关基拉韦厄火山的数据资料，这是夏威夷最活跃的火山之一。收集和评估了这些信息之后，我就帮助其他科学家一起预测下次火山熔岩将往何处流失，流速是多少。我们的工作拯救了许多人的生命，因为熔岩要流经之地，老百姓都可以得到离开家园的通知。遗憾的是，我们不可能把他们的家搬离岩浆流过的地方，因此，许多房屋被熔岩淹没，或者焚烧殆尽。 当滚烫的岩石从火山喷发出来并撒落回地面
5、时，它所造成的损失比想象的要小些。这是因为在岩石下落的基拉韦厄火山顶附近无人居住。而像波浪一样顺着山坡缓慢下流的火山熔岩所造成的损失却大得多，这是因为火山岩浆所流经的地方，一切东西都被掩埋在熔岩下面了。然而，火山喷发本身的确是很壮观的，我永远也忘不了第一次看见火山喷发时的情景。那是在我抵达夏威夷后的第二个星期。那天我辛辛苦苦地干了一整天，很早就上床睡觉了。我在熟睡中突然感到床铺在摇晃，接着我听到一阵奇怪的声音，就好像一列火车在我的窗外行驶一样。因为我在夏威夷曾经经历过多次地震，所以对这种声音我并不在意。我刚要再睡，突然我的卧室亮如白昼。我赶紧跑出房间，来到后花园，在那儿我能远远地看见基拉韦厄火
6、山。在山的一边有火山喷发，红色发烫岩浆像喷泉一样，朝天上喷射达几百米高。真是绝妙的奇景！ 就在这次火山喷发的第二天，我有幸作了一次近距离的观察。我和另外两位科学家驱车上山，到最靠近这次火山喷口的地方才下车。早先从观测站出发时就带了一些特别的安全服，于是我们穿上安全服再走近火山口。我们三个人看上去就像宇航员一样。都穿着白色的防护服遮住全身，戴上了头盔和特别的手套，还穿了一双大靴子。穿着这些衣服走起路来实在不容易，但我们还是缓缓往火山口的边缘走去，并且向下看到了红红的沸腾的中央，另外两人攀下火山口去收集供日后研究用的岩浆，我是第一次经历这样的事，所以留在山顶上观察他们。 如今，我和当初从事这项工作
7、时一样满怀热情。虽然我从事火山研究很多年了，但是我至今仍对火山的壮丽景色以及它那潜在的巨大破坏力感到惊愕不已。二、课文精彩选段背诵部分I was appointed as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory(HVO)twenty years ago.My job is collecting information for a database about Mount Kilauea，which is one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii.Having colle
8、cted and evaluated the information，I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.Our work has saved many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses.Unfortunately，we cannot move their homes out of the way，and many hous
9、es have been covered with lava or burned to the ground.Changbaishan is in JiLin Province，Northeast China.Much of this beautiful，mountainous area is thick forest.Changbaishan is Chinas largest nature reserve and it is kept in its natural state for the people of China and visitors from all over the wo
10、rld to enjoy.The land varies in height from 700 metres above sea level to over 2,000 metres and is home to a great diversity of rare plants and animals.Among the rare animals are cranes，black bears，leopards and tigers.Many people come to Changbaishan to study its unique plants and animals.Others come to walk in the mountains，to see the spectacular waterfalls or to bathe in the hot water pools.However，the attraction that arouses the greatest appreciation in the reserve is Tianchi or the Lake of Heaven.
