Unit 4 Earthquakes

(共18张PPT)
In Tangshan, in 1976.
Do you know when and where another biggest earthquake happened in China in the 20th century
A night
the earth didn’t sleep
Learning Aims
1.知识目标：
To learn basic knowledge about earthquake by reading.
2 能力目标：
To develop the students’ reading ability.
3.情感目标：
To learn how to protect oneself and help others in disasters.
课前预习案
I. Main words and phrases:
1.earthquake 2.burst 3.extreme 4.injure
5.destroy 6.shock 7.rescue 8.trap
9.bury 10.shelter 11.in ruins 12.as if
Read the text carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences.
1 The chickens didn’t
eat because
2 Before the earthquake
the people didn’t
worry because
3 Such a great number
of people died because
4 Water was needed
because
5The people did not lose hope because
A the army came
to help them
B the quake happened while they were sleeping
C they were nervous
D dames and wells
were useless
E they didn’t know
the quake caused
the strange things
Time Events
For three days 1.well (1)water ________and_______
(2)well had ____________
(3)a ____________came out
2._______ran out of the fields.
3._______jump out of their bowls and ponds
At about 3:00 am on July 28,1976 1.____________appeared in the sky.
2.________like the planes could be heard.
3.some ______________cracked and burst
rose
fell
cracks
Smelly gas
mice
fish
bright lights
sound
Water pipes
At 3:42 am on July 28,1976 1.everything began to________
2. a large city lay_____________
3.more than ________ people killed or injured uins
Afternoon of July28,1976 another ___________shook Tangshan
Soon after the quake .the _________arrived
2.__________built for survivors
3.________________was taken.
shake
in ruins
400,000
quake
army
shelters
fresh water
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 4
Part1
Part2
Part3
Main idea of the text
Strange things happened before the earthquake.
Paragraph 2&3
The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan.
The army came to help the rescue work.
III. Analyze and translate the sentences:
1). It seemed as if the world was
at an end.
世界似乎到了末日。
2). The number of people who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400,000.
死伤人数达40 多万。
_________________
__________
_________________
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3). All hope was not lost.
不是所有的希望都破灭了。
4) .The army organized teams to dig
out those who were trapped and to
bury the dead.
部队人员组成小分队，将受困的人们挖出来，将死者掩埋。
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all…not…= not…all…
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Suppose the earth begins to shake what will you do to protect yourself
Discuss the following open question in group of four
Discussion
What shall we do if an earthquake happens
Don’t be nervous and keep calm.
Don’t try to run out of the classroom.
Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.
Squat or sit down under your desk.
Leave the classroom after the earthquake.
Several days before July 28,1976, many _______ things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the _________. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think _____ of these . At 3:42am that day , the earth began to _______, which _______ the city. Many people , including workers and doctors, came to ________ those _____ under ruins. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings ______ down. ____ were organized to dig out the trapped and ______ the dead. Workers built __________ for homeless survivor. __________ water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to __________ again.
strange
earthquake
much
shake
destroy
rescue
trapped
fell
Fresh
bury
shelters
Fresh
breathe
课后练习案
I.According to the text, fill in the blanks.
(1). The chickens and even the pigs were _______nervous ______eat
.（太紧张了不吃食）
(2).It seemed as if the world was_____________________(世界似乎到了末日).
(3).Mice ran out of the fields ___________________（寻找）places to hide.
(4).In fifteen terrible seconds a large city ____________________（变成废墟）
(5).Then later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost_________________（一样强烈）the first one shook Tangshan.
(6)._____________________________(数十万的)people were helped
II. If there is a little girl in your class who lost her home in the earthquake. What we can do to help her Write a short essay.
(within 120words)
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