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课件网) Natural Disasters Reading and Tkinking unit 4 Do you know why an earthquake happens Pacific plate American plate Eurasian plate India plate African plate Antarctic plate Education Learn from the video Paragraph 4 Pacific plate North South West East American plate Earthquake Happens 幸存者目及之处无一不是废墟，万物尽毁。市内大约75%的工厂和大楼、90%的住房和所有的医院都倒塌了。砖块就像秋天的红叶覆盖着地面，但是却没有风能将其吹走。大多数桥梁不是塌坍了，就是无法安全通行了；铁轨变成了废金属块；数万头奶牛、数十万头猪和数百万只鸡也都死掉了。沙子灌满水井，井水消失殆尽。 沙子灌满水井，井水消失殆尽。人们惊恐万状，然而临近傍晚时分，又一次强烈的地震撼动唐山。更多的楼房倒塌了，没有水和食物，电也停了。人们心里开始疑惑这场灾难还会持续多久. Scientists explain that there are a number of different _____(plate) outside the earth. Some of them are moving very _____ (slow) towards each other. _____, when some plates suddenly jump at a fast speed, two plates will form collision(碰撞). Therefore, an earthquake _____(happen). Some unlucky places _____ sit along the plate boundary（边界）, such as San Francisco, Tangshan, have a lot of earthquakes. 转折关系 plates slowly However happens which 然而，希望尚存。地震发生后不久，部队派出了15万名士兵奔赴唐山，将受困群众从废墟中抢救出来，并掩埋了死者。上万名医疗工作者赶到现场，救死扶伤。 工人们为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所，数十万的群众获得了帮助，火车、卡车和飞机给城市运来了食物和饮用水。慢慢地，这座地方又开始恢复了生机。 唐山重新站起来并获得了新生。有了来自政府的大力支持以及唐山人民的不懈努力，一座新的唐山在废墟中被建立起来。这座新的城市已经成为700多万人的家园，交通、工业和环境都得到了巨大的改善。 唐山向中国、向世界证明，在自然灾害中，人们必须齐心协力，保持积极乐观的心态和重建家园的决心。 1. survivor n.幸存者；生还者 survive v. 生存；幸存 2. nothing but 仅仅...... 3. brick n. 砖；砖块 4. crack n.裂缝;裂纹 vi. &vt. (使)破裂 5. blow...away 把......吹走，把......驱散 6. railway track 铁路轨道 7. in shock 震惊；吃惊 8. fall down 倒塌；跌倒 fall over 9. electricity n. 电，电能 Summary: A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep Information we can infer from the title: What happened in the passage When did it happen Fast reading What kind of discourse pattern(语篇模式) does the passage belong to A. a narrative pattern （记叙文） B. an expositive pattern （说明文） C. an argumentative pattern （议论文） How does the author organize the passage A. in the order of space B. in the order of time C. in the order of importance Read for topic sentences/ key words: Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 strange things began to shake shocked rescue Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In the well 1.water:____ ____ _____ 2.well walls had deep_____ 3.__ ____ ___ In the farmyard 1.Chickens and pigs: ___ ___ __ ___ 2.Mice:___ ___ 3.Fish:___ ___ In the sky 1. saw: _____ ____ 2.heard:____ ___ _____ In the city 1. water pipes:_____ ____ _____ 2. people:___ ____ ___ ___ rose and fell cracks a smelly gas too nervous to ... ...
