(共28张PPT)
Unit4 Earthquake
Reading
Tasks
Talk about some natural disasters.
Get the general idea of the passage.
Discuss how to face disasters.
fire
flood
tsunami
(海啸)
typhoon
(台风)
thunderstorm
(雷雨)
snowslide
(雪崩)
sandstorm
(沙尘暴)
volcano (火山)
earthquake
Discussion:
What were the results of Wenchuan Earthquake?
May 12, 2008
Wenchuan
Earthquake
What were the results of the earthquake?
The earthquake was _______and________ .
(严重的) (毁灭性的)
terrible
destructive
The city lay _______ .
(破败不堪)
in ruins
The buildings ________.
(倒塌)
fell down
Water pipes (水管) cracked and burst (破裂).
The electricity (电) was cut off (切断).
Roads cracked.
(裂缝)
A lot of people were
_____ (受伤的).
People were ______(被埋)or
_______(围困) under the
ruins.
buried
trapped
injured
A great number of people became ________.
(无家可归)
homeless
Reading
Pre-reading
Listening
1.What does the passage talk about?
2.When and where did the earthquake happen?
3.What were Tangshan people doing when the earthquake happened?
At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976 in Tangshan.
They thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.
It talked about an earthquake in Tangshan.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Paragraph 4
While-reading
strangely
citizens
Title A night the earth didn’t sleep
Signs before the earthquake A lot of things happened (1) __________ in the countryside of northeast Hebei. However, the one millon (2)__________ thought little of these events and were asleep as usual that night.
Beijing
length
suffered
Title A night the earth didn’t sleep
The terrible earthquake happened At 3:42 am, everything began to shake. It was felt in (3)__________, which is over 200 kilometers away. A huge crack 8 kilometers in (4)__________ and 30 meters in width cut across houses, roads and canals. The city was soon in ruins and the people (5)__________ extremely.
damages
unsafe
shock
Title A night the earth didn’t sleep
The (6)__________ of the earthquake Nearly everywhere was destroyed. Bricks covered the ground like red leaves. However, no wind could blow them away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell and were (7)__________ for traveling.The railway tracks were useless pieces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were dead. To people’s (8)__________, another quake shook Tangshan later that afternoon, which was almost as strong as the first one.
trapped
buried
Title A night the earth didn’t sleep
Information about the rescue work The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. The army organized teams to dig out those (9)__________ and to have the dead (10) __________.
After-reading
An _____________ happened in Tangshan in 1976. For a few days, water in the wells ____________. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. And the water pipes in the buildings cracked and ________. But the people in Tangshan _______________ these events.
At 3:42 am, everything began to ______. It seemed that the world was _________. A huge _____ cut across the houses and roads, then the city lay _______. Two-thirds of the people _____or were _______. Then later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan. People began to wonder how long ____________________. But ________ was not lost. Soldiers came to help Tangshan people. Slowly, the city began to _________again.
rose and fell
earthquake
nervous
burst
thought little of
shake
at an end
crack
in ruins
died
injured
the disaster would last
all hope
breathe
Question:
If you were in an earthquake, what would you do?
★Discussion
Discuss the following question in groups, and write the opinions of your group on the paper.
Tangshan—in 1976
Tangshan—now
Be gratful to life!
With hope and love, our life will become better and better!
Helping others makes our life meaningful!
★Homework
Retell the text in your own words.
2.Finish the exercises on the paper.