课件19张PPT。
The earthquake in San Francisco Earthquake happened in San Francisco, 1906.1906年旧金山大地震,发生于1906年4月18日清晨5点12分左右,里氏规模为7.8,震中位于接近旧金山的圣安地列斯断层上。[1]自奥勒冈州到加州洛杉矶,甚至是位于内陆的内华达州都能感受到地震的威力。这场地震及随之而来的大火,对旧金山造成了严重的破坏,可以说是美国历史上主要城市所遭受最严重的自然灾害之一 。Reading on Page 65.What words and expressions did he use to show us the city was completely destroyed?
Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing is left of it but memories and some houses far from the centre of the city. Its businesses are gone. The factories, hotel and palaces are all gone too. 倒装句以示强调,重复使用gone加强语气。2. However, in the text of Tangshan, how did the writer show us that it was a terrible disaster?
He used a lot of numbers and facts to show the severity(严重性) of the earthquake. 3. What did he mean by saying “A list of the brave men and women would fill a library. A list of all those killed will never be made.”?
4. Do you believe his description completely? Why?To show us that the number of the brave people and those who lost their lives was extremely large.No. Especially the description of the last paragraph. Facing such a terrible disaster, how could people keep so calm? It was natural that they would scream and cry. Now let’s listen to an interview of a survivor of the great earthquake in San Francisco to dig out the facts.
How would you feel if your home was suddenly destroyed without warning? Listening on page 31Listen to the tape and then tell whether they are true or false.shocked, frightened, surprised, puzzled, confused, upset, concerned, worried 1. When did the earthquake begin?
The earthquake began around 5 o’clock in the morning.
2. What did the speaker do after he woke up?
The speaker rushed outside as he woke up. 3. What did he see and hear outside?
When he got outside he thought the world had come to an end. He heard people crying and shouting. He saw people running everywhere and bricks falling down from buildings. There were big fires too.4. What happened to the man next to him?
The man next to him was killed by bricks falling from a nearby building.
5. How did he get away from the city?
He got away from the city by boat.
6. Which of your adjectives describe the
man’s feelings most closely?
Very shocked, devastated.(吓坏了)1 I asked a man standing nex(t) to me wha(t) happened.
2 Some of them ha(d) broken their legs and others were climbing
upon each other to get out.Read the sentences below and pay attention to liaison and incomplete explosion.Listening on Page 62Read the six statements in Exercise 1 and predict the content of listening.
Listen to the tape for the first time and check your predicted answers.Listen to the tape again and tell whether
they are true or false.1. It is believed that on the surface of the earth are a number of plates.
2. The plates are always moving.
3. If the plates stop move, there is an earthquake.TTF4. If the plates move, there is an earthquake.
5. Wherever you live, you are in an earthquake area.
6. China has two plates pushing on her and they make mountains and earthquakes.FFTListen to Part 1 and answer these questions.1 Why do earthquakes happen?
Earthquakes happen when two
moving plates jump and push against each other.2 Why do California, China and Japan have a lot of earthquakes?
California, Japan and China have a lot of earthquakes because they are placed in areas where different plates meet.Listen to Part 2 and complete the
Sentences.
1 Do not build _______________________
______________.
2 Make sure you build _______________
__________________.
3 You must _________________________
________. houses along a line where
two plates meet houses on rock rather than on sand make the houses as strong as possible______ buildings will fall down and
______ ones may ______. Weak strong stay upThinking:
1. Are the descriptions in the interview and Jack London’s passage the same?
2. What do you think causes the difference?
3. Which would you like to believe?