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课件网) Unit 4 Earthquakes Welcome to our English class! 1. Warming-up What may happen if you hear this sound Earthquake warning broadcast 1. Warming-up 1. Warming-up Yibin Earthquake June 17th, 2021 What do you think the earthquakes will cause 1. Warming-up 1. Warming-up The town lies in ruins. 1. Warming-up Buildings fall down. Roads crack.（/kr k/ vt. & vi. (使…)开裂, 破裂） 1. Warming-up Many people are killed or injured. 2. Pre-reading Reading The NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP When Where What 3. Skimming Main idea and structure Skim the passage and think about these questions. 1. What is the passage mainly about 2. In what order is the passage written 3. How many parts will you divide the passage into 1.When and where what happened At 3:42，A severe earthquake happened in Tangshan. Video of Tangshan Earthquake Paragraph Topic sentence 1 2 3 4 5 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Everywhere survivors looked nearly everything was destroyed. But hope was not lost. 1.Skim to find out the topic sentences:pay attention to the first ,second or last sentence. 3. Skimming Tangshan started to revive itself and ...feet. 2. In what order is the passage written Space Time Logic 3. Skimming 3. Skimming 3. How many parts will you divide the passage into Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 A. Timely rescue after the earthquake B. Strange signs before the earthquake. C. Serious damage during the earthquake. para 1 para2-3 para 4-5 Read Part 1, answer the following question and fill in the blanks: 4. Scanning What signs happened before the earthquake Detailed information of each part The ground: _____ in the village wells rose and fell. Some deep _____ could be seen in the well walls. Some _____ gas came out the cracks. Water smelly cracks Part 1 4. Scanning B. Animals: The _____ and ____ were too nervous to eat. ____ ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. ____ jumped out of bowls and ponds. chickens Mice Part 1 pigs Fish 4. Scanning C. The sky: People could see bright _____ in the sky. lights Part 1 4. Scanning Read through Part 2 and pay attention to the numbers. How serious the damage of the earthquake was _____ of the nation felt the earthquake. In less than one minute _____ 2/3 of the people _____ The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _____. All of the city’s hospitals, _____ of its factories and buildings and _____ of its homes were gone. 1/3 a large city lay in rains were dead or were injured 400,000 75% 90% data 4. Scanning 4. Scanning Consolidation How does the author describe the damage to Tangshan By asking questions By listing the data By making comparisons By making definition(定义) Read through Part 3 and fill in the forms: Why does the author say “All hope was not lost” The rescue 150, 000 1. _____ were sent to Tangshan. The 2. _____ dug out the trapped and bur ... ...
