(共20张PPT)
Unit 4 Earthquakes
Revision
The city with 1,000,000 people lay in ruins
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1/3 of the nation
>400,000
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event \
disaster
>400,000
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frightening
disaster
The Tangshan Earthquake of July 28, 1976 was the greatest earthquake of the 20th century. At 3:42am everything began to shake. One-third of the nation felt it. People were s______. It seemed ___ ___the world was __________! In 15 terrible seconds the large city was d________ and lay __ ____. What’s worse, later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan. As a result, the number of people who were killed or i______ in the frightening disaster added up to more than 400,000. Water, food and electricity were hard to get. The suffering of the people was e_____ . People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
shocked
as if
at an end
destroyed
in ruins
injured
extreme
However, not all hope was lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent tens of thousands of soldiers to help the rescue workers. The army organized teams to d__ __ those who were t_______ and bury the dead. Workers put up s______ for survivors whose homes were gone. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
dig out
trapped
shelters
Later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.
As a result, the number of people who were killed or injured in that frightening disaster added up to more than 400,000.
quake
people
which\that 做引导词,指代先行词,在定语从句中充当主语或宾语
who\that 做引导词,指代先行词,在定语从句中充当主语或宾语 whom(宾语)
定语从句(the attributive clause)
Workers put up shelters for survivors whose homes were gone.
The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped.
those
survivors
定语从句(the attributive clause)
whose与其后面的名词构成从属关系作定语
One of the reasons was that people ignored or thought little of warning signs so that they were not well prepared before the earthquake.
Why did the Tangshan earthquake caused so many deaths and injuries?
Water in wells
_____ and ____.
_______ ______ came out of wells.
warning signs before the earthquake
rose fell
Smelly gas
Animals were
eat.
too
to
nervous
nervous
to
There’re bright ______ in the sky.
Loud _______
can be heard.
warning signs before the earthquake
lights
sound
Small events can foretell big events!
Learn from them and things will be different!!
Signs=a chance to survive!
The city _____ is in ruins is Wenchuan
that \ which
The old man ____ eyes are full of tears is a survivor of the earthquake.
whose
The man ___ became homeless burst into tears.
who\that
The kid ____ is buried in ruins is still holding a ball pen.
who\that
We should think highly of the soldiers ____ joined in the rescue work.
who\that
The girl ____ is comforting a heart-broken woman is a volunteer.
who\ that
Have you ever thought what we can learn from the two terrible earthquakes?
5. It is important to think much of something strange ___ happens in advance.
1. In the time of natural disaster, we seem small and powerless, but we can do something positive(积极的).
2. Our government(政府) is people’s government ___ cares about its people.
4. The Chinese people is a brave people _____ can overcome all difficulties.
3. The PLA plays an active role in recuing the people
that
that
that
Signs=a chance to survive!
Small events can foretell big events!
Learn from them and things will be different!!
Homework:
Make efforts to correctly use the relative pronoun.
Do exercises on page 46 and 47