课件43张PPT。Unit 4Unit 4 EarthquakesUsing languageTo understand the passage.
To discuss the questions about the passage.
To get some information about the interview of a survivor.1. Here is a letter of invitation.
Read it carefully and imagine
that you are the student who has
been invited to give a speech.Reading and speakingOffice of the City Government
Tangshan, Hebei
China
July 5, 201 ____
Dear _____,
Congratulations! We are pleased to tell you that you have won the high school speaking competition about new Tangshan. Your speech was heard by
a group of five judges, all of whom agreed that it was the best one this year. Your parents and your school should be very proud of you!
Next month the city will open a new park to honour those who died in the terrible disaster. The park will also honour those who helped the survivors. Our office would like to have you speak
to the park visitors on July 28 at 11:00 am. As you know, this is the day the quake happened thirty-_____ years ago.
We invite you to bring your family and friends on that special day.
Sincerely,
Zhang Sha2. Now in pairs prepare a short speech, in which you should:
thank those who worked hard to rescue survivors and list some of the things the workers did to help them; thank those who worked hard to build a new city; (For example: they built new homes and offices in only seven years. The UN honoured them for their quick work.)
thank the visitors for listening to your speech.I would like to express my thanks to … who …
Here, I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts …
I’d also like to thank …
No words are strong enough to express our …
It was terrible when …Useful sentence patters It seemed as if …
I remember …
I felt …
Not long after that …
Luckily, …Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Wang Wei. First of all I would like to express my thanks to Mr Zhang Sha and the city of Tangshan who are letting me talk to you. I would also like to thank you all for coming on this special occasion. Here, I wish to express my thanks to the workers who helped during that terrible disaster. Many thousands worked hard to save others and to make them feel more comfortable. I’d also like to thank the soldiers who worked day after day without rest to help those who needed it.
Now we see around us a new city. No words are strong enough to express my pride at this. How lucky I feel to live in such a place and to see this beautiful new park which honours the survivors of the quake and those who saved them. We are indeed the “Brave City of China”. Thank you.How would you feel if your home was suddenly destroyed without warning? In pairs make a list of useful adjectives to express your feelings. very shocked, frightened, very upset, devastated, unable to understand what was happening, confused, panic-stricken …Earthquake happened in San Francisco, 1906.San Francisco Earthquake
San Francisco lies in northern California and is surrounded on three sides by water. At 5:13 on the morning of April 18th, 1906, the city was shaken by a terrible earthquake. A great part of the city was destroyed and a large number of buildings were burnt. The number of people who lost homes reached as many as 250,000. About 700 people died in the earthquake. The text is an interview of a survivor of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Listen to the tape and write down the main idea.You may think about:
Who is speaking?
Where was the person at the time?
What did the person do?A man who just woke up described his experience in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.Listen to the tape and mark
whether they are true or false.1. The man was sleeping downstairs when the earthquake happened.
2. Many huge buildings were shaking –bricks were falling.3. A lot of people were buried under the ruins.
4. Some cows were killed in the fires.
5. He felt safer because he got away easily.Listen and fill in the blanks.R: What was the first thing you
__________?
M: Oh, my goodness. It was about ____ o’clock in the morning. I remember, I woke up when I was _______ out of the bed. When I tried to _______, the floor shook so that I fell. I felt _________ and rushed downstairs. remember5thrownwalkterrifiedR: What did you see _______?
M: Oh, I saw things I never want to see again. It seemed ____ ____ the end of the world came. People were crying, ________ and ________ everywhere. ______ were falling down from some buildings while big ones were shaking … Lots of people were getting _______ under bricks. There were great _____ around us. It was terrible! outsideas ifshoutingBricksrunningburiedfiresR: Did you realize what was happening?
M: No. I asked a man standing _____ to me what happened. Before he could _______, some bricks fell on him and he was _____.
R: That sounds frightening. Did you
know where to find a _____ place?
M: Oh, no. _______ I met a man who knew the way to a boat.nextkilledanswersaferLuckilyR: So … you got away ______?
M: No, we didn’t. It was difficult _______ the streets had deep ______. As we were carefully _______ our way, some frightened cows ______ up Market Street and dropped into one of them. I’ll never forget the _____ they made. Some of them had broken their _____ and others were climbing ______ each other to get out. Horrible! easilybecausecrackspickingrushednoiselegsuponR: How did you feel _____ you’d left the
city?
M: Umm. I felt safer because we were
being ______ for. The soldiers saved us.
They brought us ______ and ______.
Thanks to them many of us are still
______!oncecared alivewaterfoodListen to the tape again and in groups discuss these questions.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 soon 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.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.I.?根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词，写出该单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
1. The beauty of the scene cannot be e________ in words.?
2. That’s great news. Please give her my c_____________.expressedcongratulations3. I ________ (真诚地) believe that this is the right decision.?
4. You should draw up a plan or ________ (大纲) for the essay.
5. It is difficult to j________ whether what she is doing is right or wrong.sincerelyoutlinejudge?II.?下面各句中均有一处错误，请找出并改正。
1. He was best known with a painter.???? ______________
2. He placed his chair next of mine and sat down.??????? ________
3. We’re so proud for her for telling the truth bravely.???? _________________
4. Stop waiting things to happen. Make them happen.???? __________________with?→?asof?→?tofor (第一个)?→?ofthings前加forLook at the stamps of new Tangshan on page 30 and describe what had to be done to rebuild a city after an earthquake.
