课件39张PPT。 Unit 4 Earthquakes
Warming-up & ReadingAims:
1.Get a general idea of earthquakes and other natural disasters.
2.Learn some useful words and expressions.
3. Learn some reading skills.翻译下列短语
too nervous to eat _____________
2. run out of ____________________
3. at about 3:00 am ______________
4. on July 28, 1976 _______________
5. think little of _________________
6. as usual ______________________
7. as if _________________________
8. at an end _____________________
9. 8 kilometres long ______________
10. thirty metres wide ____________
11. in ruins ______________________
12. the number of ________________太紧张不想吃
从……跑出来,用完
在凌晨3点左右
在1976年7月28日
轻视,不重视
照常
好像
结束
8千米长
30米宽
破败不堪
……的数量
成千上万的
几百万
代替,而不是
倒塌
掘出
死去的人
13. tens of thousands of ___________
14. millions of ___________________
15. instead of ___________________
16. fall down ___________________
17. dig out _____________________
18. the dead ____________________What happened on May 12, 2008?
Earthquakes are one of the most terrible disasters in the world. Do you know other natural disasters?Flood DisastersDrought FireTsunamiHurricane/TornadoTyphoon Earthquake二. The disasters are terrible.Flood
Drought
Fire
Tsunami
Hurricane
Typhoon
Earthquake
Disasters:
水灾
干旱
火灾
海啸
飓风
台风
地震Please try to remember these words.All the disasters are terrible.
What do you think is the most terrible one?
I think a / an _____ is the most terrible.
I think an earthquake is the most terrible.Pair work
Imagine: If there is an earthquake, 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?Example:
A: What will you take?
B: I will take …
A: Why?
B: Because it’s very important / useful / expensive …An earthquake is terrible.
Can we forecast/foretell it?
What do you think may happen before an earthquake?Warming up before an earthquakeABCDPeople can see bright ______ in the sky.lightsA Chickens and pigs are too ________to eat.
_____ are barking
loudly again and again.nervousDogsB______will run out
of the fields.
Fish will______ out
of the ponds.jumpMiceC The water in the _____ will rise and fall. And there are deep ______
in the well walls. crackswellsD7) There are deep cracks in the well walls. 2) Chickens and pigs are too nervous too eat; 3) Dogs are barking loudly again and again; 4) Mice will run out of the fields; 5) Fish will jump out of the ponds;1) People can see bright lights in the sky;6) The water in the walls will rise and fall;The things happen before an earthquake.Did all these events happen before Tangshan Earthquake?Reading A Night
The Earth Didn’t Sleep(When did the earthquake happen?)Main idea of each Paragraph Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4D: Something happened before the earthquake.A: The earthquake began. The world was at an end. B: The damage of the city after the earthquake.C: The rescue to the city.P 27
Comprehending 1 1 The chickens didn’t eat because 2 The people didn’t
worry becauseC they were nervous. E they didn’t know what the strange events
meant.3 Such a great
number of people died because
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. P 27
Comprehending 2Careful reading
Read the passage again and make a timeline.bright lightsThe sound of planescracked and burstA huge crackStreamrivers of dirtMore than 400,00075%90%most of the bridgesHalf a millionmillions ofwere trapped under the ruinsfell down150,000 soldierssheltersFresh water《全优课堂》P46 归纳课文,完成语法填空
to shake
greatest
which
injured
survivors
Nearly
and
were trapped
The
breathe7) There are deep cracks in the well walls. 2) Chickens and pigs are too nervous too eat; 3) Dogs are barking loudly again and again; 4) Mice will run out of the fields; 5) Fish will jump out of the ponds;1) People can see bright lights in the sky;6) The water in the walls will rise and fall;The things happen before an earthquake.Review1.Don’t be nervous and keep calm.
2. Don’t try to run out of the classroom.
3.Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.
4.Sit down under your desk.
5.Leave the classroom after the earthquake.
6.Listen to the teachers’ adviceWhat shall we do if an
earthquake happens?Homework
Get more information about the
earthquake.
2. Copy the words and expressions
for 5 times.Disasters are terrible, but don’t be afraid.
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