Unit4Earthquakes课件

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.
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.
A the army came to help them.
Hale Waihona Puke Baidu
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.
Look at the each part and write down its
main idea.
Part 1 Paragraph 1
Before the earthquake strange
things began to happen but no one
took any notice of them.
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_.
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.
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.
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_.
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.