人教版高中英语 必修一 Unit4 《Earthquake---Reading》 课件 (共55

Fish jump out of the pond, and mice run wildly out of the fields.
The water will rise and fall.
A smelly gas will come out.
ReARTH DIDN’T SLEEP
7. How many people were killed or injured in the earthquake?
More than 400,000 people. 8. Could the injured people go to
Nhoos,pthiteayl?couldn’t. Because all
Task 4 Read the text again and fill in the blanks with words or numbers.
1. _1_/3_ of the nation felt the earthquake.
2. A huge crack that was _8_ kilometres long and _3_0__ metres wide cut across houses.
ran
3:00 bright lights
Damage caused by earthquake
3:42
greatest
Steam
dirt Bricks dams
Damage useless caused by
earthquake
electricity
steel Sand
Help offered by the army
C. There wouldn’t have been such a great
quake if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs. D. If some natural signs had not been ignored, people might have had a chance to survive.
Wenchuan’s new look
Homework
1. Surf the internet to find more information about the Tangshan earthquakes. 2. Finish exercise 1-3 on page 27.
Thank you!
4. Water burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. F 5. Water was hard to get because dams and wells were useless. T
6. All of the city’s hospitals, 90% of its
Task 1
True or False
1. The earthquake began 10 kilometres directly bellow the city. F 2. Workers rescued most of the 10,000 coal miners to the south of the city. F 3. The number of people who were killed reached more than 40,000. F
miners Fresh
150000 Hundreds
Tall buildings were destroyed.
Roads were cracked.
People were injured.
The city was in ruins.
LOVE!
Tangshan’s new look
3. Which of the following is the main reason for the heavy loss of life in the quake?
A. The earthquake happened in the deep night when people were sleeping deeply.
3. In _1_5__ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
4. _2_/_3_ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
5. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _4_0_0_,0_0_0___.
B. There weren’t enough rescue workers.
C. The building were poorly constructed and most of them were destroyed in the quake.
D. People were not careful enough to notice some natural signs before the earthquake.
6. All of the city’s hospitals, 7_5_%___ of
its factories and buildings an9d0_%___ of its homes were gone.
rose fell smelly signs before
earthquake
nervous eat jumped
personal washing things
torch
food and sweets
money
You will take:
blanket
mobile phone
a bottle of water
medicine
What do you think will happen before an earthquake?
A. It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm or hurricane hit.
B. One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad things may happen.
C. The weather is fine before a storm comes. D. You should stay calm before a storm.
of
the city’s hospitals were gone in
the quake.
Task 3
Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
1. How do you understand the real meaning of
the idiom “It is always calm before a storm”?
2. What can be inferred from the passage? A. If the pigs were too nervous to eat, there must be an earthquake. B. If some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive.
Bright light flash in the sky.
The well has deep cracks in it, and the water in it rises and falls.
Chickens are flying and dogs are barking, and pigs and cows are too nervous to eat.
Task 2 Read the text carefully and answer these questions.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976.
2. What did people in Tangshan see in the sky before the earthquake?
factories and buildings and 75% of its homes were gone. F
7. Not only the people but also the animals were shocked greatly. T 8. Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. T
5. Did people pay any attention to these abnormal phenomena?
No. They went to the bed as usual that night.
6. When did the earthquake begin? At 3:42 in the morning of July 28.
They saw bright lights in the sky.
3. What did people hear?
They heard the sound of planes outside Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.
4. What did people notice in the wells? People noticed the well walls had deep cracks, and a smelly gas came out of the cracks.
Unit 4 Earthquakes
Reading
邢 台 二 中 高一 霍 燕 敏 必修一
Look at the pictures and discuss what happened.
Unit 4 Earthquakes
Reading
邢台二中 霍燕敏
Pre-reading
Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take?