课件24张PPT。Unit 4 EarthquakePre-reading
1.suppose the earthquake is happening ,
what should you do? How can you protect yourself from being hurt? Let’s play a game.Please choose the place and let’s start our game! Come on!What do you think may happen before an earthquake? Please look at the following pictures, and find out whether the sentences are true or false.True or False
1.The animals will be nervous, we can see
the dog barking, the fish is jumping out of
the water.
2.The animals stayed calm.
3.We can see that the well wall has deep
cracks in them.
4.There is no water in the well any more.
5.We can see bright lights in the sky and hear
the sound of planes while there is no plane
in the sky.
TFTFTFast reading
1.When did the earthquake happen?
2.How many people died or were injured
in the earthquake?
3.How many animals died during the
earthquake?
4.How many soldiers did the army sent to
Tangshan to help the rescue workers?
5.How many parts of the nation felt the
earthquake? 1.When did the earthquake happen?The earthquake happened on July 28,1978.2.How many people died or were injured
in the earthquake?
The number of people who were killed or
Injured reached 400,000.3.How many animals died during the
earthquake?
Half a million pigs and millions of
chickens had died. 4.How many parts of the nation felt the
earthquake?
One-third of the nation felt it.5.How many soldiers did the army sent to
Tangshan to help the rescue workers?The army sent 150,000 soldiers to help
the rescue workers.According to the numbers, we know that
the earthquake was really a disaster.
Look at the following pictures and fill
in the blanks. The railway _______were
_______pieces of_______.The houses were_______.The dam and the bridge_____.The road _______and was________.tracksuselesssteelcrackeddestroyedIn ruinsfell___ Brick buildings were destroyed.
___ The walls of the village wells had cracks in them.
___ Shelters were put up for those with no homes.
___ Roads got huge cracks.
___ The army helped the survivors.Listen to the passage and number each of these things happened during the Tangshan earthquake.12345Read the text again carefully
and do the following exercises.1.Join the correct parts of the sentences.2 Before the earthquake
the people they didn’t
worry because 1 The chickens didn’t eat because C they were
nervous. E they didn’t
know the quake
caused the
strange events.3 Such a great
number of people
4 Water was needed
because
5 The people did not lose hope becauseD dams and wells
were useless.B the quake
happened while
they were
sleeping.A the army
came to help
them. Information about Tangshan EarthquakeJulyHebeiwellscracksgasanimalsburst400,000injureddestroyedPart 1:Paragraph 1A: Strange things were happening
in the countryside.
B: When and where the earthquake
happen. C: No one noticed anything strange
happening before the earthquake.BackThe signs before the big earthquakePart 2:Paragraph 2-3The terrible earthquake & The damageA: Many people were killed
in the earthquake.
B: Another earthquake shook Tangshan.C: The earthquake destroyed the city of
Tangshan and shocked the people very
much.BackPart 3:Paragraph 4The rescue workA: Many people were buried.
B: The earthquake destroyed everything.C: The army came to help the survivors,
bringing hope for a new life.BackSummary
Fill in the blanks.
Several days before July 28, 1976, many s_____
Things happened in Tangshan. They were signs
for the e _________.but people in the city of
Tangshan didn’t think m_____ of these. At 3:42
a.m. that day, the earth began to s_________, which
d___________ the city. Many people , including
Workers and doctors, came to r________ those
t________ under the ruins. Later that afternoon,
Anther big earth quake struck Tangshan. More
people were killed or injured and more buildings
f_________ down. Soldiers were called in to
help the rescue workers. T _______ were organized
to dig out the trapped and b _________ the dead.strangeearthquakemuchdestroyedrescuetrappedfellTeamsburyshakeHomework
Retell the story in your own words;
2.Finish the comprehending exercise on P27 and the language exercise on P27-28.The endThank you very much
