Unit4 Earthquakes reading

课件28张PPT。Unit 4 Earthquakes
Period 1
Warming up and ReadingRevisionWords &Expressions1._________of no use;
2._________all the people in a country;
3._________matter that is not clean;
4._________very great in degree;
5._________gas that hot water gives out;
6._________make someone feel very surprised;
7._________metal bars that a train moves along;
8._________save something or somebody from danger;
9._____the part of a building left after the rest has been destroyed;
10.__________________a lot of;
11.______________finished;
12.______________immediately.uselessnationdirtextremesteamshocktrackrescueruina great number ofat an endright awayLead-in
Look at the pictures. Can you name all the disasters?
volcanofirefloodtyphoonsandstormhailstormearthquakePay attention to the screen.Look at something about the earthquake in Sichuan.Then think about what will happen in an earthquake ?
EnterThe earth will shake;
The roads will be destroyed;
The buildings will fall down;
Many people will be killed or injured;
Many children will become orphans.
Warming UpLook at the photos of Tangshan and San Francisco to describe what can you see in the two photos?TangshanSan FranciscoImagine there has been an big earthquake in these two cities. What might happen to the objects in the photos?
These two cities might be in ruins;
Large quantities of tall buildings might collapse;
The broad and busy roads might be destroyed;
Many people might be killed or injured.
Pre-reading
What do you think will happen before an earthquake?1) Bright light flash in the sky.
2) The well has deep cracks in it, and the water in it rises and falls.
3) Chickens are flying and dogs are barking, and pigs and cows are too nervous to eat.
4) Fish jump out of the pond, and mice run wildly out of the fields.Signs before an earthquake:ReadingI.Fast readingII.Careful readingⅠ.Scan the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Fast reading
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.
Everything began to shake and it seemed as if the world was at an end.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.
All hope was not lost.
Ⅱ.Answer the questions:
Q1:In what order was the passage written?
The text is written in time order.
Q2:What is the general idea of the passage?
The general idea is the mixture of the first sentences of each paragraph, that is, the text tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake, after the earthquake.Careful reading
Ⅰ. Read the passage carefully and
join the correct parts of the
sentences on page 27.Ⅱ.Find the key words to support the
topic sentences.
Wells; well walls;
Animals; bright lights;
the sound of planes;
water pipes.
seem strangeSigns before an earthquake
①Houses, roads and canals;
②hard hills of rock;
③the large city;
④People.
began to shakeWhat happened in the earthquakePara 1Para2
hospitals, factories, buildings,
bricks, dams and bridges,
railway tracks, cows,
pigs and chickensdestroyedAfter the earthquakeAll hope; the army;
workers; Fresh waterrescue The city began to breathe
againPara 3Para 4 Listen to the tape. Consolidation
Sum up the main idea of the passage:
____________ happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________ cut across the city. The city lay _______. Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people died or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tangshan. People began to wonder _____________________________. But all hope ____________. Soldiers came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _________________.were injuredshookhow long the disaster would lastwas not lostsurvivorsbreathe againHomework
Learn the new words and expressions in this part by heart.
Read the text again and again and write a summary of the text.
3.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?Thank you !