课件38张PPT。What do you think has happened? EarthquakesWarming-up and Pre-reding watch videos.
The Cause of Earthquakes
Plates 板块 crack破裂 fault断层 Listening
The Cause of EarthquakesWarming-up: Disussion in groups1. What do you know about earthquakes ? (Best P42)2. What would you do if an earth-quake happened?What do you know about earthquakes? When some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. (Best English P 42)
When an erathquake happens, great damage will be made. People will be killed. Generally speaking, something strange will happen before an earthquake happens.What would you do if an earthquake happened?1. I would keep calm (Most important)2. Find a safe place to hide, e.g. an open air 3. I would get up quickly first if I were sleeping at that time4. Wake up my family and neighbours5. Rush to a safe place or creep (趴下) on the ground quickly Small incidents foretell
big events. It’s always calm before
a storm.暴风雨到来之前总是平静的。 Read the passage very quickly, and tell the main idea: The passage is about the things
happened ________, ________
and ________ the earthquake.beforeduringafterBefore the earthquake:
During the earthquake:
After the earthquake:Para. 1Para. 2~3Para. 4Comprehension of each paragraphPay attention to the first two sentences of each paragraphThe Main idea : (P27 Ex 3)Para 1: Before the earthquake stange things began to happen, but no one took notice of the events.Para 2--3: The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people very much.Para 4: The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.crakesa smelly gasrise and fallnervousmouse-micepondsbright light in the skypipescrackburstSth. before Tangshan Earthquake:P1 At about 3 am on July 28, 1976rose and fell; had deep crackscame out of the cracksChickens, pigs, mice, fishPlanes, even no planes were… cracked and burstthought little of these eventsRead out Para. 2 and look at the following picturesA huge crakeHuge crackssteam burst from…river of dirtin ruinsdestroyedinjuredA city lay in ruins.Read Para 2 and fill in the chart. (Pair work)8 × 30 square kilometres burst from holes in the groundbecame rivers of the dirtdied or were injuredwere killedwere left without parentsreached more than 400,000Read out Para. 3Factories and buildings were destroyed ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? http://www
the bridges fell downThe railway tracks were uselessMore buildings fell down.were gonecovered the ground like leavesfell, or not safe for travellinguseless pieces of steelcows, pigs and chickens diedwere filled with sand, not waterwere trapped under the ruinswere hard to getthe army came to helpdig out the trapped people ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? http
bury the deadrescue the coal minersSlowly, the city began to breathe again.Skimming: Read the text quickly again and fill in the following blanks. Several days before July 28, 1976,
many ________ things happened in
Tang Shan. They were signs for the
__________. But people in the city of
Tang Shan didn’t think ________ of
these. At 3:42 am that day, the earth
began to ________, which ________
the city. Many people, including
workers and doctors, came to ______
those trapped under the ______. Later
that afternoon, another big earthquake
strangeearthquakemuchshakedestroyedrescueruinsstruck Tang Shan. More people were
killed or ________ and more buildings
________ down. Soldiers were called in to help to rescue workers. Teams were organized to dig out the trapped and ________ the dead.injuredfellbury