Unit 4 Earthquakes课件.ppt

2. rise vi. & raise vt.
He _r_o_s_e_from his chair when the door bell rang. Her job is _r_a_is_i_n_g_chickens. Her temperature is still_r_i_si_n_g_. He _h_a_s_r_i_se_n_ in rank recently.
Part 2
Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3
The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people very much.
Part 3 Paragraph 4
The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.
Compare: at the end of by the end of in the end
at the end of 用于表示具体事物或场所 的场合，它也可以用来表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示时间的场合到…… 结束的时候，用语过去完成时态; in the end 意思“最后、终于”。
Everywhere they looked nearly everything was_d_e_s_tr_o_y_e_d_.
He _r_u_in_e_d_ his girl friend’s prospects Soft wood _d_a_m__a_g_es_easily.
3 Such a great number of people
4 Water was needed because
5 The people did not lose hope because
B the quake happened while they were sleeping.
D dams and wells were useless.
Retell the story
S_t_r_a_n_g_e_t_h_in_g_s_ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _r_o_s_e_a_n_d__fe_l_l__. From the _c_ra_c_k_s_ of wells _s_m__el_l_y_g_a_s_come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _n_e_r_v_o_u_s_. At 3:00 am, everything began to _s_h_a_k_e_.It seemed that the world was _a_t_a_n__e_n_d_. _O_n__e-_t_h_ir_d_ of the nation _f_e_lt_ it. A__h_u_g_e_c_r_a_c_k_cut across the city. The city lay _in__r_u_in_s_.
The fire ruined the castle. The house has fallen into ruin. The company is facing ruin.
The village _la_y_in ruins after the war. These machines have _la_i_n_idle since the factory closed. An earthquake left the whole town_in__r_u_i_n_s. His career is_i_n_r_u_i_n_s_.
4. … the water pipes in some buildings cracked and _b_u_r_st_.
burst : to come open or fly apart suddenly The balloon suddenly burst. burst into + n. Some robbers burst into that house. burst out burst out + doing They burst out laughing.
1 The chickens didn’t eat because
C they were
nervous.
2 Before the earthquake E they didn’t
the people they didn’t know the quake
worry because
caused the
strange events.
Compare: ruin destroy damage
①damage指部分“损坏”、“损害”、 “破坏”或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用 作动词,也可以用作名词,用作名词时常与to something 连用。
The accident did a lot of damage to his car. ②destroy 只能用作动词,指彻底破坏,以致 不可能修复,常作“破坏”、“毁灭”解,也 可以指希望、计划等打破。
6. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in_r_u_in_s_.
lie (lay, lain): to be, remain or be kept in a certain state
in ruins : severely damaged or destroyed
Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc.
Predictions of an earthquake:
1) Bright lights flash in the sky; 2) The water in the well rise and fall; 3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas; 4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc; 5) Mice run out to look for places to hide; 6) Fish jump out of the ponds.
An Earthquake
A terrible earthquake happened in India.
Tangshan, Hebei
July 28th, 1976
Reading
Do a fast-reading of the passage. Join the correct parts of the sentences.
right away : at once ; in no time ; immediately right now : at this very moment Make up your mind_r_i_g_h_t_n_o_w___. I’ll return the book__r_ig_h__t _a_w_a_y_.
Look at the each part and write down its
main idea.
Part 1 Paragraph 1
Before the earthquakeห้องสมุดไป่ตู้strange
things began to happen but no one
took any notice of them.
1) . His father will return home _a_t _th__e_e_n_d__o_f this year. 2) . He will be a scientist _i_n_t_h_e_e_n_d__. 3) . How many English words had you learned _b_y__th_e__e_n_d_o_f_ last term?
The earthquake destroyed almost the
whole town.
③ruin则表示破坏严重,以致不能修复,但这 种破坏不像destroy那样毁灭某物,而是强调 致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词 时,它作 “使毁灭”、 “使崩溃”、 “弄糟”解; 用作名词时,它表示 “毁灭”、 “瓦解”、 “废 墟”等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。
3. A _sm__e_l_ly_ gas came _o_u_t _o_f the cracks.
smelly : smell+ y = adj. smell n./v (smelt/ smelled) They were all hungry and the food _s_m__e_lt_good. I can _s_m__e_ll_something burning in the kitchen. Please throw the _s_m_e_l_ly__fish away.
burst into+ n. burst out + doing…
He burst into laughter. = He burst out laughing He burst into tears. = He burst out crying.
5. It seemed that the world was _a_t _a_n_ e_n_d_.
Language points
1. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. imagine: form a mental picture imagine + n. /pron imagine sb. to be shake : cause to move to and fro
Unit 4 Earthquakes
我国地震分布
1) Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?
2) What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?
Bright lights flash in the sky
Two-thirds of the people _d_i_e_d_ or _w_e_r_e_i_n_j_u_re_d_. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _s_h_o_o_k_ Tang Shan. People began to wonder _h_o_w__lo_n_g__th_e__d_is_a_s_te_r__w_o_u_l_d_l_a_st_. But all hope _w__a_s_n_o_t_l_o_st__. _S_o_ld_i_e_r_s came to help those _s_u_rv_i_v_o_r_s . Slowly, the city began to _b_r_e_a_t_h_e_a_g_a_i_n_.
A the army came to help them.
Listen to the passage and number each of these things happened during the Tangshan earthquake.
___ Brick buildings were destroyed. ___ The walls of the village wells had cracks in them. ___ Shelters were put up for those with no homes. ___ Roads got huge cracks. ___ The army helped the survivors.