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Unit 4
Earthquake
Reading
What kind of disaster do you know
1.Warming-up
flood
lightning
thunderstorm
tornado
sandstorm
drought
fire
typhoon
earthquake
volcano eruption
Tangshan,
Hebei
July 28th, 1976
A NIGHT
THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP
Para 1 Signs before the earthquake
1. What happened to the water in village wells the well walls And the water pipes
2. What happened to the animals Such as fish, and mice
3. What abnormal things happened in the sky
4. What happened to the people in the city
Reading and Presentation
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答题器进行抢答
Teacher: What abnormal(不正常的) things
happened under the ground before the
earthquake
T: What happened to the water in wells
Student: The water in the village wells
rose and fell for three days.
Para 1 Signs before the earthquake
S: The well walls had deep cracks(5). A smelly(6) gas came out of the cracks.
裂缝
难闻的
T: What happened to the well walls
S: The water pipes(7) in some buildings cracked and burst(8)
管, 管子
爆裂
破裂
T: What happened to the water pipes
(1). Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds.
pond
bowl
T: What happened to the animals
(2). Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.
mice
汶川地震发生前,马路上到处爬满了蟾蜍
S: There were bright lights and the sound of planes although there were not any planes in the sky.
bright lights
T: What abnormal things appeared in the sky
S: They thought little of all the events(10) and were asleep as usual.
T: What about the people in the city
Reading and Presentation
Para. 2 to Para. 3
Damages during the earthquake
1. What happened to the buildings, such as the hospitals, railway tracks, bridges, dams, hard hills of rock and other things
2. What happened to the people
3. What happened to some animals Such as cows and pigs
15 seconds
It seemed as if(11) the world was at an end(12). In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins(13)
Para. 2 to Para. 3
Damages during the earthquake
T: What happened to buildings
S: Hospitals,75% of factories and buildings and
90% of homes were gone.
hospital
factory
home
S: Bricks(20) covered the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind would blow them away.
砖头, 砖块
Student: Two dams(16) fell.
堤坝, 水坝
Student: Most of the bridges fell or were not safe for travelling.
Student: The railway tracks(14) were useless(15) pieces of steel.
T: What happened to the railway tracks
轨道
Student: Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt(19).
污垢, 泥土
hard hills of rock
rivers of dirt
Sand filled the wells instead of water.
T: What happened to people
S: Two-thirds of people died or were injured(21)
during the earthquake. The number of people
who were killed or injured reached more than
400,000..
died/killed
injured
伤害
S: Tens of thousands of cows would never give
milk again.
T: What about animals, such as cows, pigs, ...
S: Half a million pigs and millions of chickens died.
Reading and Presentation
Paragraph 4 Recovery after the earthquake
1. Who were sent to rescue the survivors
2. What did the army do
3. What did the rescue workers do
Paragraph 4 Recovery after the earthquake
T: Who were sent to rescue the survivors
n&v援救,营救
S: They were an army and some rescue workers.
S: The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers.
T: What did the army do
S: They organized teams to dig out(28) those who were trapped(29) and buried(30) the dead.
使...陷入困境
埋葬
挖出
T: What did the rescue workers do
S: They built shelters(33) for the survivors(34) whose homes had been destroyed.
避身处
幸存者
T: What other help did the surviors get
S: Train, truck and plane sent fresh water to the city.
Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Tangshan’s new look
After the earthquake,
with all the help from
all parties, Tangshan
began to breathe again.
When some terrible disasters happen, we should give a helping hand, such as donating money and being volunteers. The world is a big family, and we are members of it.
Have you ever helped the people in the disaster areas